Krakow Post Issue 102
Krakow Post Issue 102
Krakow Post Issue 102
Edition 102
ISSN 1898-4762
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PEOPLE POWER
page 4
CYCLE ACTIVISM
page 6
People Power 4
Local News 5
On Two Wheels 6
Yelp Krakow 7
Cricket in Krakow 8
5 Years of the Jewish Community Centre 1011
Drop In: Alchemia od Kuchni 12
Posted: The Months Events 1415
Kino Mania: Polish Cinema 16
Club Life: Music and Gigs 1720
Healthy Living 21
Jewish Culture Festival 2223
Gumball 3000 24
Beer of the Month 25
Natalia Wiernik: Photography 26-27
Get Out of Town: Kryspinw 28
Topical Polish 30
Tales from the Chalkface 30
Dear Luiza 30
Classied Ads 31
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Fitness
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olish or expat, you can help decide
Krakows policies. The rst step: a civic
budget.
In recent months, Krakow has witnessed
an explosion of civic activism. Joining exist-
ing people power initiatives, such as the
Space, People, City association and biking
activists, new groups have sprung up, Kra-
kow Smog Alert and New Krupnicza being
among the most vocal.
These grass roots movements reect the
fact that many Cracovians feel their voices
are not being heard by local policy makers,
especially in crucial areas such as city plan-
ning and budgeting.
Prominent daily newspaper, Gazeta
Wyborca, has recently launched the Noth-
ing New Without Us campaign (Nic o nas
bez nas), calling for decision makers to
recognise and prioritise the real needs of
Cracovians. Is Krakow in fact governed by
ocials in a way that is best for its citizens?
editor-in-chief, Jzef Stachw, asked rhe-
torically.
It is not true that we do not hear or care
about the voices of residents, retorted Kra-
kow city council member, Magorzaty Jan-
tos. It was we who invited them to a discus-
sion, by launching a round table initiative
on housing and education, she said.
Jantos also opposed the idea of treating
the city council as a monolithic body. We,
the council members, sit between execu-
tive power and the residents, and we are
all learning to communicate. I dont un-
derstand why I and many of my active and
open colleagues should be lumped togeth-
er with the rest of the council. Let us hold
every member individually responsible
said Jantos.
The rst sign of change is a plan to intro-
duce a civic, or participatory, budget. The
assignment of a few percent of the citys
budget is to be decided directly by Krakow
residents as part of an initiative intended
to encourage a civic society. Civic budgets
have already been implemented in Pozna,
Dbrowa Grnicza, Sopot and Toru. At the
end of April, Tarnw also joined the list.
Since May, a pilot civic involvement proj-
ect has been running in three of Krakows
districts: Bronowice, Prdnik Biay and Zwi-
erzyniec. Meetings and surveys have been
held at various locations, including organ-
ised family picnics.
All residents in these districts are en-
couraged to submit ideas that will later be
discussed and voted on the stake is the
expenditure of 250,000 z of city funds. The
consultations are going well, the districts
council members are strongly involved, but
the best method of research has yet to be
established. Our greatest task is to inform as
many people as possible about these con-
sultations. Hopefully, in the future, the peo-
ple will themselves ask for consultations,
said Agnieszka Matuszyska-Dziewitek,
head of the Pracownia Obywatelska associ-
ation, which is responsible for the research.
Krakows mayor, Jacek Majchrowski, has
expressed scepticism about involving the
whole city in the citys budget discussions.
In my opinion there are certain limits,
within which all citizens can have access to
the city budget. I cant imagine the whole
community deciding on major city invest-
ments. It would be technically dicult to
accomplish. We would have to go back to
the Greek idea of polis, or the agora, where
citizens gathered and decided together,
Majchrowski said during an interview with
Gazeta Wyborcza.
Our aim is to create a civic society, and
a civic budget is one step toward that
goal, said the head of Zwierzyniec district,
Szczsny Filipiak. What we have today is a
low sense of solidarity and responsibility.
We dont believe that we, as citizens, have
any inuence. This budget may help to
change this situation, said Filipiak.
The next step once the consultation
work is nished will be to draft specic proj-
ects and cost estimates. Pracownia Obywa-
telska expects to launch the rst projects in
September.
