Działa już siedem stref żywieniowych dla pielgrzymów, prowadzonych przez Caritas na terenie Krakowa. Jedzenie można w nich dostać za bony wydawane dla zarejestrowanych uczestników ŚDM albo kupić. Jak zorientowaliśmy się - tanio nie jest.
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According to systematically conducted CBOS surveys, from the end of the 1990s, regularly over 90 percent (92-97 percent) of Polish people consider themselves as believers, with about every 10th person (11th-12th more recently) considering his/her faith as 'deep'.
Be sure to memorise this address: 3 Franciszkańska Street. Would you like to listen to the Pope not during a sermon or speech but just ordinary talk? Come to the Bishop's Palace.
TUESDAY, 26th July 2016
The Cracovians hosting the World Youth Day pilgrims are waiting for the first meal together.
Nutrition zones? Restaurants in the Main Market Square? You don't have to limit yourself - Cracow has become a true culinary mecca in which amazing food trucks have their special place.
What memories of World Youth Day do those who have participated in these events have? Many mention the atmosphere that cannot be compared to anything else. The credit goes to young people who come from all over the world to meet the Pope. Poland is organising this joyful event for the second time in its history.
He felt at home in them and used to come back as often as he could. Wadowice and Krakow are so-called 'papal cities'.
"Don't take our capital to Cracow" - was a refrain sang by the well-known Cracow bards, Grzegorz Turnau and Andrzej Sikorowski. And, formally speaking, the city by the Wawel Hill will thankfully not be the capital of Poland, even though it served this function for ages.
World Youth Day is the biggest event organised in Kraków to date. It has required a preparation of extraordinary logistic solutions, which will help every person to reach their destination. Accommodation and meals have been assured for everyone, regardless of whether they have registered their participation in WYD or have come to Kraków spontaneously.
There is a district in Kraków which used to be a separate town. Its name is Nowa Huta. It was supposed to be a 'godless town', however churches were built there.
One of the oldest universities in Europe, the best technical schools and a huge group of award-winning graduates - Kraków is probably the most important academic centre in Poland. Not only does it draw from many centuries of tradition but it also looks forward to the future and is creating new modern laboratories.
Sport in Krakow is not only football. It is also basketball, volleyball, or even hockey, running and cycling. It is a home town of athletes who make Poland famous all over the world. The most prestigious sporting events are held here.
Contrary to popular opinion, the origins of Jewish settlement in Krakow are not connected with Kazimierz. The first groups of Jews were located near św. Anny Street and Szczepański Square.
The city of monuments with history emerging from every corner. The city of museums, which have been preserving our heritage for generations, and a growing number of festivals. No wonder Kraków is being called 'the cultural capital of Poland'.
Abroad, Kraków is becoming more often associated not only with tourism but also with business. The outsourcing industry and start-up environment provide attractive job offers to the city's residents, promote the region and stimulate its dynamic development.
There are 100 sanctuaries found within the borders of the voivodship. Many of them are situated on the religious routes crossing the region: the Małopolska John Paul II route, the St. James route in Lipnica Murowana and a unique Wooden Architecture Route (136 Catholic churches and 49 Orthodox churches) which includes objects entered into the UNESCO list.
The historical and cultural region encompassing the south-eastern part of Poland, described as the 'Mother and Capital of All Polish Lands' (Mater et Metropolis Omnium Terrarum Poloniae). Małopolska was distinguished from other regions of the Polish Kingdom.
Cracow lures not only with its historical monuments Thanks to a great culinary revolution, more and more gourmets are visiting Lesser Poland, looking for traditional regional delicacies, local wines and intriguing culinary festivals. And there is no shortage of those here.
This route in the Małopolska region is 1,500 km long and comprises 254 historical wooden buildings: 125 Roman Catholic churches, 49 Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches, manor houses, 9 ethnographic parks, bell towers and 16 museums.
Most tourists visit Zakopane for the picturesque location of the Tatra Mountains. From almost every corner you may admire such mountain peaks as Gubałówka, Czerwony Wierch and Rysy.
Wieliczka was granted town rights in 1290 by Duke Przemysł II. Since its inception, the town has been inseparably connected with a salt mine which has made it renowned all over the world. The first underground tourist route in the mine was established at the turn of the 18th and 19th century, however exploitation of salt deposits ceased as late as in the mid-1990s.
The Renaissance castle in Pieskowa Skała is one of the best preserved monuments on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests, which leads from Kraków to Częstochowa.
The ethnographic park in Zalipie, actually the homestead of Zalipie's most celebrated artist, Felicja Curyłowa (1904-1974), is currently a division of the Regional Museum in Tarnów. After the folk artist died in 1974, her house and farm was bought by the Cepelia Polish Art and Handicraft Foundation. The ethnographic park comprises a house, cowshed, barn and another tiny cottage relocated to the park.
When you visit Podhale, it is worth dedicating one day to seeing the River Dunajec. The 8-kilometre long river gorge, walled by tall rocks, is one of the most interesting and beautiful rafting routes in Europe.
The medieval buildings and picturesque dam on Lake Czorsztyn are key reasons why these two villages between the Pieniny and Gorce Mountains are worth visiting.
Legend has it that in Ciężkowice there had been a burg whose residents were turned into stone as a punishment for their sins. The reserve's landscape, full of fanciful rocky shapes, seems to confirm this tale.
One of the most world-famous Polish film directors. He was born in Paris, France into a Jewish family, but moved to Kraków at the age of 4.
He remains the most famous Polish science-fiction writer in the world.
One of the most prominent characters in Polish literature of the 20th and 21st century. This Polish poet and essayist was born in 1923 near Poznań, Poland, but it was Kraków with which her whole life was connected, where she went to school, lived and wrote.
An internationally famous film director. He was born in Suwałki, Poland in 1926. At the age of 20 he started studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.
A sculptor, illustrator and a painter of the period of late Gothic, and one of the most prominent exponents of the late Gothic in sculpture.
One of the most famous exponents of Polish historical painting in the 19th century.
A Polish playwright, poet, painter and interior designer, active in the Young Poland Movement.
An internationally renowned composer and conductor. He was born in Dębnica in the Podkarpacie Voivodship, Poland in 1933. In 1955-58 he studied composition at the State Higher School of Music (currently known as the Academy of Music) in Kraków.
Pierwsi pielgrzymi na ŚDM są już w Krakowie. Przyjechali z całego świata.
W pobliżu Sanktuarium Bożego Miłosierdzia i Centrum Jana Pawła II w Łagiewnikach powstaje nowy przystanek Szybkiej Kolei Aglomeracyjnej. Pierwsze pociągi będą tu obsługiwane już 25 lipca.
27-31 July 2016. Krakow - Jasna Góra (Częstochowa) - Auschwitz.
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