Auschwitz camp consists of two broad areas: Auschwitz I, which was once a concentration camp and is now a Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau which is an extension of the concentration camps and serve as forced labor and extermination camps. About 1.5 million Jews, Poles, Gypsy, and prisoners of war murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau, made this place famous as a center of genocide by Nazi Germany. No wonder there is a warning that children under the age of 14 are advised not to visit this place.
Some ways to get to from downtown Krakow Autschwitz are by:
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Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka is real salt mine which naturally formed 15 million years ago and even now it still works. The mine consists of 9 floors located 64-237 meters below the ground. Visitors can see up to the 3rd floor only (approximately 150 meters below ground), but even that’s very admirable. Statues, lamps chandeliers, carvings on the wall all made of salt! Who makes it? Well, the miners of the past who worked in these mines. Be this place is a mix of natural wonders and cultural arts of man.
In the language of Poland, the Wieliczka salt mine is called Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka. Not far from Krakow, the place is easily reached by public bus No. 304 which departs from the stop Główny Krakow (Galeria Krakowska street opposite Kurniki) and go straight at the stop Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka. Cheap bus ticket, only 3 zloty and depart every 20 minutes. Krakow stayed behind to ride the bus again with the opposite route.
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Auschwitz camp consists of two broad areas: Auschwitz I, which was once a concentration camp and is now a Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau which is an extension of the concentration camps and serve as forced labor and extermination camps. About 1.5 million Jews, Poles, Gypsy, and prisoners of war murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau, made this place famous as a center of genocide by Nazi Germany. No wonder there is a warning that children under the age of 14 are advised not to visit this place.
