Old towns & squares
Little Market Square is the quieter neighbour of Kraków’s Main Market, but its history is no less substantial. Hidden behind St Mary’s Church, it served as an auxiliary medieval market whose daily life centred on food, craft and the city’s butchers.
Historical records called it Forum antiquum, Wędeta, Tandeta and Old Market. The name Mały Rynek only became established in the mid-19th century; earlier, it was simply the square in front of St Barbara’s Church.
From the 18th century the square was known as the Butchers’ Market because stalls and the city’s oldest guild of butchers were concentrated here. Later the wooden stalls disappeared and fruit and vegetable trading took over. Today’s fairs and food festivals echo that older role.
The square is a free public space. Combine it with St Barbara’s Church, St Mary’s Basilica and a walk through the Old Town.
Tripto podpowiada: Pause instead of crossing the square in a hurry. Imagining the wooden stalls reveals the market’s real history.
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