A holiday or a short tourist trip always means wanting to see more than the standard attractions, such as architectural monuments, a museum or the Old Town. It is no different in Krakow - the basic tourist programme includes the Wawel Castle, the Old Market Square and horse-drawn carriages and a walk through the Planty Park. However, such a programme is difficult to implement with smaller children, who do not necessarily share their parents' tourist-historical interests.
As it turns out, the non-obvious places in Krakow that you are happy to show your children will also be memorable for you, and if you don't have children to take care of, that's okay, you too will be introduced to emotions you don't expect at all.
A magical trip to Krakow with surprise
The whole of Krakow is magical, but recently the most magical place in Krakow, still unknown to the general public, is WOMAI. The definition of this place makes it difficult. It is not a museum, it is not an exhibition, and it is not a place for scientific experiments either, although that is the closest thing to a proper definition. You are both the experimenter and the object of the experiment.
Do you know your senses?
Do you still remember from school what senses a person uses to perceive the world? Yes - sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. In everyday life you do not analyse which senses are active in your perception of reality. WOMAI will allow you to experience your senses in a way you have not known before.
Seeing the darkness
Is it possible to see darkness? You can! At WOMAI it is possible. You can consider the tour "Into the dark" as an insight into the world of blind people. But it is one thing to have an idea of their world, quite another to experience it. And you can only gain this experience by visiting such an unusual place in Krakow. It turns out that everyone perceives the world of the blind individually, the boundaries between genders and ages blur, and you will learn many interesting things about yourself. Not only will you know how blind people live, but above all you will activate other senses, the role of which you have not understood so far, and experience them powerfully. Being able to explore the world through sound, smell and touch is an extraordinary adventure, one that will be remembered for a long time.
When reality plays tricks
The senses can cause quite a problem, especially when you find yourself in rooms with more or less surreal shapes and dimensions. "Into the Light" is the opposite of darkness, except that the light is not as obvious as the world that surrounds you every day. You'll contrast the physics, chemistry and intricacies of our brains, how they perceive and process reality with everything you learned in boring subjects at school. If you go with your children, they will be delighted by the opportunities for independent exploration and creation. Sound, light, colour and shape - nothing is obvious and everything is different than you think.
You don't understand - you can ask!
The idea of WOMAI provokes you to ask questions - about what you experience, what you don't understand, what you are curious about. Womai is an interesting place in Krakow also because the prepared guides and scientists are there to answer them. As they emphasise, for them every visitor is also an interesting experience, because as many people, so many reactions. It is worth pointing out that all stereotypes regarding the reactions of children, adults, women and men are blurred in this magical place.
Two realities - different experiences
“Into the dark" most often results in reverie, an inner focus on sensing the senses, a glimpse into oneself, and an insight into the world of the blind. "Into the light", on the other hand, is about awakening scientific curiosity and the possibility of experimentation, which, it turns out, is equally powerful in adults and children. Certainly, WOMAI is an extremely interesting place where it is not possible to perceive the world passively. Your senses will be engaged to a degree hitherto unknown to you and you will not be influenced. There is another sense that gets curved at WOMAI. When visiting the available attractions, the sense of time is completely different. Most people are surprised to find that after spending just one hour at WOMAI, as much as three have actually passed.
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