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Church on Harenda Hill in Zakopane
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0.1 km
**The Church of St John the Apostle and Evangelist on Harenda** is a wooden church built in 1710–1720 in Zakrzów and moved to Zakopane in 1947. Its covered soboty arcade preserves the character of historic Podhale architecture. The visit b…
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Olcza Sanctuary in Zakopane
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1.8 km
In Olcza, the eastern part of Zakopane through which the Olczyski Potok stream flows, stands the Sanctuary of Our Lady Revealing the Miraculous Medal. The church is entirely a work of our times: the cornerstone, taken from the Tatra Mounta…
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Sleigh Ride (Kulig) in Zakopane
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2.4 km
A kulig is a winter procession of horse-drawn sleighs combined with a feast around a bonfire — an entertainment whose history in Poland reaches back to the **16th century**. In Zakopane sleigh rides are organised daily, usually from **3 pm…
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Witkiewiczówka Villa in Zakopane
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2.9 km
On Antałówka Street in Zakopane stands a villa where the history of one family intertwined with the history of Podhale architecture. Witkiewiczówka is a wooden residence built in **1903-1904** in the Zakopane style — a national style creat…
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Krupówki Street in Zakopane
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3.3 km
Krupówki is the main axis of Zakopane — a pedestrian thoroughfare longer than **one kilometre**, closed to car traffic, where a stroll comes with oscypek sheep cheese, kierpce footwear and horse-drawn carriages. The street starts at the cr…
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Pęksowy Brzyzek Cemetery in Zakopane
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3.4 km
Pęksowy Brzyzek Cemetery is one of Zakopane’s most important necropolises and the town’s first cemetery. It was established on land donated to the parish by Jan Pęksa, on a high bank above a stream; the local word “brzyzek” refers to this…
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The Old Church in Zakopane
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3.4 km
A few steps from the Krupówki promenade, on Kościeliska street, stands the small wooden church of Our Lady of Częstochowa and St Clement. It is the oldest wooden sacral building in Zakopane, known simply as the old church. The temple was e…
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Villa Atma in Zakopane
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3.6 km
A few steps from Krupówki street, at Kasprusie 19, stands the wooden Villa "Atma" — the only museum in Poland devoted to Karol Szymanowski. It was here, in the shadow of the Tatra Mountains, that the composer spent the years 1930–1935 and…
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Gubałówka above Zakopane
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3.7 km
Gubałówka (1,123 m) is a ridge in the Gubałówka Range, directly above Zakopane, with one of the best-known viewpoints of the Tatras. The lower funicular station stands by Plac pod Gubałówką, next to the market. At the top, visitors find vi…