Vodka Factory — Attraction in Krakow

It's like if an encyclopedia was made into the easiest escape room ever.

The entrance -- once you find the place -- is gorgeous. The interior design is so sleek and fancy. The woman giving out tickets was pleasant. So, it was a great beginning.

So much reading, reading, reading. I started off reading it all as the annoying actors in the skits yelled in Polish the entire time (seemed like it was designed for children which was weird), but eventually I had to give up. It got really tiring around the 3rd room of the same. Especially since they really could have used some editing for brevity.

There are basically no interactive exhibits. You just sort of wander around these huge empty rooms with writing all over the walls.

The previous reviewer is correct. The display of different grains was full of fungus and bugs. It is not meant to look like that.

The English headphones that you can rent to understand the Polish skits are okay at first, but they get lagged or skip parts and don't always pick up that you're in a new room.

The only part that gets anything but your ability to read engaged is the vintage bottle display, which is also one of the most interesting aspects.

The vodka tasting at the end was a joke. It is done by the affliated bar, Utopia, not the museum itself. It was like the guy didn't want to be there. He placed the samples down, explained them very briefly, and then walked away forever. I can't decide if he was unfriendly, disinterested, or just shy. One of the cocktail samples was okay. The rest of the tasting was meh. I learnt nothing about how to appreciate different vodka from that. It would have been so much better to be an employee at the cool bar exhibit inside the museum as part of the tour.

I really enjoy learning about spirits, taking brewery and distillery tours, and thought this would be a great insight into vodka, especially in a Polish context. I'm not sure I came away with any new appreciation at all. I was just so tired of all the reading.

If I wanted to stand for an hour while reading a book about vodka history, I can do that at home.

Some of the displays were mildly interesting, and what struck me is that it could have a lot of potential to be really cool, because it's setup in a cool way, with different "locales" (alchemist's lab, factory, war-time speakeasy bar) but it's all just sort of lost. That stuff is just there. Some sort of interaction with these objects/locations would be amazing. Video screens are not enough. It's clear they tried to do something impressive. Maybe a guide would have been better (if they have English ones?) Because the only other person in with us had a guide and he seemed to be loving it.

While not the most boring museum I've been to, it was probably the least engaging spirit museum, distillery, or brewery I've...

We visited Muzeum Fabryka Wódki last Tuesday and the experience was absolutely amazing. There was so much to see, so much to read, so much to listen to, that it was literally too much to remember. We need to go back.

The museum is done in such a beautiful way, you can really tell that there was a lot invested in this place.

I really hope Fabryczna 13 will become a hot location for locals and tourists and that the museum will become a top 3 attraction in Kraków. It deserves to be there.

The price, including the tasting, was amazing.

The only thing that could be improved a bit (although it was really good): The audiotour was well done, but the Polish original sound was sometimes so loud, it was hard to hear the English voice over through the earplug. At some locations, we didn’t see the “stand here” stickers in the beginning, so it was a bit of a struggle to start the English voice over, but that was our fault. I thought it was technically very well done that everything went automatically.

All in all, I would recommend everyone that is interested in Vodka, to go and check...

First of all, the area is literally huge! The museum traces the history of vodka and shows its importance in Polish history. Throughout the visit, you'll also have the chance to discover the different manufacturing processes. If you don't speak Polish, English translations are available for the various explanations; it's also possible to take an audio guide who will translate the museum's animations. The final tasting consists of a shot and a cocktail🍸. The staff are very friendly to ensure that the visit goes as smoothly as possible. I...