October 2009 TOURIST INFORMATION WORKING HOURS (October 2009 – April 2010) Monday to Friday: 8 am – 6 pm Saturday: 9 am – 7 pm Sunday and Public Holidays: closed August 2009 Tarnów has the biggest mounument of Władysław Łokietek in the world The city has another tourist feature – a 5-meter-high monument of king Władysław Łokietek, who granted city rights to Tarnów. He was also known for his little height. The monument is placed at a charming corner of Tarnów - recently renovated, beautiful square at Walowa 7. In addition, the parts of the old City Walls, which had not been shown before, were unveiled. More: Monuments summer 2009 Summer events in Tarnów region Date: 18 June - 5 July Dni Pamięci Żydów Galicyjskich "Galicjaner Sztetl" The Galician Jewish Commemoration Days Place: Tarnów Annual events organized to commemorate the martyrdom of thousands of Tarnów Jews slaughtered during the WWII. Series of music performances, named „Concerts by the Bimah”, are organized on site of former Old Synagogue, destroyed during WWII. Best polish and international klezmer bands perform. More info: Muzeum Okręgowe w Tarnowie Rynek 20-21, 33-100 Tarnów, PL tel.: +48 14 621 21 49 fax: +48 14 626 15 85 web: www.muzeum.tarnow.pl e-mail: rynek@muzeum.tarnow.pl Date: 23-26 July Międzynarodowy Tabor Pamięci Romów International Gypsy Caravan of Remembrance Place: Tarnów, Szczurowa, Żabno Gypsy Caravan travels to places of martyrdom of Romani people slaughtered by Germans during the World War II. The Caravan also introduces Gypsy culture, allowing the spectators to learn more about this ethnic minority. Anyone can join the Caravan and live traveler’s life for a while. More info: Muzeum Etnograficzne w Tarnowie ul. Krakowska 10, 33-100 Tarnów, PL tel.: + 48 14 622 06 25 web: www.muzeum.tarnow.pl e-mail: etnografia@muzeum.tarnow.pl Date: 26 June - 2 October XXIV Muzyczne Spotkania u Paderewskiego Place: I. J. Paderewski’s mansion in Kąśna Dolna Series of summer classical music concerts at Paderewski’s mansion in Kąśna Dolna. “Muzyczne Spotkania” is an annual event, widely recognized in Poland. It promotes virtuosic performances of classical music. Each of the series of „Muzyczne Spotkania” concerts is held at Paderewski’s manor – house in Kąśna Dolna, the only preserved mansion of the great polish composer and politician in the world. Together with concerts, exhibitions of Paderewski memorabilia are held (in co-operation with National Museum in Warsaw). More info: Centrum Paderewskiego Tarnów-Kąśna Dolna Rynek 9, 33-100 Tarnów, PL tel./fax: +48 14 621 09 21 web: www.paderewski.tarnow.pl e-mail: centrum@paderewski.tarnow.pl May 2009 The Roleski 4 Spins NRHA show in Stare Zukowice (90 km east of Cracow and 15 km of Tarnów) The show will be organized by Roleski company, Roleski Ranch and Katarzyna & Michal Pec. This year is the year of NRHA Roleski 4 Spins Circuit which consists of 4 shows: May, 9-10 (show I & II), July, 18-19 (show III) and September, 16-17 2009 (show IV). Roleski Ranch in Stare Zukowice will host all shows. ROLESKI Ranch is one of the biggest Western Riding Centers in Poland. Located in Stare Zukowice - approximately 90 km east of Cracow and 15 km of Tarnów - it has been in use since 2005, is still under development. More: www.4spins.plrha.pl/indexen.htm April 2009 TOURIST INFORMATION WORKING HOURS (May – September) From 1st to 3rd May: 9 am – 7 pm (daily) From 4th May to 30th September: Monday to Friday: 8 am – 8 pm Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: 9 am – 7 pm April 2009 Lipnica Murowana - Easter Palms' Contest The record - high Easter palm, winner of the 51st Easter Palms' Contest in Lipnica Murowana, measures precisely 33 meters and 45 centimeters. Zbigniew Urbański from Lipnica Murowana, creator of the winning palm, has beaten his own record set last year. The second was Andrzej Leszczyński's family with 28 meters high palm. And the third was Mr Mateusz Mecha with 24 