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{{for|the state|Republic of Zakopane}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Zakopane
| official_name      = 
| native_name        = Zokopane
| image_skyline      = Zakopane T58.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = View of Zakopane from Butorowy Wierch
| image_shield       = POL Zakopane COA.svg
| image_flag         = POL Zakopane flag.svg
| pushpin_map        = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_map_alt    = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|49|18|N|19|57|E|region:PL_type:city|display=title,inline}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Lesser Poland Voivodeship|name=Lesser Poland}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of Polish counties|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Tatra County|Tatra]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3  = Zakopane <small>(urban gmina)</small>
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Łukasz Filipowicz
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 17th century
| established_title3 = Town rights
| established_date3  = 1933
| elevation_min_m    = 750
| elevation_max_m    = 2301
| area_total_km2     = 84
| population_as_of   = 2017
| population_total   = 27266<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/ludnosc/ludnosc/powierzchnia-i-ludnosc-w-przekroju-terytorialnym-w-2017-r-,7,14.html|title=Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2017 r.|last=GUS|website=stat.gov.pl|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = zakopianin (male) <br/> zakopianka (female) ([[Polish language|pl]])
| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset         = +1
| timezone_DST       = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| postal_code_type   = Postal code
| postal_code        = 34-500 to 34-504
| area_code          = +48 18
| blank_name         = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info         = KTT
| website            = {{URL|http://www.zakopane.pl}}
}}
'''Zakopane''' ([[Gorals#Language|Podhale Goral]]: ''Zokopane'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gwara góralska |url=https://z-ne.pl/s,menu,1396,gwara_goralska.html |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=z-ne.pl}}</ref> is a town in the south of [[Poland]], in the southern part of the [[Podhale]] region at the foot of the [[Tatra Mountains]].{{TERYT}} From 1975 to 1998, it was part of [[Nowy Sącz Voivodeship]]; since 1999, it has been part of [[Lesser Poland Voivodeship]]. {{As of|2017}} its population was 27,266.<ref name="auto1"/> Zakopane is a centre of [[Gorals|Goral]] culture and is often referred to as "the winter capital of Poland". It is a popular tourist destination for many types of mountain activities such as [[skiing]], [[trekking]], [[mountaineering]] and various forms of [[climbing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adventurous-travels.com/posts/zakopane-what-to-see-in-polands-winter-capital|title=Zakopane - What To See in Poland's Winter Capital|website=Adventurous-Travels.com|date=21 December 2015 |access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>

Zakopane lies near Poland's border with [[Slovakia]], in a [[valley]] between the Tatra Mountains and [[Gubałówka Hill]]. It is connected by rail and road to the provincial capital, [[Kraków]]. Zakopane lies {{convert|800|–|1100|m|ft}} [[above mean sea level|above sea level]] and centres on the intersection of its Krupówki and Kościuszko Streets.

== History ==
[[File:Zakopane....jpg|thumb|left|A postcard of Zakopane from 1916]]

The earliest documents mentioning Zakopane date to the 17th century, describing a [[Glade (geography)|glade]] called ''Zakopisko''. In 1676, it was a village of 43 inhabitants. In 1818, Zakopane was a small town that was still being developed. There were only 340 homes that held 445 families. The population of Zakopane at that time was 1,805: 934 women and 871 men.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/zakopane/3,local-history/#footnote_2|title=Local history - Information about the town - Zakopane - Virtual Shtetl|website=www.sztetl.org.pl|language=pl|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> The first church was built in 1847, by Józef Stolarczyk.<ref name=":0" />

Zakopane became a center for the region's [[mining]] and [[metallurgy]] industries; by the 19th century, it was the largest center for metallurgy in the region of [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]]. It expanded during the 19th century as the [[climate]] attracted more inhabitants. By 1889, it had developed from a small village into a climatic [[health resort]]. Rail services to Zakopane began on October 1, 1899. In the late 1800s, Zakopane constructed a road that went to the town of [[Nowy Targ]] and had railways that came from [[Chabówka]].<ref name=":0" /> Because of easier transportation, the population of Zakopane had increased to about 3,000 people by the end of the 1800s.<ref name=":0" /> In the 19th century, Krupówki Street was just a narrow beaten path that was meant for people to get from the central part of town to the village of Kuźnice.

The ski jump on [[Wielka Krokiew]] was opened in 1925.
The cable car to [[Kasprowy Wierch]] was completed in 1936.
The funicular connected Zakopane and the top of [[Gubałówka]] in 1938.

Because of Zakopane's popular ski mountains, the town gained popularity which made the number of tourists increase to about 60,000 people by 1930.<ref name=":0" />

During the joint German-Soviet [[invasion of Poland]], which started [[World War II]] in September 1939, the town was invaded by Germany, and the ''[[Einsatzgruppen|Einsatzgruppe I]]'' entered the town on September 4, 1939, to commit various [[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation|crimes against Poles]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=58}}</ref> In March 1940, representatives of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[NKVD]] and the [[Nazi]] [[Gestapo]] met for one week in Zakopane's Villa Tadeusz, to [[Gestapo-NKVD Conferences|coordinate the pacification of resistance in Poland]]. Throughout [[World War II]], Zakopane served as an underground staging point between Poland and [[Hungary]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local history {{!}} Virtual Shtetl |url=https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/z/662-zakopane/96-local-history/68095-local-history |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=sztetl.org.pl}}</ref>

From 1942 to 1943, 1,000 prisoners from the German [[List of subcamps of Kraków-Płaszów|Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp]] were set to work in a stone quarry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sztetl.org.pl/pl/article/zakopane/13,miejsca-martyrologii/21317,zakopane-oboz-pracy-przymusowej-na-terenie-kamieniolomow/|title=Zakopane|work=sztetl.org.pl}}</ref> In 1944, during the [[Warsaw Uprising]], the Germans deported thousands of Varsovians from the [[Dulag 121 camp in Pruszków|Dulag 121 camp]] in [[Pruszków]], where they were initially imprisoned, to Zakopane.<ref name=dul>{{cite web|url=http://dulag121.pl/encyklopediaa/transporty-z-obozu-dulag-121/|title=Transporty z obozu Dulag 121|website=Muzeum Dulag 121|accessdate=6 September 2021|language=pl}}</ref> Those Poles were mainly old people, ill people and women with children.<ref name=dul/> In mid-October 1944, there were 3,800 registered Poles, who were [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled]] from [[Warsaw]], and probably another 3,800 unregistered expellees.<ref name=dul/> In January 1945, the Germans retreated from Zakopane and the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German occupation]] ended.

