How electricity and engineering changed the city in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Industrial monuments and the stories behind them.
Kraków’s Industrial Heritage Trail with a guide: what you will see
Krakow Technology Trail – visit Cracow with guide! Licencjonowany przewodnik po Krakowie
During a guided tour of the Krakow Technology Trail, you will learn how the face of Krakow changed in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when electricity appeared in the city, and what the route of the first tram was. You will learn about the most important architectural monuments related to the urban and infrastructural development of the city. While visiting Krakow along this route, you will learn many interesting anecdotes and curiosities.
Our guide will start the tour about Technique Trail at the 19th-century Railway Station, where you will learn why the inhabitants of Krakow and the surrounding villages were afraid of railroads and what important events the Railway Station was connected with. Then you will have the opportunity to see the first two-level intersection of communication routes in Krakow and the railway viaduct – constructed by Teodor Talowski. Nearby the building of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, you will see one of the first power plants in Krakow, the so-called the Machine House, which was built for the needs of the theater. At 19 Westerplatte Street, the guide will show you the fire station and will tell you about the history of the fire brigade in Krakow and the adventures of firefighters with the Tadeusz Kościuszko monument. At Dietla street you will see one of the oldest Krakow bridges – the railway viaduct in Grzegórzki and you will find out why the Vistula no longer flows under it. Later on the tour you will see the Krakow Power Plant and visit the Museum of Municipal Engineering in the Old Tram Depot. The guide will show you exhibits related to the development of public transport and infrastructure, such as historic cars and trams. On the Vistula River you will learn about the history of the Józef Piłsudski Bridge and see the Vistula boulevards from the beginning of the 20th century. You will end your tour of the Krakow Technique Trail at Glass and Ceramics Centre at Lipowa 3 located in the pre-war building of the “Krakow Glassworks”, where you will be able to take part in a demonstration of hand-molding glass.
Who this tour is for
Put together with school groups in mind. We mix the history with storytelling and things to do on the spot, so the pupils stay with us.
- School classes, with the pace and language matched to the pupils’ age
- Trips run under the Polish schools programme
- Youth and scouting groups
How long it takes and what to know
Duration
The route normally takes 4 – 5 h. We adjust the pace and the scope to the group, so if you have less time we will shorten it without dropping what matters most.
Admission tickets
The guiding fee does not cover admission to museums and ticketed sites. Several of them sell timed entry and are often booked out days ahead in season, so it is worth mentioning them when you book.
Booking a date
Tell us how many of you there are, when you plan to come and roughly how much time you have. We normally reply the same day, with a suggested route and a price.
