Kazimierz to Nowa Huta, Krakow's Desi Scene Gets a Night

Krakow is Poland's cultural capital and its second largest city, and the combination of AGH University of Science and Technology, Jagiellonian University, and a booming IT outsourcing sector have created a growing Indian community. AGH's mining, metallurgy, and IT programmes are the primary pipeline, but the city's business process outsourcing centres for companies like Capgemini, IBM, and Shell also employ South Asian professionals. The Kazimierz and Krowodrza districts are where the international community gravitates.

The format from New York: real contestants go on live dates on stage while the room watches and reacts. Afterward, the whole crowd mingles. In Krakow, this format is designed to concentrate the scattered desi community into one room for one night, creating connections that the apps and expat mixers never deliver.

The Indian community in Krakow is a mix of students, IT professionals on corporate postings, and a small but growing number of entrepreneurs. The dating scene for South Asians here is complicated by the same factors as elsewhere in Central Europe: small community, limited cultural events, and the need to explain your background to everyone you meet on the apps. This show removes the explanation and goes straight to connection.

Krakow's international student population is large, and the city's English language comedy and entertainment scene is growing. The cost of living makes it one of the best value cities in Europe for hosting events. A packed room of South Asian singles in a medieval Polish city is exactly the kind of unexpected combination that makes this show interesting.

Waitlist is open. Krakow is part of our Central European expansion. Get on the list or apply to be a contestant.