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Highlights include Administrative Centre of the Lenin Steelworks, Ark of the Lord Church, Avenue of Roses, Central Square, Cloth Hall, Corpus Christi Basilica.

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  1. Administrative Centre of the Lenin Steelworks: story on the “Nowa Huta: A Project for an Ideal City” route

    Here the route takes its starting line: from the factory gates to the centre of Nowa Huta.

  2. Ark of the Lord Church: story on the “Nowa Huta: A Project for an Ideal City” route

    The finale will show how residents added to the city what the state project had not envisaged for it.

  3. Avenue of Roses: story on the “Nowa Huta: A Project for an Ideal City” route

    Here you will see how residents reclaimed a site of official ceremonies for ordinary leisure.

  4. Central Square: story on the “Nowa Huta: A Project for an Ideal City” route

    The square will show the boundary between the built center and the canceled continuation of the city.

  5. Cloth Hall: story on the “Royal Route: Krakow Old Town and Wawel” route

    Here, everyday trade is one floor below the collection with which the National Museum began.

  6. Corpus Christi Basilica: story on the “Kazimierz: Christian and Jewish City” route

    Kazimierz's main parish church makes it possible to compare a persistent tradition with what documents and archaeology confirm.

  7. Courtyard of the Centrum C Housing Estate: story on the “Nowa Huta: A Project for an Ideal City” route

    The courtyard is here to test the ceremonial architecture from the side of the everyday entrance home.

  8. Courtyard on Józefa Street: story on the “Kazimierz: Christian and Jewish City” route

    An ordinary residential address connects family memory, the residents’ expulsion, and this place’s filming history.

  9. Father Bernatek Footbridge: story on the “Podgórze and Zabłocie: From an Independent Town to a Museum District” route

    Here you will see why a link between the two riverbanks appeared before they were united in one city.

  10. Florian Gate: story on the “Royal Route: Krakow Old Town and Wawel” route

    The surviving northern fragment of the fortifications explains why the Royal Route still begins with a real medieval arch.

  11. Floriańska Street: story on the “Royal Route: Krakow Old Town and Wawel” route

    The back room of the confectionery reveals the less ceremonial life of the street along which coronation entries passed.

  12. Fragment of the Krakow Ghetto Wall: story on the “Podgórze and Zabłocie: From an Independent Town to a Museum District” route

    The surviving masonry will give a physical measure to the boundary that people tried to cross in both directions.

  13. Ghetto Heroes Square: story on the “Podgórze and Zabłocie: From an Independent Town to a Museum District” route

    Here, one personal escape will turn out to be linked to the belongings left behind after whole families vanished.

  14. Kanonicza Street: story on the “Royal Route: Krakow Old Town and Wawel” route

    House number 25 shifts the conversation from state and church offices to the personal cost of the dispute between the king and the chapter.

  15. Krakow Barbican: story on the “Royal Route: Krakow Old Town and Wawel” route

    Here you will distinguish one repelled assault from the outcome of the entire siege and test a city legend against the documents.

  16. Ludowy Theatre: story on the “Nowa Huta: A Project for an Ideal City” route

    The theater will show that designing an ideal audience turned out to be harder than designing a building.

  17. Main Market Square: story on the “Royal Route: Krakow Old Town and Wawel” route

    The square will show how a political deal was turned into a public ceremony before residents and ambassadors.

  18. MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow: story on the “Podgórze and Zabłocie: From an Independent Town to a Museum District” route

    The final stop will connect the fate of a private collection with the new purpose of the factory buildings.

  19. Old Synagogue: story on the “Kazimierz: Christian and Jewish City” route

    The community’s main house of prayer becomes a place to talk about civil rights, military service, and the price of promised equality.

  20. Plac Nowy: story on the “Kazimierz: Christian and Jewish City” route

    The market pavilion shows how the community combined ritual requirements with a shortage of money and ongoing trade.

  21. Podgórze Market Square: story on the “Podgórze and Zabłocie: From an Independent Town to a Museum District” route

    The square shows that Podgórze became part of Krakow not as a nameless outskirt, but as a town with its own government.

  22. Remuh Synagogue and Cemetery: story on the “Kazimierz: Christian and Jewish City” route

    Here, a Krakow rabbi's decision will bring together two legal traditions without forcing one to displace the other.

  23. Schindler's Factory: story on the “Podgórze and Zabłocie: From an Independent Town to a Museum District” route

    This stop explores how an enterprise created for profit and military orders became a route to salvation.

  24. Skałka: story on the “Kazimierz: Christian and Jewish City” route

    Here the story of the conflict will begin, after which the king lost his throne and the site of the killing became a shrine.

  25. Solidarity Avenue: story on the “Nowa Huta: A Project for an Ideal City” route

    On this stretch, the city plan became a route of public dissent.

  26. St. Joseph's Church: story on the “Podgórze and Zabłocie: From an Independent Town to a Museum District” route

    This stop explains how an unrealized plan became a statement by independent Podgórze.

  27. St. Mary Magdalene Square and Grodzka Street: story on the “Royal Route: Krakow Old Town and Wawel” route

    You will understand why four hundred years of university history did not save a small church from demolition.

  28. St. Mary's Basilica: story on the “Royal Route: Krakow Old Town and Wawel” route

    The fate of the high altar will link one Krakow sanctuary with hiding places, removal, and a return that took many years.

  29. Swedish Block: story on the “Nowa Huta: A Project for an Ideal City” route

    This building shows how a change in architectural rules reached an ordinary apartment.

  30. Szeroka Street: story on the “Kazimierz: Christian and Jewish City” route

    The shape of the square will help you trace the boundaries of the cramped Jewish town that emerged after the move from Krakow.

  31. The Eagle Pharmacy: story on the “Podgórze and Zabłocie: From an Independent Town to a Museum District” route

    The small retail room shows how an ordinary professional workplace became a refuge.

  32. Wawel Hill: story on the “Royal Route: Krakow Old Town and Wawel” route

    On the hill, you will connect the choice of a dynastic marriage with the Polish crown and the beginning of Lithuania's baptism.

  33. Wolnica Square: story on the “Kazimierz: Christian and Jewish City” route

    The final stop will show how an unrealized monument exposed disagreements within the community that had planned it.

  34. Zalew Nowohucki: story on the “Nowa Huta: A Project for an Ideal City” route

    By the water, the city's ceremonial plan gives way for the first time to a space designed for workers' recreation.