Author: Marta Kowalski

Marta Kowalski is a Polish historian and travel writer born in Kraków. She holds a doctorate in Central European history from the Jagiellonian University and has spent two decades guiding scholars, journalists, and discerning travellers through the city she calls home. Her writing insists on context before comfort — particularly at sites like Auschwitz-Birkenau, Schindler's Factory, and Kazimierz, where history demands more than a day-trip checkbox. When she isn't leading private walking tours of the Old Town or researching Polish food markets, she writes for Krakow By Locals to share the Kraków that locals actually know. This post may contain affiliate links, including to GetYourGuide, our official booking partner. If you book through them we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.