Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide © 2025 | This one-hour "best of Poland" special begins in Kraków, with a stunning square, historic castle, and nearby, communist-era Nowa Huta and Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp memorial. Then we head to bustling Warsaw for skyscrapers and Chopin, sample gingerbread in Toruń, and ogle red-brick Malbork Castle. We finish in Gdańsk with handsome Hanseatic townhouses and stirring Solidarity history. Visit for more information about this destination and other destinations in Europe. *Check out more Rick Steves’ Europe travel resources:* • “Rick Steves’ Europe” public television series: • “Travel with Rick Steves” public radio program: • European tours: • Guidebooks: • Travel gear: • Travel classes: • Rick Steves Audio Europe app: Rick Steves, America's most respected authority on European travel, writes European travel guidebooks, and hosts travel shows on public television and public radio. 00:00 Introduction to Poland 02:27 Kraków 10:59 Vodka and Traditional Cuisine 15:40 Wawel Hill and Its Heritage 19:38 Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial 24:24 Nowa Huta and Communist History 27:45 Food Market and Making Pierogi 29:49 Jewish Quarter, Kazimierz 30:48 Warsaw 35:00 Chopin in the Park 36:02 Jewish History and Uprising 39:07 Warsaw Today 40:43 Toruń 41:35 Gingerbread Museum 42:45 Malbork Castle 44:24 Gdańsk 50:54 The Rise of Solidarity 53:25 Gdańsk Today #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #poland