Immediately after the war, a children's Home for [[Holocaust Survivors]] was established in Zakopane.<ref>[https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/childrens-survivors-homes/zakopane.asp The Children's Home in Zakopane, Poland: Lena Küchler's Children], [[Yad Vashem]] website</ref>

==Climate==
Zakopane has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Dfb''),<ref name="kottek2006">{{cite journal|last1=Kottek|first1=Markus|last2=Grieser|first2=Jürgen|last3=Beck|first3=Christoph|last4=Rudolf|first4=Bruno |last5=Rubel|first5=Franz|title=World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated|journal=Meteorologische Zeitschrift|date=2006|volume=15|issue=3|pages=259–263|doi=10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130|bibcode=2006MetZe..15..259K|url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/40083/metz_Vol_15_No_3_p259-263_World_Map_of_the_Koppen_Geiger_climate_classification_updated_55034.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Peel">{{cite journal |author1=Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2007 |title=Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification |journal=Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |issn=1027-5606|url=https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P }}</ref> with the main factor behind its relative coldness compared to the rest of Poland is its altitude. In general, the temperature [[Lapse rate|tends to fall with altitude]], therefore Zakopane is almost {{Convert|3|C-change|F-change|abbr=on}} colder than northern [[Kraków]], which is more than {{Convert|600|m|ft|abbr=on}} lower than Zakopane. With higher altitudes, the climate gets even colder, therefore, on the top of [[Kasprowy Wierch]] ({{Convert|1987|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level), the climate is [[tundra]]-like (Köppen: ''ET''). The tree line is located at about {{cvt|1500|m|ft}} above sea level in the Tatra Mountains.

Winters are typically frosty but are relatively sunny for Poland - in fact, Zakopane receives among the most sun in winter in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Atlas warunków solarnych - Portal Klimat IMGW-PiB|url=https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/solar-atlas/#dni/Seasonal/2014/02/02/Multiyear_seasonal_mean/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=klimat.imgw.pl}}</ref> Snow is normally abundant, particularly in the higher altitudes, which makes Zakopane among the most popular ski resorts in Poland. Summers are cool to warm but rarely get hot.

The defining feature of the local climate is the location on the northern slope of the Tatra mountains. Zakopane receives significantly more precipitation than cities on the lowlands to the north of the [[Carpathians]], and just like in the mountains in general, there might be sudden weather changes from sunny to rainy, and vice versa. Occasionally, a very warm [[foehn wind]] locally known as [[halny]] may dramatically increase the temperatures, sometimes beyond {{Convert|10|C|F|abbr=on}} in winter.