meters high palm. Over 50 palms competed. All will be exposed to the public in Lipnica Murowana for a week. It takes months to create one palm. All are made from willow and decorated with flowers and ribbons. While standing palms up no mechanical devices can be used. Tradition does not allow that - says Krzysztof Bogusz, head of the Gminny Ośrodek Kultury in Lipnica Murowana. April 2009 TOURIST INFORMATION WORKING HOURS: Maundy Thursday: 8 am – 6 pm Good Friday: 8 am – 6 pm Easter Sunday: closed Easter Monday: closed March 2009 TCI goes abroad! Tarnów Tourist Center is on tour around the Europe promoting Tarnów region's attractions. This month we've already been to Berlin and Paris. It has been a great pleasure to meet you all there! Hope to see you in Tarnów some day. We will welcome each guest of our stand most warmly sharing what Tarnów has best! December 2008 TOURIST INFORMATION WORKING HOURS: 24.12.2008 – 8 am – 2 pm 25, 26.12.2008 – closed 27.12.2008 – 9 am – 5 pm 31.12.2008 - 8 am – 2 pm 1.01.2009 – closed 2.01.2009 - 9 am – 5 pm 3.01.2009 - 9 am – 5 pm October 2008 Tarnow Tourist Office - best in Poland! Tarnow Tourist Office won "Best Tourist Information in Poland 2008" award assigned by Polish National Tourist Office. The award is given each year to a tourist information office offering best service, involvement and promotion of it's region. Since 2007 there are three categories of winners - those operating in towns with population up to 20 000 citizens, those of 75 000 inhabitants and towns with over 75 000 population. Tarnow Tourist Office has beaten up competitors from other cities: Warsaw and Bielsko-Biala. October 2008 Tarnow Tourist Office winner Tarnow Tourist Office winner of Minister's of Sports an Tourism award acknowledging outstanding involvement in development and promotion of tourism in Poland in 2008 October 2008 Our working hours from 1st October We invite you for our office in following hour, up to end of April 2009: From Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m On Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. – 5 p.m. August 2008 Cast your vote for TARNÓW! We encourage you to take part in two regional plebiscites: „The Pearls of Malopolska” (polish: „Perły Małopolski”) and „Great Discovering Malopolska” (polish: „Wielkie Odkrywanie Małopolski”): To vote in the plebiscite „The Pearls of Malopolska”: 1. Enter the website:     http://malopolska.naszemiasto.pl/inne/specjalna_pozycja/5176_6158.html?pp=29 2. Click the button „GŁOSUJ”, which you will find under the short description of the Old Town in Tarnów 3. Then you will have to enter the given code in the blank space and click the button „DALEJ” 4. You have cast your vote for TARNÓW! 5. You can vote every day till August 30th 2008 The winners of the plebiscite will obtain Certificates and each voter will receive a tourist atlas of Malopolska! To take part in the plebiscite „Great Discovering Malopolska”: 1. Enter the website:     http://www.wrotamalopolski.pl/root_Aktualnosci/Informacje/2008/08/wom08.htm 2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the button „Głosuj on line” 3. Then mark:     Atrakcja: Tarnów - Muzeum Archidiecezjalne     Wydarzenie: Tarnów - Kantata Nieszporna Tarnów, Ziemia Przystań Miłości,     and click the button „Wyślij” 4. You have cast your vote for TARNÓW! 5. You can vote every day till August 30th 2008 Join us and give your support for TARNÓW!!! June 2008 Polish volleyball player Agata Mróz from Tarnów dies Agata Mroz, the Polish volleyball player suffering of myelodysplastic syndrome, has died in a hospital in Wroclaw, southern Poland. aged 26. In a conversation with Polish Radio, Andrzej Niemczyk, former coach of the women's national volleyball team, said that Mroz was not only a very conscientious player, but also a friendly and extremely cheerful person. Together with the Polish national team, Mroz won the European championship in 2003 and 