Talk:Wieliczka Salt Mine

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i don´t understand if this is a mine of a churche? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.118.21.208 (talk) 16:58, 30 November 2006
 * Both. Please sign your comments. --Alvestrand 19:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The chapel in the picture was built my miners as a place of worship during the day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.82.13 (talk) 22:36, 4 May 2007

It does not become clear, why the Salt Mine was delisted from the Unesco World Heritages. 83.135.132.219 12:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

mining activity. http://www.cyf-kr.edu.pl/krakow_i_okolice/?a=guide In 1996 the rock salt exploitation in the Wieliczka Salt Mine was stopped. At present salt is only produced from brine (saline water) in Modern Saline Water Utilisation Plant. On the market are: iodic salt, "Salvita" salt, dietetic salt for people with high blood pressure, salt tablets, "Kinga" bath salt, "Regis" foot salt, and feed supplements for animals - "Wisole". Anon user 19:25, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Events
"'The mine has contained more than trains—it has a ferryboat (that once capsized, killing a number of drunken soldiers) and the Staszica chamber, thirty-six meters high, has seen both bungee jumping and a hot-air balloon ascent. This was apparently the first underground hot-air balloon flight (it might also be the last, I wasn't able to ascertain this: try googling 'underground hot air balloon' yourself and you'll see what I mean). '"

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/dolgin/10salt.html We need info on this, stat! --Gwern (contribs) 14:32 10 September 2010 (GMT)


 * It seems the worlds first underground hot air balloon flight was in Croatia, in a cave, not a salt mine.

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/sep/30/worlds-first-underground-hot-air-balloon-flight-completed-in-croatia 203.87.121.57 (talk) 03:09, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Article needs a section on history
Right now it reads like a tour guide with very little historical information on how and why it was deemed UNESCO worthy. Please expand this aspect for the general reader. --184.97.150.154 (talk) 17:49, 21 November 2011 (UTC)