The history of Wroclaw dates back over a thousand years. The city was occupied by German forces during World War II and became part of Poland again in 1945 as part of the Recovered Territories Act.
Wrocław is a university city with a student population of over 130,000, making it arguably one of the most youth-oriented cities in the country of Poland.
In 1989, 1995 and 2019 Wrocław hosted the European Youth Meetings of the Taizé Community and hosted the Eucharistic Congress in 1997 and the 2012 European Football Championship. In 2016, the city was a European Capital of Culture and the World Book Capital. Also in that year, Wrocław hosted the Theatre Olympics, World Bridge Games and the European Film Awards. In 2017, the city was host to the IFLA Annual Conference and the World Games. In 2019, it was named a UNESCO City of Literature.
Wrocław is classified as a Gamma global city by GaWC. It was placed among the top 100 cities in the world for the Mercer Quality of Living Survey 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and in the top 100 of the smartest cities in the world in the IESE Cities in Motion Index 2017 and 2019 report. In February 2021, belonging to Financial Times – fDi Magazine published the report “Global Cities of the Future 2021/2022”, in which Wrocław was classified in 1st place among all medium and small cities in the world.
Pizza Hut at the Rynek
Wroclaw Airport
Eugeniusz Geppert Academy
Eugeniusz Geppert Academy
Exhibition Gallery
