Rynek Underground opened in 2010 as a high-tech museum tracing the story of the city from the first settlers to the death of Pope John Paul II. It lies four metres beneath the Main Market Square.

Installed in the factory where Oskar Schindler famously saved the lives of about 1,000 Jewish employees, the new Schindler Museum tells the story of Krakow's occupation by Nazi forces.

The underground museum has an area of over 6,000 square metres and walks visitors through Krakow’s rich history. One part of the museum also includes remains of medieval constructions.

Explore Rynek Underground The Cloth Market dominates the centre of Market Square and you probably have no idea while browsing the souvenir shops that below your feet is an underground museum. Rynek ...

The museum also traces Krakow's later history when it was part of the Hanseatic League, ... This underground venue is the fourth museum to have opened in Krakow in recent months.

Not far from Poland’s capital are two historical sites, the Wieliczka salt mine and the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum, both of which transport travelers to a different time.

Announced in 2007, the international architectural competition for the building of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków in the former Schindler Factory was a difficult challenge for the designers.

Apart from the subterranean darkness and the underground museum, on of Guido’s biggest attractions in is the suspended electric railway, the only one of its kind in the world which has been made ...

Ranking of the top 7 things to do in Krakow. Travelers favorites include #1 Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, #2 Main Market Square (Rynek Glówny) and more.