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Kraków · Zabłocie

Cafés in Zabłocie

The old factory quarter: Schindler's Factory, MOCAK and cafés on Przemysłowa and Romanowicza.

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Zabłocie means "behind the mud". The name first appears in 1334, for royal forests, and the village became the eastern part of the town of Podgórze in 1784.1 From the 1890s it filled with industry: an ironworks, a soap factory, a vodka plant, a match factory, the Rekord enamelware works and, after 1946, the Telpod electronics plant, which ran until 2002.1

Revival began in the late 1990s. The Kotlarski bridge opened in 2001, the city named Zabłocie a strategic area in 2006, housing estates went up between 2013 and 2019, and the old Miraculum cosmetics factory became offices in 2018–2019.1 Cafés now sit along Lipowa, Przemysłowa, Romanowicza and the street called Zabłocie.

Local tip: Arriving by train at Kraków Zabłocie, take the Lipowa exit for Schindler's Factory and MOCAK; if you are early, kawa | Romanowicza opens at 07:00 every day.6

At a glance

11Cafés listed
6With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
21:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Coffeece, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00).
  • Closes latest: La Baguette, until 21:00 (Mon–Thu 08:00–20:00 · Fri 08:00–21:00 · Sat 09:00–21:00 · Sun 09:00–19:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (18%), wheelchair access (18%), smoke-free indoors (18%).

La Baguette

  • Zabłocie 19
  • Mon–Thu 08:00–20:00 · Fri 08:00–21:00 · Sat 09:00–21:00 · Sun 09:00–19:00
  • Wheelchair access
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Film Cafe

  • Mon 10:00–15:00 · Tue–Sun 09:00–19:00
  • Indoor seating
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Schindler's Factory and MOCAK

Oskar Schindler took over the Rekord enamel and tinware company and renamed it Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik in January 1940.2 The city bought the factory in 2005, and in June 2010 an exhibition on Kraków under occupation opened in its former administration building at Lipowa 4.13

Schindler is credited with saving nearly 1,200 Jews who worked for him.4 The exhibition won the Sybilla 2010 museum award.1

MOCAK, the Museum of Contemporary Art, opened on 19 May 2011 in a building by Claudio Nardi on part of the same factory site, with a library, bookshop and café.5 MOCAK Cafe is at Lipowa 4h. Cricoteka, the Tadeusz Kantor museum, opened its new building on Nadwiślańska in September 2014.1

Getting to Zabłocie by train

Kraków Zabłocie is a halt on the line from Kraków Główny toward Medyka, opened in 1979, where only stopping trains call. Its exits lead to Lipowa on the Zabłocie side and to Kącik on the Podgórze side.6

Rail shaped the district early: railway works and warehouses went up in the late 1890s, and the Podgórze–Wisła freight station opened in 1911.1 The MOCAK building stands about 3 km from the center of Kraków.5

Cafés on Przemysłowa and Romanowicza

Coffeece at Przemysłowa 12 opens at 07:00 on weekdays, closes at 17:00 and stays shut at weekends. Knitted Coffee at Przemysłowa 4 opens at 07:30 on weekdays and 08:00 at weekends, and Somnium at Przemysłowa 1 stays open until 20:00 Friday to Sunday.

On Romanowicza, kawa | Romanowicza at 4a opens daily 07:00–20:00, with tables inside and out and step-free access. Cheesecake Bakery at 6A opens 09:00–18:00 on weekdays and 10:00–17:00 on Saturdays.

On the street named Zabłocie, La Baguette at number 19 stays open until 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and BeMyBean Palarnia Kawy (palarnia kawy: coffee roastery) is at Na Dołach 8.

Sundays and Mondays

Several Zabłocie cafés keep office hours. Coffeece and Cheesecake Bakery close on Sundays, and Film Cafe shortens its Monday hours to 10:00–15:00 before opening 09:00–19:00 the rest of the week. For a Sunday coffee, kawa | Romanowicza opens at 07:00, Somnium at 08:00 and La Baguette at 09:00.

Sources

  1. Zabłocie (Kraków), Wikipedia (Polish), accessed October 2026
  2. Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Spacer 5: Podgórze, Miasto Kraków (krakow.pl), accessed October 2026
  4. Podgórze, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  5. Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. Kraków Zabłocie (przystanek kolejowy), Wikipedia (Polish), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Zabłocie cafés: questions

Where is Schindler's Factory in Kraków's Zabłocie?

Oskar Schindler's former enamelware factory is at Lipowa 4 in Zabłocie. The city bought it in 2005, and an exhibition on Kraków under occupation opened in its administration building in June 2010. MOCAK, the Museum of Contemporary Art, has occupied part of the same factory site since May 2011 and has its own café.

How do you get to Zabłocie in Kraków by train?

Take a stopping train from Kraków Główny to Kraków Zabłocie, a halt opened in 1979 on the line toward Medyka. One exit leads to Lipowa street on the Zabłocie side, where Schindler's Factory and MOCAK are, and the other to Kącik on the Podgórze side.

Which cafés open early in Kraków's Zabłocie?

Coffeece at Przemysłowa 12 and kawa | Romanowicza at Romanowicza 4a both open at 07:00: Coffeece on weekdays only, kawa | Romanowicza every day until 20:00. Knitted Coffee at Przemysłowa 4 opens at 07:30 on weekdays and 08:00 at weekends.

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