Kraków
Kraków is the chief city of Małopolskie Province in the south of Poland and was the capital of the country during the Middle Ages. At its core is a beautifully-preserved medieval town on the banks of the River Wisła or Vistula, and it's Poland's top tourist draw.Places of Interest
Highlights: Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus and Wawel.
Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus
Church
Main Square
Square
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Town and Kazimierz.
Kraków
- Location: Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.0726° or 50° 4′ 21″ north
Longitude
19.9325° or 19° 55′ 57″ east
Population
781,000
Elevation
217 metres (712 feet)
Open location code
9F2X3WFM+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kraków” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Krakau”
- Albanian: “Krakovi”
- Amharic: “ክራካው”
- Arabic: “كراكوف”
- Aragonese: “Cracovia”
- Armenian: “Կրակով”
- Asturian: “Cracovia”
- Azerbaijani: “Krakov”
- Basque: “Krakovia”
- Belarusian: “Горад Кракаў”
- Bulgarian: “Краков”
- Burmese: “ကရားကော့မြို့”
- Catalan: “Cracòvia”
- Chechen: “Краков”
- Chinese: “克拉科夫”
- Chuvash: “Краков”
- Crimean Tatar: “Krakоv”
- Croatian: “Krakov”
- Czech: “Krakov”
- Dutch: “Krakau”
- Eastern Mari: “Краков”
- Erzya: “Краков ош”
- Esperanto: “Krakovo”
- Extremaduran: “Cracovia”
- Finnish: “Krakova”
- French: “Cracovie”
- Galician: “Cracovia”
- Georgian: “კრაკოვი”
- German: “Krakau”
- Greek: “Κρακοβία”
- Hakka Chinese: “Khiet-là-khô-fû”
- Hebrew: “קרקוב”
- Hindi: “क्रकाउ”
- Hungarian: “Krakkó”
- Icelandic: “Kraká”
- Italian: “Cracovia”
- Japanese: “クラクフ”
- Jèrriais: “Cracaû”
- Kalmyk: “Краков балһсн”
- Kashubian: “Krakòwò”
- Kazakh: “Краков”
- Kirghiz: “Краков”
- Korean: “크라쿠프”
- Ladino: “Krakovia”
- Latin: “Cracovia”
- Latvian: “Krakova”
- Lithuanian: “Krokuva”
- Lombard: “Cracòvia”
- Low German: “Krakau”
- Lower Sorbian: “Krakow”
- Macedonian: “Краков”
- Maltese: “Krakovja”
- Marathi: “क्राकूफ”
- Mongolian: “Краков”
- Neapolitan: “Carcovia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cracòvia”
- Ossetian: “Краков”
- Persian: “کراکوف”
- Polish: “Krak”
- Polish: “Krk”
- Portuguese: “Cracóvia”
- Romanian: “Cracovia”
- Russian: “Краков”
- Samogitian: “Kruokova”
- Sardinian: “Cracòvia”
- Serbian: “Краков”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Krakov”
- Sicilian: “Cracovia”
- Silesian: “Krakůw”
- Slovak: “Krakov”
- Slovenian: “Krakov”
- Spanish: “Cracovia”
- Swahili: “Krakov”
- Swiss German: “Krakau”
- Tamil: “கிராக்கோவ்”
- Tatar: “Краков”
- Tetum: “Krakóvia”
- Thai: “กรากุฟ”
- Tok Pisin: “Cracow”
- Udmurt: “Кракув”
- Uighur: “Krakow”
- Ukrainian: “Краків”
- Upper Sorbian: “Krakow”
- Urdu: “کراکوف”
- Uzbek: “Krakov”
- Veps: “Krakov”
- Western Frisian: “Krakau”
- Western Panjabi: “کراکوف”
- Yiddish: “קראקע”
- Yue Chinese: “克拉科夫”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kleparz and Krowodrza.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hotel Delta and Premium Hostel.
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