Winter’23

Winter Lights

Winter in Kraków means city squares filled with festive markets and illuminated with Christmas trees, crowds of theatregoers heading to different performances of the Divine Comedy festival and carols resounding from concert halls all over the city.

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Discover KrakówCulture

We admire culture in its festive and everyday manifestations, from the largest festivals, loudest concerts and monumental exhibitions to hundreds of monthly meetings and artistic discoveries. This impressive vision is backed by countless sources of Kraków’s cultural heritage and tales which continue to inspire and serve as a reference point for contemporary artists.

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KrakówCulture

“The sky is a hazy shade of winter…” That may be, but it means that Christmas is just around the corner! It brings the traditional competition for beautiful Cracovian nativity scenes and their exhibition at the Museum of Kraków. It also brings celebrations of theatre (Divine Comedy Festival), cinematography (Silent Film Festival) and mountaineering (Kraków Mountain Festival). Opera Rara Kraków will soon bring a Carnival atmosphere, while the Misteria Paschalia Festival follows soon after as a herald of spring. All this in the latest edition of “Kraków Culture”!

  • Fairytale and Reality – Cracovian nativity scenes
  • Closer to Beauty – Misteria Paschalia Festival
  • City of Theatre – Divine Comedy Festival and much more on Kraków stages
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KrakówCulture Lab

We want to build a modern city, shaped by the coexistence of different values and norms while remaining loyal to local historical processes and rules which have been developed here, by the Vistula, based on regional and national heritage. A city which is complex and diverse in the cultural sense.

Dr. Bożena Gierat-Bieroń

Instytut Studiów Europejskich

Kraków’s long, rich history makes the entire city into a museum, but it is also constantly changing and evolving in response to the latest needs and challenges. The very concept of cultural heritage – which shapes Kraków’s identity – is fluid, since it means using the past to reach contemporary goals.

Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska

Instytut Studiów Europejskich

The Greek philosopher Sallust explained stories told by people to help them make sense of the world around them by saying, “Now these things never happened, but always are”. Cracovian tales come from a melting pot of legends, the departed, the sacred, anniversaries and anecdotes. The city boundaries are marked by mounds of Krak, Wanda, Kościuszko and Piłsudski.

Dr Antoni Bartosz

Kongres Kultury Regionów

Festivals are celebrations of culture and a manifestation of the city’s potential. To understand Kraków is to understand their annual rhythm, to notice how they reach for Cracovian identity and heritage to build new meanings and become an indelible part of the contemporary city life.

Robert Piaskowski

Plenipotentiary of the Mayor of the City of Kraków for Culture