Hydropolis Water Knowledge Centre in Wrocław

Racławice Panorama

Lower Silesian

60–90 min

1.2 km

The Racławice Panorama is a monumental painting displayed in a rotunda where the canvas and constructed foreground create the illusion of standing inside a battle. It depicts the Polish victory at Racławice in 1794, while the visit also te…

Wrocław Archcathedral

Lower Silesian

1.4 km

**The Archcathedral of St John the Baptist in Wrocław** is one of the key landmarks of Cathedral Island and one of the city’s most distinctive Gothic buildings. The present church was built in the 13th and 14th centuries on the site of ear…

Centennial Hall

Lower Silesian

60–120 min

1.4 km

The Centennial Hall (German: Jahrhunderthalle) is a Wrocław icon of modernism and one of the boldest works of 20th-century architecture. Built in 1911–1913 to a design by Max Berg, it stunned its contemporaries with a reinforced concrete d…

Japanese Garden in Wrocław

Lower Silesian

90–120 min

1.7 km

Wrocław’s Japanese Garden was created for the 1913 World Exhibition and still works through composition: water, stone, plants, bridges and the rhythm of its paths. It is not a park for a long hike, but a place for a slow, attentive walk. #…

Wrocław Dwarfs

Lower Silesian

1.8 km

The smallest inhabitants of Wrocław have their own trail, a mobile app and a crowd of fans: dwarf figurines have been appearing in the city since **2001** and today there are nearly **1000** of them. They stand on streets and pavements, cl…

Wrocław Market Square

Lower Silesian

1.9 km

Wrocław Market Square is one of the largest medieval squares in Europe: **204 by 170 metres**, **3.64 ha** of buildings around a central block with the Gothic Town Hall. The city was founded around **1232** by Henry the Bearded, and the fi…

University of Wrocław

Lower Silesian

45–90 min

2.0 km

The main building of the University of Wrocław, known as the Leopoldina, is one of the most beautiful Baroque academic buildings in Europe. Emperor Leopold I founded the university in 1702 as a Jesuit college, and the grand edifice on the…

House under the Golden Sun

Lower Silesian

2.0 km

House under the Golden Sun in Wrocław offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays bring together local objects, artworks and stories connected with the place, making it a natural addition to a city…

Garrison Church in Wrocław

Lower Silesian

2.1 km

**The Garrison Church in Wrocław**, the Minor Basilica of St Elizabeth, dominates the western side of the Market Square. For centuries the Gothic church served the city’s patricians; today it belongs to a military-civil parish. Its main vi…