Step Into History

Walk Kraków in 1900

AI rebuilds Kraków (Cracow) street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Step Into History · City walk

Wyspiański's Kraków, 1900

Kraków at the turn of the century is the cultural centre of the Young Poland movement under Austrian rule, where artists, writers and musicians gather amid medieval streets and new Secession tastes. The walk moves from the railway arrival into the Planty gardens, through the market and the lanes toward Wawel, then across to Kazimierz and up to a broad mound view, showing everyday life, studios and the stained glass that defines this era.

35 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Kraków as it stood in 1900 (“Young Poland”).

The route, scene by scene

1. Kraków Główny Approach
↳ Main Station Waiting Hall · interior
2. Planty at Basztowa
3. Barbakan (The Barbican)
↳ Carriagemen's Tavern Cellar · interior
4. Brama Floriańska (St. Florian's Gate)
5. Ulica Floriańska
↳ Merchant Showroom on Floriańska · interior
6. Rynek Główny (Main Square)
7. Kościół Mariacki Exterior
↳ Nave of St. Mary's Basilica · interior
8. Sukiennice (Cloth Hall)
↳ Sukiennice Upper Exhibition Hall · interior
9. Wieża ratuszowa (Town Hall Tower)
↳ Old Council Chamber · interior
10. Kościół Franciszkanów
↳ Franciscan Stained-Glass Chapel · interior
11. Jama Michalika Café
↳ Green Balloon Cabaret Room · interior
12. Teatr im. Juliusza Słowackiego
↳ Main Auditorium of Słowacki Theatre · interior
13. Plac Szczepański
↳ Palace of Art Exhibition Hall · interior
14. Ulica Grodzka
↳ Painter's Studio with Folk Costumes · interior
15. Ulica Kanonicza
16. Wawel (Castle Hill)
↳ Royal Audience Chamber · interior
17. Katedra Wawelska (Wawel Cathedral)
↳ Chapel of the Holy Cross · interior
18. Podzamcze Quay
19. Kazimierz — Plac Nowy
20. Plac Wolnica
21. Rynek Kleparski (Kleparz Market)
22. Kopiec Kościuszki (Kościuszko Mound)