Extreme temperatures range from {{convert|−34.1|°C|1}} on February 1, 1956 up to {{convert|32.8|°C|1}} on August 8, 2013;<ref name=date201308>{{Cite web|url=https://meteomodel.pl/dane/historyczne-dane-pomiarowe/?data=2013-08-31&rodzaj=st&imgwid=349190625&dni=60&ord=desc|title=Historyczne dane pomiarowe|language=pl|date=2023-05-04|website=meteomodel.pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504083524/https://meteomodel.pl/dane/historyczne-dane-pomiarowe/?data=2013-08-31&rodzaj=st&imgwid=349190625&dni=60&ord=desc|archive-date=2023-05-04}}</ref><ref name=date195602>{{Cite web|url=https://meteomodel.pl/dane/historyczne-dane-pomiarowe/?data=1956-02-29&rodzaj=st&imgwid=349190625&dni=60&ord=desc|title=Historyczne dane pomiarowe|language=pl|date=2023-05-04|website=meteomodel.pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504083951/https://meteomodel.pl/dane/historyczne-dane-pomiarowe/?data=1956-02-29&rodzaj=st&imgwid=349190625&dni=60&ord=desc|archive-date=2023-05-04}}</ref> the record cold daily maximum is {{convert|−19.6|°C|1}}, set on February 1, 1956,<ref name=date195602/><ref name=lowestdays>{{Cite web|url=https://meteomodel.pl/dane/srednie-miesieczne/?imgwid=349190625&par=mintmax&max_empty=3|title=Średnie i sumy miesięczne|language=pl|date=2023-05-04|website=meteomodel.pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504085112/https://meteomodel.pl/dane/srednie-miesieczne/?imgwid=349190625&par=mintmax&max_empty=3|archive-date=2023-05-04}}</ref> while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is {{convert|23.4|°C|1}} on August 29, 1992.<ref name=highestnights>{{Cite web|url=https://meteomodel.pl/dane/srednie-miesieczne/?imgwid=349190625&par=maxtmin&max_empty=3|title=Średnie i sumy miesięczne|language=pl|date=2023-05-04|website=meteomodel.pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504092324/https://meteomodel.pl/dane/srednie-miesieczne/?imgwid=349190625&par=maxtmin&max_empty=3|archive-date=2023-05-04}}</ref><ref name=date199208>{{Cite web|url=https://meteomodel.pl/dane/historyczne-dane-pomiarowe/?data=1992-08-31&rodzaj=st&imgwid=349190625&dni=60&ord=desc|title=Historyczne dane pomiarowe|language=pl|date=2023-05-04|website=meteomodel.pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504085829/https://meteomodel.pl/dane/historyczne-dane-pomiarowe/?data=1992-08-31&rodzaj=st&imgwid=349190625&dni=60&ord=desc|archive-date=2023-05-04}}</ref><!--<ref name="NOWData NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/> The coldest day of the year averaged {{convert|-17|F|C}} in the 1991 to 2020 normals, while the warmest night average was at {{convert|57|F|C}}.<ref name="NOWData NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/> The coldest has been February 1990 with a mean temperature of {{convert|−17.2|F|1}}, while the warmest month was August 1977 at {{convert|56.3|F|1}}; the annual mean temperature has ranged from {{convert|21.1|F|1}} in 1920 to {{convert|32.5|F|1}} in 2016.<ref name="NOWData NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/>-->
{{Weather box
| location = Zakopane,  {{coord|49|17|38|N|19|57|37|E|display=inline}} ({{convert|855|m|ft|abbr=on}} {{abbr|1=asl|2=above sea level}}, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present)
| metric first = y
| single line = y
| Jan record high C = 14.9
| Feb record high C = 17.6
| Mar record high C = 20.3
| Apr record high C = 25.5
| May record high C = 27.3
| Jun record high C = 31.4
| Jul record high C = 32.5
| Aug record high C = 32.8
| Sep record high C = 30.7
| Oct record high C = 26.3
| Nov record high C = 20.6
| Dec record high C = 18.4
| year record high C = 32.8
| Jan avg record high C = 9.9
| Feb avg record high C = 11.0
| Mar avg record high C = 14.3
| Apr avg record high C = 20.3
| May avg record high C = 23.7
| Jun avg record high C = 27.4
| Jul avg record high C = 28.5
| Aug avg record high C = 28.1
| Sep avg record high C = 23.9
| Oct avg record high C = 20.8
| Nov avg record high C = 15.7
| Dec avg record high C = 10.2
|year avg record high C = 29.6
| Jan avg record low C = -17.6
| Feb avg record low C = -15.9
| Mar avg record low C = -12.3
| Apr avg record low C = -6.2
| May avg record low C = -0.9
| Jun avg record low C = 3.8
| Jul avg record low C = 5.4
| Aug avg record low C = 4.9
| Sep avg record low C = 0.5
| Oct avg record low C = -5.1
| Nov avg record low C = -10.6
| Dec avg record low C = -15.7
|year avg record low C = -19.9
| Jan high C = 1.1
| Feb high C = 2.0
| Mar high C = 5.4
| Apr high C = 11.3
| May high C = 16.0
| Jun high C = 19.5
| Jul high C = 21.2
| Aug high C = 21.3
| Sep high C = 16.3
| Oct high C = 11.8
| Nov high C = 6.6
| Dec high C = 1.8
| year high C = 11.2
| Jan mean C = -3.3
| Feb mean C = -2.4
| Mar mean C = 0.6
| Apr mean C = 6.0
| May mean C = 10.7
| Jun mean C = 14.2
| Jul mean C = 15.8
| Aug mean C = 15.6
| Sep mean C = 10.9
| Oct mean C = 6.5
| Nov mean C = 2.1
| Dec mean C = -2.3
| year mean C = 6.2
| Jan low C = -7.0
| Feb low C = -6.3
| Mar low C = -3.5
| Apr low C = 1.2
| May low C = 5.7
| Jun low C = 9.3
| Jul low C = 10.8
| Aug low C = 10.5
| Sep low C = 6.5
| Oct low C = 2.3
| Nov low C = -1.5
| Dec low C = -5.8
| year low C = 1.9
| Jan record low C = -29.8
| Feb record low C = -34.1
| Mar record low C = -23.8
| Apr record low C = -12.0
| May record low C = -6.1
| Jun record low C = -1.6
| Jul record low C = 0.9
| Aug record low C = 0.2
| Sep record low C = -4.9
| Oct record low C = -10.7
| Nov record low C = -19.6
| Dec record low C = -25.5
| year record low C = -34.1
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 46.6
| Feb precipitation mm = 51.3
| Mar precipitation mm = 61.4
| Apr precipitation mm = 81.2
| May precipitation mm = 141.5
| Jun precipitation mm = 149.4
| Jul precipitation mm = 191.6
| Aug precipitation mm = 125.3
| Sep precipitation mm = 111.0
| Oct precipitation mm = 80.8
| Nov precipitation mm = 59.7
| Dec precipitation mm = 45.1
| year precipitation mm = 1145.0
| Jan snow depth cm = 62.0
| Feb snow depth cm = 90.5
| Mar snow depth cm = 97.9
| Apr snow depth cm = 71.2
| May snow depth cm = 13.4
| Jun snow depth cm = 3.3
| Jul snow depth cm = 0.1
| Aug snow depth cm = 0.4
| Sep snow depth cm = 5.2
| Oct snow depth cm = 13.7
| Nov snow depth cm = 23.3
| Dec snow depth cm = 37.9
| year snow depth cm = 
| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 17.43
| Feb precipitation days = 16.27
| Mar precipitation days = 17.23
| Apr precipitation days = 15.70
| May precipitation days = 18.70
| Jun precipitation days = 18.37
| Jul precipitation days = 18.43
| Aug precipitation days = 14.77
| Sep precipitation days = 14.17
| Oct precipitation days = 14.90
| Nov precipitation days = 15.63
| Dec precipitation days = 16.53
| year precipitation days = 198.13
| unit snow days = 0 cm
| Jan snow days = 29.9
| Feb snow days = 28.0
| Mar snow days = 30.1
| Apr snow days = 25.8
| May snow days = 6.6
| Jun snow days = 1.1
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.1
| Sep snow days = 2.4
| Oct snow days = 10.1
| Nov snow days = 16.9
| Dec snow days = 28.2
| year snow days = 179.2
| Jan humidity = 81.1
| Feb humidity = 78.5
| Mar humidity = 75.0
| Apr humidity = 71.1
| May humidity = 74.4
| Jun humidity = 76.1
| Jul humidity = 76.7
| Aug humidity = 77.4
| Sep humidity = 81.6
| Oct humidity = 81.7
| Nov humidity = 82.9
| Dec humidity = 83.5
| year humidity = 78.3
| Jan sun = 69.1
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| Mar sun = 118.2
| Apr sun = 162.5
| May sun = 179.6
| Jun sun = 178.3
| Jul sun = 197.1
| Aug sun = 193.4
| Sep sun = 128.4
| Oct sun = 113.8
| Nov sun = 75.6
| Dec sun = 55.6
| year sun = 1552.8
| Jan uv  =2
| Feb uv  =1
| Mar uv  =2
| Apr uv  =3
| May uv  =3
| Jun uv  =5
| Jul uv  =5
| Aug uv  =4
| Sep uv  =3
| Oct uv  =2
| Nov uv  =2
| Dec uv  =1
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| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
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| language = pl
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| archive-date = 15 January 2022
| url = https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/OPAD_01
| title = Liczba dni z opadem >= 0,1 mm
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
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| language = pl
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| archive-date = 15 January 2022
| url = https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/SNIEG_SR_GRUB
| title = Średnia grubość pokrywy śnieżnej
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
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| language = pl
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| archive-date = 21 January 2022
| url = https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/SNIEG_0
| title = Liczba dni z pokrywą śnieżna > 0 cm
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
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| language = pl
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| url = https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/USL
