Trip to Salt mine Wieliczka

Hi,
Our trip around the Lesser Poland Voivodeship continues. After all, the day has 24 hours, and if you want, you can do a lot. We have already seen the beautiful wooden church in Lipnica Murowanej and this time our bus takes us to probably the most beautiful salt mine in Europe, the Wieliczka mine.

As I have already mentioned, the Wieliczka Salt Mine is located in Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, near the historic city of Krakow. This gem is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We get off the bus and despite the fact that it is pleasantly warm outside, we take thin windbreakers with us. We still go to the mine, where the temperature ranges from 14-16 degrees Celsius.

We walk down the endless spiraling wooden stairs. Our trip acquires the right atmosphere. Feel the salt in the air. What will it be?

We finally come down. Fortunately, none of us suffer from claustrophobia, because that would be a problem.

Right at the beginning of the parade, he has attracted statues created by miners. All are precisely made of salt. Since the miners spent most of their time in the mine, they tried to make the space in which they lived somehow more pleasant.

At present, modern mine equipment is used to warn miners that there is an increased amount of dangerous gases in the mine. This was not the case in the past and their presence had to be verified by the miners themselves.

It went something like this. As the gas piled up, the miner lay on the ground with a lit torch on a long club. Here he lifted himself up and a dangerous gas ignited. The mining shaft was therefore safe.

Not only people worked in the mine. Horses also did hard work here. Unlike the miners, the horses left the mine only after their death

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the oldest mines in the world. Mining took place in it from the 13th century until 1996.

I would consider this room to be perhaps the most beautiful part of the mine.

We are located in the chapel of St. Kingy. It is decorated with various reliefs on the walls. There is also an altar and a picture of the Last Supper.

There are several chapels in the mine. This is because the miners prayed daily that they would return safely to their families after hard work.

After 20,000 tons of salt were extracted from the mine, this room was created. Today, various celebrations or weddings are held there.

I must say that the tour of this mine was extremely interesting and informative. It is said that salt over gold and here it pays 100 percent. Thanks to salt, generations of people have lived in this area and the rulers have become rich from it.

I definitely recommend a visit to the Wieliczka mine and the nearby Bochnia mine.

Thank you