Monument of the Wawel Dragon
Monument of the Wawel Dragon
Monument of the Wawel Dragon
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Corrado
Cosenza, Italy1,108 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
Statue representing the Dragon with free access! I do not recommend the dragon cave (too many steps, for a fee and also dangerous) which has access from the Tower located in front of the Castle. The Dragon breathes fire every few minutes! Nice experience if you are passing through. Well done!
Written October 30, 2023
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Sarny
Bexleyheath, UK982 contributions
Dec 2021 • Family
Just under Wawel Royal Castle by the river we came across this statue. We'd already read the story of Smok the Dragon then was surprised by the flames that come about every 5 minutes - we stopped because we saw people holding up phones ready for 'something' aimed at the statue then saw the flames. There is a sort of lair looking area behind but it was gated and locked. We found it a little fun stop off.
Written December 6, 2021
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Pub Monster Neil
Liverpool, UK57,862 contributions
Feb 2024 • Friends
Facing the River Vistula with the stunning Wawel Castle as a backdrop is the wonderful fire breathing dragon of Krakow which is just so cool .
Monument to the Wawel Dragon is a great fire breathing dragon ,it pays homage to the legend of the dragon that terrorised the people of King Krakus's city that could only be placated with the offering of cattle or Virgin's ( good luck with the last one,think it would starve itself to death nowadays ) .
Its a wonderful monument, kids will love it ,it breaths fire I think every 15 minutes or so and is most definitely well worth checking out if you're in the area near Wawel Castle/ Cathedral.
Monument to the Wawel Dragon is a great fire breathing dragon ,it pays homage to the legend of the dragon that terrorised the people of King Krakus's city that could only be placated with the offering of cattle or Virgin's ( good luck with the last one,think it would starve itself to death nowadays ) .
Its a wonderful monument, kids will love it ,it breaths fire I think every 15 minutes or so and is most definitely well worth checking out if you're in the area near Wawel Castle/ Cathedral.
Written February 25, 2024
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pawel_hbg
Sopot, Poland16,816 contributions
Jun 2020 • Couples
Standing on the Vistula riverbank in the shade of Wawel Castle is a rather ugly likeness of the Wawel Dragon (Smok Wawelski). According to local legend - once reposed in the large cave behind him when not out and about in town scarfing up virgins and sheep. Finally vanquished when he was tricked into eating a bag of sulphur.
Written June 12, 2020
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Bertie1224
Northamptonshire, UK1,440 contributions
Apr 2023 • Friends
Every few minutes the dragon spews fire. On its own it’s a nice sculpture to look at. The fire breathing bit just adds a little extra. I pity any pigeon sitting in its mouth at the wrong moment….
Written April 15, 2023
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Denisa Moricová
Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic25 contributions
Aug 2021
A nice monument, didn't see it make fire because of how overcrowded this area was. There are about 7 children climbing on this monument at all times it seems. I was really looking forward to this because I love slavic folklore but the people kind of ruined it for me. I would still recommend seeing this though.
Written August 13, 2021
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MarcusHurley
Calne, UK10,790 contributions
Sep 2021
This is a great bit of fun on the banks of the Vistula, next to Wawel Castle. The flames are about every five minutes and it usually has people crowded around it. Certainly a nice little distraction to visit.
Written September 22, 2021
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Sara W
Amsterdam, The Netherlands29 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
We looked this place up and had read that the dragon could breathe fire. When we saw it from above, on the way to it, we thought (through the tree branches) that it was shooting fire, but we waited a long time, about 15-20 minutes, but never saw any fire. Maybe it was out of order right now. But it was a nice statue nonetheless.
Written August 9, 2023
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Andrew B
Adelaide, Australia233 contributions
Feb 2020
This statue was pointed out to me on a walking tour I was doing. It's located on the river just below Wawel Castle. Apparently at various points it randomly breathes fire - but as far as I could tell it appeared to be broken in Feb 2020. If it breathed fire it would probably be more exciting, but as a statue it's not really that impressive.
Written April 10, 2020
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Ingel K
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Aug 2023 • Family
That is an hour of my life I'm not getting back. "It's supposed to breath fire every 5-10 minutes" - what an load of old rubbish! We waited one hour and... guess what!? No fire! If you want to be disappointed and drain your phone battery, it's a must visit!!! It's an unforgettable experience!
Written August 23, 2023
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Υπάρχουν καθορισμενες μέρες κ ώρες που βγάζει φωτιά ο δρακος; κάποιοι ανάφεραν ότι μπορείς με SMS να τον ενεργοποιήσεις για να βγάλει φωτιά, ισχύει; κ εάν ισχύει ποιος είναι ο αριθμός;
Written February 25, 2020
Δεν υπάρχουν προκαθορισμένες ώρες. Βγάζει περίπου κάθε 4-5 λεπτά την φωτιά που διαρκεί 5-6 δευτερόλεπτα. Δεν ξέρω επίσης αν γίνεται αυτό όλο το 24ωρο. Εγώ πάντως το είδα στις 1 το μεσημέρι.
Written February 26, 2020
does the dragon breathe fire in march?
I really wanted to do the dragons den tour but its not open until april, we go in march.
Written January 4, 2020
I believe it does it all year round. probably better then as the fire coming out would be more readily seen.
Written January 4, 2020
a che ora sputafuoco. oggi lunedi il dragodi cracovia
Written May 6, 2019
When does it breathe fire?
Written September 22, 2018
At irregular intervals, if you hang around long enough, like 10 minutes or so, you should see at least one fiery breath. There used to be a number you could send an SMS to, 7168 I believe it was, with text SMOK, but these days the reply is an error from the service. Supposedly the dragon stopped responding to messages around 2016. Still, I tried it and got an error, but the dragon did breathe fire soon after. Coincidence perhaps but still... ;)
Written September 22, 2018
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