With its preserved medieval center and Jewish quarter, Krakow is Poland's most popular tourist destination.
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00:00Welcome to Kraków.
00:01This is Poland's second-largest city
00:03and a really popular tourist destination.
00:05I think it's one of my favorites,
00:07so I'm really excited to take this tour with you today
00:10and show you around some of the most gorgeous, historic places
00:14with my lovely assistant,
00:16Gilg.
00:19Kraków is cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe
00:22for good reason,
00:23and its Old Town and the Wawel Castle
00:25have been included among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
00:28since 1978.
00:31It's really popular among tourists,
00:33and even dogs love it.
00:36The earliest historic records speak of Kraków in the 10th century
00:39as a city of trade and culture,
00:42a crossroads for merchants and travelers.
00:45For over 500 years,
00:47it was also Poland's capital city,
00:49home to kings and coronations,
00:51and of course, the famous Wawel Castle.
00:56From the Wawel Castle,
00:58you can take a nice and relaxed stroll
01:00along the same river, the Vistula.
01:02After 15 minutes and a couple of swims later,
01:05we turn off inland again to the neighborhood of Kazimierz.
01:09Kazimierz is probably my favorite neighborhood
01:12in all of Poland.
01:14So it's actually the old historic Jewish neighborhood.
01:16It was the heart of the local Jewish community for 500 years
01:20and one of the most important centers for Jewish culture
01:23in all of Europe.
01:25This ended with the deportation and extermination
01:28of Kraków's Jews by the Nazis during the Second World War.
01:32The story of Kraków's Jews and their tragic fate
01:35is shown in the movie Schindler's List,
01:37some of which was filmed on these very streets.
01:46So one of the things that I've noticed about Kraków so far
01:48is that pretty much every single place we've been to
01:50has been really dog-friendly,
01:52which just makes it so much easier to travel with a dog.
01:57Oh, look at that!
01:59Dziękujemy!
02:00Before we go to dinner,
02:02let me show you where people from Kraków
02:03buy fresh ingredients every day.
02:06The old Klepasz Market has been around since the 14th century.
02:10It's been destroyed and rebuilt twice,
02:13closed during the Nazi occupation
02:15and modernized again after the war.
02:18The really wonderful thing is that you can find
02:20so much organic, local goodness.
02:24Like Stary Klepasz, I know, prides itself on
02:28sourcing ingredients and food
02:30from some of the best suppliers around.
02:33And it's just, you can see it
02:34in just the beauty of everything that's here.
02:37It smells so good, it looks so fresh.
02:40It kind of makes me wish that I could live in Kraków
02:43just so I could come do my grocery shopping here.
02:48Now that we've seen where the people of Kraków
02:50get their fresh produce,
02:51it's time to enjoy some of it as well.
02:54Back to Kazimierz for some amazing Middle Eastern food.
03:01So what I love about eating out in Kazimierz especially
03:04is that it's this strange mix of two things.
03:07So on the one hand, you've got this like
03:09contemporary, organic, healthy cuisine.
03:12And on the other,
03:14you've got this really amazing sense of history.
03:17You know, we're sitting here between these
03:19ancient brick walls,
03:21and there's really a sense that this place
03:23has been around for a very, very long time.
03:30Oh my God, check this out.
03:32This is the most amazing summer platter.
03:36Oh my God, this bread is so warm and fresh.
03:40All right.
03:47If someone were to ask me,
03:48Hey Eva, can you recommend me one place to visit in Poland?
03:51Only one.
03:53I would probably tell them to come and visit Kraków.
03:58I love it here.
04:00It's really worth checking out, you guys.