| title = Średnia suma usłonecznienia (h)
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
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| url = https://meteomodel.pl/dane/srednie-miesieczne/?imgwid=349190625&par=tmax&max_empty=3
| title = Zakopane Absolutna temperatura maksymalna
| publisher = Meteomodel.pl
| language = pl
| access-date = 5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=recordlow>
{{cite web
| url = https://meteomodel.pl/dane/srednie-miesieczne/?imgwid=349190625&par=tmin&max_empty=3
| title = Zakopane Absolutna temperatura minimalna
| publisher = Meteomodel.pl
| language = pl
| access-date = 5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=relativehumidity>
{{cite web
| url = https://meteomodel.pl/dane/srednie-miesieczne/?imgwid=349190625&par=rh&max_empty=3
| title = Zakopane Średnia wilgotność
| publisher = Meteomodel.pl
| language = pl
| access-date = 5 February 2022}}</ref> Weather Atlas (UV)<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/poland/zakopane-climate
| title = Zakopane, Poland – Detailed climate information and monthly weather forecast
| publisher = Weather Atlas
| access-date = 3 August 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{Weather box
| location = [[Kasprowy Wierch]], {{coord|49|13|57|N|19|58|55|E|display=inline}} ({{convert|1987|m|ft|abbr=on}} {{abbr|1=asl|2=above sea level}}, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present)
| metric first = y
| single line = y
| Jan record high C = 7.2
| Feb record high C = 9.9
| Mar record high C = 9.4
| Apr record high C = 14.2
| May record high C = 18.7
| Jun record high C = 22.6
| Jul record high C = 23.4
| Aug record high C = 22.5
| Sep record high C = 19.8
| Oct record high C = 16.9
| Nov record high C = 13.9
| Dec record high C = 8.8
| year record high C = 23.4
| Jan avg record high C = 3.1
| Feb avg record high C = 2.6
| Mar avg record high C = 4.1
| Apr avg record high C = 8.2
| May avg record high C = 13.4
| Jun avg record high C = 17.9
| Jul avg record high C = 19.1
| Aug avg record high C = 18.7
| Sep avg record high C = 14.4
| Oct avg record high C = 11.9
| Nov avg record high C = 7.5
| Dec avg record high C = 4.6
|year avg record high C = 20.3
| Jan avg record low C = -19.2
| Feb avg record low C = -19.4
| Mar avg record low C = -16.3
| Apr avg record low C = -12.5
| May avg record low C = -6.3
| Jun avg record low C = -2.2
| Jul avg record low C = 0.0
| Aug avg record low C = 0.1
| Sep avg record low C = -4.1
| Oct avg record low C = -9.8
| Nov avg record low C = -13.7
| Dec avg record low C = -17.6
|year avg record low C = -21.9
| Jan high C = -4.6
| Feb high C = -5.0
| Mar high C = -3.3
| Apr high C = 1.2
| May high C = 6.0
| Jun high C = 10.1
| Jul high C = 12.1
| Aug high C = 12.3
| Sep high C = 7.5
| Oct high C = 3.9
| Nov high C = 0.0
| Dec high C = -3.5
| year high C = 3.1
| Jan mean C = -7.4
| Feb mean C = -7.8
| Mar mean C = -6.1
| Apr mean C = -1.6
| May mean C = 3.0
| Jun mean C = 6.7
| Jul mean C = 8.6
| Aug mean C = 8.9
| Sep mean C = 4.6
| Oct mean C = 1.2
| Nov mean C = -2.6
| Dec mean C = -6.1
| year mean C = 0.1
| Jan low C = -10.1
| Feb low C = -10.5
| Mar low C = -8.7
| Apr low C = -4.0
| May low C = 0.6
| Jun low C = 4.1
| Jul low C = 6.0
| Aug low C = 6.4
| Sep low C = 2.2
| Oct low C = -1.3
| Nov low C = -5.1
| Dec low C = -8.8
| year low C = -2.4
| Jan record low C = -30.2
| Feb record low C = -29.1
| Mar record low C = -27.9
| Apr record low C = -18.1
| May record low C = -13.0
| Jun record low C = -7.6
| Jul record low C = -3.1
| Aug record low C = -4.5
| Sep record low C = -8.2
| Oct record low C = -15.2
| Nov record low C = -24.8
| Dec record low C = -28.0
| year record low C = -30.2
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 105.1
| Feb precipitation mm = 98.0
| Mar precipitation mm = 112.7
| Apr precipitation mm = 127.3
| May precipitation mm = 186.0
| Jun precipitation mm = 208.0
| Jul precipitation mm = 248.1
| Aug precipitation mm = 171.6
| Sep precipitation mm = 158.5
| Oct precipitation mm = 123.4
| Nov precipitation mm = 117.6
| Dec precipitation mm = 107.5
| year precipitation mm = 1763.8
| Jan snow depth cm = 92.7
| Feb snow depth cm = 130.5
| Mar snow depth cm = 153.3
| Apr snow depth cm = 147.9
| May snow depth cm = 67.9
| Jun snow depth cm = 14.4
| Jul snow depth cm = 0.7
| Aug snow depth cm = 1.2
| Sep snow depth cm = 9.0
| Oct snow depth cm = 15.1
| Nov snow depth cm = 27.2
| Dec snow depth cm = 56.1
| year snow depth cm = 
| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 19.83
| Feb precipitation days = 18.61
| Mar precipitation days = 20.17
| Apr precipitation days = 18.27
| May precipitation days = 21.00
| Jun precipitation days = 20.00
| Jul precipitation days = 19.57
| Aug precipitation days = 16.30
| Sep precipitation days = 15.57
| Oct precipitation days = 16.83
| Nov precipitation days = 17.83
| Dec precipitation days = 19.00
| year precipitation days = 222.97
| unit snow days = 0 cm
| Jan snow days = 31
| Feb snow days = 28.3
| Mar snow days = 30.9
| Apr snow days = 30.0
| May snow days = 20.6
| Jun snow days = 3.3
| Jul snow days = 0.4
| Aug snow days = 0.4
| Sep snow days = 5.9
| Oct snow days = 13.7
| Nov snow days = 21.3
| Dec snow days = 30.6
| year snow days = 216.4
| Jan humidity = 77.6
| Feb humidity = 80.5
| Mar humidity = 83.8
| Apr humidity = 84.3
| May humidity = 86.8
| Jun humidity = 87.7
| Jul humidity = 86.6
| Aug humidity = 84.5
| Sep humidity = 86.2
| Oct humidity = 80.9
| Nov humidity = 82.0
| Dec humidity = 78.6
| year humidity = 83.3
| Jan sun = 88.9
| Feb sun = 91.2
| Mar sun = 117.1
| Apr sun = 154.1
| May sun = 157.5
| Jun sun = 153.8
| Jul sun = 166.5
| Aug sun = 179.3
| Sep sun = 130.8
| Oct sun = 121.3
| Nov sun = 83.8
| Dec sun = 80.7
| year sun = 1524.8
| source 1 = Institute of Meteorology and Water Management<ref name=IMGWtavg>
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| archive-date = 3 December 2021
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| title = Średnia dobowa temperatura powietrza
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
| publisher = Institute of Meteorology and Water Management 
| language = pl
| access-date = 5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=IMGWtmin>
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| title = Średnia minimalna temperatura powietrza
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
| publisher = Institute of Meteorology and Water Management 
| language = pl
| access-date = 5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=IMGWtmax>
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| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
| publisher = Institute of Meteorology and Water Management 
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| title = Miesięczna suma opadu
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
| publisher = Institute of Meteorology and Water Management 
| language = pl
| access-date = 5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=IMGWprecipdays>
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| archive-date = 15 January 2022
| url = https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/OPAD_01
| title = Liczba dni z opadem >= 0,1 mm
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
| publisher = Institute of Meteorology and Water Management 
| language = pl
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| archive-date = 15 January 2022
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| title = Średnia grubość pokrywy śnieżnej
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
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| archive-date = 21 January 2022
| url = https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/SNIEG_0
| title = Liczba dni z pokrywą śnieżna > 0 cm
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
| publisher = Institute of Meteorology and Water Management 
| language = pl
| access-date = 5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=IMGWsun>
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| archive-date = 15 January 2022
| url = https://klimat.imgw.pl/pl/climate-normals/USL
| title = Średnia suma usłonecznienia (h)
| work = Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020
| publisher = Institute of Meteorology and Water Management 
| language = pl
| access-date = 5 February 2022}}</ref>
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| title = Zakopane Absolutna temperatura maksymalna
| publisher = Meteomodel.pl
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{{cite web
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| publisher = Meteomodel.pl
| language = pl
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| title = Zakopane Średnia wilgotność
| publisher = Meteomodel.pl
| language = pl
| access-date = 5 February 2022}}</ref>
| source = 
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{{Graph:Weather monthly history
| table = Ncei.noaa.gov/weather/Zakopane.tab
| title = Zakopane temperature
}}