People Power
Grayna Zawada
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many Cracovians feel their voices are not
being heard by local policy makers
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Rozkad wany / Timetable valid
09.06 - 01.09.2013
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5.50
6.45
7.27
7.55
8.24
8.54
9.24
9.55
10.24
10.54
11.24
11.54
12.24
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15.25
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7.46
8.14
8.43
9.12
9.42
10.13
10.42
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11.46
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12.42
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13.43
14.12
14.43
15.13
15.44
16.13
16.43
17.12
17.42
18.12
18.48
19.18
19.48
20.18
20.51
21.42
22.42
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1) kursuje codziennie oprcz 15.VIII, 11.XI.2013;
runs daily except 15.VIII, 11.XI.2013;
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6.20
7.03
7.31
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9.32
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7.22
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9.51
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11.19
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15.21
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18.54
19.24
19.54
20.24
21.19
22.14
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Alchemia, ul. Estery 5
Aloha Cafe, ul. Miodowa 28a
Amadeus Hotel, ul. Mikoajska 20
Art Shop & IT point, ul. Mikoajska 7
Auditorium Maximum, ul. Krupnicza 33
Austrian Consulate, ul. Krupnicza 42
Bagel Stop, pl. Wolnica 1
BagelMama, ul. Dajwor 10
Bell Language School, ul. Michaowskiego 4
Bomba, pl. Szczepanski 2b
British Consulate, ul. Anny 9
British Council, Rynek Gwny 6
Buddha Drink & Garden, Rynek Gwny 6
Buddha Indian Restaurant, ul. Grodzka 9
Bull Pub, ul. Mikoajska 2
Buma Square Business Park, ul. Wadowicka 6
Bunkier Sztuki Cafe, pl. Szczepanski 3a
Creme de la Creme, ul. Mostowa 14
Cafe Czekolada, ul. Bracka 4
Cafe Gobia, ul. Gobia 3
Cafe Philo, ul. Tomasza 30
Cafe Szafe, ul. Felicjanek 10
Carpe Diem, ul. Sawkowska 6A
Cheder Cafe, ul. Jzefa 36
Cheers Pub, ul. Grodzka 31
Coee Heaven, ul. Karmelicka 8
Coee Shop Company, ul. Sawkowska 6
Copernicus Restaurant & Hotel, ul. Kanonicza 16
Culca, ul. Mostowa 14
Cupcake Corner, ul. Bracka 4
Cupcake Corner, ul. Michaowskiego 14
Drukarnia, ul. Nadwilaska 1
Dym, ul. Tomasza 13
Eszeweria, ul. Jzefa 9
Euromarket Oce Center, ul. Jasnogrska 1
Galeria Kazimierz Info Point, ul. Daszyskiego
Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwr 18
German Consulate, ul. Stolarska 7
Grand Hotel, ul. Sawkowska 5/7
Grdek Hotel, ul. Na Grdku 4
Harris Piano Jazz Bar, Rynek Gwny 28
Hot Chilli Indian Restaurant, ul. Pijarska 9
Hotel Floryan / Vesuvio, ul. Floriaska 38
House of Beer, ul. Tomasza 35
Il Calzone, ul. Starowilna 15a
Instytut Amerykanistyki I Studiow Polonijnych,
Rynek Gwny 34
Instytut Francuski, ul. Stolarska 15
Inter Book Book Shop, ul. Karmelicka 27
International Cultural Centre, Rynek Gwny 25
Irish Mbassy, ul. Stolarska 3
Irish Pub - Pod Papugami, ul. Jana 18
IT point, Plac Mariacki 3
Jagellonian Centre of European Studies, ul.
Garbarska 7a
Jagellonian Centre of European Studies Student
house, ul. Piastowska 47
Jewish Community Centre, ul. Miodowa 24
Kawa pod Kogutkiem, ul. Jzefa 11
Kijow.Centrum, ul. Krasiskiego 34
Kino Pod Baranami, Rynek Gwny 27
Kadka, ul. Mostowa 8
Krakow Business Park, ul. Krakowska 280
Ksiegarnia Jezykowa, ul. Stolarska 10
La Petite France, ul. Tomasza 25
Les Couleurs, ul. Estery 10
Massolit Bookstore, ul. Felicjanek 04/2
Mikolaj, Hotel, ul. Mikoajska 30
Mleczarnia, ul. Meiselsa 20
Moa Burger, ul. Mikoajska 3
Nordic House (consulates), ul. Anny 5
Opera Krakowska, ul. Lubicz 48
Orbis Francuski, ul. Pijarska 13
Pauza, ul. Floriaska 18
Philharmonic Hall, ul. Zwierzyniecka 1
Piano Rouge, Rynek Gwny 46
Pierwszy Lokal, ul. Stolarska 6
Pod Roza, Hotel / Amarone Rest., ul. Floriaska 14
Pollera Hotel, ul. Szpitalna 30
Polski, Hotel, ul. Pijarska 17
Propaganda, ul. Miodowa 20
Quattro Business Park, al. B-Komorowskiego 25
Rondo Business Park, ul. Lublaska 38
Roti Roti, ul. Wgowa 4
Saski, Hotel, Sawkowska 3
Scandale Royale, pl. Szczepanski 2
Senacki, Hotel, ul. Grodzka 51
Sheraton Hotel, ul. Powisle 7
Starka Restaurant, ul. Jzefa 15
Stary, Hotel / Trzy Rybki restaurant, ul.
Szczepaska 5
Sw. Idzi Church, ul. Grodzka 67
Ulica Krokodyli Pub, ul. Szeroka 30
US Consulate, ul. Stolarska 9
Wit Stwosz, Hotel, ul. Mikoajska 28
Zazie French Restaurant, ul. Jzefa 34
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