A city braided from one river.

A dozen islands · 100+ bridges · 1,000 years. Start anywhere — the current connects it all.

A map of Ostrów Tumski, the cathedral island, drawn as river contours and bridges.
  • Wyspa Piasek
  • Most Tumski
  • Ostrów Tumski

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The river is the quickest way to read the city.

The Odra braids into about a dozen islands here, crossed by more than a hundred bridges. A thousand years sit on them — the cathedral on Ostrów Tumski, the market square, the university — and the water is still the shortest line between any two of them.

Dwarfs are hiding in this city

Small figures of dwarfs, the krasnale, are placed around Wrocław, and each one has its own name.

Meet the dwarfs →