Krakow is Poland's second-largest and one of its oldest cities. It is a popular tourist destination and its historic city centre is listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Working Lives travelled to Krakow to meet six very different people who live and work here.
<link> <caption>Ryszard Wilk</caption> <url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-17668332" platform="highweb"/> </link> splits his time between his work as a process engineer at the Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks and the rock band in which he plays bass guitar.
Farmer <link> <caption>Jadwiga Lopata</caption> <url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-17668333" platform="highweb"/> </link> is passionate about maintaining Poland's agricultural heritage by encouraging other farmers to keep their enterprises within their families.
Graduate <link> <caption>Maria Wierzbanowska</caption> <url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-17668334" platform="highweb"/> </link> struggled to find an office job using her degree and instead turned to tram driving, which she loves.
<link> <caption>Zbigniew Ojczyk</caption> <url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-17668335" platform="highweb"/> </link> is one of only seven people in the whole world working as a trumpeter at the top of St Mary's Basilica, a big Krakow tourist attraction.
<link> <caption>Mikolaj Placek</caption> <url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-17668336" platform="highweb"/> </link> took over his father's plastic window company and, still only in his early 30s, turned it into a successful international business making him a millionaire.
And <link> <caption>Karolina Kasza</caption> <url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-17668337" platform="highweb"/> </link> supports herself through her part-time university degree by working as a waitress in one of Krakow's many restaurants.
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