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ThePanesh4800

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Places visited in Krakow, Poland

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Tallinn, Estonia

'Broken Line' Memorial

A monument commemorating the 852 lives lost in the sinking of the MS Estonia.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

Jana Seta Map Shop

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

Patricia Whyde

Added by Patricia Whyde

Amsterdam, Netherlands

National Holocaust Monument

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

Oswiecim, Poland

Auschwitz Concentration Camp

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Added by Anglophilia

Kościuszko Mound

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.

michelle

Added by michelle

Wojtek the Soldier Bear Statue

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Nowa Huta

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

leiris

Added by leiris

Lord's Ark

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

kaila

Wieżowiec-Zamek (Castle Skyscraper)

A Soviet era flat that refused to conform to the dull gray standards.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Kraków-Płaszów Concentration Camp

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

mxanastasiaesther

Added by mxanastasiaesther

Liban Quarry

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

Americanaux

Added by Americanaux

Aleja Gwiazd (Avenue of Stars)

Krakow's own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Winchester, England

Curle’s Passage Riddle

Four hundred years ago, this turned-about message was carved into one of Winchester Cathedral's exterior walls.

AdOYo

Dżok the Dog Monument

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

larissahayden

Added by larissahayden

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

TravelTourist

Added by TravelTourist

Church of St. Francis of Assisi

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

larissahayden

Added by larissahayden

St. Mary's Basilica

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

gjexcalibur

Added by gjexcalibur

Wawel Dragon's Den

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Added by alimawanderlust83

Wawel Chakra

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

Added by JakesMotoAdventure

Memorial to the Victims of Air Pollution

Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.

Added by Tararator18

Krakow Torch Sockets

Remnants from a time before electricity.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Statue of Jan Matejko

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Vienna, Austria

Ankeruhr

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

katielou106

Added by katielou106