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Wrocław The city of bridges, full of history and countless monuments. This is the place where the Odra River creates picturesque canals and the charming figures of Krasnali accompany us at every step. In this video we will see the historic Wrocław market, we will walk on picturesque streets, we will go to the viewing points and we will get to know the fauna of Africa. We will dive into the story of the beginnings of water and its role on earth, we will rest in beautiful gardens and we will visit the art gallery, both under the roof and in the fresh air. Wrocław hides many interesting places and everyone will definitely find something for themselves here. We invite you to Wrocław. We will start visiting Wrocław on the market, which is one of the most beautiful and largest markets in Poland. It is surrounded by 60 colorful tenement houses, which have original names and which were used by the residents before the tenement houses were numbered. They come, for example, from the founder's hut or another characteristic element of the facade. The most popular tenement houses on the Wrocław market are, among others, the tenement house under the blue sun, under the seven electors, under the griffins, as well as the tenement house under the golden sun, in which the Museum of Mr. Tadeusz with the original manuscript of the Polish National Epoch is located. It is also worth paying attention to the facade of one of the tenement houses, on which we will find a painted window, which makes the symmetry of the building preserved. The most characteristic tenement houses that are located near the market are two medieval tenement houses called Jaś and Małgosia. They look like a couple holding hands and are historical remains of the gate, which led to the pre-church cemetery, liquidated in the 18th century. Despite the passage of time, you can still find the inscription there Passing through the gate, we will reach the Gothic Basilica of St. Elżbieta, which can be visited. At the 75-meter tower of the church there is a viewpoint, from which you can see the historical center beautifully. Let's go back for a moment to the market that is alive. Here, there is the Old Town Hall, which is one of the best-preserved historical town halls in Poland. This impressive late-Gothic building was built in stages from the 13th to the 16th century. Today, the Museum of Urban Art is located in its interior, which includes collections from the earliest times to the present. In the basement of the Old Town Hall there is the Świdnicka cellar, one of the oldest restaurants in Europe, operating since 1273. Being on the market, it is also worth paying attention to Pręgierz, which stands in front of the Old Town Hall, and the monument of the comedy writer Aleksandra Fredry, Next to the market is the Solny Square, which was a trading place. Salt and many other goods were sold here, and now there is a flower market here, where you can buy flowers, at any time of the day and night. Wrocław is known as the city of Krasnali. In the 1980s, the first figures appeared here, smiling from the bushes, orange hats, holding flowers in their hands. They were the work of the Orange Alternative movement, which in this way protested against the communist regime. The drawings were placed on the walls, on the paint spots, which were created after the government painted anti-socialist slogans and inscriptions. In 2005, the sculptures of Krasnali became an integral part of the streets of Wrocław. To see them, you don't have to work hard, because their number increases year by year, and there are currently several hundred of them. On the Wrocław market and in its nearest area, you can see the most figures of Krasnoludki, including the monument to Pope Krasnal. Following the Krasnali Trail is a good idea for a trip with children. The Pokłotnic Bridge is a footbridge connecting two towers of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, which is 45 meters high. It is one of the best viewing points for a historical center, which is associated with certain legends. One of them says that in the evenings you can see the souls of young women on the bridge, who, instead of marrying and taking care of the house, preferred to have fun. The second one comes from the dark times of witch hunting. According to the legend, if the accused woman managed to cross the bridge, she was considered to have a pact with the devil and sentenced to death. However, if she fell from it, she was acquitted. To enter the Pokłotnic Bridge, you need to buy a ticket and climb almost 250 stairs. The interior of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene can be visited for free. The shopping mall was built at the beginning of the 20th century in a neo-Gothic style and since then it has acted as a trading place. It is still a popular place where you can buy various goods. The shopping mall offers a wide range of fresh fruits and vegetables, dozens of types of cheeses, freshly roasted coffee beans and many other products. The Racławice panorama is the largest existing image in Poland. It is 15 meters high and 114 meters long. It represents the victorious battle of the Poles against the Russians near Racławice in April 1794. The Racławice panorama was created in Lviv on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Kościuszko Insurrection. It was painted by a group of painters under the direction of Jan Styki and Wojciech Kossak. The work was placed in a specially built rotunda, and the three-dimensional effect was achieved by combining an oil painting, appropriate perspective, decorative elements and special lighting. The Racławice panorama surprises with the size and realism of the scenes presented. To feel even better in the atmosphere of those events, the whole staging is explained by the reader. In the National Museum in Wrocław we will find a rich collection of art from the Middle Ages to modern times. You can see here, among others, works by Matejko and other paintings, as well as artistic installations, examples of crafts and costumes, and gothic tombstones, stained-glass windows and hundreds of other works. Several exhibitions were organized in the National Museum, such as an exhibition entitled Wonders of the Creator, a gallery of Polish art, European art, Silesian art and a collection of medieval art, as well as a contemporary exhibition. Ostrów Tumski is the historical and oldest part of Wrocław, whose history dates back to the 10th century. This area was once an island near the mouth of the Oława River. Since the 19th century, it is no longer an island, but it is still run by bridges, the most famous of which is the Tumski Bridge. The Tumski Bridge connects Piasek Island with Ostrów Tumski. For many years it was called the Bridge of the Fallen. Until 2019, padlocks with the initials of the Fallen were hung on it. After the renovation, the padlocks could no longer be hung on the bridge, so they moved to the nearby Piotr Włostowicz Boulevard on Piasek Island. Ostrów Tumski is currently primarily sacred. The most impressive building is the Archdiocese of St. John the Baptist. It is considered the first fully Gothic temple on Polish soil. From the cathedral