Spot a Krakow paczki shop

Spot a bigos plate

Find a Polish bigos hunter's stew on a restaurant table. Photograph the stew.

Spot a Cloth Hall souvenir stall

Walk through the Sukiennice arcade and find a souvenir stall with amber, wooden chess sets or painted boxes. Photograph one stall.

Spot a hejnał trumpeter

On the hour, a bugler plays the hejnał from the top of St. Mary's Basilica (interrupted mid-tune, as legend has it). Photograph the open window or the moment.

Spot a Kazimierz Jewish heritage facade

Walk into Kazimierz and find a heritage shopfront with old Polish or Yiddish lettering. Photograph the painted sign.

Spot a klezmer band reference

In Kazimierz find a klezmer band poster, a fiddle in a shop window or a klezmer venue. Photograph the reference.

Spot a Krakow bagel stand at Rynek

Find the obwarzanek street stand on Rynek Główny with the stacked pretzel rings on a glass case. Photograph the stand.

Spot a Krakow horse-drawn carriage

Find a Krakow horse-drawn carriage (dorożka) waiting on Rynek Główny. Photograph the horses.

Spot a Krakow rooftop view

Climb up Wawel Hill or a viewpoint and photograph the Krakow rooftops with St. Mary's towers in the panorama.

Spot a Krakow tram

Find a Krakow tram (MPK) on its route. Photograph one passing a heritage building.

Spot a Krakow vintage Trabant or Fiat 126

Find a vintage Polish car: the Fiat 126p (Maluch) or a Trabant on a sightseeing tour. Photograph the car.

Spot a milk bar (bar mleczny)

Find a Krakow bar mleczny with the cafeteria sign and chalkboard menu. Photograph the storefront.

Spot a Polish flag

Find a Polish flag (horizontal white-red) flying on a building, balcony or government facade. Photograph it.

Spot a Polish folk-art shop

Find a Polish folk-art shop with wycinanki paper-cuts, painted wooden boxes, hand-painted ceramics. Photograph the folk craft.

Spot a Polish marigold or flower stall

Find a Krakow flower stall, especially around Rynek Główny or Mariacki square. Photograph the colours.

Spot a Polish pope reference (John Paul II)

Find a reference to Pope John Paul II (his statue near Wawel, a portrait in a religious shop, a postcard). Karol Wojtyła was Archbishop of Krakow. Photograph the reference.

Spot a Polish vodka

Find a Polish vodka bottle (Belvedere, Żubrówka with grass blade, Wyborowa) in a window or on a bar. Photograph the bottle.

Spot a vodka shot glass set in a shop

Find a shop selling Polish-pattern vodka shot glasses or amber-tinted decanters. Photograph the display.

Spot a zapiekanka

Find a zapiekanka (open-faced baguette with mushrooms and cheese) at the Plac Nowy round building in Kazimierz. Photograph the long bread.

Spot an amber jewellery window

Find an amber shop (especially in Kazimierz and around Rynek Główny) with rows of orange-and-gold amber jewellery. Photograph the window.

Spot an obwarzanek pretzel ring

Find an obwarzanek (Krakow ring-shaped bread) at a street cart on Rynek Główny. The poppy-seed or sesame ring. Photograph one.

Spot Krakow pierogi

Find a plate of pierogi (Polish dumplings) at a restaurant or milk bar in Krakow. Photograph the plate.

Spot St. Florian's Gate

Find the Brama Floriańska, the 14th-century gate at the top of Floriańska. Photograph the arch.

Spot St. Mary's Basilica twin towers

Find the two unequal-height towers of St. Mary's Basilica (Mariacki) on Rynek Główny. Photograph the towers against the sky.

Spot the Barbican

Find the gothic Barbican (Barbakan) at the northern end of Floriańska Street. Photograph the brick fortification.

Spot the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice)

Find the Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) in the middle of Rynek Główny, with its arcaded shopping passage. Photograph the long facade.

Spot the Plac Nowy round building

Walk into Plac Nowy in Kazimierz and find the round market building. Photograph the wooden roof.

Spot the Town Hall Tower

On Rynek Główny find the Town Hall Tower (Wieża Ratuszowa), the leaning brick tower that's the only remnant of the old town hall. Photograph the tower.

Spot the Wawel Castle silhouette

Find the Wawel Castle on its hill above the Vistula. Photograph the castle silhouette from the city or the river.

Spot the Wawel Dragon

At the foot of Wawel Hill find the bronze Smok Wawelski dragon statue. The dragon breathes fire every few minutes. Photograph it (or the flame).