Magic Kraków on a Gloomy December Day

This is re-post from Travefeed.io - for some reason the automatic integration to Hive didn't work

[ENG / POL]
December Sunday afternoon, bleak and gloomy, cold and humid - perfect day for staying at home? Not for me. I wento to Kraków and had a very pleasant stroll in the Old Town. This post will be more pictures than words, so sit down and enjoy magic Kraków on a gloomy December day.

Pochmurne, niedzielne popołudnie w grudniu, zimno i wilgotno - w sam raz by zostać w domu? Nie dla mnie. Pojechałem do Krakowa na przyjemny spacer po Starym Mieście. W tym poście będzie więcej zdjęć niż słów, usiądź wygodnie i zapraszam na wędrówkę po magicznym Krakowie, nawet w grudniu.

Dear English readers - there's a story behind each photo. Kraków is Poland's former capital and the Wawel Castle was the seat of kings for 300 years. Kraków's iconic Main Market Square is the biggest medieval market square in Europe. However, I will leave this post without any descriptions, except one. If you are interested, leave a comment and either I or other members of #pl-travelfeed will be happy to write down Kraków's stories.

Dla polskich czytelników - znacie pewnie Kraków. Daruję więc wam historię naszej byłej stolicy. Pozwolę sobie jednak na dłuższy podpis pod jednym ze zdjęć - bo to nie jest tradycyjna atrakcja turystyczna

Florianska street with St Mary church in the background Florianska street with St Mary church in the background

Sukiennice (merchants stalls), main Market Sqaure Sukiennice (merchants stalls), main Market Sqaure

St Mary church, main Market Square St Mary church, main Market Square

Town Hall, main Market Square Town Hall, main Market Square

Stefan Banach and Otto Nikodym, Polish mathematicians Stefan Banach and Otto Nikodym, Polish mathematicians

Now, this one does require a few words. Stefan Banach and Otto Nikodym were Polish mathematicians who lived in the first half of the XX century. Both however didn't have any formal mathematical training and it was only by pure chance that a renowned mathematician, dr Hugo Steinhaus overheard two young men discussing Lebesque integration and got them under his curation. Stefan Banach was later considered one of the world's most influential mathematicians. He was the founder of modern functional analysis.

Stefan Banach i Otto Nikodym, krakowscy gimnazjaliści, rozmawiali na ławeczce na Plantach o całce Lebeseque'a. Ich rozmowę podsłuchał dr Hugo Steinhaus, wielki matematyk początku XX wieku. Wziął Banacha - samouka - pod swoje skrzydła i rozwinął jego talent. Banach został później uznany za ojca współczesnej analizy funkcjonalnej

Cathedral on the Wawel hill Cathedral on the Wawel hill