Field notes & guides
Useful details and reported context for planning a walk, a drive, or a slower day in a place.
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Poland · History · Hikes & walks
Explore Pijarska Street in our Kraków photographs of the overhead arch, grilles and façades, with museum-quarter history and practical walking connections.
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Poland · History · Hikes & walks
Walk Kraków’s Sławkowska Street with our photographs of balconies and Saint Mark’s, a short history of the medieval street and practical Old Town notes.
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Poland · History · Hikes & walks
Explore Szpitalna Street in Kraków through our photographs, with the history behind its hospital name and notes for a walk towards the Słowacki Theatre.
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Poland · History · Local life
See Jan Nowak-Jeziorański Square and Kraków’s former station in our gallery, with its railway history and practical notes for reaching the Old Town.
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Poland · Hikes & walks · History
Follow our photographs of Żagań’s riverside paths and red-railed crossing, with Duchess Dorota’s local history and notes for a walk by the palace.
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Poland · History · Memorials
Visit the surviving Kraków ghetto wall in Podgórze with our photographs, wartime historical context and notes for pairing it with the Eagle Pharmacy.
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Poland · History · Memorials
Explore Kraków’s War Cemetery No. 387 within the New Jewish Cemetery on Miodowa, with our photographs, historical context and respectful visiting notes.
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Poland · Hikes & walks · Rivers & falls
Walk Kraków’s Podolski Boulevard through our river photographs, with notes on the Vistula embankments, Bernatek footbridge and shared riverside paths.
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Poland · History · Hikes & walks
See Fort 31 Saint Benedict in our photographs of Kraków’s Lasoty Hill, with nineteenth-century fortress history and notes for an exterior woodland walk.
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Poland · Local life · Attractions
See Galeria Krakowska’s station-side frontage in our photographs, with its opening history and practical notes for a shopping stop on arrival in Kraków.
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Poland · Food · Local life
See Singer’s Kazimierz frontage in our photographs, with notes on the café’s setting beside Plac Nowy and how to include it in a Kraków neighbourhood walk.
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Poland · History · Hikes & walks
Explore Kraków’s Kanonicza Street through our doorway and courtyard photographs, with its history of cathedral canons and practical museum visiting notes.
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Poland · History · Local life
Walk Krakowska Street in Kazimierz with our tram-track and townhouse photographs, the district’s founding history and practical crossing and museum notes.
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Poland · Castles & palaces · History
See the lakes from Łagów’s Knights Hospitaller Castle in our gallery, with its medieval ownership, later changes and notes for a tower and shoreline visit.
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Poland · Nature · Hikes & walks
Explore Czerwieńsk reservoir in our spring photographs, with the history of its construction and practical notes for a walk along the reeds and wooded bank.
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Poland · Museums · History
Visit Kraków’s Eagle Pharmacy through our interior photographs, with Tadeusz Pankiewicz’s wartime history and practical notes for the museum in Podgórze.
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Poland · History · Museums
Explore the Międzyrzecz Fortified Region through our surface photographs, with its 1930s construction history and practical notes for guided underground tours.
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Poland · Lodging · Local life
See our two lounge photographs from Radisson Hotel Szklarska Poręba, with the property’s current identity and practical notes for planning a mountain base.
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