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  • Gene S
    1 contribution
    Spirited performance of repertoire, respectful audience, gracious host, a worthwhile addition to your Krakow itinerary….
    Written July 31, 2023
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  • LineOrd
    Frederiksberg, Denmark31 contributions
    Go listen to those musicians!! Whether you know klezmer music og not you will be enriched and happy the rest of the day and the holiday after experiencing this musical highlight.
    Written July 9, 2022
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  • Andy Braithwaite
    Norton, UK88 contributions
    Gave this place ago after reading mixed reviews.

    Well I can honestly say it’s well worth a visit.

    I’ve got to say it’s not the ritz but the bar prices are good, 3 comedians on offer and spoke good English too all adding up to a great night.
    Written December 15, 2019
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  • Dorota
    Rotterdam, The Netherlands2 contributions
    The Nowa Huta Cultural Center is a 'hidden gem' in Krakow if you’re fond of remarkable exhibitions. During our three-day stay in Krakow, the exhibition of Zdzislaw Beksinski was high on the wish list. When we arrived we found out that the exhibition was closed due to COVID-19. Thats when we discovered what “Polish hospitality” means; the friendly security guards took all the efforts and made a private visit to the exhibition possible. They showed real commitment and sensitivity for the service they provided. The works on display of Beksinski are beautifully detailed and impressive. The other exhibitions (Duda Gracz and Monika Palki) were also a real treat. As an extra, you can see gems of street art around the building. A more than successful day!
    Written August 5, 2020
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  • Allan N
    Silkeborg, Denmark261 contributions
    The team performed Well they were in sync. The buildings look brought you back in time. the guests were quit old in average
    Written March 1, 2019
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  • Kamrolo
    7 contributions
    I was in a Drag Queen Revue. I havn't known that this kind of art can look so amazing. I was impressed with that view, it was more like a spectacle than revue. Well prepared every part was completly different, comedy, drama, magic show and stand up combined with lights, scenography and music made this all show unique and I will attend it more :)
    Written December 10, 2018
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  • leeaf
    Henderson, NC43 contributions
    I enthusiastically suggest you attend a performance of the Capella Cravensis in the Franciscan Church located a block from the center square. Go down Grodska from the square and after a block turn right on Dominikanska, go a block and run into the church, go around the church to the right and you will find the entrance. Costs 5 zloty. Performances weekly on Wednesday at 11 a.m. This is NOT what you usually find at such a time and place. Ten or so highly skilled professional singers with about a 16 piece orchestra. They performed Hyden's Theresienmesse this week. A beautiful piece. The conductor is Jan Adamus, the conductor of the Krakow Symphony, who is obviously very accomplished and enjoyable to watch in such an intimate setting. The centerpiece of all this, for me, was one of their singers. All were outstanding, especially their premier bass, whose name I did not discover. His low notes seemed to eminate from the bottom of a rain barrel. But the soprano, Jolanta Kowalska, is simply incredible, one of the most magnificent singers I have ever heard in my life - at 11 a.m. in a small chapel of a church, for 5 zloty. Hurry, fast as you can and make arrangements to see this concert, you will enjoy it
    Written June 22, 2013
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  • Janina K
    17 contributions
    How to Ruin a Great Play was a very well done production. Each character played their role well. The play was in a very small theater. I would certainly be interested in seeing other performances based on the quality of the play we saw.
    Written October 22, 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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