Holy painting of Krakow church

One of the most beautiful Gothic churches of Krakow holds the holy painting of Virgin Mary of Sorrows. St Francis church will celebrate soon the 100th anniversary of coronation of the painting. The solemn concert, to celebrate the anniversary, will host soloists, Gregorian choir and Orfeusz chamber orchestra. Read more about this solemn concert on EverydayKrakow.com
As the Gothic shrine is situated only couple minutes away from the Main Market Square of Krakow, it is surely worth visiting when you stay in the city. Visit EverydayKrakow.com to read more aout the magic Royal City of Krakow.

German rule over Krakow!

Soon there will be 6th edition of Sacrum-Profanum Festival in Krakow. The event presents classical and contemporary music and this year's theme is German music. During the festival you may see stars such as Kraftwerk, Ute Lemper, Paul Hillier, London Sinfonietta and many many more. At EverydayKrakow.com you may read more about Sacrum-Profanum Festival.
If you plan to visit the city during the event (that will last 7 days) or during different period of the year, we warmly invite you to check our external site EverydayKrakow.com You will find there not only descriptions of the most interesting events in Krakow and its attractions but also list of Krakow hotels.

Krakow Autumn full of Jazz!

Today is the first day of a unique event - Cracow Jazz Fall - during which (from September till Deecember) numerous Jazz concerts will be organised.
If you love Jazz, Krakow is a perfect place to visit and listen to the great music!
You can read more about Cracow Jazz Fall on EverydayKrakow.com where you will find additional information such as sort films from previous editions, direct links to this year's artists and many many more!

Pierogi Festival 2008

When travelling, do you try out local specialties? Do you eat in restaurants where the local cuisine is served? Are you bold enough to taste the things that you thought of before as uneatable?
Tasting local cuisine is surely one of experiences and privilages of travelling. It tells a lot about customs, habits and style of life of the citizens of a visited country. In Poland, for example, things made of flour are very specific and common as typical national dishes. Among them many Poles and foreign tourists value PIEROGI. You can eat them with fruits (strawberries, apples, blueberries), sweet cottage cheese, with meat, meat and cabbage, cabbage with mushrooms and other more or less sophisticated filling. But the most recognisible (traditional) way of making them, is to stuff them with cottage cheese mixed with mashed potates and fried onion - so called Russian (Rusenian or Ruthenian) style. The recipe is very easy and I recommend to try out making them at home!
And so Krakow decided to celebrate this delicious specialty by making the PIEROGI FESTIVAL. Krakow restaurants would compete to become the winner of the best pierogi! And the visitors to that event? They could of course taste all of the kinds of dumplings that were presented. The festival is organised annually on the Small Market Square (nearby the Main Market Square of Krakow - behind St Mary's church). Apart from the contest and pierogi degustation there are additional events organised - this year folk groups performed for the visitors and the children were entartained by clown and Lajkonik. The winner of the festival appeared to be a small restaurant, situated in Kazimierz district, called Any Time. You can eat there pierogi any time you come to Krakow... from the restaurants worth recommending I would still mention "Pierozki u Wincenta" that is located just couple minutes away from Any Time. The dumplings with spinach and garlic sauce is my favourite dish there.
Krakow has a lot to offer to tourists. However, pierogi are surely one of the reasons to pay a visit to this magic city. Book your hotel and taste pierogi every evening! We will be glad to hear which type is your favourite one. If you still do not feel convinced to the Pierogi Festival or to the dish itself, visit EverydayKrakow.com and find an event that is perfect for you and for your way of travelling. And, last but not leat, have a lot of fun in Krakow!

Krakow Jewish Culture Festival 2008

As each year, Krakow Jewish Culture Festival appeared to be a wonderful event that makes us all wait impatiently to its next edition. Apart from "old" stars that entartain us since couple of years, one could experience something new and fresh - and enjoy new bands that seemed to be unknown to most of Krakow citizens.
My personal definite highlight of the festival (apart from "Shalom on Szeroka" final concert that since years gathers more and more visitors) was Jazz Klez Session with Paul Brody - who is every following year more and more amazing. From Monday to Friday the audience would meet in Alchemia, whose small underground concert room had troubles to place all those wanting to take part. Not only did the invited musicians manage to entertain all public but also had a lot of fun themselve performing. Apart from "usual suspect", such as Frank London or Mark Rubin, the star of each evening was Israeli band Oy Division. Klezmer music performed by those 5 young fellows amazed all the attenders and made them (or maybe I should say "US") not regret the sleepless nights spent on Jazz Klez Session. I am genuinely looking forward to next year wishing that the Festival will be at least as good as this year's one. We recommend you reading our EverydayKrakow.com 's announcement of Krakow Jewish Culture Festival 2008 as you will find there links to this year's stars as well as videos from previous years. If you missed 2008 edition - plan your holidays now to attend it in 2009. It will take place from 27th of June to 5th of July 2009... in Krakow of course. Nowhere else you can attend an event like this! Check our website EverydayKrakow.com for updates and other cultural events. If you are from outside of Krakow, book your hotel in Krakow in advance - not to face the situation that there are no vacancies anymore. Let's all meet in Krakow and let's have fun on one of the best cultural events ever!
If you wish to watch the video from Jazz Klezz Session in Alchemia, we invite you to EverydayKrakow.com youtube channel.