Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Krakow, Poland
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6.8 km
66 m
Explore Krakow in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in KrakowIndividual Sights in KrakowSight 1: Kościół Świętego Jana Chrzciciela i Matki Bożej Szkaplerznej
The Church of St. John the Baptist and Our Lady of the Scapular is located in Krakow-Krzesławice at 19 Melchiora Wańkowicza Street. It is a filial church of the parish of St. Vincent in Krakow-Pleszów.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Jana Chrzciciela w Krakowie (ul. Wańkowicza) (PL)
Sight 2: Dworek Jana Matejki
Dworek Jana Matejki w Krzesławicach is a museum in Kraków, Poland. It was established in 1965 in Krzesławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Sight 3: Teatr Łaźnia Nowa
Łaźnia Nowa Theatre is the newest dramatic theatre in Kraków, Poland, founded in 2005. It is located in the district of Nowa Huta which was built from the ground up during the 1950s' Communist policy of Socialist realism. Appropriately, the theatre is residing in the post-industrial halls of a former technical school.
Sight 4: Kościół pw. Matki Boskiej Częstochowskiej
The Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa and Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek is a Roman Catholic parish and conventual church of the Cistercians located in Kraków, Poland, in the Glass Houses 7 housing estate in Nowa Huta.
Wikipedia: Kościół Matki Boskiej Częstochowskiej w Krakowie (os. Szklane Domy) (PL), Website
Sight 5: Park Szwedzki
Swedish Park - City Park in Krakow, in Nowa Huta in the XVIII district at the Szklane Houses estate, between Aleja Przyjaźni, Aleja Solidarności, the church of Our Lady of Częstochowa and Bl. Wincenty Kadłubka and a apartment block at the Szklane Houses 1 estate, called the "Swedish block". The area of the park is 2.39 ha.
Sight 6: Nowa Huta Museum
The Museum of Nowa Huta is a branch of the Historical Museum of Kraków. This department was opened on 26 April 2005 by the Mayor of Kraków, Jacek Majchrowski. It contains temporary exhibitions related to the history and monuments of Nowa Huta, the youngest district of Kraków. This branch arranges lessons, lectures and organizes academic conferences related to this district. The museum is located on the ground floor in a 4-floor apartment building. The scouts' supply depot has been adapted to the needs of this branch and a modern audio-visual and exhibition room has been created.
Sight 7: Pomnik Solidarności
The Solidarity Monument "Be Faithful, Go" is a monument in Krakow, in the centre of Nowa Huta, on the southern side of Central Square.
Sight 8: Park Ratuszowy
The Town Hall Park is a city park in Nowa Huta, Poland, in District XVIII of the Glass Houses housing estate. It is bounded from the west by Róż Avenue, from the south by Friendship Avenue, from the east by Edwarda Gardy-Godlewskiego Street, and from the north by Edwarda Rydza-Śmigłego Street, and has an area of 2.2 ha. The park was officially named in 2003, but it existed in this place much earlier – the resolution of the Krakow City Council of 2 July 2003 only legally sanctioned the name commonly used by local residents. The park was designed by Bronisław Szulewski.
Sight 9: Pomnik Krzyża Nowohuckiego
The Nowa Huta Cross Monument is a monument located in Krakow, in the XVIII District of Nowa Huta, on the Teatralny estate in front of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Sight 10: Kościół pw. Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa
The church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - a Roman Catholic parish church, located in Krakow in the XVIII district on the estate Teatralny at ul. Ludźmierska 2, in Nowa Huta.
Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Krakowie (ul. Ludźmierska) (PL), Website
Sight 11: Ludowy Theatre
The Ludowy Theatre in Kraków, located at Osiedle Teatralne housing development in district Nowa Huta, opened on 3 December 1955. At that time in the Polish People's Republic, the official policy of socialist realism in art and social life came to an end and de-Stalinization was taking place, heading for its culmination in the events of Polish October. The Ludowy quickly became known as the city's prime avant-garde stage thanks to collaboration of eminent artists, including the theatre theoretician and painter Józef Szajna, Tadeusz Kantor, Lidia Zamkow, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, and others.
Sight 12: Zbór Kościoła Adwentystów Dnia Siódmego w Nowej Hucie
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nowa Huta is one of two Adventist congregations in Nowa Huta, Poland.
Wikipedia: Zbór Kościoła Adwentystów Dnia Siódmego w Nowej Hucie (PL)
Sight 13: Kościół pw. Świętego Judy Tadeusza
The Church of St. Jude Thaddeus is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Kraków, in the eastern part of Nowa Huta, in the XIV herbarium, on the Czyżyny estate at 6 Wężyka Street.
Wikipedia: Kościół św. Judy Tadeusza w Krakowie (PL), Website
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