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Place in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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Nowy Targ is a town in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland, 80 km south of Kraków. The main reason to visit is to explore the Gorce Mountains to the north, and Tatra Mountains to the south.
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Podhale Nowy Targ
Podhale Nowy Targ is a Polish ice hockey club based in Nowy Targ. They play in the Polska Hokej Liga. They have won 19 major championships and their biggest success came in the 2003/04 season when they won the European Interliga Championships. Being a major winter sports city, ice hockey is very big in Nowy Targ and matches can have up to 3,000 spectators on a regular basis. The city bid unsuccessfully for the 2022 Winter Olympics with Krakow. You can go see all the venues early yourself.
Hike the Turbacz mountain, the highest summit of the Gorce Mountains. The climb from Nowy Targ takes about 2.5 hours.
A highly popular, clean, and modern restaurant serving exceptional traditional Polish and highlander specialties alongside standard European dishes. Known for its generous portions of pierogi, sour soup (żurek), and excellent grilled meats.
Also swimming lessons.
It is one of the biggest and oldest street markets in Europe. It's open Thursday and Saturday mornings, with Thursday also being a livestock market. You'll find a huge variety of goods from ball gowns to hunting goods, axe heads to babies clothes, fresh fruit, sweets, electrical gear, lighting and bedding. Just be mindful of your budget flight's baggage allowance, and how many more ball gowns and cattle do you honestly need?
Skóry Owcze Nowy Targ
A traditional tannery producing sheepskins since 1995.
By train
The Railway Station is located on the outskirts of the town, but still on a walkable distance. Intercity from Kraków go to Nowy Targ in 2 hours 45 minutes and tickets cost 29 zł.
By bus
Express buses to Zakopane leaving Kraków make a stop in the Bus Station.
The urban town centre is flat and straightforward to navigate on foot.
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