Limanowskiego Street: a walking link through Podgórze

A reason to pause here

The tram tracks help us follow this part of Podgórze, while the upper floors of the houses give us reasons to look away from the traffic. We would walk it as a connection between nearby stops.

A street within the former separate town

Podgórze developed as a town under Austrian rule after receiving its charter in 1784. It joined Kraków in 1915. Limanowskiego Street runs through the district beside routes that connected the market square with the wider area.

During the German occupation, the main gate of the Jewish ghetto stood where Limanowskiego met Podgórze Market Square. The nearby memorial sites and Eagle Pharmacy museum explain this period in greater detail.

Look above the tram tracks

Our photographs follow the tracks and the upper floors of the houses. We would walk it as a connection between stops, pausing on a clear pavement to look at the façades. If the day includes the ghetto memorials, give that part of the route its own time.

Plan the visit

Use marked crossings and current transport information when planning a tram arrival. Combine a short street section with Podgórze Market Square or Ghetto Heroes Square, checking museum tickets separately. Old tenement entrances are private spaces. Leave enough pavement room for residents and other walkers when taking photographs.

• Use crossings carefully around the tram tracks.
• Plan memorial and museum stops separately from the street walk.