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Kraków var den eneste polske storby hvis arkitektur forble uberørt under krigen. Markedet i gamlebyen: Kraków’s Rynek Główny (Central Square) is the nerve centre of the city’s medieval Old Town. Forever a hive of activity, this 40,000 square foot medley of café’s, museums, clubs, pubs, music bars, souvenir shops, historical landmarks, hotels and hostels, is punctuated with some of the most magnificent middle age architecture the city has to offer. At its centre the elongated medieval Sukiennice Cloth Hall is a reminder of Kraków’s historical place as a hub of trade and commerce in Eastern Europe. Today, the hall houses the stalls of local tradesmen selling handicrafts and cloth products that echo the oriental imports that were once toted under its roof. The Sukiennice runs neatly through the entire length of the square from north to south, having the effect of dividing the Rynek into two equally sized section. On the square’s eastern side, the restaurants and cafés tend to be more popular among tourists, and have a front row view of the Cloth Hall’s broadside and Town Hall Tower, the only remaining section of Kraków’s 13th century town hall, and the city’s answer to Pisa’s leaning tower. Leaning nearly half a metre to the east, the tower is open to visitors as a viewing platform. At the tower’s base, the seemingly anachronistic sculpture known to locals colloquially as, simply, ‘The Head’, is a controversial 2004 addition to the Main Square that has become a favourite photo spot among visitors. KILDE: https://visitkrakow.com/krakows-market-square/

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Kraków var den eneste polske storby hvis arkitektur forble uberørt under krigen. Markedet i gamlebyen: Kraków’s Rynek Główny (Central Square) is the nerve centre of the city’s medieval Old Town. Forever a hive of activity, this 40,000 square foot medley of café’s, museums, clubs, pubs, music bars, souvenir shops, historical landmarks, hotels and hostels, is punctuated with some of the most magnificent middle age architecture the city has to offer. At its centre the elongated medieval Sukiennice Cloth Hall is a reminder of Kraków’s historical place as a hub of trade and commerce in Eastern Europe. Today, the hall houses the stalls of local tradesmen selling handicrafts and cloth products that echo the oriental imports that were once toted under its roof. The Sukiennice runs neatly through the entire length of the square from north to south, having the effect of dividing the Rynek into two equally sized section. On the square’s eastern side, the restaurants and cafés tend to be more popular among tourists, and have a front row view of the Cloth Hall’s broadside and Town Hall Tower, the only remaining section of Kraków’s 13th century town hall, and the city’s answer to Pisa’s leaning tower. Leaning nearly half a metre to the east, the tower is open to visitors as a viewing platform. At the tower’s base, the seemingly anachronistic sculpture known to locals colloquially as, simply, ‘The Head’, is a controversial 2004 addition to the Main Square that has become a favourite photo spot among visitors. KILDE: https://visitkrakow.com/krakows-market-square/