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Wroclaw, Poland
Read my posts about the beautiful city of Wroclaw and some excellent places to visit in the city.


Japanese Garden in Wroclaw
Beautiful gardens in Wroclaw, near the Centennial Hall, with hundreds of plants, trees, flowers, bushes, and lovely lakes and sidewalks....

Boaz Albert
Oct 25, 20191 min read


Gross-Rosen concentration camp
The main camp of Gross Rosen was the head of a German network of Nazi concentration camps, which was consist of 100 subcamps in eastern...

Boaz Albert
Oct 25, 20191 min read


Church of Peace, Swidnica
This beautiful wooden Baroque church, listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO, was founded in 1657. The church was built in one year,...

Boaz Albert
Oct 25, 20191 min read


The underground city Osówka
At the end of 1943, the Nazis built a military complex in Lower Silesia as a part of Project Riese – the code name for constructing seven...

Boaz Albert
Oct 24, 20191 min read


The old narrow-gauge train station
A historic train station for the steam engine narrow-gauge railway. The station was built in 1899 and operated until 1951. The station...

Boaz Albert
Oct 24, 20191 min read


Wroclaw Town Hall
The old Gothic town hall stands in the middle of the market square, the Rynek, from the 13th century. It served the city council until it...

Boaz Albert
Oct 24, 20191 min read


Pan Tadeusz Museum
Pan Tadeusz Museum is a branch of the Ossolineum national institute and displays collections of the Ossolineum. One permanent exhibition...

Boaz Albert
Oct 24, 20191 min read


St. Mary Magdalene Church in Wroclaw and the Witches' Bridge
This gothic church from the 13th century is located near Rynek square. The church was hardly damaged during WWII and rebuilt from 1947 to...

Boaz Albert
Oct 24, 20191 min read


Wroclaw City Museum at the Royal Palace
The history museum is the main branch of the City Museum. It's located in the royal residence of the Prussian Hohenzoler kings from the...

Boaz Albert
Oct 24, 20192 min read


Zajezdnia (Depot) History Center in Wroclaw
A museum of the postwar history of Wroclaw and other areas that joined Poland after the second world war. The center is located in the...

Boaz Albert
Oct 24, 20191 min read


Dwarfs Gallery
The first dwarf figurine appeared on the street of Wroclaw in 2005. Since then, they became a tourist attraction, and their number grew...

Boaz Albert
Feb 1, 20191 min read


The Centennial Hall
Architect Max Berg designed this huge multi-functional building at the beginning of the 20th century to serve as a place for exhibitions,...

Boaz Albert
Sep 11, 20171 min read


Stare Jatki – The Butchers' Place
This medieval street used to be the butchers' place. Now the site is home to artists' studios and gift shops. A collection of Bronze...

Boaz Albert
Sep 11, 20171 min read


National Museum Wroclaw
The museum was established in 1947. It holds an extensive collection of contemporary art next to displays of Polish and European...

Boaz Albert
Sep 11, 20171 min read


Ossolineum
An old Polish library, founded in Lwów in 1817 by Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński and transferred partially to Wroclaw after WWII. Inside...

Boaz Albert
Sep 11, 20171 min read


Wroclaw Market Hall - Hala Targowa
The market is a large reinforced concrete building, built between 1906 and 1908. This is the building that inspired architect Max Berg to...

Boaz Albert
Sep 11, 20171 min read


Wrocław Multimedia Fountain
With 800 lights, 300 water jets, and 3 fire jets, this fountain is the most giant Multimedia Fountain in Poland. The harmony and...

Boaz Albert
Sep 11, 20171 min read


The Cathedral Island Wroclaw
A beautiful Island in the heart of Wroclaw, where the old city began to develop in the 9th century. It became a place of faith right from...

Boaz Albert
Sep 11, 20171 min read


Fortifications
While I was walking the city toward a museum or something, I ran into Wroclaw's old gothic defensive walls, dated back to the 13th...

Boaz Albert
Sep 11, 20171 min read


The Garrison Church Wroclaw
The Garrison Church is one of the most important icons of Wroclaw. The Gothic church was built in the 14th century. Since then, it was...

Boaz Albert
Sep 8, 20171 min read
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