Ragtime, Wroclaw

Advantages: Easy travel time from England 2 hours.
Disadvantages: Weekends are stag weekends for brits...............

...There was six of us in the group that had travelled to Wroclaw for 4 days. After a good flight and transfer to the hotel we were ready for a stroll. The town square was our first stop. On route to the square and just to the left of this picture is the two gnomes pushing and pulling a ball. This is one of the many gnomes in the city of Wroclaw and you can spend the day looking around the town for the others. We counted 12 but not sure if that ws the lot. There are more on the square but you have to look to find them and I will leave that to you on your visit. We stopped to have a beer......and had a choice of the local black beer, which was very nice. They seem to serve alot of the beer in a pint jug with a straw. On ordering you beer you also get a sanwich of dripping and the local sour bread, not for the figure consious. The buildings... Read review

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Advantages: sweet, picturesque
Disadvantages: cold!

...On arriving in the outskirts of Wroclaw, it looks grey and depressing. A mixture of the bad bits of Bristol and the old style Birmingham on a rainy day. Closer to the centre however, the town takes on a completely different approach. The cobbled streets and vibrant colours of the buildings squashed next to each other give it a childrens' TV - like appeal. Everything is packed close together so it doesn't take long to get from one area to another. Street dancers, buskers in full 16th Century costumes and entertainers are all out and desperate to impress. The general area is incredibly cheap and you can get a good meal for less than you would be able to in other areas of Poland. My tip: buy one of the hand painted postcards and send it home with a message saying, "the buildings really are this colour!"... Read review

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Advantages: City centre buildings, hidden gems, prices, people
Disadvantages: Try to imagine that you are in the 1930s and there are no disadvantages

...I have spent the last two weeks in Poland at an academic conference and summer school. The conference was in the city of Wroclaw in Western Poland. I was apprehensive about staying in Poland because a) I new very little about the country b) people who had been told me how poor it was On the positive side, I have a Polish friend who confirms all of the Polish stereotypes I've ever heard: he's built like an out-house, he is the friendliest, most dependable person I know and he likes a drink. Wroclaw is a large city, the capital of the department of Lower Silesia which has passed from Czech to German to Polish hands through the years. This has added to Wroclaw's charms. The suburbs of Wroclaw are dull, grey and concrete but there is an excellent public transport system (busses and trams) which can get you to the city centre... Read review

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