It features articles about politics, business, economy, popular history, culture, society and sports, entertainment, as well as advertising.

In 1981 the newspaper Krakowska became an icon of unbiased, independent information about the Solidarity movement, serving as popular platform for conveying striking workers' demands as well as the political commentaries against the official communist party line.

At that crucial period in Polish postwar history, Maciej Szumowski served as its editor-in-chief.

At first, the newspaper was part of a publishing conglomerate owned by the Polish United Workers' Party.

Since 15 October 2007, Krakowska appears within the national newspaper chain called "Polska (dziennik)".