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Things to do in Kraków
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Sightlore has 51 places to explore in Kraków, and 51 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Kraków's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory
Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory is a former metal item factory in Kraków.
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National Museum in Kraków
The National Museum in Kraków, popularly abbreviated as MNK, is the largest museum in Poland.
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Vistulan Boulevards in Kraków
The Vistulan Boulevards are historical hydraulic boulevards used for flood management in Kraków, Poland.
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St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known colloquially as the St. Mary's Church, is a historic Roman Catholic parish church located at Mariacki Square at the north-eastern corner of the Main Market Square in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.
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Church of St. Francis of Assisi
The Church of St. Francis of Assisi and Friary of the Conventual Friars Minor located in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland, are a Roman Catholic religious complex on the west side of All Saints Square at Franciszkańska 2, across the street from the Bishop's Palace in…
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Old Synagogue in Kraków
The Old Synagogue was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and fortress synagogue, located at 24 Szeroka Street, in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland.
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Remuh Synagogue
The Remah Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 40 Szeroka Street, in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland.
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Kościuszko Mound
Kościuszko's Mound is an artificial mound in Kraków, Poland. It was erected by Cracovians in commemoration of the Polish national leader Tadeusz Kościuszko, and modelled after Kraków's prehistoric mounds of Krak and Wanda.
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Wawel
The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland.
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The Eagle Pharmacy Museum
The Eagle Pharmacy Museum is a branch of the Historical Museum of Kraków located at 18 Bohaterów Getta Square in Podgórze, the former district of Kraków, Poland.
Discovery routes in Kraków
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Kraków: the Royal Route and Main Square
From the Barbican and St Florian's Gate along Floriańska Street to the Main Square: Czartoryski Museum, Matejko House, Cloth Hall, the Rynek Underground, Town Hall Tower and St Mary's Basilica.
Kraków: Grodzka Street and Wawel
From Collegium Maius and the university churches down Grodzka Street to Wawel Hill: the royal castle, the cathedral, Sigismund's Chapel and the Dragon's Den.
Kraków: the Kazimierz Jewish Quarter
From the Vistula boulevards to Skałka, then into Kazimierz: Corpus Christi Basilica, the Tempel, Izaak, High, Old and Remuh synagogues, Szeroka Street, the Remuh Cemetery and the Galicia Jewish Museum.
Kraków: Podgórze and Schindler's Factory
Across the Father Bernatek footbridge into the former ghetto: Ghetto Heroes Square, the Eagle Pharmacy, Schindler's Factory and MOCAK, then the site of the Płaszów camp and Krakus Mound.
Kraków: Planty, Błonia and Kościuszko Mound
From the Planty park ringing the Old Town to the National Museum, across the Błonia meadow up to Kościuszko Mound, and back to the Manggha Japanese museum across the Vistula.
Around Kraków: Wieliczka Salt Mine and Tyniec
By car: the UNESCO-listed Wieliczka Salt Mine, the Divine Mercy Sanctuary, the Benedictine abbey of Tyniec above the Vistula and the Ark of the Lord church in Nowa Huta.
Places to visit
Historic sites
St. Florian's Gate
St. Florian's Gate in Kraków, Poland, is one of the best-known Polish Gothic towers, and a focal point of Kraków's Old Town.
Juliusz Słowacki Theatre
Juliusz Słowacki Theatre is a historic, 19th-century Eclectic-style theatre and opera house located at 1 Świętego Ducha Square in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Old town Market Square in Krakow
The Main Market Square a historic square located in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland. It is the principal urban space located at the center of the city.
Wawel
The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland.
Wawel Castle
The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland.
Szeroka Street
Szeroka Street - a historic street in Kazimierz, the former district of Kraków, Poland.
Remuh Cemetery
The Old Jewish Cemetery, more commonly known as the Remah Cemetery, is a historic necropolis established in the years 1535–1551, and one of the oldest existing Jewish cemeteries in Poland.
Father Bernatek bridge
Footbridge over the Vistula linking Kazimierz and Podgórze.
Bohaterów Getta Square in Kraków
Square in Podgórze, in the former ghetto, known for its memorial of empty chairs.
Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp
Płaszów, officially named Płaszów concentration camp near Kraków, was a German Nazi concentration camp operated by the SS in the area of Podgórze and Wola Duchacka near Płaszów, a southern suburb of Kraków, in the General Governorate of German-occupied Poland.
Wieliczka Salt Mine
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a salt mine in the town of Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland. From Neolithic times, sodium chloride (table salt) was produced there from the upwelling brine.
Museums
Czartoryski Museum
The Princes Czartoryski Museum – often abbreviated to Czartoryski Museum – is a historic museum in Kraków, Poland, and one of the country's oldest museums. The initial collection was formed in 1796 in Puławy by Princess Izabela Czartoryska.
Jan Matejko House
Jan Matejko House is a museum dedicated to Polish painter Jan Matejko that was established in 1895 and has been a branch of the National Museum in Kraków since 1904. The building has been listed as a cultural property under the registration number A-58 in 12.05.1931
Rynek Underground
The Rynek Underground museum of Kraków is situated below the market square of the city. The museum is approximately 4000 square meters in size.
Old Synagogue in Kraków
The Old Synagogue was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and fortress synagogue, located at 24 Szeroka Street, in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland.
Galicia Jewish Museum
The Galicia Jewish Museum is located at 18 Dajwór Street in Kazimierz the historic Jewish district of Kraków, Poland.
The Eagle Pharmacy Museum
The Eagle Pharmacy Museum is a branch of the Historical Museum of Kraków located at 18 Bohaterów Getta Square in Podgórze, the former district of Kraków, Poland.
Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory
Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory is a former metal item factory in Kraków.
MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK) is a contemporary art gallery in Kraków, Poland that opened on 19 May 2011. Situated 3 kilometres from the centre of the city, on a demolished part of the factory of Oskar Schindler, the aim of the gallery is to present and…
National Museum in Kraków
The National Museum in Kraków, popularly abbreviated as MNK, is the largest museum in Poland.
Manggha
”Manggha” Museum of Japanese Art and Technology is a museum located at 26 M. Konopnickiej Street in Dębniki, the former district of Kraków, Poland. Until 2005, it was a branch of the National Museum of Kraków.
Places of worship
St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known colloquially as the St. Mary's Church, is a historic Roman Catholic parish church located at Mariacki Square at the north-eastern corner of the Main Market Square in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.
St. Adalbert's church
The Church of St. Adalbert or the Church of St. Wojciech (Polish: Kościół św.
Church of St. Anne
The Church of St. Anne, is a historic Roman Catholic parish and university collegiate church located at 13 św.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Kraków
The Church of the Holy Trinity, known colloquially as the Dominicans Church is a historic Roman Catholic conventual church of the Order of Preachers located at 12 Stolarska Street in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.
Church of St. Francis of Assisi
The Church of St. Francis of Assisi and Friary of the Conventual Friars Minor located in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland, are a Roman Catholic religious complex on the west side of All Saints Square at Franciszkańska 2, across the street from the Bishop's Palace in…
Saints Peter and Paul Church
The Church of Saints Apostles Peter and Paul is a historic Roman Catholic Polish Baroque church located at 52a Grodzka Street in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.
St. Andrew's Church
The Church of St. Andrew is a historic Roman Catholic conventual church of the Order of Saint Clare located at 54 Grodzka Street in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.
Wawel Cathedral
The Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus, known colloquially as Wawel Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland.
Sigismund's Chapel
Sigismund's Chapel is a royal chapel of the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, Poland.
Skałka
The Church of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr (Polish: Kościół św.
Corpus Christi Basilica
The Corpus Christi Church, is a historic Roman Catholic parish and conventual church of the Canons Regular of the Lateran located at 26 Bożego Ciała Street in Kazimierz, the former district of Kraków, Poland.
Tempel Synagogue
The Tempel Synagogue also Progressive Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 24 Miodowa Street, in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland.
Izaak Synagogue
The Izaak Synagogue, formally known as the Isaak Jakubowicz Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 14 Kupa Street, in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland.
Remuh Synagogue
The Remah Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 40 Szeroka Street, in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland.
St. Joseph's Church, Podgórze
Church of St. Joseph is a historic Roman Catholic parish church located at 2 Jana Zamoyskiego Street (in the southern frontage of the Podgórski Market Square) in Podgórze, the former district of Kraków, Poland.
Divine Mercy Sanctuary
The Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków, Poland, is a Roman Catholic basilica dedicated to the devotion of the Divine Mercy, and is the resting place of Saint Faustina Kowalska.
Tyniec Abbey
The Benedictine Abbey of Tyniec is a Benedictine monastery in Tyniec, Kraków, Poland.
The Lord's Ark Church of Kraków
The Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland, known colloquially as The Ark of the Lord Church is a historic Roman Catholic parish church located at 1 Obrońców Krzyża Street in Nowa Huta, the former district of Kraków, Poland.
Monuments
Kraków Barbican
The Barbican is a barbican – a fortified outpost once connected to the city walls. It is a historic gateway leading into the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.
Sukiennice
The Cloth Hall, is a historic cloth hall located in the centre of the Main Market Square in Old Town of Kraków, Poland. Dates to the Renaissance and is one of the city's most recognizable monuments.
Town Hall Tower
Town Hall Tower is one of the main focal points of the Main Market Square in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.
Collegium Maius
The Collegium Maius (Latin for "Great College") located in Kraków Old Town, Poland, is the Jagiellonian University's oldest building, dating back to the 14th century.
Bishop's Palace, Kraków
The Bishop's Palace in Kraków is the seat of Kraków metropolitan Curia, Poland, and the traditional residence of Kraków bishops since the late 14th century.
High Synagogue, Kraków
The High Synagogue was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, also known as the Tall Synagogue (corresponding to its height), located at Jozefa 38 Street, in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, in the Małopolskie Voivodeship of Poland.
Krakus Mound
Krakus' Mound (in Polish. Kopiec Krakusa), also called Krak's Mound, is a tumulus located in the Podgórze district of Kraków, Poland, and is thought the resting place of Kraków's mythical founder, King Krakus.
Kościuszko Mound
Kościuszko's Mound is an artificial mound in Kraków, Poland. It was erected by Cracovians in commemoration of the Polish national leader Tadeusz Kościuszko, and modelled after Kraków's prehistoric mounds of Krak and Wanda.
Nature
Smocza Jama
Smocza Jama (Polish for "dragon's den") is a limestone cave in the Wawel Hill in Kraków. Owing to its location in the heart of the former Polish capital and its connection to the legendary Wawel Dragon, it is well known in Poland.
Vistulan Boulevards in Kraków
The Vistulan Boulevards are historical hydraulic boulevards used for flood management in Kraków, Poland.
Planty Park
Planty is a historic urban park surrounding the Old Town in Kraków, Poland. It was built on the site of the destroyed Medieval defensive walls of the city. The park has an area of 21 ha (52 acres) and a length of 4 km (2.5 mi).
Błonia Park
Błonia Park is a historic city park, meadow with an area of 48 hectares, located in the former quarter Półwsie Zwierzynieckie, of 700 meters west of the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.
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