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Huta
Former district of Krakow, Poland

Huta

Nowa Huta is the easternmost district of Kraków, Poland.

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With more than 200,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous areas of the city. Until 1990, the neighbouring districts were considered expansions of the original Nowa Huta district, and were linked by the same tramway system. Today, the district formally known as Nowa Huta has been divided into several smaller districts.

Get in

Getting to Huta

The easiest and cheapest way to get to Nowa Huta is to take tram number 4. It leaves from the stop Dworzec Główny, which is in a tunnel below the main railway station (Krakow Glowny) and is kind of tricky to find for non-locals.

See

Worth seeing

The original complex of apartment buildings is built around axis which radiate out from the Central Square (Plac Centralny, which was re-dedicated to US President Ronald Reagan). Architects of the first apartments blocks mixed Renaissance style with Soviet Realism. Buildings constructed after 1956 are Modernist (of this period an interesting example is so called Swedish block at os.

  1. 01
    Wanda Mound

    Built around the 6th or 7th century for unknown reasons.

  2. 02
    Nowa Huta Museum
  3. 03
    Nowa Huta Cultural Centre

    Home to many modern art galleries, most famously a large exhibition of works by renowned horror-surrealist Zdzisław Beksiński.

  4. 04
    Polish Aviation Museum

    A museum consisting of a new pavilion (good contemporary architecture) and few hangars filled with over two hundred historic gliders, aircraft, helicopters and more.

  5. 05
    Garden of Experiences

    Stanisława Lema), Polish Pilots Park, al.

Do

Things to do

If you are looking for professional private tours of the former Communism District take Crazy Guides or the Communism Guided Tour of Nowa Huta in original cars from the communist times. With the reference of the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków and official Guides of Kraków.

  1. 01
    Teatr Ludowy
  2. 02
    Teatr Łaźnia Nowa
  3. 03
    Kino Sfinks

    One of the smaller, forgotten cinemas in Krakow.

  4. 04
    Nowa Huta Lake

    Artificial water reservoir right next to Huta centre.

  5. 05
    Com-Com Zone

    Sport centre close to Hutnik stadium: training halls, football pitches, climbing wall, swimming pool, sauna.

  6. 06
    GOjump Trampoline Park
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Bar Północny
  2. 02
    Łancafe

    Cosy place with coffee and home made cakes.

  3. 03
    Stylowa

    Located close to the Central Square, the self-proclaimed "Stylish" dates back to 1956, when it opened as the first restaurant in Nowa Huta.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.