The front of the Theatre in Krakow, Poland

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Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) in Krakow.
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Located on the main square – Rynek Główny, the busiest place in Krakow whether
it is night or day. Sukiennice claims to be the world’s oldest shopping mall
and has been in business for 700 years. Today it is a “tourist trap”.

On every hour, a trumpet signal – called the hejnał (pronounced hey-now) – is
played from the top of the taller of St. Mary’s two towers. The plaintive tune
breaks off in mid-stream, to commemorate the famous 13th century trumpeter,
who was shot in the throat while sounding the alarm before the Mongol attack
on the city. The noon-time hejnał is heard across Poland and abroad broadcast
live by the Polish national Radio 1 Station.
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The main market square in Kraków is the place to be on a saturday night.

Krakow. Winter Wonderland

Seen atop the glorious theatre in Krakow, this little gargoyle-y head seems to
be eating the Cracovian coat of arms. Now that’s a mouthful!

The Juliusz Slowacki Theatre in Krakow was initially called the Miejski
(Municipal) and opened in 1893 in a building erected on Plac Sw. Ducha (Holy
Spirit Square). The edifice, constructed according to a design by Jan
Zawiejski, was modeled after the most beautiful theatres in Europe and is an
exquisite example of Eclectic Architecture. “Krakow sztuce narodowej” / “From
Krakow to the National Arts” reads the inscription on its marble façade,
indicating how significant the founders of the newly created theatre’s
perceived the building to be, and how much they expected of the institution
that would arise within it.

Krakow, Juliusz Słowacki Theater.

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