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Place in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Photo: Henryk Bielamowicz, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Krynica is a spa town in Małopolskie Province in the Beskid mountains of southern Poland. Zdrój means "spa" so the town is sometimes spelled out as Krynica-Zdrój.
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Muzeum Nikifora
The museum houses the largest collection of works of the Polish painter Nikifor Krynicki and is located in a blue wooden villa. The museum is a branch of the district museum of Nowy Sącz.
Muzeum zabawek "Bajka"
Stare Łazienki Mineralne
Nowe Łazienki Mineralne
Cerkiew pw. Św. Równego Apostołom Księcia Włodzimierza Wielkiego
You can drink the water here straight from the source.
This bookshop is well stocked in maps and guides to the region, has some selection of books in English and a few in German
From Kraków a direct train runs once daily (ca. 5h, 228 km for 18 zł) or direct public bus service (ca. 3h, 150 km for around 20 zł). Buses are much more frequent.
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