Students have been wandering the streets of Krakow, Poland, since the Jagellonian University was founded in 1364. Since then, a lot has changed, but the university is still there as well as the many others that have been founded since.
The most celebrated student of Krakow is Copernicus, whose instruments and findings live on in the original Jagellonian University building turned museum. Once a weekday, a 15-person tour gets to view the results of more than 600 years of scientific experimentation: globes, telescopes, clocks, telephones, x-ray machines, and the first equipment used to liquefy oxygen. Boring to some, but definitely the highlight of any dork’s visit to Krakow.
Just 6 months ago, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow opened, exhibiting mostly Krakovian art from the post-Communist era (22 years at most). These aren’t artists that you will recognize yet, but if the progression of art from 1989 to 2010 keeps up, you will soon.
Clearly, all that researching and drawing makes Krakovian students thirsty because the bar scene here is practically unrivaled with its low-key tempo and cheap drinks. We wandered through a multitude of themes from Cuba to sculpture to a bar outfitted with dozens of Singer sewing machine tables – all of them filled with tables full of students slowly sipping beer (or vodka). That’s our kind of library.
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