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This is the largest market place in Europe. It is rectangular with a side length of 200 meters. Everyone who comes for the first time to the Cracow market place on a summer day, is not only amazed by the magic of all the sights and the flapping doves but also by the numerous colourful cafés, restaurants, and beer gardens at this largest square in modern Europe. People are passing by and you can hear all the languages of the world there. |
The
city of Cracow is one of the most beautiful cities in Eastern Europe.
It is part of the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Sites and
is more than 1000 years old. Poland is proud of Cracow, Cracows rich
culture, and the Cracowians. Cracow was chosen as the European Capital
of Culture for the year 2000. Cracow is the seat of the second oldest
university in Europe, the Jagiellones University, founded in 1364.
Cracow is a city of science, almost 100,000 people study at the several
dozens of universities, among them are thousands of young people
from Western Europe, the US, and other nations.
The
famous medical faculty Collegium Medicum trains future dentists,
pharmacists, and doctors from other fields of medicine. The city
is home to many well-educated people who form the permanent staff
of many foreign companies in Poland. Large companies such as the
Deutsche Bank, Hypo Vereinsbank, and Motoralo chose Cracow as the
site for their principal office. Cracow means also large investments
because the German ECE project management company (that bulit e.g.
the Commerce Centre in Leipzig) is building, together with the world's
greatest developer TismannSpeyer Properties from the US, a new, modern
city quarter with many shops, hotels, and office buildings. The investment
for this project sums up to almost one billion US dollars.
Even
the famous Hollywood film director Steven Spielberg shot a film here.
Cracow is a city where you will never get bored. Many concerts, festivals,
and other cultural events take place here. You will not only find beautiful
sights here like the old city centre, the Jewish quarter, the royal
castle Wawel, but also numerous other attractions. There are waiting
about 500 restaurants and pubs in the city centre for you. You will
have an excellent offer of hotels at your disposal as well as countless
shopping malls, and dozens of clubs where you will always be welcome
in the evening.
If
you love nature, you can do a trip to the nature reserve "Jura
krakowsko-czestochowska" where you can experience mother nature,
relax, and visit medieval castles. Another interesting excursion is
the canoe trip on the river Dunajec, a one-day excursion to Zakopane
- the capital of the Polish Tatra, and a visit of the salt mine of
Wieliczka near Cracow (www.wieliczka.com.pl). The salt mine of Wieliczka,
which is protected as a historical monument, is worldwide the only
mine that has been in use since the middle ages til today. All these
attractions are offered to you and for relatively little money compared
to Western standards.
