Plan
Wrocław in three days
One theme a day, in an order you can change. Every stop links to its own page, and this page adds nothing to what those pages say.
Before day one
Wrocław Główny is the main railway station, a brick Neo-Gothic building of 1855–1857; its own page is Wrocław Główny. For the airport, the bus station, trams, buses and bikes, see getting around.
Day one
The Rynek and other buildings
Start on the market square. Each stop has its own page.
- Rynek Laid out after 1241 as the middle of the medieval town, with the Ratusz in the middle and the houses rebuilt after 1945.
- Ratusz The Old Town Hall on the Rynek: the seat of Wrocław's city council and courts, built in stages from the end of the 13th century into the 16th, now home to the Museum of Bourgeois Art.
- St Elizabeth The Gothic basilica by the Rynek, burned in 1975 and 1976 and rededicated on 31 May 1997.
- Hala Targowa The market hall: a brick building with two towers, whose roof rests on reinforced-concrete arches.
- Opera Wrocławska The theatre at Świdnicka 35, built in 1839–1841 as the city theatre and home to the Wrocław opera since 1945.
- White Stork Synagogue Built in 1827–1829, restored by 2010, and now both a place of worship and a cultural venue.
Day two
The river, the islands and east of the Old Town
The Odra splits around the centre, so this day follows the water, then turns to two places east of the Old Town.
- Islands & bridges How the Odra divides into branches, with six islands in the cluster by the Old Town, and how Ostrów Tumski fits in.
- Most Tumski The steel bridge of 1889 between Piasek island and Ostrów Tumski, once hung with couples' padlocks, which are now forbidden.
- Cathedral The Gothic Archcathedral of St John the Baptist on Ostrów Tumski, badly damaged in 1945 and rebuilt in the years after.
- University of Wrocław The Baroque main building on the bank of the Odra, built in 1728–1739, with a museum inside.
- Panorama Racławicka A painting 15 by 114 metres, made by Jan Styka and Wojciech Kossak for the centenary of the Kościuszko Uprising, shown in Lwów in 1894 and in Wrocław since 1985.
- Museum The National Museum in Wrocław, housed in a building put up in 1883–1886 as the seat of the Province of Silesia's administration.
Day three
The Centennial Hall and its surroundings
The Centennial Hall page names the Iglica, the Multimedia Fountain, the Japanese Garden and the Zoo as the places around the hall.
- Centennial Hall A reinforced-concrete hall designed by Max Berg, built in 1911–1913 and on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2006.
- Iglica The steel spire next to the Centennial Hall, built in 1948 for the Recovered Territories Exhibition.
- Multimedia Fountain A show of water, music and lighting at the Pergola, next to the Centennial Hall.
- Japanese Garden In Szczytnicki Park, near the Pergola by the Centennial Hall; made in 1913 and reopened in 1999.
- Wrocław Zoo Open to the public since 1865, close to the Centennial Hall, with the Afrykarium added in 2014.
Around the plan
For dishes and the places named for their history, see what to eat. For recurring events, see the year in Wrocław; check the organiser before you plan around any of them.