Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Krakau, Polen

Druk — Christmas market, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), Christmas market (27 nov – 1 jan)

Druk — Ferie zimowe (winter) holidays in Polen, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Easter break in Polen, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Easter

  4–6 aprSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter, Majówka, the May long weekend

• Feestdag

  Majówka, the May long weekend

  29 apr – 5 mei · meestalNationale feestdagDrukSluitingenBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter (4–6 apr)

Druk — Majówka, the May long weekend, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Lajkonik parade

  25 mei – 30 jun · meestalGroot 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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Majówka, the May long weekend (29 apr – 5 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Wianki midsummer, Jewish Culture Festival

• Festival

  Wianki midsummer

  19–21 junGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Summer Jazz Festival Krakow

  20 jun – 31 aug · meestalMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Jewish Culture Festival

  25 jun – 8 jul · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lajkonik parade (25 mei – 30 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Jewish Culture Festival, Summer holidays in Polen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Summer Jazz Festival Krakow (20 jun – 31 aug (meestal)), Jewish Culture Festival (25 jun – 8 jul (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Polen, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Summer Jazz Festival Krakow (20 jun – 31 aug (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — All Saints, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Unsound Festival

  8–11 oktMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  All Saints

  30 okt – 2 novNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — All Saints, Independence Day

• Risico

  Winter smog

  1 nov – 15 mrt · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  11 novNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Christmas market

  27 nov – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: All Saints (30 okt – 2 nov)

Topdrukte — Christmas market, Christmas break in Polen

• Festival

  Nativity crib competition

  1–8 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), Christmas market (27 nov – 1 jan)