Random impressions about Kraków

Reading my diary from July

Nearly 4 months has passed
since I came to Kraków

About my rough impressions I wrote in July

―Tourist
―Camera
―Walkable
―High buildings
―Left & Right

(Extra: fashionable Polish men)

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―Tourist

I saw much more tourists from the Middle East this year

Comparing to 2020, or even 2023
it certainly increased

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―Camera

This year, I noticed CCTV/surveillance camera is everywhere

Sometimes multiple mobile surveillance cameras in a tiny cafe

And some morbid feeling occurs

The same feeling I often feel in Tokyo

A certain suffocating feelings

The city becomes safer
but suffocating

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―Walkable

"Walkable"
is such a suitable word to describe Kraków

From A to B, one can just walk

Last year,
I often used the public transportation

But this year,
my hotel is quite close to the city centre and I've used trams/bus a couple of times

"Walkable" is not a word to be used
for Tokyo, or even for Warsaw

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―High buildings

There are really no high buildings in Kraków

This makes me wonder
if this is really country's 2nd biggest city

How economy works without typical office buildings, which are usually high buildings

My hometown/just one district in Tokyo
has more & taller buildings than the entire Kraków

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―Left & Right

Something I noticed last year in Kraków
was

Almost all the time
......without realising it......
I walk on the left side
on the street/corridor

And I'm often about to bump into others

Cars runs on the right side here

And seems
pedestrians/walking people roughly do the same

In Japan
cars run on the left side
Probably that's why I tend to walk on the left side

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―Fashionable Polish men

Now it's October. Autumn

These days
everyday
I see quite fashionable Polish men on the street

Sometimes I even look back

In summer
I saw only big macho guys with T-shirt & short & flip-flops