Qué hay en Cracovia, Polonia, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas market, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter smog (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Christmas market (27 Nov – 1 Ene)

Concurrido — Ferie zimowe (winter) holidays en Polonia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter smog (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Easter break en Polonia, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Easter

  4–6 AbrCierresMucha gente

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays and nearly all shops close on both, with early closing on Holy Saturday, when families carry baskets of eggs and bread to church to be blessed. Many Poles travel home or to the mountains for the long weekend. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter smog (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter, Majówka, the May long weekend

• Festivo

  Majówka, the May long weekend

  29 Abr – 5 May · normalmenteFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierresReserva pronto

  1 May and 3 May are public holidays, and many Poles take the days between to make a week-long break. Shops close on both holidays, trains and coaches fill, and hotels in the mountains, on the coast and in the most visited cities book up early. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Easter (4–6 Abr)

Concurrido — Majówka, the May long weekend, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Lajkonik parade

  25 May – 30 Jun · normalmenteGran festival

  A man in a Tatar costume on a hobby horse works his way from Zwierzyniec to the market square, touching people with a mace for luck. Eight days after Corpus Christi, so the date moves. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Majówka, the May long weekend (29 Abr – 5 May (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Wianki midsummer, Jewish Culture Festival

• Festival

  Wianki midsummer

  19–21 JunGran festivalMucha gente

  Wreaths on the Vistula, concerts under Wawel and fireworks off the river on the midsummer weekend. The embankments are the venue and they are free. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Summer Jazz Festival Krakow

  20 Jun – 31 Ago · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  One of Europe's longest-running jazz festivals, filling clubs and outdoor stages nightly from late June into August with international headliners and free fringe concerts. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Jewish Culture Festival

  25 Jun – 8 Jul · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  Nine days of concerts, workshops and walks in Kazimierz, ending with an open-air night on Szeroka Street. It has run since 1988 and is the reason the quarter fills that week. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Lajkonik parade (25 May – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Jewish Culture Festival, Summer holidays en Polonia

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Summer Jazz Festival Krakow (20 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Jewish Culture Festival (25 Jun – 8 Jul (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Polonia, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Summer Jazz Festival Krakow (20 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — All Saints, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Unsound Festival

  8–11 OctFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  An internationally known experimental and electronic music festival filling venues across the city each October, now linked by a special train to a parallel Warsaw edition. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  All Saints

  30 Oct – 2 NovFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  The country travels home on 1 November and the cemeteries burn with candles after dark; Rakowicki is the one to walk. Trains and roads out of the city are the worst of the year. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — All Saints, Independence Day

• Riesgo

  Winter smog

  1 Nov – 15 Mar · normalmente

  Coal heating in the valley towns around the city and a cold inversion put the worst air of the year over Krakow between November and March. It is a matter of days, not the whole season. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Independence Day

  11 NovFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  A public holiday: shops shut, Wawel closes to ordinary sightseeing around the morning mass, and the procession down the Royal Route to Matejki Square takes the Old Town streets out of use for the middle of the day. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Christmas market

  27 Nov – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Stalls fill the main square for five weeks and stay up past New Year, selling smoked oscypek and grilled sausage rather than trinkets. Dark by four, which suits it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: All Saints (30 Oct – 2 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — Christmas market, Christmas break en Polonia

• Festival

  Nativity crib competition

  1–8 Dic · normalmenteNavidad y Año Nuevo

  On the first Thursday of December the makers carry their glittering, tower-shaped cribs to the Mickiewicz monument at ten in the morning, then move to Krzysztofory Palace for judging and exhibition. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter smog (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Christmas market (27 Nov – 1 Ene)