Family and Kids in Krakow
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Visit to experience unparalleled fun for kidsBuilt in the 1930s as a residence for students, this building became the headquarters of the Krakow Nazi occupation administration. Most of the building is closed to the public. The actual museum is in the basement. In this room 108 Poles were interrogated and/or killed including Polish General Stanislaw Rostworowski. You’ll find two major exhibitions - Occupied Krakow and Gestapo Ce...Read more
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A place for children with all kinds of interestsThe Dominicans came to Krakow in 1222, and this church was constructed a few decades later. It also received additions over the next few centuries, all of which was burned down in 1850. Rebuilt after that, the huge building you see here is a lovely and large neo-Gothic structure. A monastery is joined to the church. The relics of Saint Jacek Odrowaz, founder of this complex, are in the chapel u...Read more
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A guaranteed fun space for the kidsEstablished in 1940, for five years Plaszow camp was part of the Nazi death machine. The prisoners at this camp may not have died in the same way as those in Auschwitz or Majdanek, but it was still among the most horrific places on Earth during WWII. Killings, beatings, disease, starvation, torture, slavery - these horrors and more took place here. It was the camp most prominently featured in t...Read more
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Amazing Krakow attraction for kidsOvershadowed in fame by the Main Market Square, this cousin square behind St. Barbara Church has nevertheless played an important role in Krakow’s history. It was the location of the city’s first and longest running parish school, at the at the junction of Stolarska and Sienna Streets; it was closed in the early 19th century. As its name says, it also used to a thriving market space...Read more
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Can keep your kids busy for daysSeweryn Udziela, a folklorist and a teacher, founded this museum in 1911 inside the Old Town Hall. It’s not very well known, but practically every visitor who discovers the museum is delighted. Charming, quirky and lovingly detailed, the museum recreates Polish rural life as it used to be in the 19th century. The interior decor of peasant homes, traditional dresses, exhibits on folk ritua...Read more
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Perfect for kids day out in KrakowThe Jagiellonian University’s Pharmacy Museum is housed inside a lovely 14th century building. The 22000-item collection is one of the largest and best of its kind in the world. It comprises of books, instruments, glassware, jars, and lab equipment. The collection of traditional medicinal herbs is fascinating. There is a full-scale replica of a traditional apothecary. Furthermore, the thr...Read more
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Fun place to go for kidsTo the east of Krakow’s Old Town, you’ll find a more than two hundred year old botanic garden. Spread over 9.6 hectares, this place was established because botany students at the Jagiellonian University needed a test garden. Flowers, medicinal herbs, orchids and endangered plant species can be found here. In spring and summer the attraction fairly bursts with vivid colors. But it&rs...Read more
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A cool place to see with kidsKing Casimir the Restorer founded the abbey in 1044, about 12 kilometers south of Krakow. It rises on a limestone cliff above the Vistula River, a majestic structure of wide walls and red roofs. Despite its fortified position, it was burned down thrice, and it was rebuilt as many times in Gothic, then Renaissance, and then Baroque styles. Historically, it has also been a place for education for...Read more
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A fantastic place for refreshing break for childrenPoland and Lithuania fought a mighty and famous against the Teutonic Knights in 1410. 500 years later that event was commemorated by the unveiling of this great monument by Antoni Wiwulski. The most prominent figures on the monument are the Polish King Wladyslaw Jagiello and the Lithuanian prince Vytautas. Leader of the Teutons, Urlich von Jungingen, is also seen there, lying fallen below ...Read more
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One of the awesome things children enjoy the mostVery few people are aware that this unassuming church at the foot of Wavel Hill is the origin of the brotherhood known as the Brownfriars. These monks are followers of Franciscan St. John of Capistrano. The original gothic church that stood here was destroyed by the Polish themselves, in the mid-17th century at the height of the Swedish invasion, as it was thought the church would be too good a...Read more
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The best option for younger visitorsThis is one of the oldest stone churches in the country, built in the 11th century. Compared to the other churches in the city, this one is tiny. St. Adalbert was killed in Prussia, and his body was brought it back to Poland for an equal exchange of his weight in gold. It has a simple and austere appearance both inside and outside. Still, the interior has some light Baroque ornamentation, and t...Read more
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A place where kids enjoy and have funA new and thrilling addition to the attractions around to the Main Market Square is the fascinating torture museum. You’ll find exhibits on chastity belts, the witch’s chair, the pigeon’s cradle and the Spanish Donkey. There are over 100 deliciously morbid items to see here, the largest collection in the country. You can see how their forms evolved over the Gothic, Renaissance...Read more
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A place perfect for families with kidsThis fun family attraction, northeast of the Old Town of Krakow, makes for a fantastic diversion from the usual historical fare of the tourist attractions in the city. The water park has a wide variety of rides and sections including slides, paddling pools, tubes, sports, simple swimming lanes, rapid rivers and wave pools. For adults who want to relax while their kids have fun there are also Hy...Read more
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A favorite place to take the kids in the cityOverview of Chopin Concert Hall This concert hall is home to a variety of terrific performance groups - Chopin Music Concerts, Klemzer Music (a Jewish amalgam of Romanian, Greek, Ukrainian, Polish, and Turkish folk music traditions), and Polish Folk Music. But perhaps the most famous of the organisations associated to this hall is that of the chamber orchestra. Founded in 2007 by Slawomir Prok...Read more
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It's just one of those places to visit and hang outThe myth of the fire breathing Dragon of Wawel Hill has played a massive role in the cultural identity of Krakow and Poland. And this was the cave in which legend says the dragon slept. The route through this attractions one way - enter from the Castle at the foot of the Thieves tower, down a staircase well. It will lead you to a 271 meter long cave, of which 81 meters is open to the public. Th...Read more