Craft industry in Kraków
From medieval guilds to the modern design boom. What did and does the craft industry in Kraków look like?
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Articles
Krakow’s Nativity Scenes
Every year you can find more and more of them in Kraków. Where did this charming tradition – Poland’s first entry on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List – come from?
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Bobbin lace
Kraków bobbin lace is included on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Poland. However, the uniqueness of the art of lace-making goes back further. Its history is long – and surprising!
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Lajkonik parade
It is a peculiar parade through the streets of Krakow on a spring afternoon, led by a rider in a traditional Tatar costume. Where did the Lajkonik parade come from – and what is it all about?
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Emaus and the Rękawka Festival
There comes a moment on Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday when you can leave the festive table. The best idea is to burn calories in the fresh air!
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The Christmas fairs
At the end of the year, the squares of Krakow are filled with the bright lights and bustle of pre-Christmas fairs. It is a tradition that lasts – and constantly takes on new meanings!
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News
The Future of the Past. How Krakow celebrates 45th anniversary of its inscription on the World Heritage List?
25.08.2023
The 45th anniversary of Kraków being listed as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites is the perfect opportunity to look back at how far our city has travelled since 1978. It also allows us to answer the question whether present-day Kraków is as ambitiously self-aware as it was almost half a century ago.
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“Black Art” – 550 years of printing in Poland
13.07.2023
In 1844, while moving one of the bookcases in the Jagiellonian Library, an inconspicuous sheet of paper slipped to the ground. Densely printed on one side in Gothic characters, it turned out to be the oldest known print in Poland.
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A city re-written, or The Krakow Modernism Route
27.06.2023
“A Guide to the Architecture of 20th Century Krakow” can be understood as an invitation to discover “our own” Krakow. The one outside the tourist brochures, where the daily life of its inhabitants actually takes place.
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Conservation of the Veit Stoss Altarpiece with Europa Nostra Award 2023!
13.06.2023
The European Commission and Europa Nostra today announced the winners of the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2023. This year, 30 exceptional heritage achievements from a total of 21 countries were honoured with this highest European award. This year’s laureates in the Conservation category include the Veit Stoss Altarpiece at St Mary’s Basilica in Krakow.
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Through Krakow to Central Europe
28.03.2023
There is much more than a geographical fact hidden in the simple observation that Krakow is a similar distance from Warsaw as it is from three other Central European capitals – Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava.
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Turning to the local
28.03.2023
Could the antique-book shop in the old pharmacy on Zwierzyniec be a place as worthy of mention in guidebooks as the nearby Talowski townhouses, or the annual indulgence at Emaus?
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