==Architecture==
{{main|Zakopane Style of Architecture}}
[[File:Koliba002.JPG|thumb|[[Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba]] - interior]]
The [[Zakopane Style of Architecture]] is an architectural mode inspired by the regional art of Poland's highland region known as [[Podhale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zakopane-life.com/culture/culture_details/95-Zakopane_Style_Museum |title=Zakopane Style Museum Zakopane {{pipe}} Poland |publisher=Zakopane Life |access-date=2011-06-03}}</ref> Drawing on the motifs and traditions in the [[Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians|buildings of the Carpathian Mountains]], the style was pioneered by [[Stanisław Witkiewicz]] and is now considered a core tradition of the [[Goral people]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muzeumtatrzanskie.com.pl/?strona,menu,pol,glownaen,0,0,1445,the_museum_of_the_zakopane_style,ant.html |title=The Tatra Museum - The Museum of the Zakopane Style |publisher=Muzeumtatrzanskie.com.pl |access-date=2011-06-03}}</ref>

The most prominent examples of the style are:

* [[Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba|Villa Koliba]] - built in 1892–93 by Stanisław Witkiewicz
* [[Villa Oksza]] - built in 1894–95 by Stanisław Witkiewicz
* [[Villa Pod Jedlami]] - built in 1897 by Stanisław Witkiewicz
* Chapel in Jaszczurówka - built in 1904–07 by Stanisław Witkiewicz
* [[The Tatra Museum in Zakopane|Tatra Museum]] - built in 1913–24 by Stanisław Witkiewicz
* [[Grand Hotel Stamary]] - built in 1903-05 by Eugeniusz Wesołowski

Other important sights in Zakopane include:

* [[Holy Family Church in Zakopane|Holy Family Church]] - Romanesque Revival church built in 1879–96 by [[Józef Pius Dziekoński]]
* Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa - wooden church built in 1847, located next to the [[Old Cemetery in Pęksowy Brzyzek]]
* [[Old Cemetery in Pęksowy Brzyzek]] - burial place of many artists, architects, writers, sculptors and mountaineer, among them [[Stanisław Witkiewicz]], [[Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer]], [[Władysław Hasior]] and [[Sabała]]. There is also a cenotaph of [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz|Witkacy]].
* Modernist stations of the [[Kasprowy Wierch cable railway]] (1935–36) and the [[Gubałówka Hill funicular]] (1938)

<gallery mode="packed">
File:Willa drewn. „Koliba”, Zakopane, A-1125 M 01.jpg|[[Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba]]
File:Willa „Oksza”, Zakopane, A-68 M 02.jpg|Villa Oksza [[art gallery]]
File:Willa pod Jedlami w Zakopanem.jpg|Pod Jedlami villa
File:Muzeum Karola Szymanowskiego w willi Atma w Zakopanem, fot. K. Schubert MIK 2019 (49140610748).jpg|[[Karol Szymanowski]] Museum at the Villa Atma
File:Kaplica w Jaszczurówce.jpg|Chapel at Jaszczurówka
File:Muzeum Tatrzańskie”, Zakopane, A-1130 M 05.jpg|[[The Tatra Museum in Zakopane]]
File:Zakopane, Grand Hotel Stamary - panoramio.jpg|Grand Hotel Stamary
File:Zakopane kosciol Swietej Rodziny dron (1).jpg|[[Romanesque Revival]] Church of the Holy Family
File:Zakopane - Cmentarz Na Pęksowym Brzyzku 01 fot. Hanna Ozimek.JPG|[[Old Cemetery in Pęksowy Brzyzek]] with the Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in the background
</gallery>

==Culture==

Since the end of the 19th century Zakopane was an important place for many artists, who frequently visited, worked or lived here, especially during the [[Young Poland]] period.

