What makes people in Krakow look in the same direction?

The bugle call (hejnal) is played every hour from St. Mary's church tower and breaks off suddenly in commemoration of the heroic death of the city guard.

The history of the bugle call dates back to medieval years when the taller tower served as a watchtower and the guard used to give a call for opening and closing the city gates and gave an alarm in case of a coming danger.

Legend has it that in the thirteenth century during the attack of the Tartars, the guard facing the coming danger trumpeted to warn the Cracovians.

He did not finish the melody – shot by a Tartar arrow, died defending the city.