Friday, July 20, 2007
The Model ?IS 2? tank is not only a part of the exhibition of the Artillery Museum in Nowa Huta, it?s also one of the symbols of Nowa Huta itself.
The tank has become a point of orientation, a part of the district?s landscape and an attraction for kids.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Krakow?s Natural Museum of the Polish Academy of Sciences currently occupies 3,000 square meters in the city center on ul. Sebastiana. This area is far too small to exhibit all of the museum?s treasures, and so many of the museum?s plant, insect and fossil exhibits have been placed in storage.
Friday, July 20, 2007
On Saturday, May 19, pl. Nowy on Kazimierz, along with the surrounding streets, will turn into the biggest restaurant in the city, as Krakow welcomes the Sixth International Soup Festival. Celebrating what some may think is just a banal dish has turned out to be a splendid idea. Every year hundreds of inhabitants and tourists gather in the heart of Kazimierz to sample, learn new recipes or just have a good time.
Friday, July 20, 2007
In Western Europe, it has long been a tradition. In Krakow, it is becoming fashionable, gradually laying roots in the culture of the city.
On the night of May 18-19, the fourth annual Night of Museums will take place in Krakow.
Friday, July 20, 2007
St. Stanislaw's Procession is one of the oldest, most important ceremonies of a religious character in Poland
Thursday, July 5, 2007
On Friday, May 11, the Governing Council of Jagiellonian University commemorated its 643th anniversary in a joint session with the City Council in Collegium Novum on ul. Golebia.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Krakow is one of the cities participating in a European Union pilot program aimed at improving public transportation.
One feature of the program involves designating some traffic lanes only for public transport vehicles.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Last week the head of the Department of Neurology at University Hospital was arrested on charges of demanding bribes for hospital services and arranging for patients to receive immediate care when they should have been put on waiting lists.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
According to local television and newspapers, a massive hospital strike will be held in the Malopolska region this May.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Currently Krakow has a limited number of ?hot spots? where someone with a wireless-fidelity-enabled laptop can connect to the Internet.