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Today something from news Krakow. In the Museum of Urban Engineeringg during this weekend, you can admire the railway mock-ups. Models came from the collections of members of the Railway Modellers Club of Cracow.

An exhibition of mock-ups made by members of the railway Krakow Railway Modellers Club and friendly modellers from Lodz, Silesia and the Czech Republic. Mock-ups and models are made in scale 1:87, known as H0 (hazero). Most of the models were produced in series by the German and Austrian manufacturers.There are also mock-ups build by Polish railway enthusiasts. Technological progress allowed the fitting of sound decoders in locomotives, so that the model seems more realistic. (more…)

Nativity scenes created in the Kraków area owe their beauty and formal uniqueness to the local architecture, since the craftsmen who create those fantastic structures amply draw from the bottomless well of inspiration provided by Kraków monuments and edifices. Even the untrained eye will surely recognize the steeples of St Mary’s Church, or the cupola of Sigismund’s Chapel featuring in many of these cribs. Over the past few years, nativity scene makers have been prone to using elements of lay architecture, such as the Barbican, the Town Hall Tower, City Defence Walls, St Florian’s Gate, or the Cloth Hall. It is thanks to those sources of inspiration that Kraków nativity scenes – magical and fantastic as they are – seem at the same so very close and familiar to the local audience.



Every year on first Thursday of December large numbers of nativity scene makers pour into the Main Market Square in Kraków bringing along their latest creations prepared especially for that annual contest. Some of the works submitted by the competitors are enormous, their height reaching up to 3 m, while others are miniature masterpieces measuring only about a few cm. The contest is open for everyone, which means that anyone, regardless of their age, education, or place of residence can participate. Thus, along with the works of the old masters – the many times champions of the contest – each year there are many nativity scenes created by students and children. (more…)

Today at. 17.00 o’clock (5 pm), on Kazimierz - Plac Nowy (Pl. Nowy square.). There will be Soup Festival.

You will find there all kinds of soups. From polish typical soups such as Zurek, Ogórkowa to more exotic soups - so don’t eat to much before arriving.

There will be a competition that allows anyone and everyone the opportunity to compete by cooking the best soup of the year. (more…)

I think I have found awesome performance, see thin:

“Cracow Klezmer Band & Grazyna Auguscik” (more…)

Performance in Cafe Szafe - Sunday 20.00

Cris Login, One Man Comedy Show
Another one man show by Cris Login, best romanian comedian livin` in Cracow, Cris is an author of underground comic books and works as a web designer for one evening in month he`s putting of his mask an becoming a scene beast. (more…)