Drunk Like a PoleKonrad Beerski
Konrad as the court jester in Matejko's Stańczyk, seated in an armchair with a mug of beer on the table

Drunk Like a Pole

Walking tours of Kraków in English, French and Mandarin: the history, the buildings, and the stories that don't make it into the guidebooks.

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Tours

Classic walks, special themes and food tours.

Classic tours

Prices are per group, from 1 to 10 people. For larger groups, get in touch for a price.

Konrad with a group of guests in front of Wawel Cathedral

Wawel Castle Tour

The royal castle on Wawel Hill

1 hr•200 PLNper group
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A tour group with zapiekanki at the Okrąglak kiosk on Plac Nowy, Kazimierz

Kazimierz Tour

Kraków's historic Jewish quarter

1 hr 30 min•250 PLNper group
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Special tours

Prices are per group, from 1 to 10 people. For larger groups, get in touch for a price.

At night on the Main Square, a figure in a hooded parka with no face showing gives a thumbs up beside the Eros Bendato head

Scary Stories of Kraków

The darker side of Kraków's legends

1 hr 30 min•200 PLNper group
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A tour group posing at Igor Mitoraj's Eros Bendato head on the Main Square, one guest peering out through its eye

Kraków Artists Tour

Kraków through the artists who lived here

1 hr 30 min•200 PLNper group
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Wartime black-and-white photograph of the gate to the Kraków Ghetto, topped with a Star of David

Kraków Ghetto Tour

The history of the Kraków Ghetto in Podgórze

1 hr 30 min•200 PLNper group
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Konrad, in a red hat with a black fur band, with two guests making peace signs on the Main Square

Famous Kraków Bars and Cafés Tour

Kraków's best-known bars and cafés

250 PLNper group
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Food tours

Prices are per person.

Konrad and his mother at a café table with two glasses of beer, his mother marked with a handwritten "my mom" and an arrow

Polish Drinks Tour

Tasting Polish drinks

2 hr 30 min•300 PLNper person
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Tour guiding

Classic walks, special themes and food tours, from 200 PLN. Run in English, French or Mandarin.

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Language work beyond the tours, on request.

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Passion projects

The guiding pays the rent. These are the rest.

  • Konrad in a banana-print turban holding a banana

    Stand-up comedy

    Performing in Kraków, in more than one language.

  • Konrad in a red Canada t-shirt on a street in Taiwan

    Language teaching

    Teaching languages, in more than one country.

  • Konrad in front of a wall of Chinese characters at the NCCU library, Taipei

    Academic research

    Work that happens away from the walking tours.

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Why “Drunk Like a Pole”?

Because Napoleon said it first.

At Somosierra, in 1808, a Polish light cavalry squadron charged a fortified mountain pass held by Spanish artillery: uphill, into the guns, in a few minutes. Told afterwards that the Poles had been drinking, Napoleon is said to have replied that he wished all his troops were drunk like the Poles.

Konrad's face on Napoleon in David's Crossing the Alps, astride the rearing white horseThe longer version →

Whether he put it in exactly those words, nobody can prove. Kraków has never let a shaky source ruin a good story, and neither will this tour.

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