![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/460bd057-b941-467c-b772-e19ccb38a551_rw_1920.jpg?h=a30c3923d090dd0de6aecb26f7ca4bc8)
The rooftops of Kraków are a must see, and the city has several options, like here from the rooftop terrace of the Music School. The white domed building is Poczta Główna, the now mostly empty Central Post Office building. The balloon in the distance is a tourist attraction, on a wire.
"Art wall" on the reconstructed old city wall near the Florian gate.
"The bridge of love", pedestrian and bicycle bridge that connects the popular centre city areas of Kazimierz and Podgórze.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/5e90c89a-5e52-4a12-89c0-b89f7c1a6fce_rw_1920.jpg?h=8f128120d47a266e0b7b9e8e1603cfb4)
The biggest and probably most impressive landmark of Kraków and its Old Town (Stare Miasto) is Wawel Castle. Once it was the residency of kings, ever since king Kazimierz the Great ordered it buit in the 14th Century. After that it was expanded and it shows at least four different main architectonic styles. Some parts look more German, some parts - like the inner courtyard, Italian. But it is the Polish flag on top. The fortified stronghold is a tourist magnet, with an estimated 1 to 2 million visitors every year post-COVID.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/d6e7f7e0-d33d-4760-871f-b1976f137c2c_rw_1920.jpg?h=886e78f2a93e7a66b76eb471cd6ad9d4)
Especially in summer, tourist boats float up and down the Krakowian part of the river Wisła (Vistula)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/95a40c1e-df4e-46f3-866e-19ff77bf5d07_rw_3840.jpg?h=2e9463211644797e7490b237640de3d6)
Inside the Sukiennice, or Cloth Hall, bazaar on Kraków's main square one can find anything from jewelry to souvenirs
![The main square (Rynek) with the Saint Mary's Basilica (Kościół Mariacki), the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) and the touristic horse and carriage](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/3a68bb41-c729-4c8f-8d87-76a07f059f9c_rw_3840.jpg?h=dabe547881f255405d32ec10a0bdb58b)
The main square (Rynek) with the Saint Mary's Basilica (Kościół Mariacki), the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) and the touristic horse and carriage
![The touristic horse and carriage, with almost always a crew of a male horseman and a female side-kick - and with not always the greatest chemistry between them](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/cce16aab-a7a8-4238-baba-bea863952682_rw_1920.jpg?h=5da54ac2e303842bc8ef3a8fdb762641)
The touristic horse and carriage, with almost always a crew of a male horseman and a female side-kick - and with not always the greatest chemistry between them
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/dd0c93a4-0d4f-4679-9ffe-37ec35a114b8_rw_1920.jpg?h=0f943c9f501619a027e52425065e627f)
Kraków is home to about 200,000 students, that give the city a lively vibe
On Rynek, the main square in the old town is one of Europe's biggest
The trumpet player in the cathedral tower on main square. Four of them work in shifts, playing the same tune every hour. Legend has it that centuries ago a predecessor tried to signal the alarm for advancing forces and was killed by an archer. Up to today the trumpet player stops where - according to the stories - his fellow man was silenced in history.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/3ae694b8-04cb-4161-b9e1-7bc0e471e333_rw_1920.jpg?h=7cfad3d7b34d5f48e3e44beff5694c50)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/b33b7d55-ec28-4272-b2f6-f1a119e37b7a_rw_1920.jpg?h=0a940676ee897fd0c08baea32a9ccbfb)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/121f715c-d5b2-4a35-aa82-3387d46fdc48_rw_1920.jpg?h=55eefaf7490b2c3fb350c991226d7b53)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/9127706d-a05e-4e0b-90c9-c924894e4060_rw_1920.jpg?h=77eecb7e7fd944ab6919d73e1e6f22af)
The Bazylika Mariacka during a crazy 2 January sunset.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/00685a29-cde6-4966-98d4-116fa89778c7_rw_1920.jpg?h=901daa1cd13bd01a8229caa22d0d9b86)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/adca5901-2c04-4180-a307-78b85eef8983_rw_1920.jpg?h=67a89f13a5359319d1971626fb50c79f)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/73dc820b-029c-4fec-8fd6-0a4c96fd48e7_rw_1920.jpg?h=3e9960fda49206569d787989a7ea72a4)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/7cb03d51-12bd-433b-9427-2cb21d8dc189_rw_1920.jpg?h=602e30026d8000b55959c3922eb2b1af)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/b16d5f2d-19c8-4265-94ee-973249831383_rw_1920.jpg?h=8df9ad8a2c2fd81210a786c77c5db0b7)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/97b2ccf1-0241-41ac-a9e1-2672cf823edc_rw_1920.jpg?h=7555a08a4c1cb85a86de539f42078f5e)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/dcb2fef5-0a06-462c-8738-18020d8d6001_rw_1920.jpg?h=6fbfdf0dac1aea0e247dee42689c9693)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/0366743d-3109-4a2b-846f-b767000e9f32_rw_1920.jpg?h=d098742d97b9faed9a1bec6430f3eb79)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/f32cfb17-bd24-48e4-bba7-e3ea3cf08866_rw_1920.jpg?h=b3368ae590973f757c33a553dacf38b8)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/f6562645-d072-4266-999a-422ca5139fee_rw_1920.jpg?h=6ac3662ca634c6507f761cf6082b62ee)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/2e1b8152-0922-459a-8a70-79dbd89f7381_rw_1920.jpg?h=7499f854390d2ff96fc01ea0652d6b7a)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/9257f1cf-43a2-4746-8212-bce62873df35_rw_1920.jpg?h=3610ffba281bc42401ff4a1e5060eab4)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/cfa4d980-61a6-4ae5-b9a0-23fa1ee60326_rw_1920.jpg?h=8b9e868e359eceba1dd26b5de3b1b3f3)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/4062325f-e1fa-43b1-8866-854f14c3c4ea_rw_1920.jpg?h=bca43ef8ae4ab38139d1a0b09e1eecf7)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/0f40e3bf-e513-40c8-9a6d-2910fc750638_rw_1920.jpg?h=c80bfb797467864a79e65b0fddec221f)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/2b32a277-d5e4-4a75-a57b-9d3e58015f6c_rw_1920.jpg?h=a6ebae81d2b06994ffa4e8f78cee05f4)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/35ba0471-968d-402d-904f-de5b2a98f266_rw_1920.jpg?h=3e7c57371367bfa99066acdacbb16faa)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/eb9b0220-47d6-42b9-afbd-ed6c7bb4fc4e_rw_1920.jpg?h=02843785f89c1d98d6fabbdacb2062da)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/9fd71757-d88a-4c79-9b92-edc47025bbcb_rw_1920.jpg?h=2f298acb820a12e04340e83e4af096e0)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/39bbf7f6-8aed-4f4e-832b-3981625df576/499cb7df-61a2-47bb-972f-8b15133dd5b5_rw_1920.jpg?h=268a91c03369ff68d9d2c1cc7ff4f8d6)
The Benedictine Abbey and monastary of Tyniec, caught on a warm early-April evening in 2024.