New Year’s Eve 2001

It has become a tradition that New Year’s Eve events have been organised in the Main Market Square in Krakow. New Year’s Eve in the Main Market Square can gather, according to some estimations, as many as 100,000 participants; it is one of the biggest open-air events in Poland. In the last two years, New Year’s Eve embraced both the start and end of the year, when Krakow had the honour of being European City of Culture. Both “millennium nights” were fully successful. Last year's night, ending the Krakow 2000 Festival, had a particularly ceremonious setting. Although the programme was drawn up in a relatively short time, the top hit performers of recent years were successfully invited to participate in this great event.