The two faces of Kraków

I studied in Kraków and when my Warsaw friends learn about my university past they invariably speak about how envious they are of my university past, Kraków, to them is a place where people live in a much more relaxed manner, entertainment costs less, it takes only a couple of hours to get deep into the mountains, and everyone seems to breath in a delightful intellectual and artistic atmosphere. My personal feelings were not always as positive as those. Whenever I tried to settle any of the numerous formalities connected with my studies, I invariably found university desk personnel out for lunch, on holiday or just refusing to process my applications for reasons best known to themselves. So I remember Kraków as place where you can enjoy cultural events and amusement, but not where you can settle daily problems efficiently. Having said that, how does the real estate market function in the conditions existing in such a city? We decided to study the issue, which was why "Eurobuil