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From Grodzka to Kanonicza
A pair of rhinoceros plaques led one scholar to suggest that Clara, the rhinoceros who toured Europe, came this way.
Scholars and Artists in Kraków: audio walks
Who thought, painted and wrote this city?
3 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksThinking, painting and studying left particular addresses in Kraków. These walks bring scholars and artists together to explore the city as a place of learning and creation. They connect protagonists with the spaces in their stories, offering a way to compare the knowledge people taught with the ways they represented and remembered the city.
In “From Grodzka to Kanonicza”: A pair of rhinoceros plaques led one scholar to suggest that Clara, the rhinoceros who toured Europe, came this way.
In “Walls, Matejko and Kraków around 1900”: Kings came through this gate to be crowned.
In “Copernicus's University”: Start at the professors' church and step into Poland's oldest university: the queen who paid for it after she'd died, Copernicus and his statues, and the manuscript the guides used to show off as the book of the sorcerer Twardowski.
Choose from 3 independent walks in Kraków. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Walls, Matejko and Kraków around 1900
Kings came through this gate to be crowned.
Copernicus's University and the Friars' Quarter
Start at the professors' church and step into Poland's oldest university: the queen who paid for it after she'd died, Copernicus and his statues, and the manuscript the guides used to show off as the book of the sorcerer Twardowski.
Kraków, before you go
The centre tempts you to keep walking from square to square. Mix stone streets with parks and a warm meal, leaving time to listen in neighbourhoods that deserve a quieter pace.
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