Cracow
Zapiekanka: not a Polish kebab
2 am in Kazimierz, a Jewish district in Krakow. Dozens line the windows remotely dotting a circular building, Okrąglak (‘Rotunda’), in the centre of Plac Nowy (‘New Square’). It's Zapiekanka time, though only the locals know which window serves the best of this baked baguette snack
Goodbye, Lech Kaczynski
Between 10 and 18 April, Poland tragically lost and buried the body of president Lech Kaczynski in Kraków's Wawel Castle. 96 died in total in the plane crash in Smolensk in Russia, including the First Lady Maria and high-profile political personalities, as they were en route to pay their respects at the 70th anniversary of the infamous Katyn massacre. After being dubbed the 'second Katyn', the debate is now on who will take the mantle in presidential elections in June 2010, now that a leading eurosceptic and conservative figure is so suddenly gone
Paris, Krakow: the crop of Europe's pretty urban green
The tallest building in the world, the 828 metre (2716 ft) high Burj Khalifa skyscraper, was unveiled in Dubai at the beginning of January. Nowadays the question is more of building outwards rather than upwards, with four buzzwords - happiness, ecology, smartness and economy - via two city models
cracow, futur, ecology, future of europe, cities, urbanism, architecture
Talk of the city
Madrid, Krakow, Rome? Europe discusses its genius loci
cracow, cities, rome, madrid, europäische sprachen, tower of babel, cities
