After more than a year of waiting the private company has finally completed all needed permissions, and people in Krakow can enjoy.. the BALOON FLIGHTS.



Krakow as the first city in Poland, and one of few in Europe features regular baloon experience.
It is actually not the full flight, but moving up and down, the baloon stays 150 m above the ground for about 10 m, and the pleasure costs 35 zl ( $10 ) adult with children and senior discounts.
The starting point is on Vistula river boulevards between bridge Grunwaldzki and church 'Skałka'.
Enjoy !

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HOSCARS (HOStelworld Customer Annual Ratings) is the award voted by customers of Hostelworld.com, who choose among around 20 000 properties featured on that site.
This year over 800 000 customers worldwide rated hostels on six criteria - location, staff,character, security, fun and cleanliness.

This year among top ten hostels there are two from Krakow, on 5th position Greg-Tom Hostel, and Flamingo Hostel on 9th.


Last year Greg-Tom Hostel won Small Hostels category, this year besides 6th overall position, scored high in 10 Most Boutique Hostels, and in Security category.

The hostel features modern bathrooms with massage showers, free internet and 3 huge plasma TV.
The activities list sound promising:
Monday- Vodka Tasting
Tuesday- Polish Special Dinner
Wednesday- Tour The Pub
Thursday- Vodka Tasting
Friday- Mad Dogs Evening
Saturday-Polish Special Dinner
Sunday- Salad Buffet
but as the hostel accepts groups only up to 6 people, the activities overall are harmless for environment ( no stag).

Last years winner, Flamingo Hostel dropped to the 9th position, but keeps the high standards, and features ree internet, free breakfast, free tea and coffee all day, free linen.
Also the location, few metres from the Main Market Suare in Krakow is unbeatable.

Congratulations for Krakow Hostels, and here is the full list of winners:

1. Traveller’s House, Lisbon, Portugal
2. Rossio Hostel, Lisbon, Portugal
3. Lisbon Lounge, Lisbon, Portugal
4. The Riverhouse Backpackers, Cardiff, Wales
5. Greg-Tom Hostel, Krakow, Poland
6. Sitting On The City Walls Courtyard House, Beijing, China
7. Academy Hostel, Florence, Italy
8. Goodnight Backpackers, Lisbon, Portugal
9. Flamingo Hostel, Krakow, Poland
10. Mambo Tango Backpackers Hostel, Barcelona, Spain


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'In the kindergarden sometimes one points my younger son and says : - look Johny, you have in your class a black boy.- And Johny responds : - no mother, this is not a black boy, but my friend Michael- '

These are the words of Brian Scott, the first Polish black journalist, who started his career in RMF FM Krakow's local radio station, later moved to television, where cooperated with Polsat, TVN , and now TV Info stations.



The actor in Polish movies (("Czarodziej z Harlemu" 1988, "Lejdis" 2008, "Pan z drzewa" 2008) and soap operas ("Ekipa", "Rodzina zastępcza").
Originally Brian, was born July 3, 1960 in Guiana,as a teenager moved to Poland where obtained the journalism degree at Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
Now still stays in Krakow with the wife and two sons Marvell (b.1993) and Michael (b. 2001).
In his latest project 'Etniczne klimaty' ('Ethnic climates') produced for TV Info in which he makes interviews with Polish minorities showing the conditions of living and minority problems in present Poland.

In his last interview to a newspaper 'Gazeta Wyborcza' he talks about his life and the experience from the first days when he came to Poland, and decided to stay here for good.
Here is a link to the article ( from which are the first words of this post are borrowed) , that is written in Polish language, so unfortunately you have to use the translate tools.

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The team of Go2Cracow.info
wishes Merry Christmas to all our readers.
May the Happy New Year bring you the peace and prosperity.
We hope that the incoming year will be good for both holiday and business trips.
Merry Christmas.!

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