2005. Mroz underwent a bone marrow transplant 21 May. The doctors were optimistic, but said that the danger would sustain, until the marrow finally engrafts and starts producing normal blood cells, which was supposed to take from 10 days up to a month. Agata Mroz was suffering of myelodysplastic syndrome from the age of 17. Due to a serious aggravation of her condition she had to put her professional career on hold last year. In June she married her partner Jacek Olszewski and gave birth to her daughter Liliana in April Polish Radio, 4th June 2008 April 2008 1-4.05.2008 TOURIST INFORMATION WORKING HOURS: 9 am – 5 pm March 2008 TCI goes abroad! Tarnów Tourist Center is on tour around the Europe promoting Tarnów region's attractions. This year we've already been to Milan and Budapest. It has been a great pleasure to meet you all there! Hope to see you in Tarnów some day. Still there are two travel and tourism exhibition shows ahead where we can meet in person: Berlin, Germany (5 – 9 March) and Paris, France (13 – 17 March). We will welcome each guest of our stand most warmly sharing what Tarnów has best! January 2008 CHEAP ACCOMMODATION IN TARNÓW Are you looking for a cheap and comfortable rooms with shower in Tarnów and surrounds? Tarnowskie Centrum Informacji (Tourist Information Centre) offers rooms in its building at Rynek! More information: www.go-tarnow.com/english/accommodation/hotels_tar.html December 2007 With Christmas greetings and all good wishes for the New Year to you all! wish Tarnow Tourist Information Centre December 2007 Ranked 1st among all tourist information offices in Malopolska in 2007 (according to the Marshal of Malopolskie Voivodeship data) September 2007 A visit to the south of Poland In today's trip around Poland Danuta Szafraniec takes you round the picturesque Tarnow region of southern Poland listen August 2007 This summer Diocesan Museum is popular! The unique collection of medieval board paintings as well as polychromed sculpture are especially popular when it comes to this summer. Crowds from Poland and abroad visit this place which can be described as the oldest ecclesiastical museum in Poland. Visitors from Hungary are interested in paintings on glass gathered by an inhabitant of Tarnów of hungarian origin, namely Norbert Lippóczy. In this museum it is also possible to admire an original altar coming from a UNESCO listed Saint's Leonard church in Lipnica Murowana. Further information: www.diecezja.tarnow.pl/muzeum July 2007 Summer Tourist Information Point in Tarnow Tarnow Information Center has launched a summer tourist information point. It is located on the crossroads of Dworcowa and Krakowska streets - next to the train and bus stations. Summer tourist information point will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. every day, including Sundays and holidays. Our staff will provide tourists with basic tourist data and information. Tarnow Information Center has also extended working hours for its office in Rynek 7, Tarnow. Until the end of September it will be opened Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and from 9:00 a.m. until 5 p.m. on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. June 2007 "First Transport" Anniversary The whole Poland celebrated 67th anniversary of the first transport of prisoners for Auschwitz Concentration Camp. On June 14th 1940, the Nazists deported 728 prisoners from Tarnów's prison and placed them in Auschwitz death camp. Only two hundred of them managed to survive the terror of the Camp. In this year's celebretion just twenty of those survived took part in official ceremonies held in Tarnów. June 2007 GALITZYANER SHTETL - GALICIAN JEWISH COMMEMORATION DAYS (19-24 JUNE 2007) Galitzyaner Shtetl is a regular, annual event organized on the anniversary of the murder of Jews in Tarnów during second world war. The event includes concerts of Jewish music, commemorative celebrations and