Today the city hosts many museums and galleries:
* [[The Tatra Museum in Zakopane|Tatra Museum]]
* Museum of [[Tatra National Park, Poland|Tatra National Park]]
* [[Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba]]
* [[Villa Oksza]] Art Gallery
* [[Karol Szymanowski]] Museum in [[Villa Atma]]
* [[Jan Kasprowicz]] Museum in [[Villa Harenda]]
* [[Kornel Makuszyński]] Museum
* [[Władysław Hasior]] Gallery
* [[Kamil Stoch]] Museum Galeria Kamiland
* Museum of the Armed Resistance in the former Hotel Palace

== Sports ==
The Tatras are a popular destination among hikers, skiers, ski-tourers and climbers.

===Mountaineering===
[[File:Kościelec view 2.jpg|thumb|The [[High Tatras]] offer excellent opportunities for climbing. [[Świnica]], here as seen from [[Kościelec (High Tatras)|Kościelec]], is the highest peak within the city limits, at {{convert|2,301|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.]]

There is a network of well-marked hiking trails in the Tatras and according to the national park regulations the hikers must stick to them. Most of these trails are overcrowded, especially in the summer season.

The [[High Tatras]] offer excellent opportunities for climbing (up to X [[UIAA grade]]).

In summer, lightning and snow are both potential hazards for climbers, and the weather can change quickly. Thunderstorms are common in the afternoons. In winter the snow can be up to several meters deep.

===Skiing===
In the winter, thousands arrive in Zakopane to ski, especially around Christmas and in February. The most popular skiing areas are [[Kasprowy Wierch]] and [[Gubałówka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/traveloutdoors/2002822417_poland26.html|title=Seattle Times - Scenic Zakopane|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref> There are a number of [[cross country skiing]] trails in the forests surrounding the town.

Zakopane hosted the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|Nordic World Ski Championships]] in 1929, 1939, and 1962; the winter [[Universiade]]s in 1956, 1993, and 2001; the [[biathlon]] World Championship; several [[Ski jump#Ski jumping World Cup|ski jumping world cups]]; and several [[Nordic skiing|Nordic]] combined, Nordic and Alpine European Cups. It hosted the second [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|Alpine World Ski Championships]] in 1939, the first outside the [[Alps]] and the last official world championships prior to [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Snowsports |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/en/inside-fis/about-fis/history/history-of-snowsports |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.fis-ski.com |language=en}}</ref>

Zakopane made unsuccessful bids to host the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] and the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011|2011]] and [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013|2013]] Alpine World Ski Championships.

In February of 1933, the [[1933 Maccabiah Games|Winter Maccabiah Games]] were held in Zakopane.

=== Football ===
In Zakopane, there are two football clubs – one of them is KS Zakopane, which was established in 2007 as a result of the merger of ZKP Zakopane and Jutrzenka Zakopane. It currently competes in the B-class league, in the Podhale II group. Its matches are played at the facility located at Orkana Street 6.

In the 2015/2016 season, the Football Club Zakopane was reactivated. After a successful 2015/16 season, in which the ZKP players managed to secure a promotion-eligible spot in the Podhale C-class, they are now playing in the Podhale B-class league.

== Tourism ==
[[File:Zakopane kolej na Gubalowke 3.jpg|thumb|[[Gubałówka Hill funicular]]]]
[[File:02638Zakopane.JPG|thumb|Krupówki Street]]

Zakopane is visited by over 2,500,000 tourists a year.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} In the winter, Zakopane's tourists are interested in winter sports activities such as skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping, snowmobiling, sleigh rides, snowshoe walks, and Ice skating.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.discoverzakopane.com/things-to-do-in-zakopane.html|title=Things to do in Zakopane and Tatra Mountains.|last=altius|website=www.discoverzakopane.com|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> During the summer, Tourists come to do activities like hiking, climbing, bike and horse ride the Tatras mountain, there are many trails in the Tatras.<ref name=":1" /> Tourists ride quads and dirt bikes that you can rent. Swimming and boat rides on the Dunajec river are popular.<ref name=":1" /> Many come to experience [[Gorals|Goral]] culture, which is rich in its unique styles of food, speech, architecture, music, and costume. Zakopane is especially popular during the winter holidays, which are celebrated in traditional style, with dances, decorated horse-pulled sleighs called [[kulig]]s and roast lamb.

A popular tourist activity is taking a stroll along the town's most popular street: Krupówki. It is lined with stores, restaurants, carnival rides, and performers.

During the winter and summer seasons, Krupówki Street is crowded with tourists visiting the shops and restaurants.<ref name=":1" /> In the summer, a local market along Krupówki Street offers traditional Goral apparel, leather jackets, fur coats, shoes, and purses.<ref name=":1" /> Venders also sell foods like the famous ''[[oscypek]]'' smoked sheep cheese, fruit, vegetables, and meats. There are also many stands with Zakopane souvenirs.<ref name=":1" />

Zakopane is popular for its nightlife. At night there are always people walking around town checking out the different bars and dance clubs. Most of these bars and dance clubs are located on Krupowki street.[http://www.local-life.com/zakopane/pubs]

Other activities include also Zakopane's Thermal Baths - a modern aquapark with outside swimming pools with thermal water.

A scene in [[Andrzej Wajda]]'s film ''[[Man of Marble]]'' (''Człowiek z marmuru'') was filmed in Zakopane, introducing the town to a worldwide audience.

The mountain scenes from the [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Fanaa (2006 film)|Fanaa]]'' were filmed around Zakopane.

