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  • Ann T
    Moscow, Russia119 contributions
    Classical favorites played in a stunningly beautiful, easily accessible venue—St. Peter and Paul Church! Different concerts every night of the week at 8:00 PM. Reasonably-priced. Tickets available at the door. Highly recommend as a crowd-pleasing, relaxing cultural activity, that can fill in any free evening in Krakow!
    Written August 8, 2023
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  • Daniel
    12 contributions
    Everything was great except the fact you have to visit their museum to get up the hill. The price wasnt bad - 20 zl. for adult / 15 zl. for student. The view was great
    Written February 28, 2023
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  • Hannelore H
    United Kingdom245 contributions
    Not a huge sculpture, but very unique and approachable with an amazingly touching background story. It is also placed in a lovely park, so makes a great walking route.
    Written May 10, 2023
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  • Mateusz Rys
    Oxford, UK8 contributions
    A nice monument in a very attractive location close to the old town and it is definitely worth coming for a moment to see it.
    Written February 26, 2023
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  • Shane B
    Naantali, Finland53 contributions
    Bit of a lark to visit. Not the most import site in Krakov to go. If planning to go to the castle, exit through the Dragon’s Den, then it will be there.
    Way to many children climbing g the statue to get a good photo though.
    Written May 28, 2023
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  • Pernille I
    Copenhagen, Denmark4,857 contributions
    The head of Eros found at the foot of the town hall tower is bandaged - hence its name of Eros Bound. It is not Eros entirely - only his massive head weighing almost 2 tons; almost 4 meters long and 2.5 meters high.

    The eyes are shallow as well as the entire head - making it also a favorite playground for kids.

    But mostly it is the symbol of love gone so mad that you lose your mind - and your head maybe?

    It was created in 2005 by a Polish artist, Igor Mitoraj.

    It is definitely fascinating with its links back to renaissance art forms.
    Written April 17, 2023
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  • Hannelore H
    United Kingdom245 contributions
    Nothing too special, but an interesting sculptural piece. You really need to understand the historical background story to fully appreciate it.
    Written May 10, 2023
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  • Mikael F
    Helsinki, Finland30,625 contributions
    This striking memorial for Adam Mickiewicz, the greatest Polish poet of the Romanticism period was unveiled on 16 June 1898.

    The best-known monument in Krakow is a favorite meeting point in the Main Market Square and is also a subject of various celebrations. On our visit, there was a demonstration for Ukraine in front of the monument.

    The monument shows Adam Mickiewicz standing on a pedestal. Sitting at his feet are four allegorical figures symbolizing Homeland, Science, Courage, and Poetry.
    Written November 25, 2022
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  • Gillian M
    Glasgow, UK73 contributions
    Piotr Cezary Skrzynecki was a Polish choreographer, director and cabaret impresario, known for his involvement with the cabaret ... Had never heard off him until we saw his monument in the square
    Written July 5, 2023
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  • Andrew T
    Buchlyvie, UK63 contributions
    This life like statue is located just inside the main entrance to the castle. It is free to enter the castle grounds and view the statue. If you are interested in the Pope this is a worthwhile place to visit.
    Written January 20, 2020
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  • George B
    Aberdeen, UK1,548 contributions
    We found this in Maly Rynek which is located between St Mary’s Basilica and the Church of St Barbara and is a 16th century fountain.
    Good photo op with the Cathedral or the church in the background.
    Written September 17, 2019
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  • Mikael F
    Helsinki, Finland30,625 contributions
    Jan Matejko (1838-1893) was a Polish painter, especially known for historical and battle paintings.

    This striking monument is located in Planty Park next to the Barbican and opposite the Academy of Fine Arts. The bronze monument shows Jan Matejko sitting in an armchair, placed in a picture frame.

