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Jatki? - My first association is “Diagon Alley” from Harry Potter. A magical place, the only area
for finding accessories for the black arts, and also an out-of-theway spot...

I remember feeling the urge after years of artistic stagnation - I knew I had to find this Sezam
and so I found myself runing to and from on Kie?ba?nicza Street, asking passers-by about this Jatki, which should have been somewhere nearby. “Right over there,” “Next street on the left,” “After this house,” “Around the corner”... Everybody except me seemed to have been initiated,
but I still couldn’t find Jatki. At last I got there through a gate looking as if it led to some old houses, but I couldn’t figure out the way...

Every time I set out to go there it’s like playing blind man’s bluff. And those two ladies always sitting in my favourite store - such charming witches...
Ma?gorzata, 54, mathematician

Animals. Galleries and exhibitions. I’m not there very often these days. The atmosphere is really great but there aren’t any atmospheric places to hang out. No places that have been around
for a while...
Ania, 28, waitress

One of the oldest and cosiest hangouts of Wroc?aw. Former slaughterhouse...
Micha?‚ 21, student

It used to be really lively! There were meetings, cabarets... Everybody from the Academy of Fine Arts used to hang out there: students, professors...
Maciej, 35, graphic artist

I remember the smell of ink, wood and paper from the arts supplies store...
Tomasz, 47, librarian

Nice, narrow little street with galleries, arts supplies shops and a pub. There’s also
the BB Gallery (I guess it’s in Krakow too) - a very fine place. It’s open the longest hours,
on Saturdays too...
Gosia, 22, student of Art History

I associate Jatki with cheap Jewish bars and Pomaranczowa Alternatywa operations.
There was always some real carnage going on!...
Andrzej, 45, film maker, Bielsko-Bia?a

A tiny street which smells like the old Wroc?aw. And animals of course...
Andrzej, 43, translator, Che?msko ?l?skie

The pub on Jatki is where we usually finish off our parties. Then we’re sure that the evening
is well spent...
Aneta, 32, manager of clothing store

Whenever I’m in the city centre, I have a look what’s up on Jatki. I run away from the city bustle
and I like to come down and rest a bit...
Jolanta, 39, hotel receptionist

I often tell foreign tourists to have a look at Jatki. Several times I had to change the direction I was driving to take someone there specially...
Tomasz, 28, taxi driver

 

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