Tourism & Culture: Building Bridges for a Sustainable Future
With less than two weeks left till 2021 says “Hello!”, historical cities and popular tourist destinations worldwide are busy taking stock of what happened to their visitor statistics this year, across the wide spectrum of tourism beneficiaries. There’s no denying that just about every type…
In Search of Divine Prospects: Christmas 2020 in Kraków
With only a few days left till Christmas 2020 (in its Covid-19 edition), mixed messages abound, especially when it comes to speculations around where 2021 might take us. At this time of the year, Kraków is one of many big cities preoccupied with gathering statistics…
Stairway to a (Disability-Friendly) Reputation!
A city’s reputation is a complex idea in its own right, with hundreds of variables impacting both WHAT we think about a given city (from first impressions all the way to deep-rooted convictions) to WHY we think what we think. To leave all this complexity…
Cultural Heritage and Romance
The global pandemic has already changed the world we live in. Some of the changes are temporary, and some are here to stay. While many of those changes have already come to haunt us with a sense of deprivation, uncertainty and fragility, some have actually…
From Overtourism to Ghost Towns: The Big Questions For Cities That Need Big Answers
For many cities worldwide, the last few weeks and months have been extra-ordinary in so many ways, that managing them under lockdown restrictions must have felt like corporate crisis management at its best/worst, depending on perspective. There is one important difference, though. With the COVID-19…
Managing Cultural Heritage And Tourist Experience in the Age of Overtourism
If you’re interested in tourism and world heritage cities, 11-12 March 2020 is probably the date when you might want to be in Kraków, Poland. During those two days a long-awaited conference entitled HISTORICAL CITIES IN SEARCH OF A PREMIUM TOURIST will take place at…
Sekretarz Generalny OWHC o Kongresie: 2 lata pracy i 8 minut podsumowania
Dziedzictwo kulturowe miasta to jeden z tych czynników, które – choć zakorzenione w najstarszej historii, niezliczonych opowieściach i legendach – w ogromnym stopniu wpływają również na perspektywy rozwojowe i wizerunkową siłę marki miasta w skali globalnej. O ile, oczywiście, zarządza się tym zagadnieniem w sposób…
The 15th OWHC World Congress in Kraków Explained in 8 Minutes
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. This is why it’s going to be one of the shorter posts in the (equally short) history of the Kraków Heritage Blog. To reach this stage, however, to be able to publish this 8-minute interview (having gathered…
One City and Millions of Photos…All Year Long.
The Meme Culture Do you like memes? I’m quite sure you’ve smiled, maybe even laughed uncontrollably, seeing one or two that matched your particular vein of humour. Have you come across the one with Neil Armstrong and a young woman (two separate photos juxtaposed) in front of…
The 15th World Congress in Kraków: 10 Days Later…
On June 13th, the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) published its first news update after the World Congress in Kraków (2-5 June 2019). It starts with the following words: “The 15th OWHC World Congress held in Krakow will be considered a landmark event for…
Kraków City Hall
Urząd Miasta Krakowa
pl. Wszystkich Świętych 3-4
31-004 Kraków
