WroTU! / The city atlas
Wrocław has more stories to tell.
Look past the postcard sights. Follow the details in a brick tower, a Market Square façade or a story carried here from Lviv. Pick a trail, or see where curiosity takes you.
Stories to explore: 13 · one city, many angles
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Wrocław facts worth following up
1904–1905 / BOREKA water tower with a castle silhouette
Borek Water Tower rises 62 metres above the street. Its brickwork gives you a quick lesson in how engineering shaped the city.
Explore the tower1956 / MARKET SQUAREA monument with a journey behind it
Aleksander Fredro’s statue once stood in Lviv. It reached Wrocław after the war and took its place in the Market Square in 1956.
Follow the Lviv connection1945 / GRUNWALDZKIAn airstrip cut through the city
Buildings around today’s Plac Grunwaldzki were cleared during the siege for a makeshift airstrip. The space has changed again since.
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History & memory
A timeline of change, from early Wrocław to 1945, the post-war years and the links with Lviv.
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Places & walks
Look closer at the streets: brickwork, façades, legends and places worth exploring on foot.
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People & culture
The people and screen stories that help you read the city in a new way.
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City life & numbers
How Wrocław works today, from good meeting places to the numbers behind the headlines.
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More than a quick fact
A different way to meet Wrocław
Wrocław makes more sense when you connect its layers: the old and new names, buildings that survived or changed, flea-market finds, screen stories, and the everyday life behind the numbers. Start with whichever article catches your eye, then follow another thread through the city.
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