Events in January
January is a month of winter break for schoolchildren in Poland. It is also the time of high ski season, while temperatures allow keeping the snow on all slopes. There are a lot of contests, those available for every amateur and those of international rank. For children and their parents, an offer of educational and development activities is prepared at the Tatra Museum. The Carols, Pastorals and Christmas Songs Festival, which has begun in December, is also underway, as part of which you can hear both regional folk bands and well-known performers. Below is a summary of events that are still ahead of us this month. This time, not grouped by dates but, by the most important events.
Cup of Zakopane Amateurs in Alpine Skiing
On January 12, the sixth edition of the Zakopane Cup of Amateurs in Alpine Skiing begins, which will take place in January and February of 2019 in Zakopane. These competitions are at the same time the qualifiers for the Polish Championships of Amateurs of PZN 2018/2019 (Polish Ski Association) and are included in the Polish Amateur PFC Cup.
The Zakopane Cup in Alpine Skiing for Amateurs is a regular sport event organized by the city of Zakopane and the largest ski stations in Zakopane. This year’s competitions are organized on Harenda, Polana Szymoszkowa and Kasprowy Wierch. The cup was reactivated in the winter season 2013/2014 and is very popular among skiers from Zakopane and from all over Poland. The Cup can be taken by people who are over 18 years of age and have not been active players in the last 5 seasons, this means that amateurs are on the slopes, as well as former recreational skiers. In this edition for the second time there will also be competitions for children. Details of the rules and registration for the competition, as active participants are available on the PZN website, but for those who would just like to look on, we present a calendar of events. It is worth keeping up to date with the announcements whether all competitions will be held. If weather conditions are not favorable, it may be possible to recall individual ones.
Calendar of contests:
12 January
Harenda Ski Station
parallel slalom
(ranked among the Polish Amateur Cup – PZN)
26January
Harenda Ski Station
slalom SL
(MPA eliminations and included in the PPA-PZN score
09 February
Ski Station Kasprowy Wierch
giant slalom SG
(MPA eliminations and included in the PPA-PZN scoring)
23 February
Ski Station Szymoszkowa
giant slalom SG
1 run counted to V PZA, MPA and PPA- PZN,
According to the Regulations, to be on the start list, you must complete an online application and make a registration payment on your account within the set deadline:
Dochody UMZ; 76 1240 4748 1111 0000 48828147 – with the necessary entry ” Opłata wpisowa –PZA2019”
The organizers ask you to read the regulations. All technical information about individual professions will appear regularly on the website of the Cup VI edition of 2018/2019
Contact and registration is also possible on facebook on the ” Puchar Zakopanego w Narciarstwie Alpejskim” (Zakopane Cup in Alpine Skiing) profile. Contest office: Kościeliska St. 7; 34-500 Zakopane, tel: +48 18 206 69 50
The offer of the Tatra Museum
classes conducted in its main building, and one of the departments – Willa Oksza.
To take part in them you must first apply by e-mail
14, 21, 28 January and 4, 11, 18 February
FAMILY WORKSHOPS: STYLE BOOKMARKS
MONDAY HOURS 11.00
During the workshops, the participants will learn a bit about the traditional ornaments used both in Podhale costume and architecture. After getting acquainted with the permanent ethnographic exhibition, everyone based on the acquired knowledge and inspiration, will create their own bookmark.
Ticket price: PLN 12 per participant
Duration of the workshop: 1 hour
The Tatra Museum, Krupówki St. 10
Registration: warsztaty@muzeumtatrzanskie.pl; tel. 533 925 111
16, 18, 23, 25, 30 January and 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22 February. Wednesdays and Fridays at 11.00
FAMILY WORKSHOPS: HIGHLANDER INSPIRATIONS. Paintings on glass are unique works of art, deeply embedded in the tradition of Podhale culture. They delight with their rich composition, wonderful play of colors and simplicity at the same time. Participants will have the opportunity to create a picture themselves.
Ticket price: PLN 12 per participant
Duration of the workshop: 2 hours
Art Gallery of the 20th century in the Villa Oksza, ul. Zamoyskiego 25
Registration: warsztaty@muzeumtatrzanskie.pl tel. 533 925 111
January 12 (Saturday) 17.00
AFTERNOON TEA WITH HISTORY: FIS 1929 and FIS 1939 – WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ZAKOPANE
Main building of the Tatra Museum
Krupówki St. 10
The presentation will focus on the great FIS competitions held in Zakopane in 1929 and 1939 as the World Ski Championships: curiosities, memories, unique photographs from the Museum’s archives. Excepting photos it can be not available for people not speaking Polish.
January 19 (Saturday) 17.00
AFTERNOON TEA WITH HISTORY: FIS 1962 THIRD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ZAKOPANE
Main building of the Tatra Museum
Krupówki St.10
Afternoon tea of the third and last FIS competition, held in February 1962, during great snowfalls. Interesting facts from the competition, unique photos. jumping competitions, a story about the silver medalist Antoni Łaciak. But this event is mainly for people who speak Polish.