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}
Zakopane participates in [[town twinning]] to foster international links.
*{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Bansko]], [[Bulgaria]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Bariloche|San Carlos de Bariloche]] ([[Argentina]]){{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Bavel (Netherlands)|Bavel]] ([[Netherlands]])
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Polonezköy]], [[Turkey]]
*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Poprad]], [[Slovakia]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Saint-Dié-des-Vosges]] ([[France]])
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Sopot]], [[Poland]]
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Stryi]], [[Ukraine]]
*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Vysoké Tatry]], [[Slovakia]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Siegen]], [[Germany]]

== Notable structures ==
*[[:pl:COS Zakopane (tor łyżwiarski)|COS Zakopane]] [[speed skating rink|speed-skating rink]]
*[[Gubałówka Hill Funicular]]
*[[Kasprowy Wierch]] [[Aerial tramway|cable car]]
*[[Wielka Krokiew]] [[ski jumping]] ramp

== Notable residents ==
[[File:MalczewskiJacek.1897.PortretStanislawaWitkiewicza.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Stanisław Witkiewicz]]]]
[[File:Karol Szymanowski.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Karol Szymanowski]]]]
[[File:Kamil Stoch Atlas.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Kamil Stoch]]]]
{{See also|Category:People from Zakopane}}
* [[Tytus Chałubiński]] (1820 – 1889 in Zakopane), Polish physician and co-founder of the [[PTTK|Polish Tatra Society]]
* [[Klemens Bachleda]] (1851–1910), Polish mountain guide and mountain rescuer, worked from Zakopane
* [[Stanisław Witkiewicz]], (1851 – 1915) Polish painter, architect, writer and [[Aesthetics|art theoretician]]
* [[Jan Kasprowicz]], (1860 – 1926) poet, playwright, critic and translator; a foremost representative of [[Young Poland]]
* [[Mariusz Zaruski]], (1867–1941) Polish Brigadier-General, a pioneer of Polish sports yachting, a climber of the [[Tatra Mountains]], a photographer, painter, poet, a seaman, a conspirator, a social activist and teacher
* [[Jerzy Żuławski]], (1874 – 1915) Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and nationalist
* [[Władysław Orkan]], (1875 – 1930) Polish writer from the [[Young Poland]] period
* [[Mieczysław Karłowicz]], (1876 – 1909) Polish composer, conductor, mountaineer and photographer of the [[Tatra Mountains]]
* [[Karol Szymanowski]], (1882 – 1937) Polish composer and pianist, member of the modernist movement [[Young Poland]]; his house in Zakopane, the [[Villa Atma]], is now a museum 
* [[Kornel Makuszyński]], (1884 – 1953) Polish writer of children's and youth literature, elected member of the [[Polish Academy of Literature]] in interwar Poland
* [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]] (1885 – 1939), ''Witkacy'', a painter, philosopher, playwright, novelist and photographer
* [[Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska]], (1888 – 1979 in Zakopane), with her husband, founded scouting in Poland
* Count [[Edward Bernard Raczyński]] (1891 – 1993) Polish diplomat, writer, politician and President of Poland in exile
* [[Aniela Chałubińska]] (1902–1998), Polish geographer, geologist and university professor
* [[Anna Zofia Krygowska]] (1904–1988) Polish mathematician, known for her work in mathematics education
* [[Wawrzyniec Żuławski]] (1916 in Zakopane – 1957) ''Wawa'' Polish alpinist, educator, composer, music critic, and musicologist
* [[Władysław Hasior]], (1928 – 1999) Polish contemporary sculptor from Podhale region, a painter and theatre set designer
* [[Teresa Bogucka]] (born 1945 in Zakopane), journalist, writer, a democratic opposition activist in [[Communist Poland]]
* [[Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski]] (born 1952 in Zakopane) politician, led the [[Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms]]
* [[Janusz Waluś]] (born 1953 in Zakopane) assassinated [[Chris Hani]], General Secretary of the [[South African Communist Party]]
* [[Liz Glazowski]], (born 1957 in Zakopane) Polish-American model, Playboy magazine's [[Playmate of the Month]] in April 1980
* [[Sergiusz Pinkwart]], (born 1973) Polish journalist, writer, classical musician and traveler, Magellan Award winner
* [[Małgorzata Mirga-Tas]] (born 1978), Polish-Romani visual artist
* [[Megitza|Małgorzata Babiarz]], (born 1984 in Zakopane) professionally known as ''Megitza'' is a singer, double bass player and composer

=== Sport ===
* [[Stanisław Marusarz]] (1913 in Zakopane – 1993 in Zakopane) Polish Nordic skiing competitor in the 1930s
* [[Jan Bachleda|Jan Wojciech Bachleda-Curuś]] (1951 in Zakopane – 2009) Polish alpine skier who competed in the [[1976 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Wojciech Fortuna]] (born 1952 in Zakopane), ski jumper, Olympic gold medallist
* [[Kamil Stoch]], (born 1987 in Zakopane) Polish [[Ski jumping|ski jumper]], world champion and three-time [[Olympic gold medalist]]
* [[Andrzej Bargiel]], first person to ski down Mount Everest without bottled oxygen and first person to ski all 8,000-meter summits in the Karakoram Range
* [[Oskar Kwiatkowski]], (born 1996 in Zakopane), Polish snowboarder

