På gång i Kraków (Cracow), Poland under året

Mycket folk — Christmas market, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Christmas market (27 nov – 1 jan)

Mycket folk — Ferie zimowe (winter) holidays i Poland, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Easter break i Poland, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Easter

  4–6 aprStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter, Majówka, the May long weekend

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  Majówka, the May long weekend

  29 apr – 5 maj · vanligtvisNationell helgdagTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter (4–6 apr)

Mycket folk — Majówka, the May long weekend, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Lajkonik parade

  25 maj – 30 jun · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Majówka, the May long weekend (29 apr – 5 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Wianki midsummer, Jewish Culture Festival

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  Wianki midsummer

  19–21 junStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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  Summer Jazz Festival Krakow

  20 jun – 31 aug · vanligtvisMusikfestivalBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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  Jewish Culture Festival

  25 jun – 8 jul · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Lajkonik parade (25 maj – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Jewish Culture Festival, Summer holidays i Poland

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Summer Jazz Festival Krakow (20 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Jewish Culture Festival (25 jun – 8 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Poland, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Summer Jazz Festival Krakow (20 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mycket folk — All Saints, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Unsound Festival

  8–11 oktMusikfestivalBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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  All Saints

  30 okt – 2 novNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — All Saints, Independence Day

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  Winter smog

  1 nov – 15 mar · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

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  Independence Day

  11 novNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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  Christmas market

  27 nov – 1 janJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: All Saints (30 okt – 2 nov)

Mest folk — Christmas market, Christmas break i Poland

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  Nativity crib competition

  1–8 dec · vanligtvisJul & nyår

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter smog (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Christmas market (27 nov – 1 jan)