GUIDE INCLUDED IN THE TICKET PRICE
15, 17, 29 January and 5 and 26 February, 14:00
Main building of the Tatra Museum
Krupówki St. 10
World Cup competition in ski jumping
The Tatra Ski Association has been organizing competitions regularly since the second half of the nineties. A total of 42 competitions have been held to this day, including six team contests. Tickets for this year’s event were sold out in September. But it is still worth being in Zakopane at that time, enjoying the atmosphere of ski holiday, watching the competition together with others on the TV in one of the bars or cafes. The competition will be held on 18-20 January.
18.01 – qualifications, 19.01 – team competition, 20.01 – individual competition
World Snow Day
World Snow Day is part of the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) Campaign, entitled “Bring Children to the Snow” and aimed at promoting not only snow fun but also snow education. This great festival attracts more and more supporters every year.
On January 20-21, the 7th edition of the World Snow Day will take place. On Saturday, January 20, the Alpine Skiing Center will be organized in the Nosal Ski Center, children will also be able to take advantage of free skiing lessons. Start in competitions and ride lifts on the slopes where competitions are held is free. Details on the Center’s website – www.nosal.pl
Christmas Carols, Pastorals and Christmas Songs Festival “Well, Jesus, good you were born under the Giewont Mountain …”
The concerts take place in churches, after mass. The organizers give the hours of services without indicating the exact start time of the concert itself. It’s good to know that Zakopane and the whole Podhale region adheres to the tradition of caroling only after Christmas, and the festival is a tribute to it. It is also an opportunity to visit well-known Zakopane churches and admire their architecture with melodies known to us from childhood, as well as those heard for the first time.
January 13 – Saturday
18.00 Holy Mass followed by a concert of Christmas carols performed by Megitza
Parish of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, Harenda 12
January 14 Sunday
11.30 am. Holy Mass followed by a concert performed by Martyna Kasprzycka and the Iment Folk band
Church of the Divine Mercy, Cyrhla 37
19 January – Friday
20:00 Holy Mass followed by the concert “Przy Betelejemskik Horak” performed by the
9 Siyl and Mala Ziemia Suska
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of the World, Bulwary Slowackiego 2
January 20 – Saturday
19:00 Holy Mass followed by a concert of Christmas Carols and Pastorals.
We cordially invite you to a concert of the Tatra Climate Orchestra as part of the 10th Christmas Carols, Pastorales and Christmas Songs Festival. January 20 at the Shrine at Krzeptówki in Zakopane after the mass. at. 19 we will perform carols created in the tragic moments of the history of the Polish Nation. Carols will be heard
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, Krzeptowki 14
January 21 – Sunday
11.30 am Holy Mass followed by a concert performed by the band “Harni”
Chapel of the Virgin Mary of the Mother of the Savior, Antalowka 40
20:00 Holy Mass followed by the concert of “Jazzu Malusienki” performed by Wlodek Pawlik and Ewa Uryga (it seems to be a hit!)
Church of the Jesuit Fathers Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Gorka, Kaszelewskiego St. 9
January 23 – Tuesday175:00 PM Holy Mass followed by a concert “Carols of Pospieszalski family”
Church of the Holy Cross, Chalubinskiego St. 30
January 26 – Friday
18.00 Holy Mass followed by a concert of carols performed by artists of the Szymaszkowa Entertainment Theater – Hanna Zbyryt and Wojciech Inglot
Catholic church of St. Anthony of Padua, Slowackiego Boulevards 33
January 29 – Sunday
16.00 Holy Mass followed by the concert “The Angels brought you” performed by the band Jakubowe Muszelki
Church of the Divine Mercy, ul. Chramcowki 19
Turnau Bedford Tour
January 27, at 19:00
Nosalowy Dwór Resort & SPA
Zakopane, Oswalda Balzera St 21d
The first concert of the tour promoting the latest album of Grzegorz Turnau “Bedford School” – a journey to the days when in the English school in his spare time he listened to his favorite songs of Lennon and McCartney. This is the first English-speaking project of the artist, with the participation of the musicians of the band “Shannon” and his charismatic vocalist Maria Rumińska. In the program, songs from the repertoire of Billy Joel, Sting, Queen and The Beatles. There will also be famous songs from previous Turnau albums.
Tickets at 80 PLN, available in:
ebilet.pl; Station; Zakolove – Modern Tourist Center; Tourist Information points in Zakopane
As always, we invite you to familiarize yourself with the offer of the Giewont cinema, the Sokół cinema, the Witkacy Theater, and also visit one of the many museums and galleries. Soon we will also write about other attractions in Zakopane. We will advise you what to do if it is raining instead of snowing, or if you are so tired after whole day on the slopes, that you do not want to look at your skis.
