Kraków

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

Groteska Theatre

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

Juliusz Słowacki Theatre

Teatr Słowackiego

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

Kika Cinema

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

Kino Kijów

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

Kino Mikro

Arthouse cinema shows European & retro, seldom mainstream Hollywood.

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.

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.

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).

Old Theatre

Stary Teatr

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

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.

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

Theatre Scena STU

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

Waterpark

Park Wodny

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

Daily 08:00-22:00·Day ticket 50 zł

Bajit Chadasz

New Home in Hebrew

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

Etiuda and Anima

International film festival built around animations and short films. November

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

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

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).

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

Photomonth

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

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

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

AST Theatre

University Dramatic Arts school's theatre.

Agrafka

Arthouse.

Bagatela Theatre

Light plays, comedies mostly.

Camelot Theatre

is a small repertory theatre

Contemporary Theatre

Old Theatre's second stage.

GOjump Trampoline Park

33 zł per hour

Jewish Community Centre

Jewish culture and language lessons, exhibitions, lectures.