🌆 Kraków

Poland · Europe · 50.06°N, 19.94°E

Kraków, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 816,614 (2025), with 1,428,363 people living in the Kraków metropolitan area. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish economic, academic, cultural, and artistic life. Its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the world's first sites granted the status.

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Country	Poland
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	50.06°N, 19.94°E · view on map

Kraków is in Poland, a country in Europe. For the living forecast here, open World Weather; Kraków’s population and history are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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