Poland in photo riddles - part 2

Yes, the Old Town. Why confused?
Yes, Planty. Now you should recall the origins of Planty and the mystery of a cartoon like structure will be solved.

Yes, ants. Not only entomologists but all ant-lovers who want to keep them at home.

What is going on?

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Sadly, it's still not solved. That park was established in place of the medieval city walls, and the moat, although the Barbican and Floriańska Gate still remain. I cannot make the connection and it's bugging me!

I will have to think about the new riddle.

Why don`t you develop this idea? You are so close....

I'll go with Children's Day

The Child`s Day, 1st June, is close to the photo`s date but it wasn`t it. There is a certain detail in the photo which points to the character of the area. After guessing it, you might conclude the event.

I can assure you I'm not. I know there are monuments in the park, and on World Book Day 2014, tablets were placed on benches in the park, with the names of writers and poets associated with Kraków. Apparently the original 47 towers of the city walls, are commemorated with tablets, and there are monuments honouring artists, national poems and important events in the history of Poland within the Planty. I found this out from searching in Polish.

Part of my problem with searching is that I don't even know what that thing is called with the cartoon on it. Searching for plaques brings up wall based stuff, and it's not exactly a tablet either. It looks modern though, the cartoon design looks to be set in a concrete slab. Searching for anything related to cartoons is a dead end, and searches in English bring up very basic history of the Planty. I'm not going to get this.


The cross?

Oops. What tablets are you talking about? :):) See the photo below.

Yes, the cross is crucial here.

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Aha! Now I have found them, they are all listed here under 'Obiekty wzdłuż murów'. Each represents a tower, although I got the number wrong, there aren't 47 of them. Another difficult riddle as although searching in English mentions towers, those tablets or whatever they are, aren't mentioned.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mury_miejskie_w_Krakowie

As for the riddle with the cross, I don't know. I can't find any relevant events, and it's definitely not Juwenalia ;)

I thought it was very easy.
Later it occured to me that if you had difficulty with guessing those symbolic sites of once existing towers, it means you haven`t met this tradition in Britain before. Don`t Brits do such things to their gone historic places?

Not Juwenalia. Hint: look at the participants.

PS. There is one more riddle in post 57.

Meanwhile:
What happened?

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(top of the page) family day.

Yes, family picnic in the local parish. :)

Well yes we do, but as I said before, I could find no mention of those tablet type things reading about the city walls etc in English searches, they were mentioned only when I searched in Polish. Still it was a very good riddle, and I've learned lots about the Planty and City Walls :)


The bit where you say " Where are such conditions?", as I answered the other questions in posts 58 and 60.


The poster is advertising the fantasy opera Opowieści Hoffmanna by Jacques Offenbach. Someone doesn't like opera? I notice there is a rip in the picture, someone's torn the heart out of it? ;) Or is it something to do with the story of the opera itself?

Ooops, we have a misunderstanding then. The question about the conditions was unrelated to the Planty riddle. If you say the Old Town, then I must say: no, although you are close.

Hint: Look at the architecture in the first photo.


You are close.

What did they really mean?

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But I still can't think where it is!

As for the opera one, is it the content of the opera that isn't liked, or the composer?


This sounds like one of those inspirational quote type things. At a guess I would say it means something along the lines of ' show the world your smile?' Smile, be happy, that type of thing.

Hmm...... Hint: it is old but not in the Old Town.


Neither. Sth else.

Yes, smile rendered in a funny way.

What are these?

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I'm not going to get this or the opera one :(


The baby elephant is from Jungle Book I think. Everything, including those circular chain link things, look like they should be connected to force some kind of movement but they aren't. I don't know!

The architecture which I pointed to is Jewish: twin semi circular windows. So, it must be Kazimierz, the Jewish District in Krakow. See below.

jerudesign.org/book/jewish-design-identities/urban-architectural-design-identities/4-window-stonework-ironwork-designs/

Opera poster was torn by a conservative passer-by who disliked strange nudity presented in it. I have seen a few explicit posters damaged in this way.

As for chain link things, look at one more:

Hint: those things were extremely trendy 2 years ago.

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They look like ball bearings and bicycle chains.

They look and are, indeed, but what is their purpose?

Aha. I misread what you wrote. I thought wherever it was, was near to the Old Town, so I wasn't thinking along the lines of Kazimierz. Don't think I would have got it anyway, although I've been to Kazimierz a few times.


If I'm right, they're fidget spinners. Not sure what they're called in Polish.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidget_spinner

I am not sure if I get you right but Kazimierz IS near the Old Town.

Yes, fidget spinner hype took place in 2017. Instead of buying cheap plastic stuff, my relative made his own spinners from wood and bike parts.

This is a poster advertising a famous play by a famous American playwright, fiction writer and poet. I removed the title from it, so you should deduce it solely from the artistic graphics.

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cat on a hot tin roof
tennessee williams

Yes, perfect. I knew I could count on you. :):)

What is going on and where?

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On a map it looks very close, but it's almost 2 kms walking distance, and I've always walked there from the Old Town, takes about 25 minutes.


Targowisko? At a guess that is the Sunday clothing market at Plac Nowy in Kazimierz.

No, actually it is ten times less. :):). The northern border of Kazimierz is marked by Dietla Street which is about 200 metres from Wawel Castle which is situated within the Old Town. Kazimierz district formally belongs to the Old Town district.

Yes, New Square still holds those old Jewish market days for second hand clothes.

What facility is it?

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OK, I can see where you're coming from here, but I'm talking about the Rynek being my start point, and walking via Grodzka and Stradomska, then Dietla.


I'll have to think about this one. Those metal containers look to be up quite high.

I don't think I'm right about this, but are those containers used for beer storage? There is a Tyskie Brewery in Krakow. And don't laugh!

Yes, but Rynek is just Rynek while the Old Town is much larger.

Not Brewery, sorry. But you are close in certain sense. :)

I occured to me that members might suppose this thread is only for our own pics. Of course not. You may offer a riddle with net photos, too.

What is the context of this game during an urban festival?

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Distillery?

Nope, I meant another connection.