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Kazimierz
For much of its 700-year history, Kazimierz was an independent town with its own municipal charter and laws. Its mixed Jewish and Christian populations created a pair of distinctive communities side by side over the centuries. These days, Kazimierz does double-duty. It’s home to many of the city’s most important Jewish-heritage sites as well as its most popular cafes, clubs and restaurants.
Kazimierz cafe | JAROSLAV MORAVCIK / SHUTTERSTOCK ©
The Short List
AGalicia Jewish Museum Pondering the fate of the region’s Jewish population through photographs.
AOld Synagogue Learning Jewish rituals that were such an important part of life for centuries.
ARemuh Cemetery Glimpsing back 400 years to the origins of Jewish Kazimierz back to Renaissance times.
ATemple Synagogue Admiring the synagogue’s lavish restoration that restored its mid-19th-century glamour.
ACorpus Christi Church Noting the size and prominence of this beautiful Gothic church.
Getting There & Around
Top SightGalicia Jewish Museum
This museum takes a different tack in exploring Jewish history and the impact of the Holocaust. Instead of presenting objects from the past, the main exhibitions are built around hundreds of contemporary photos of...
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Kraków
- Top Sights
- Eating
- Four Perfect Days
- Need to Know
- Kraków Neighbourhoods
- Wawel Hill & Around
- Old Town
- Kazimierz
- Podgórze
- Western Kraków
- Eastern Kraków
- Workers’ Paradise in Nowa Huta
- Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum
- Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Survival Guide
- Language
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers