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The cycling app

Kraków · Rowerem

The second app works exactly like the walking one, but the routes are for bikes: longer, along the riverbanks, paths and roads outside the centre, with stops where it is worth getting off. The phone in a handlebar mount shows the arrow and the distance, and at each stop the narrator tells the place's story. I made it for people like me, who would rather see Tyniec than queue for the Cloth Hall.

Open the cycling appFree app · works offline

Best on a phone, in a handlebar mount.

The cycling app

Seven trips

  1. 1
    The riverbanks and TyniecAlong the Vistula Cycle Route from Wawel to the Benedictine abbey. 26 km there and back, flat.
  2. 2
    Zakrzówek and Twardowski's RocksAn azure lake in a former quarry and rocks with a legend. 11 km loop.
  3. 3
    The mounds and Wolski ForestKościuszko Mound, the zoo, Piłsudski Mound and the monastery at Bielany. 19 km, with climbs.
  4. 4
    Błonia, Jordan Park and Wola JustowskaA flat family loop across the largest meadow in the city. 12 km.
  5. 5
    Nowa Huta and MogiłaThe Central Square, Wanda Mound, a Cistercian abbey and a lake. 16 km.
  6. 6
    Podgórze, Płaszów and BagryKrakus Mound, the Płaszów memorial and the Bagry beach. 15 km.
  7. 7
    The Prądnik valley to OjcówA day trip to Poland's smallest national park: castles, caves and the Hercules' Club rock. 30 km one way.
The cycling app

Before you set off

  • On the Market Square and in the Cloth Hall, walk your bike. The Old Town is a restricted zone and the cobbles are slippery after rain.
  • The riverside boulevards are shared with pedestrians: a bell, a smile, and slow down near children and dogs.
  • City bikes can be rented through an app at dozens of stations; for longer trips a rental bike from Kazimierz or your own is better.
  • A helmet is not compulsory, but on the Ojców trip and in Wolski Forest I strongly recommend one.
  • Phone in a mount, not in your hand. The app talks by itself; you do not need to look at the screen.

It installs just like the walking app: open it on your phone and add it to the home screen. Download the narrator's recordings in the settings so they work without signal; outside the city, reception can be weak.

Kraków · Rowerem

Best on a phone, in a handlebar mount.

Open the cycling app

Walking app