== Notable visitors ==
* [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]] (1846–1916)<ref>[[:pl:Monika Piątkowska|Monika Piątkowska]], ''Prus: Śledztwo biograficzne'' (Prus: A Biographical Investigation), [[Kraków]], [[Wydawnictwo Znak]], 2017, {{ISBN|978-83-240-4543-3}}, p. 327.</ref> 
* [[Bolesław Prus]] (1847 – 1912)<ref>Krystyna Tokarzówna and Stanisław Fita, ''[[Bolesław Prus]], 1847–1912: Kalendarz życia i twórczości'' ([[Bolesław Prus]], 1847–1912: A Calendar of His Life and Work), edited by [[Zygmunt Szweykowski (historian)|Zygmunt Szweykowski]], Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1969, pp. 232, 235, ''et passim''.</ref>
* [[Joseph Conrad#Romance and marriage|Joseph Conrad]] (1857 – 1924)<ref name="auto">[[Zdzisław Najder]], ''Joseph Conrad: A Life'', translated by Halina Najder, Rochester, New York, Camden House, 2007, {{ISBN|1-57113-347-X}}, pp. 458–63.</ref>
* [[Stefan Żeromski]] (1864 – 1925)<ref name="Joseph Conrad 2007, pp. 463">[[Zdzisław Najder]], ''Joseph Conrad: A Life'', translated by Halina Najder, Rochester, New York, Camden House, 2007, {{ISBN|1-57113-347-X}}, pp. 463–64.</ref>
* [[Bronisława Dłuska]], (1865 – 1939) Polish physician, older sister of physicist [[Marie Curie]]<ref name="Joseph Conrad 2007, pp. 463"/>
* [[Marie Curie]] (1867 – 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zakopane.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/zakopane-maria-sklodowska-cure-kochala-podhale,810274,art,t,id,tm.html|title=Zakopane: Maria Skłodowska Cure kochała Podhale|first=Tomasz|last=Mateusiak|date=9 March 2011|website=zakopane.naszemiasto.pl|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>
* [[Józef Piłsudski]] (1867 – 1935)<ref name="auto"/>
* [[Vladimir Lenin]] (1870 – 1924)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-04 |title=Lenin faktycznie trafił do Zakopanego. "Bose baby (...) zupełnie jak w Rosji!" |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/wywiady-i-artykuly/wladimir-lenin-naprawde-byl-w-polsce-i-zakopanem-spedzil-tu-dwa-lata/v4txywn |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Onet Kultura |language=pl}}</ref>
*[[Alfred Döblin]] (1878 – 1957)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/journeytopoland00dobl/page/211|title=Journey to Poland|author=Döblin, Alfred|date=1991|publisher=Paragon House Publishers|others=Neugroschel, Joachim., Graber, Heinz., Mazal Holocaust Collection.|isbn=1557782679|edition=1st American|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/journeytopoland00dobl/page/211 211–227]|oclc=21950967|url-access=registration}}</ref>
* [[Aniela Zagórska]] (1881 – 1943) niece of [[Joseph Conrad]]<ref>[[Zdzisław Najder]], ''Joseph Conrad: A Life'', translated by Halina Najder, Rochester, New York, Camden House, 2007, {{ISBN|1-57113-347-X}}, p. 463.</ref>
* [[Rudolf Weigl]] (1883 – 1957)<ref>[[Waclaw Szybalski]], "The genius of Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 – 1957), a Lvovian microbe hunter and breeder": ''in memoriam'', [[McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research]], [[University of Wisconsin, Madison]], WI 53705, US.</ref>
* [[Edward Rydz-Śmigły]] (1886 – 1941), [[Marshal of Poland]], who [[Edward Rydz-Śmigły#Works|painted some Zakopane sights]]
* [[Artur Rubinstein]] (1887 – 1982)<ref name="auto"/>
* [[Julian Tuwim]] (1894 – 1953), died in Zakopane
* [[Krystyna Skarbek]] (1908 – 1952)<ref>[[Madeleine Masson]], ''Christine: A Search for [[Christine Granville]], G.M., O.B.E., Croix de Guerre, with a Foreword by [[Francis Cammaerts]], D.S.O., Légion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre, U.S. Medal of Freedom'', London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975, p. 24.</ref>
* [[Stanisław Lem]] (1921 – 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stanisław Lem odwiedzający Tatry i Zakopane |url=https://literackifestiwal.zakopane.eu/aktualno%C5%9Bci/519-stanis%C5%82aw-lem-odwiedzaj%C4%85cy-tatry-i-zakopane.html |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=literackifestiwal.zakopane.eu}}</ref>
* [[Charles III]] (born 1948)<ref>[http://parsonsmedia.photoshelter.com/image/I0000Jv07SSA5Dgk Photo of HRH The Prince of Wales] Thursday 13 June 2002, walking "around the lake Morskie Oko during a walk at Tatras National Park on the final stage of his tour of Poland"</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:2018-07-03 Zakopane from air 05.jpg|Aerial view of Zakopane
File:Zakopane at night.jpg|Zakopane at night
File:Zakopane - skiing (28).JPG|Zakopane - view from [[Gubałówka Hill]] ([[Tatra mountains]] in the background)
File:Wielka Krokiew 2012.jpg|[[Wielka Krokiew]] ski jumping hill
File:Zakopane - skiing (35).JPG|Zakopane - Gubałówka Hill [[ski run]]
File:Zakopane - skiing (14).JPG|Zakopane - Gubałówka Hill: a nursery [[ski run]]
File:Kolejka linowa Polana Szymoszkowa T58.jpg|Polana Szymoszkowa ski lift
File:Katyn Memorial at Zakopane.JPG|[[Katyń massacre|Katyń]] Memorial in Peksów Brzyzek Cemetery
File:The contemplative Christ of Zakopane.JPG|Traditional wooden shrine
File:Zakopane Jan 2014 017.JPG|Traditional [[oscypek]] cheese
File:Zakopane Poland 1938.jpg|Zakopane, mountain massif [[Giewont]] (1938)
File:Rydz.JPG|right|''Old Church in Zakopane'', oil painting by [[Edward Rydz-Śmigły]].
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal bar|Poland}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*Stanisław Kasztelowicz and Stanisław Eile, ''Stefan Żeromski: kalendarz życia i twórczości'' ([[Stefan Żeromski]]: A Calendar of His Life and Work), Kraków, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1961.
*[[Zdzisław Najder]], ''Joseph Conrad: A Life'', translated by Halina Najder, Rochester, New York, Camden House, 2007, {{ISBN|1-57113-347-X}}.
*Krystyna Tokarzówna and Stanisław Fita, ''Bolesław Prus, 1847–1912: Kalendarz życia i twórczości'' ([[Bolesław Prus]], 1847–1912: A Calendar of His Life and Work), edited by [[Zygmunt Szweykowski (historian)|Zygmunt Szweykowski]], Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1969.

== External links ==
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* [http://www.zakopane.pl/ Official website]
* [http://www.ezakopane.pl/poland/ Zakopane] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015003932/http://www.ezakopane.pl/poland/ |date=15 October 2008 }}
* [http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/zakopane/ Jewish Community in Zakopane] on Virtual Shtetl
* [http://www.promocja.zakopane.pl/?strona,podserwis,pol,turystyka,0,0,mainpage,english,ant.html General information]
* [http://www.polandexplorer.com/zakopane-travel-and-tourist-guide/ An English guide to Zakopane] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816075041/http://www.polandexplorer.com/zakopane-travel-and-tourist-guide/ |date=16 August 2014 }}
* [https://www.zakopane.pl/zawartosc/miasta-partnerskie/miasta-partnerskie Twin towns]

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