At last! The real winter has come to Cracow. A wide range of ideas comes to mind when thinking about a free weekend: you can go skiing, build a snowman, make an angel in the snow or maybe even go ice-skating. There are several ways to enjoy the winter's cold, snow and ice!

Balzac once said that ''as soon as the coffee falls into the stomach, straightaway there is a general commotion; ideas begin to move, smiles arise, the paper is covered with ink''. For many of us, this beverage is black gold. Where in Cracow you can have a cup of well-brewed and aromatic coffee? We will show you the way :)!

Irina from Russia, Jacob from Denmark, Blaire from Australia, Igor from Venezuela, Edina from Hungary... and the other 148 people from 32 various countries.

It´s our Varia´s summer and the intensive Polish courses, with an intensive sun and a cultural programme that gives you lots of positive energy.

WOMEN RULE!

We won!

Our Polish Language Centre has won a unique prize for the most interesting and creative tourist offer, awarded by a well-known German travel magazine Sonntag Aktuell.

Women were victorious, and more precisely, a trip organised only for women: ''Krakow on high heels'' :)

LIKE AT GRANDMA'S

There are more and more Polish people that want to share their culinary tradition with the foreigners and with all those who would like to taste some Old Polish flavours.

In Cracow you can find many restaurants and bars in the style of Grandmother.

Music life in Cracow vibrates very strongly and all of its fans can find something interesting for themselves. With its pubs, clubs and cafés, the city fits in perfectly in the atmosphere of jazz music. There are a lot of places where you can listen to live music and have a cup of coffee or a glass of cold beer.

Is it possible to buy designer items, something original in Cracow? It's a purely rethorical question.

More and more artists design with passion and then sell their projects. It's not difficult to find and buy something interesting and extraordinary for the closest ones, an uncommon item to decorate your bedroom or just a souvenir from our city.

A coffee in the alley of doubting Thomas, musical band on the Slawkowska Corner, “Pope, priest, national flag”...

It´s not the first time that out students surprise us with their originality and insight in the way of looking at Cracow.

‘Kraków on high heels’ means KRAKÓW uncensored. Original, artistic, inspiring and … ONLY FOR WOMEN.

Polish cuisine? Tasty, full of variety and veery filling.
Traditional Polish specialities are indeed real calorific bombs, but to visit Poland and not to taste a giant pork chop with cabbage is like going to Italy and not trying a spaghetti or pizza.

Polish intensive summer courses started as they finished: in good moods and good atmosphere.

Bikes, ships, dancing till morning and time for learning, oh-so-hot weather and umbrellas, Russian 'pierogi' and other 'pierogi' varia-tions, new friends and romances – we had it all!
It was a nice time:).

-Daddy, daddy, a boar has attacked grandma!
-Well, if the boar chose to attack her, I will not rescue it!

The Varia Center means Polish courses but also gifted students, music and interesting ideas.

a couple of stories from the life of our cultural programme...

Summer Polish course in the Varia Center

INTENSIVE COURSE + CULTURAL PROGRAMME + ACCOMMODATION

A trip WITHOUT YOUR HUSBAND, FIANCÉ OR BOYFRIEND? And, what's even more, in the company of women only? Sounds a bit unconventional?

Well, maybe winter break has finished, but not our Polish courses. Come to our classes and we will warm you up with hot coffee and Polish phrases necessary to feel at home in Poland!

On the 5the October we're starting semester and intensive 4-week Polish courses.

Semester courses: 90 MINUTES LONG CLASSES, 2 OR 3 TIMES A WEEK

Today we have said goodbye to our last summer group. Now, we have to wait till next July for the next summer students.
Summer 2009?
Intensive.

This year we have added a new course to our offer – a 4-week intensive Polish course. The course is highly recommended to beginners, who want to learn as much as possible in a short time.

This is one of our favourite occasions when we can meet with our students to indulge in that special atmosphere – wishes, wafer, decorating the Christmas tree, tasting delicious dishes...

"You will marry a rich dentist", "you will grasp the difference between perfective and imperfective verbs", "you'll become friends with George Clooney".

in our students!

We are proud of you for being so eager to learn and even more eager to participate in our cultural programme ;).

Matryoshkas, Combat Hopak, Lvivian rapper Frank,Ukrainian fashon show...Last Friday Krakow's main market square turned into a real Ukrainian feast...

If you have been wondering where to go on holidays so that it is fun and practical, we have a solution for you! We would like to invite you to a place full of good thoughts, spontaneous people and scientific spirit – Varia School.