PIWNICA POD BARANAMI

This bar at the back of a courtyard overlooking the Rynek is famous throughout the city and was founded in 1956 as a literary cabaret. It has a long history of dissent against the communist regime and was a den of the intelligentsia, with acidic and committed shows. Today the program is varied and offers cabaret shows every Saturday night and jazz concerts on Thursday. The hall has certainly the most Cracovian atmosphere, being in a large vaulted brick cellar. It is a student meeting place.