Cultural Life in Kraków

Krakow teems with events. Annually nearly 100 festivals and other events of international renown are held here. The European Capital of Culture 2000, spares no effort – the events covered by the urban 6 senses strategy have built themselves, just in recent years, a global brand. Misteria Paschalia and Opera Rara, Sacrum Profanum and the Polish Music Festival, Selector Festival and Unsound – a musical journey from the Baroque to the 21st century, impressive and attractive for thousands of fans.

Krakow, a city of writers, also has the country's largest Book Fair, as well as great literary festivals; here there is the sensational recently launched theatrical review of The Divine Comedy, and here, finally the ArtBoom Festival boldly introduces the latest art into the historical fabric of the ancient centre. Off Camera, the Krakow Film Festival and the Film Music Festival attract cinema lovers, who soon return here to shoot their next films.

In addition to these events, there are the daily events – theatre, concerts by Krakow's orchestras, a wide range of museums – the traditional and the cutting-edge, created and produced in the past two years – and the abundance of jazz and pop concerts create the unique atmosphere of Krakow – a city where there is always something to do...

From the diversity of Krakow's festivals and sporting events we have chosen just a few examples:

remember that at any time of the year Krakow is full of events:it can happen that several large festivals are being held at the same time here.There is plenty to choose from!A detailed programme of Krakow's events can be found at the portal karnet.krakow.pl