The Zakopane Book
Long reading for the road. Ten chapters on the mountains, the highlanders, the food, the legends and the practical craft of travelling here well.
108 min read
This is the part of the app you read rather than browse. Each chapter takes at least five minutes, and the whole book is comfortable company for a couple of hours on the bus, in the car or in a warm room after a cold walk. Start anywhere. The chapters connect to the places and guide sections elsewhere in the app, so you can close the book and go see whatever you have just been reading about.
Chapters
Chapter 1The Tatra Mountains: A Small Range With a Giant HeartHow stone, ice and time built the wall that stands over Zakopane9 min readChapter 2The Górale: The Highlanders Who Shaped PodhaleShepherds, fiddlers and a culture that still lives, not just performs14 min readChapter 3From Shepherds' Huts to Poland's Winter CapitalHow a scattering of highland clearings became the most storied town in the Tatras11 min readChapter 4Wood, Gables and the Invention of a StyleHow to see the Zakopane style once you know what you are looking at11 min readChapter 5Food and Drink of the HighlandsHow poverty, sheep and stubbornness produced one of Poland's most distinctive cuisines12 min readChapter 6Legends and Folklore of the TatrasSleeping knights, mountain outlaws, and the beliefs that still shape how Podhale sees its own peaks12 min readChapter 7The Road from KrakówHow the journey south changes character somewhere around Rabka9 min readChapter 8Trails and HikingHow to read the coloured stripes and move safely through the Tatras10 min readChapter 9Winter and SportWhy the town calls itself Poland's winter capital9 min readChapter 10The Practical CompanionEverything that does not fit neatly elsewhere, gathered in one place11 min read
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