    The monument was designed by Jan Here, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. It was unveiled on November 12, 2013, by the Mayor of Krakow on the 175th anniversary of the artist's birth and the 120th anniversary of his death.
    Written November 24, 2022
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  • pawel_hbg
    Sopot, Poland9,993 contributions
    In Krakow, at Pijarska St., since 2006, on the left side of the Florian Gate, in front of the entrance to the Czartoryski Museum, you can admire the sculpture of the Roman god of trade and commerce - Mercury
    Written June 10, 2020
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  • Pernille I
    Copenhagen, Denmark4,857 contributions
    Not sure why you would want to create a replica of such a landmark - anyway this is what is now at display on the pedestrian walking area longing the river and passing by the famous Wavel dragon.

    Some plaques are clearly out after the person died - like Michael Jackson - and hence have no hand prints. Others are from famous Polish people from the movies - or foreigners; did they visit Krakow at all?

    It seems a bit of an odd place to put them and the idea as a whole is quite odd too I find - especially in these surroundings!
    Written April 19, 2023
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  • Neil K
    Liverpool, UK616,525 contributions
    We found the Jozef Pilsudski Monument as we were bimbling around this part of town.
    Field Marshal Pilsudski is credited by many Poles as winning Poland it's independence in 1918 but his greatest achievement was defeating the Bolshevik hordes threatening Poland at the gates of Warsaw in 1920.
    The monument shows the Field Marshal looking proudly on at a row of marching soldiers ,it's a nice set of sculptures and easy to find.
    From the world famous Jagiellonian University,walk past out of the lovely Planty Park and down the street Jozefa Pilsudskiego were you will find this monument at the intersection with Garncarska.
    A great photo opportunity and well worth a little diversion.
    Written September 19, 2017
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Has anyone done both tours before?
Do you think the former is worth doing?

I have done the tour with a guide - so i guess techncially i have gone on the "General tour 3.5h" or something similar, but i am only at Auschwitz 1 for 1.5h, and then we rushed to Auschwitz 2-Birkenau for 1h. i recently went on a organized tour from Krakow bc i couldnt secure guided tour ticket at the last minute from the website. but i think my guide may a person in training (?) cos he was guiding us with an Auschwitz educator standing beside him all the time. I still couldnt figure out whether he is a new guide in training within Auschwitz, or he needs to be chaperoned bc he is a guide hired from the 'outside' (ie not someone hired by the Aushcwitz site). I am inclined to believe it is the latter, but not sure, so would appreciate anyone with better insights. So this means there could be 2 diff guides - one is a tour agency guide from the outside, and another is a Auschwitz educator guide?
Answer: for future readers - I did the 6 hour tour and it is a better pace,smaller group and you visit a few more places in the camps. Our guide was very good. Worthwhile if you have more than a passing interest in the history. We were at Auschwitz for 3 hours and birkenau for 2.25 hours. Crowds were smaller that day so we didn’t have to stop to wait for other groups. I then returned to Auschwitz around 4pm to walk through on my own and to visit some of the country specific exhibits - Hungary’s exhibit is especially good. In order to return to camp 1, I purchased free tickets ahead of time since you have to renter the queue.

Tour vs self guided - 100% go on a tour. The guides paint a more complete picture than you will get from a guidebook. You can arrive early if you want to see birkenau before it gets crowded and walk on your own. No ticket is required to visit birkenau.

Auschwitz vs birkenau - you want to see both. Auschwitz is more intact and has almost all of the exhibits. The exhibits of luggage,eyeglasses, shoes, and human hair is overwhelming. Birkenau is 25x the size of Auschwitz camp 1. Many buildings were destroyed but you can get a better feel for the scale of the genocide. Even with most buildings destroyed you get a chill realizing how people were sorted and put to death. Many times within hours of arrival.

Krakow ghetto - to round out your experience walk through the ghetto and Jewish quarter. Visit the synagogues. Realize the size of the Jewish community that thrived in this area and then 90% of them were killed.

Last - learn about the history that led up to the holocaust. Hitler did not rise up in a vacuum. There were 20 years of anti-semitism that occurred before the death camps. The nazis were very good at isolating Jews, cutting them off from day to day community and business involvement and then eventually shipped them off to forced labor and death. Awareness of that history will help prevent this from ever happening again.
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