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Wrocław

A city of bridges, islands and little bronze dwarfs.

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📷 Andrzej Otrębski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Wrocław is a lively university city on the Oder, with more than a hundred bridges and a colourful market square.

The story of Wrocław

See the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice, a round painting you stand inside, and the National Museum next door. Walk to Ostrów Tumski, where a lamplighter still lights gas lamps by hand at dusk. Hunt for the bronze dwarfs hidden all over town, and visit the University's baroque Aula Leopoldina.

  • 2016European Capital of Culture
  • 100+bridges and footbridges

Wrocław through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 1945The city is besieged for almost three months.See it: Museum of Wrocław

What to do in Wrocław

  1. 01

    Panorama of the Battle of Racławice

    A giant round painting from 1894.

    Wrocław1 hour
  2. 02

    National Museum in Wrocław

    Medieval Silesian art and Polish painting.

    Wrocław2 hours
  3. 03

    Museum of the University of Wrocław

    The baroque Aula Leopoldina.

    Wrocław1 hour
Getting there

Getting to Wrocław

Almost every museum is easy to reach by public transport.

Getting around Wrocław

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

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Hidden story

Dwarfs and the Orange Alternative

Wrocław's dwarfs began as a protest.

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In the 1980s an artist-led protest movement, the Orange Alternative, painted dwarfs on walls where the communist police had painted over anti-government slogans. In 2001 the first bronze dwarf was placed on Świdnicka Street in their memory. Today there are hundreds, each with a name and a job.