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A small town located about 25 km east of Krakow. The origins of Niepołomice can be found in a settlement complex dating back to the early Middle Ages associated with the already existing there already in the 13th century fortress called Grobla. The settlement was rebuilt by Casimir the Great,

All ponds and slow-flowing waters for example the Rudawa flowing through the Błonia, were named as desserts in accordance with the laws in force in Krakow. It was called so because it flowed very slowly through the marshes and backwaters there. Also a pond behind the city walls at the

In the past centuries, there were regulations at the Krakow Academy that forbade girls from entering the university. However, there was a girl named Nawojka who decided to study at the University. It probably happened in 1417 during the rector’s office of Mikołaj Sołtyk. She came from Wielkopolska and enrolled

Former village situated 7 km west of Kraków, now a suburb. The name probably comes from the soaking / rinsing of bog iron ores, but it may be related to the production of soap here for the needs of the royal court, formerly called Midniki. In 1286, it was owned

Directly bordered by Krakow is a town older than the Poland. There has always been a human settlement near the local salt deposits, which gradually developed into a town – Wieliczka, in Old Polish Wielika. During the reign of King Casimir the Great, the city was surrounded by walls with

On the edge of Las Wolski, next to Panienski Rocks, thanks to the initiative of the eminent ethnographer Seweryn Udziela, an open-air museum of folk architecture was established in 1927. The most valuable object transferred here was a small wooden church with a tower, built in the 17th century, and

Limestone hills with hollow caves rise above the Vistula River in front of Pychowice. Legends say that Master Twardowski ran a school of magic and wizardry here. Currently, the beautiful Jurassic hills are under protection. A 34 hectares park is being created here. At the base of Skały Twardowskiego, sand

Before World War I, on the south-eastern slope of the hill called Sikornik, the Society for the Construction of Cheap Housing Houses planned the construction of a residential and clerical estate. The competition for the design of the estate was announced in 1908, and it was won by Roman Bandurski,

Flows through the city from the west to the east, below Kraków turns north-east. Flowing through the eastern end of the Grzbiet Tęczyński , it creates a amazing ravine. During a low water level, 26 cubic meters of water flow down the Vistula per second, during an average state of

An indulgence combined with a folk party, which took place every year in Krzemionki, near the church of St. Benedict next to the Krakus Mound. The name of the mound is associated with the legendary Krak – the fabulous ruler of Krakow. Linguists explain the origin of the name Rękawka