Green Ring and River Views

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Błonia Krakowskie

   ~3 min here

   Błonia Krakowskie is a historic city park made not of flowerbeds or formal paths, but of a single immense meadow.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Park imienia Doktora Henryka Jordana

   ~3 min here

   Park imienia Doktora Henryka Jordana is Kraków’s historic city park, named for the physician Henryk Jordan.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Park Krakowski

   ~3 min here

   Park Krakowski is a historic city park, and its lawns double as an open-air gallery.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Park Strzelecki

   ~3 min here

   Park Strzelecki is the historic municipal park around you, and it is protected as a provincial heritage site.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

   ~3 min here

   Beyond the gates lies the Jagiellonian University Botanic Garden, a living collection spread across 9.6 hectares on Kopernika Street.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Planty

   ~3 min here

   Planty is the green park ring around Kraków’s Old Town, laid out where the medieval city’s defensive system once stood.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: Pies Dżok

   ~3 min here

   On Czerwieński Boulevard by the Vistula, close to Wawel Castle and the Grunwald Bridge, this small sculpture commemorates Dżok, a black mixed-breed dog.

8. 8

   

   Stop 8: Most Grunwaldzki

   ~3 min here

   Most Grunwaldzki is the Vistula bridge linking Kraków’s Old Town, at Józefa Dietla Street, with Dębniki at Rondo Grunwaldzkie.

9. 9

   

   Stop 9: Kładka Ojca Bernatka

   ~3 min here

   Kładka Ojca Bernatka is the pedestrian-and-cycle bridge across the Vistula that links Kazimierz and Podgórze.

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