tower at a height of 97 meters, the panorama of Wrocław spreads out. You can take the elevator to the top. Ostrów Tumski also hides many other monuments, such as the Church of St. Marcin and the Church of St. Idzieg, which is the oldest church in Wrocław. It is also worth paying attention to the Gothic Collegiate of St. Cross and St. Bartholomew, in front of which there is the largest monument in the world of John the Baptist. It is worth knowing that the Archdiocese Museum on Ostrów Tumski preserves the Henryk book from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, in which the first sentence is written in Polish. The Botanical Garden in Wrocław was founded in 1811 and is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Poland. In the 19th century, many innovations were introduced, including geographical groups, exposition of plant and mine resources. Unfortunately, during the Second World War, the resources of the garden were seriously destroyed. In May 1945, the Botanical Garden was reopened for visitors. Today it occupies almost 7.5 hectares and gathers nearly 11.5 thousand plants and their varieties. The best time to visit the garden is the period from May to the end of the holiday. Then you can see the plants in full bloom. The Botanical Garden in Wrocław is a perfect place for a walk among beautiful plants. We are in the district of Nadodrze, where you can see ordinary, old and scratched tenement houses. Their yards, however, hide colorful murals that create art galleries in the fresh air. To see the colorful yards, you must go to Roosevelt Street and enter through one of the gates to the interior of the estate. The destroyed walls of the buildings were revived with colorful images, characters from fairy tales, reproductions of famous works of art, as well as portraits of residents and their animals. The idea for a colorful yard was born in 2013 thanks to the painter Mariusz Mikołajk, who started painting portraits of residents of Roosevelt Street. A year later, together with other artists and residents, he initiated the project Podwórko Atelier Sztuki. Hydropolis is a modern educational center dedicated to water issues. It is located in a historical underground building on clean water from the 19th century, which covers an area of 4,600 square meters. Just before entering the building, you can see an impressive over 40-meter water printer, which creates decorative water curtains. However, the biggest impression is made by the main part of the exhibition, i.e. a room with a panoramic 360-degree screen, which allows you to immerse yourself in a story about the beginnings of water and its role on Earth. Each room in Hydropolis is equipped with interactive boards presenting information about the most important discoveries in the underwater world, the properties of water and its use by man. At the exhibition, you can admire dozens of models of ships, boats and other constructions. Several cinema rooms can also be seen here, where you can watch thematic films. Zoo in Wrocław is the oldest zoo in Poland, its history dates back to 1865. However, the most impressive thing is the part of the Wrocław Zoo that was created much later, in 2014, i.e. the modern pavilion Afrykarium, which is dedicated only to the fauna of Africa. Afrykarium is a complex of 21 swimming pools in which several thousand fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals live. It is the first oceanarium in the world to present the fauna of one continent, Africa. It presents a variety of six regions of the Red Sea, East Africa, the Mozambique Canal, the Skeletal Coast, the Okavango Swamp and the Congo Jungle. The Wrocław Zoo stretches over an area of about 33 hectares and is home to about 12,000 animals representing over 1100 species. Due to the abundance of attractions, it is worth booking at least three hours from the Wrocław Zoo. Hala Stulecia is one of the most important works of architecture of the 20th century, which was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is 42 meters high and 67 meters in diameter. At the time of its construction, this hall had a velvet cover of the largest in the world. The designer of the spectacular sports hall was the Wrocław architect Max Berg. Its construction was associated with the organization of the exhibition of the century, which commemorated the century of the response of Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm III, calling for widespread resistance against Napoleon. In the period of the People's Republic of Poland, the name of the object was changed to the People's Hall. Next to the Hala Stulecia you can see a multimedia fountain with an area of ​​about 1 hectare and which is the largest of this type of attraction in Poland. From May to October, exhibitions with various types of music are held here every day. The entrance to the exhibition is free. The Wrocław fountain is surrounded by a historic pergola, which consists of over 700 columns covered with vineyards, which is a great place for a walk. In the nearby neighborhood of the fountain there is a pavilion of four domes in which the Museum of Contemporary Art and Iglica are located, which was built in 1948 and was one of the objects prepared for the exhibition of the recovered lands. Iglica is over 90 meters high and weighs 44 tons. The Szczytnicki Park is one of the largest parks in Wrocław. Its area is about 100 hectares. It is located in the former village of Szczytniki and this is where its name comes from. The main attraction of the Szczytnicki Park is the Japanese Garden created in 1913 during the exhibition organized in Wrocław. The Japanese Garden was designed in accordance with the principles of the creation of oriental gardens. You enter its area through the gate, and then the path leads among the exotic plants to the pond located in the very center. It is a perfect place for a afternoon walk, especially in late spring. The entrance to the garden is free. A unique place in the Szczytnicki Park is also a several hundred-year-old wooden church dedicated to St. John Nepomucen. In Wrocław pod Nasypem there is a unique industrial space consisting of premises located under the railway viaduct just a few minutes from the Wrocław Główny station. Trains passing over them add to this place a unique character. Pod Nasypem is a place where the life of Wrocław gastronomy takes place. Hidden under the viaduct, climatic bars, pizzerias and various restaurants and shops attract both residents and tourists. Sky Tower is the first skyscraper in Wrocław and the tallest building in the city. It is 212 meters high and on the 49th floor there is a viewing point. Tickets for the viewing terrace are worth buying earlier, e.g. via the Internet. Entrances to the 49th floor are held every 30 minutes. Through the windows of the Sky Tower viewing point a beautiful panorama of Wrocław You can see the western and northern part of the city perfectly from it, but not only. Through the high windows you can also see the Ślęże Mountains and at the right weather also Chełmiec and Śnieżkę. We hope that with this film you will plan a successful trip to Wrocław. We encourage you to subscribe to the Poznaje Kraje channel to stay up to date with our next films.