Things to do in Kraków

Things to do in Kraków

1. DoEast

   Com-Com Zone

   Sport centre close to Hutnik stadium: training halls, football pitches, climbing wall, swimming pool, sauna.

   Swimming pool 12/9 zł, halls & gym & sauna 20 zł

2. DoOld Town

   Groteska Theatre

   Puppet theatre, plays for kids mostly but they also do experimental stuff for mature audience.

3. DoOld Town

   Juliusz Słowacki Theatre

   Teatr Słowackiego

   Grand old venue by north city walls stages concerts, plays and other events.

4. DoSouth

   Kika Cinema

   A cinema and a cafe. Arthouse, European films, classics, showings for children.

5. DoWest

   Kino Kijów

   Old-style cinema hall in 1960s modernist building. Also has concerts and other events.

6. DoWest

   Kino Mikro

   Arthouse cinema shows European & retro, seldom mainstream Hollywood.

7. DoEast

   Kino Sfinks

   Sphinx Cinema

   One of the smaller, forgotten cinemas in Krakow. Films usually arrive here a month after their premiere, but it's definitely not a multiplex experience.

8. DoOld Town

   Kino pod Baranami

   Cinema in a beautiful palace with three screens. Similar to ARS with their selection of films. They have special screenings of Polish films with subtitles in English.

9. DoEast

   Nowa Huta Lake

   Artificial water reservoir right next to Huta centre. Place for sports, rollerskating, a sunbath and swan feeding (don't do the last one, it's forbidden).

10. DoOld Town

    Old Theatre

    Stary Teatr

    Located in a Kraków-style Art Nouveau building next to pl. Szczepański.

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    Scene under the Town Hall

    Scena pod Ratuszem

    Small theatre in Town Hall's basement is part of People's Theatre (Teatr Ludowy) based in Nowa Huta.

12. DoSouth

    Spółdzielnia Ogniwo

    Ogniwo

    Leftist cafe, bar, bookstore and culture house owned and managed by a cooperative. They organize many events: discussions, film screenings, exhibitions and book promotions. Prices at the bar are pretty low. Books they sell are mostly in Polish. LGBT friendly.

    Closed · opens noon tomorrow·Beer: 10 zł

13. DoWest

    Theatre Scena STU

    Originally a student theatre, now repertory but still avant-garde.

14. DoWest

    Waterpark

    Park Wodny

    Indoor pool with slides, children's pool and padding area, plus sauna.

    Daily 08:00-22:00·Day ticket 50 zł

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    Bajit Chadasz

    New Home in Hebrew

    Jewish culture festival, organised by Jewish Cultural Centre in Kazimierz with concerts, exhibitions and lectures.

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    Etiuda and Anima

    International film festival built around animations and short films. November

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    Jewish Culture Festival

    Festiwal Kultury Żydowskiej

    A classic, one of the biggest Jewish culture festivals in the world. A week of tours, concerts, workshops on cuisine, dance, music and calligraphy topped with a huge final show on Saturday evening. June/July

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    Krakow Film Festival

    One of the oldest film events dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe. In a week over 200 films are shown in around six cinemas (10 screens) around the city and in an open air one next to Wawel castle. May

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    Krakowskie Noce

    Krakow Nights

    Five nights (one in each month from May to September): Night of Museums (free museums), Night of Theatres (free theatres), Night of Jazz (free jazz concerts), Cracovia Sacra Night (free concerts of church music) and Night of Poetry (free poetic evenings).

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    Live Music Festival

    Typical summer open air music fest. Stars that appeared past years include: Kanye West, Muse, The Chemical Brothers, 50 Cent.

    Second half of August

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    Photomonth

    One month long festival with around forty different photography exhibitions around the city. May

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    Sacrum Profanum

    Music fest with concerts of such stars as Steve Reich, Aphex Twin or Kraftwerk taking place in unusual places like churches, museums and factories.

    November

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    Wianki

    St. John's Night (Midsummer) celebration. An evening of concerts finished with a fireworks show taking place on Vistula river banks next to Wawel castle. A booze-up. June

24. DoOld Town

    AST Theatre

    University Dramatic Arts school's theatre.

25. DoOld Town

    Agrafka

    Arthouse.

26. DoOld Town

    Bagatela Theatre

    Light plays, comedies mostly.

27. DoOld Town

    Camelot Theatre

    is a small repertory theatre

28. DoOld Town

    Contemporary Theatre

    Old Theatre's second stage.

29. DoEast

    GOjump Trampoline Park

    33 zł per hour

30. DoKazimierz

    Jewish Community Centre

    Jewish culture and language lessons, exhibitions, lectures.

31. DoWest

    Krakow Opera

    Opera Krakowska

    Two stages for opera and ballet.

32. DoOld Town

    Krakow Philharmonic

    Filharmonia Krakowska

    ul. Zwierzyniecka 1

    Tue-Fri 11:00-14:00, 15:00-19:00

33. DoOld Town

    Małopolski Ogród Sztuki

    MOS

    Multifunctional space for plays, exhibitions and concerts.

34. DoEast

    Teatr Ludowy

    People's Theater

    Osiedle Teatralne 34

35. DoKazimierz

    Teatr Nowy

    New Theatre

    ul. Krakowska 41

36. DoEast

    Teatr Łaźnia Nowa

    os. Szkolne 25

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    Jewish Culture Festival

    Ten-day-long festival held since 1988 at the end of June. Next festival takes place 25-29 June 2025

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    Krakow Valley Golf & Country Club

    Also a hotel, shooting range and horse rides.

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    Off Camera

    International festival of independent cinema. April

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    Royal Kraków Golf & Country Club

    Between Wieliczka and Niepołomice. Also a hotel.

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Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Kraków (CC BY-SA 4.0).