Vistula Boulevards

Historic hydraulic structures for flood control function in Krakow along the Vistula River was expected also to auxiliary functions quays. It consists primarily of retaining walls (upper and lower endearing high riverbed, forming a quay reloading). In the upper walls are made of brick staircase off-road pedestrian ramps and paved circular communication; railway sidings on the lower level have not survived. The team nineteenth-twentieth-century boulevards and shafts within the administrative borders of Cracow fully effective key to being the city flood protection function, as demonstrated by the experience of great floods, among others, In 1970, 1997 and 2010.

Boulevards and adjacent parts of the Vistula river embankments, as well as the Ore Mountains, secondarily acquired the function and status of park areas, and is currently a popular recreational spot for both of Krakow, as well as visiting tourists. There are numerous walking paths and bicycle paths along the run.
Vistula boulevards are the object of urban art from the Krakow Technology Route created 6 April 2006. Also leads them RecreationIn 2009. It was launched in Krakow water tram, which stops include, among others, boulevards: Rodła ("Flisacka"), Czerwieńskim ("Most Debnicki"), Livonian ("Paulińska") and Volyn ("Grunwald Bridge"). Other stops include: "Galeria Kazimierz" on Grzegórzki, "Most Kotlarski" Zabłocie, "Tor canoeing" and "Tyniec Monastery".