Krakow's Rynek Glowny Central Square

Krakow's Rynek Glowny Central Square

Krakow's Rynek Glowny Central Square
4.5
Points of Interest & Landmarks • Historic Walking Areas
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7:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Monday
7:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Friday
7:00 AM - 10:30 PM
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Huge 10-acre square, the largest in any of Europe's medieval cities, features the 16th-century Renaissance Cloth Hall and the splendid 14th-century Gothic Basilica of the Virgin Mary.
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1-2 hours
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Neighborhood: Stare Miasto
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  • Tony H
    Windermere, United Kingdom79 contributions
    Cinderella carriages and restaurants galore
    Rynek Glowny is the central square in Old Krakow and is a fascinating place to visit. Restaurants and shops are plentiful and the Cloth Hall in the centre of the square is a 'must do' - Another nice feature is the underground museum. Entry is by timed ticket only; these can be obtained from the tourist information office in the middle* of the Cloth Hall (*it's on the outside on the face furthest from the big church - St Mary's Basilica). The tickets are free too, which is a bonus. You can also look for and listen to the bugle call from the largest tower of the basilica, just after the hour has been struck on the church bells. The bugler can be seen in one of the windows at the very top of the tower. He uses the windows on the angle, rather than the face, of the tower, and always gives a wave to the people on the square. From 09:00 to about 23:00 the top of the square is thronged with horse drawn landaus, or Cinderella coaches if you prefer a more romantic description. Rynek Glowny is an unavoidable 'must see' - you'll enjoy it too.
    Visited March 2020
    Written 10 March 2020
  • cleorocas
    Largs, United Kingdom7 contributions
    Great people watching square
    Beautiful historic Square, with lots of see and do. The highlight seems to be the trumpeters who appear on the hour at each of the compass points at the top of St Mary's Tower. You have the Cloth Market, interesting and nice to browse. The Horse carriage rides move off from here, haggle as they do bring down their prices as there are so many. Flowers sellers have beautiful displays on sale, shame I couldn't take one home. Lots of nice places to eat and not over priced at all. You can spend hours here.
    Visited March 2020
    Written 14 July 2020
  • Lukic M
    Belgrade, Serbia17 contributions
    Wonderful Krakow
    When I was younger thinking about Eastern Europe was impossible. Everything related to the "eastern block" made me think about those dark ages of Stalin's Russia. Past few years I traveled to Moscow, St. Petersburg.....and now Krakow. These visits made me change my mind completely. I found out that east Europe countries are more friendly and cosier than western. Also, people are warm. Krakow was my destination in December 2019. I was there for business for 6 days but managed to find some free time to explore the city in the late afternoon and night. It's a modern city with old town in center and fortress that rises in the core of it. Whole city is pretty flat so this old fortress allow you to se panorama of the city. Besides that there's old cathedral with relics od Pope John Paul II and his bist in front of it. Lots of nice and cozy restaurants and pubs with cheap drinks and local food allows you to enjoy it even more. As for the public transport, you can use trams, busses or Uber. I didn't have time to visit Aushwits and salt mine Wieliczka (wintwe working hours are shorter and I didn't have time to get there)so I'll definitely have to come back.
    Visited December 2019
    Traveled on business
    Written 19 January 2020
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AttitudeAdjuster
Gillingham, UK955 contributions
Aug 2023
A beautiful centre-piece to Krakow Old Town. Lovely just to wander around and on a fine day with the horse-drawn carriages clip-clopping by it's gorgeous.
Written 13 August 2023
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AleksanderMyslicki
10 contributions
Jul 2023 • Family
Krakov is amazing! So many things to do , to see , to eat and drink. Many cool spots for kids like muzeums shooting ranges etc! So full of people but not too crowdy . There are spaces for people walking, for bicycles and scooters riding, for cars and trams and still there is so much space !!! Can't compaire to any other city.
Written 9 August 2023
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daniellepoppy2014
Kingston-upon-Hull, UK115 contributions
Jul 2023 • Friends
Gorgeous place! There are so many eateries to choose from. Locals are all so friendly and speak amazing English. Spoilt for choice on where to have a morning coffee, or lunch or dinner. The local food was fantastic! We spotted a hard rock cafe, too! Cute little indoor market selling traditional polish delights! Had such an amazing couple of days here in Poland. Would definitely recommend it.
Written 3 August 2023
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rudbudstill
Washington DC, DC116 contributions
Jun 2023
You can spend several days happily wandering through this fairyland town square. Lively, full of fantastic sights, sounds and smells. Be sure to get take away gelato.
Written 30 July 2023
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Walneyisland
2 contributions
Jul 2023
the square is full of life with restaurants all around its perimeter. The prices are good for a tourist hot spot. people are all lovely and so helpful.
Written 26 July 2023
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Leah D
Liverpool, UK5 contributions
Jul 2023
You can’t be disappointed with this square, just watch out for them pigeons. Stunning place, great atmosphere and a police presence for an extra layer of feeling safe, great when your a solo traveller
Written 24 July 2023
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CPJ
Royal Oak, MI60 contributions
Jul 2023
We spent some time here to have a snack and observe the goings on. Everywhere you look there was action being it shopping, eating, dancing or music. You can make this a full afternoon!
Written 23 July 2023
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Bazyli K
4 contributions
Jul 2023
A beautiful and historic place, wonderful at this time of year. No matter how many photos you take, each one comes out great.
Written 21 July 2023
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Patrick
5 contributions
Jul 2023 • Friends
Great city to visit for various reasons. Too many to list. I'm certainly going to return. Don't rush your visit and try to go when average temperature is 21 - 27 Celsius.
Written 20 July 2023
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Peter d
6 contributions
Jul 2023 • Family
Museum about historical Krakow. Nice how they display old remains of walls etc.
For the rest it was a bit more on the boring side.
We might have missed some potential interesting parts though as there wasn't a real clear path to follow every where. Some paths turned out to be one way only and the cards made it very clear in an aggressiv way that we couldn't go back.
Having visited the Schindler museum before it gave us the shivers how the cards treated us, not making any effort to be nice or explain anything just yelling in polish.
This was an experience quite unlike our general experience with mostly friendly people in Poland.
Only go here if you are really into this kind of ancient history
Written 16 July 2023
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KRAKOW'S RYNEK GLOWNY CENTRAL SQUARE: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

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