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Krakow: Nowa Huta Communist District Walking Tour

By Active Holidays Poland
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$139 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Discover the history of Nowa Huta, a communist district in Krakow
  • Explore the housing estates of Nowa Huta designed in social realist style
  • Hear first-hand stories about everyday life under the communist regime
  • Visit the first church built in the district, Lord’s Ark, and see a Soviet tank
  • Enjoy coffee break in a local cafe and learn about the district's transformation

Activity location

    • Krakow
    • Krakow, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Basztowa, 30-547 Kraków, Polska | I will have a sign with words Nowa Huta. Please wait next to the wooden bridge.
    • Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

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Krakow: Nowa Huta Communist District Walking Tour

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 2:00 PM
Price details
NZ$139.36 x 1 AdultNZ$139.36
Total
Price is NZ$139.36

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pick-up
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tram ticket fee
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance fees to Nowa Huta Museum, which includes antiaircraft bunkers (18pln/14pln)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tea/coffee/cake during break

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Smoking
  • Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Explore Nowa Huta, a communist district of Krakow, on a guided tour. Learn about the history of the district and the everyday life of its residents during the communist era. See housing estates built in socialist realism style and visit bunkers under Nowa Huta Museum.

Begin your tour with a hotel pick-up and a tram ride from the city centre to Nowa Huta. Walk around the housing estates of Nowa Huta designed in social realist style. Hear first-hand stories about everyday life under the communist regime.

Visit places related to the tragic history of the fight against communism. Learn about the problems, resistance, fight against the regime, Solidarity, and the collapse of communism in Poland. Visit Lord’s Ark, the first church built in this district, which took years of struggle, fights, and challenges to build.

See communist bunkers built in case of a nuclear attack. Take a selfie with a Soviet tank from WWII. Enjoy a coffee break in one of the district's newly emerging meeting places and talk about how the district is transforming again. Finally, take a tram ride back to the city centre.

Location

Activity location

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    • Krakow
    • Krakow, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Basztowa, 30-547 Kraków, Polska | I will have a sign with words Nowa Huta. Please wait next to the wooden bridge.
    • Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland