Botanical garden
by 7_seconds
This is a beautiful place to spend an afternoon. You can just sit by the pond, relax and enjoy. Quite peaceful place.
They have all kind of plants from all over the world. I even spotted one that my neighbour grows in her garden :)
They also have aquarium and.. well... everything what a typical garden has only this is one of the nicest ones I've seen :)
What a beautiful hospice!
by Mikebond
This hospice (that's a hospice, isn't it?) should lie near Ossolineum, although I am not sure about that. It looks very elegant and I suppose it is also very comfortable inside. I especially like the arch with the painting (I don't know who that woman is) and the spire. Very beautiful building, indeed.
St. John`s fair
by evona
Every year in June on the Solny Square there is the St. John`s fair. On the stalls you can buy jewelery, sweets, amber, handicraft, pottery, pictures ect.
This year I buy me this wanderful pendant: silver and turkuse. I pay 24 zl, about 6 Euro.
funny sculptures
by german_eagle
This group of funny sculptures is to find at the crossroad Pilsusiedzka/Swidnicka, right on the way from the train station to the old town. The idea behind this is "Transition" - something that Wroclaw certainly knows well, changing from a Polish town to German "Breslau" (with alternating rulers like Hapsburgs and Prussians), to the Polish city "Wroclaw", from the communist regime to democracy ...
The artist is Jerzy Kalina. Another of his "transition" works had been displayed first in Warszaw.
There's definitely a deeper meaning behind the group of sculptures, but I personally found it to be very funny how they seem to walk down imaginary stairs on one side of the street and reappear on the other side. Especially while I was impatiently waiting for the red light turning green ...
Fights from UK
by stevieUK
Just to point out that direct flights now go from the UK to Wroclaw. Rynair fly from Stanstead and can be picked up for a few pounds plus tax if booked well in advance. Be aware that 'London' Stanstead is nowhere near London really so plan ahead.