Bridges in Krakow

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Bridges in Krakow

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  • Merrowmum
    Guildford, UK1,214 contributions
    This modern bridge has completely separate sections for pedestrians and cyclists - excellent. Linking Kazimierz and the former WWII Jewish ghetto, it is attractive with various suspended circus gymnast sculptures, which move gently in the wind.
    Written June 1, 2023
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  • Raintree_Thailand
    Bangkok, Thailand3,512 contributions
    Very attractive bridge over the Vistula River in Krakow. Made with a distinctive steel girder hump in the middle that reminds people of a turtle. One of the older bridges in Krakow, it was originally built in 1933, destroyed by the Nazis at the end of WWII, and rebuilt shortly after the war.
    Written January 5, 2023
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  • Pram74
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates89 contributions
    We walked along the river and the weather was excellent. If one gets a chance to cycle around this place then it is even better. There are bridges at regular distances and one can get public transport easily. So walk and breathe fresh air, soak in the beauty
    Written June 17, 2018
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  • Neil K
    Liverpool, UK616,525 contributions
    There are several river crossings in Krakow over the Vistula River ,one of the busiest is Grunwald Bridge.
    This is a modern bridge ,it looks cool ,I suppose compared to the older bridges in Krakow it's rather plain but I like it ,the views of the river and
    Wawel Castle and Cathedral are superb,it's a bridge well worth checking out if you're planning on visiting Krakow.
    Written August 19, 2022
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  • Neil K
    Liverpool, UK616,525 contributions
    Walking down a set of stairs just off Father Bernateks Footbridge down to Barka ,a great boat bar I noticed this plaque that was a reminder of a previous bridge that once stood on this spot , the bridge was called Podgorski Bridge and was constructed between 1844-1850 and dismantled in 1936 ,the bridge was the first bridge in Krakow to be built over the River Vistula with brick pillars,I love finding fascinating facts such as this ,it's easy to locate along Podgorska and well worth checking out if you enjoy finding out about the history of this beautiful city.
    Written August 15, 2022
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  • Neil K
    Liverpool, UK616,525 contributions
    There are several great looking bridges that span the River Vistula ,one of the most impressive is Most Kolejowy ( a Train Bridge ) .
    This is a very impressive train bridge I viewed it from Father Bernateks Footbridge ,a long ,single span bridge that certainly catches the eye ,on my next trip to Krakow I am most definitely going to check this bridge out a bit closer as it looks a great piece of engineering ,most definitely well worth checking out if you're in the area.
    Written August 17, 2022
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  • Neil K
    Liverpool, UK616,525 contributions
    There are quite a few bridges crossing over the mighty River Vistula ,Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Bridge is impressive ,Father Benateks Footbridge is beautiful but Powstancow Slaskich Bridge ( Most Powcastancow Slaskich ) is a rather bland bridge ,I think it's a rail bridge ,single span ,flat ,easy to miss actually ,you can view it from Father Bernateks Footbridge ,worth a minute of your time .
    Written August 15, 2022
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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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