Wroclaw

A cover from Wroclaw in Poland 🇵🇱 

Wroclaw- European Capital of Culture 2016

designer: Aleksandra Pietrzak

Date of issue - 15.01.2016

A stamp issued on the occasion of the event Wroclaw, the European capital of culture 2016. To prepare an artistic program, the city of Wrocław invited 8 curators, from eight arts. The cultural exposition was carried out in the following fields: architecture, literature, film, music, performance, opera, visual arts, theater. Wroclaw has gained new, smaller cultural centers such as the recently opened Fama Library and Cultural Center Psi Pole., The National Music Forum, Nowe Żerniki WUWA2 housing estate.

Wrocław is one of the oldest and the most beautiful cities in Poland. Situated at the foot of the Sudetes, by the Oder river, criss-crossed by its numerous tributaries and channels, it is an exceptional city of 12 islands and more than 100 bridges.

       

The walls are steeped in the city’s rich and turbulent history. Ostrów Tumski, “the Cathedral Island”, one of the most beautiful surviving sacred architecture sites in Europe, is a reminder of the early Middle Ages. The Wrocław city hall is counted among the most splendid Gothic-Renaissance buildings in Central Europe. The large market square, enclosed by impressive tenement houses, after a thorough renovation in 1997 is without a doubt the most beautiful in Poland and one of the most beautiful in Europe.

       

The city also boasts many green spaces, starting with Promenady Staromiejskie (Old Town Promenades) in the city centre and more than 14 parks and gardens further in. The Botanical Garden, with its beautiful flower garden, orangery, rock garden and cactus greenhouse, as well as the Zoological Garden, funded in 1865, are both perfect places for taking a walk. Park Szczytnicki, too, will surprise you with an exceptional attraction: an original Japanese Garden. 

A postcard showing the Wroclaw Dwarfs 

Wrocław’s dwarfs are small figurines (20-30 cm) that first appeared in the streets of Wrocław, Poland, in 2005. Since then, their numbers have been continually growing, and today they are considered a tourist attraction: those who would like to combine sight-seeing in Wrocław with "Hunting for dwarfs" are offered special brochures with a map and mobile application software for smartphones.

A postcard showing Postal museum , Wroclaw 

Housed inside 1929's former Central Post Office, this magnificent building was one of the first high-rises in Wrocław and is easily recognisable from the Old Town thanks to the crown of satellite dishes on its roof. Today it houses one of the city's most idiosyncratic and fascinating museums, displaying the complex history of Poland's postal service and the development of communications technology from the 16th century to the present day. Over two floors you'll see a wealth of paintings and graphics, postage stamps, mailboxes, mail carriages, uniforms, decorative letter scales, and other instruments including early telegram machines, telephones, radios, and computers

Thanks Wojtek for the wonderful tour of Wroclaw !