exhibitions. Galitzyaner Shtetl is organized by Regional Museum in Tarnow in cooperation with the Commitee for Preservation of Jewish Culture in Tarnów. The concerts of traditional Jewish music will be held at the sites of former synagogue in Tarnów and in renovated synagogue in Bobowa. May 2007 Tourist Information works longer! From 30 April to 6 May Tourist Information is open from 9am to 5pm everyday. From 7 Ma up to 30 Sept. Tourist information is open from 8am to 8 pm (Monday-Friday) and every Saturday, Sunday & Holidays from 9am to 5pm. We are waiting for you! March 2007 ITB Travel Fairs 2007 Tarnow Information Center will participate in 2007 ITB Travel Fairs. We encourage you to visit our stand located in Polish pavilion nr 15.1. February 2007 Another distinction for Tarninówka - Tarnów's herbal tea. Tarnów's specialty - Tarninówka Tea - tea made from blackthorn (tarnina) which is a herb city of Tarnów was named after, received distinction in annual "Best local souvenir" competition organized by Polish Tourist Organization. Tarninówka Tea is the best selling souvenir among all offered by Tourist Information Centre in Tarnów. January 2007 Growing interest in Tarnów region as a tourist destination In 2006 summer tourist season - May until September - over 700.000 tourists visited Tarnów region. The city of Tarnów was chosen by approximately 240.000 visitors for their vacation destination. Every fifth tourist was a foreigner. December 2006 Tarnów Tourist Information ranked among Poland's best Tourist Information Centre in Tarnów won the second prize in 2006 "The Best Tourist Information in Poland" Competition organized by Polish Tourism Organization (POT). In 2005 edition of the Competition POT presented Honorable Distinction to Tourist Information Centre in Tarnów. 05.05.2006 24th International Film Festival "Under 21" From May 25 until May 28 the 24th International Film Festival "Under 21" will be held in Tarnow. The Festival is one of the oldest and most prestigious events promoting young non-commercial film makers in the world. From the beginning the Festival has been organized by the Federation of Independent Movie Makers under the patronage of "UNICA" the International Union of Non-Commercial Filmmakers. Over 120 young filmmakers from all over the world participate in each edition of the Festival. february 2006 The magic of Tarnów - tourist audio guide Tourists visiting Tarnów are now given a possibility of learning the city's history in a brand new way. The audio-guide that was presented to the public in January is now available at Tarnów Tourist Office. Anyone willing to walk around Tarnów can lease an mp3 player for free. The audio-guide composes of 9 mp3 tracks covering the most important monuments of Tarnow: The City Hall, Market Square, Cathedral, Diocesan Museum and Mikolajowski House, city walls, Synagogue, Pilznienska Gate, Bernardines Monastery and Great Stairs. The authors of the guide are historians. Each track is 10 minutes long. The audio-guide is available in polish and english. Tarnów won the "Wielkie Odkrywanie Małopolski 2005" award in competition aimed at promoting interesting but uncovered places in Malopolska region. 12.12.2006 Preparation for New Year's Eve 2006 Preparation for 4 hours celebration of New Year's Eve 2006 undergoes at Tarnów Old Town. Marek Rusinek, RMF FM radio presenter, will host the open-air concert of."Flying saucers". Their repertoire includes cover songs of Depeche Mode, S. Miller, Boney M, L. Richie, Banannarama, Republika, Zucchero, C. Santana, L. Kravitz, Simply Red, The Police, Obywatel G.C. etc.. The program of the celebration includes laser shows and contests for all participant. The fireworks show will welcome the beginning of a New Year. 02.12.2006 Walking around Tarnow: General Bem Route Renaissance Route Jewish Heritage Route 2 0 0 9     ©    T o u r i s t   I n f o r m a t i o n   C e n t r e   -   T a r n o w   -   P o l a n d