Hva som skjer i Kraków (Cracow), Poland gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas market, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter smog (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis)), Christmas market (27. nov – 1. jan)

Travelt — Ferie zimowe (winter) holidays i Poland, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter smog (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Easter break i Poland, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Easter

  4.–6. aprStengningerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter smog (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Easter, Majówka, the May long weekend

• Helligdag

  Majówka, the May long weekend

  29. apr – 5. mai · vanligvisNasjonaldagMye folkStengningerBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Easter (4.–6. apr)

Travelt — Majówka, the May long weekend, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Lajkonik parade

  25. mai – 30. jun · vanligvisStor 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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Majówka, the May long weekend (29. apr – 5. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Wianki midsummer, Jewish Culture Festival

• Festival

  Wianki midsummer

  19.–21. junStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Summer Jazz Festival Krakow

  20. jun – 31. aug · vanligvisMusikkfestivalBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Jewish Culture Festival

  25. jun – 8. jul · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Lajkonik parade (25. mai – 30. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Jewish Culture Festival, Summer holidays i Poland

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Summer Jazz Festival Krakow (20. jun – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Jewish Culture Festival (25. jun – 8. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer holidays i Poland, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Summer Jazz Festival Krakow (20. jun – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Travelt — All Saints, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Unsound Festival

  8.–11. oktMusikkfestivalBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  All Saints

  30. okt – 2. novNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — All Saints, Independence Day

• Fare

  Winter smog

  1. nov – 15. mar · vanligvis

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  11. novNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Christmas market

  27. nov – 1. janJul og nyttårMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: All Saints (30. okt – 2. nov)

Toppsesong — Christmas market, Christmas break i Poland

• Festival

  Nativity crib competition

  1.–8. des · vanligvisJul og nyttår

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter smog (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis)), Christmas market (27. nov – 1. jan)