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Headliners for Jazz Nad Odra Festival Announced

Jan.30.2012

Details of the 48th edition of the Jazz Nad Odra (Jazz on the Odra) festival have been announced, including the festival's new dates: 18-22 April 2012. The fe...

February Friendly May Be Hosted in Wroclaw

Jan.27.2012

Following severe delays with the completion of the National Stadium in Warsaw, Wroclaw may take over duties as host for a football friendly scheduled to take pl...

Radiohead Guitarist and Penderecki Collaborate on New Album

Jan.23.2012

Polish modern classical music icon Krzysztof Penderecki has collaborated with guitarist of acclaimed British group Radiohead Jonny Greenwood in a new album. T...

Wroclaw Wins 2017 World Games Bid

Jan.16.2012

The city of Wroclaw has won its bid to host the World Games in 2017. With Cape Town having pulled out of the race due to financial reasons, Budapest was Wroclaw...

Poland Raises Millions at Charity Drive

Jan.9.2012

A record-breaking 40 million zloty (approximately 9 million euro) has been raised as part of Poland's annual Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOSP) fundr...

Enterprising Art Student Does A Banksy

Jan.4.2012

A student of Wroclaw's Academy of Art and Design recently hung up one of his own paintings at the city's National Museum, echoing a similar move by Bansky. ...

Wroclaw Rings in the New Year

Jan.2.2012

Wroclaw marked the end of 2011 and start of 2012 with its annual New Year’s Eve celebrations, right on the city’s Market Square. The party was broadcast on te...

Euro 2012 Draw Completed

Dec.5.2011

The Palace of Arts in Kiev has hosted the draw for the group stage of the Euro 2012 football championships taking place in Poland and Ukraine next year. From ...

Wroclaw to Host TEDx Event

Dec.1.2011

Wroclaw will host its own TEDx event, as part of the internationally recognized lecture series featuring a wide variety of creative minds, sharing some of their...

Christmas Market Opens

Nov.24.2011

The annual Christmas Market opens this weekend in Wroclaw on Swidnicka Street in the Old Town. Here you can find vendors from the region and beyond selling ha...

European Presidents Mark 200 Years of Wroclaw University

Nov.17.2011

The presidents of Poland, Ukraine, and Germany, have gathered in Wroclaw to mark the 200th anniversary of the prestigious Wroclaw University. Polish President...

A Month of Jazz with Jazztopad Festival

Nov.5.2011

One of the highlights of the annual culture calendar in Wroclaw kicks off this month - Jazztopad Festival, which translates roughly to Jazz-November and takes...

Wroclaw to Build Metro?

Nov.3.2011

Wroclaw is currently considering plans to build a metro system, alleviating its traffic problems which infamously placed the city in fourth place in a study o...

Ryanair Unveils Newest Base

Oct.28.2011

Budget airline Ryanair has announced that Wroclaw will serve as its 46th base with one plane permanently based in the city's airport. The changes will begin i...

Poland Re-Elects Civic Platform to Leadership

Oct.19.2011

Following vigorous campaigning from all sides, Poland went to the polls to elect its next government in a parliamentary election. The centre-right Civic Platfor...

Family Festivities to Celebrate Wroclaw Dwarves

Oct.3.2011

It only takes a few minutes to stumble across (sometimes quite literally) a mini statue of a dwarf, the most popular mythological creature in this part of Polan...

Wroclaw Philharmonic to Inaugurate 2011-12 Season

Sept.29.2011

The Wroclaw Philharmonic is preparing for the official inauguration of its 2011/2012 artistic season, scheduled for October 7 2011. The opening concert will tak...

Klitschko Beats Adamek in Wroclaw Fight

Sep.20.2011

The much anticipated fight between boxing champions Vitali Klitschko and Polish boxer Tomasz Adamek ended in the tenth round, when the referee stopped the fig...

Wratislavia Cantans Festival Underway

Sept.4.2011

One of Wroclaw's most anticipated musical events, the Wratislavia Cantans festival, is now underway. Led by artistic director Paul McCreesh, the festival tends ...

Contemporary Museum to Open in Temporary Home

Aug.31.2011

As it waits for the construction of a permanent home (to be completed in 2016), the Wroclaw Contemporary Museum will spend the next few years in an air-raid she...

Lower Silesian Film Centre to Open in September

Aug.19.2011

Wroclaw's newest addition to its already brimming film-related cultural offerings is the DCF, or Lower Silesian Film Centre, set to open after major renovatio...

Free Wifi in Central Wroclaw

Aug.11.2011

The city of Wroclaw continues to expand its wifi hotspots, which can be accessed for free by anyone with a laptop or wifi-ready device such as a mobile phone or...

Nowe Horyzonty Festival Prizes Awarded

Jul.31.2011

The Nowe Horyzonty Film Festival in Wroclaw drew to a close with a ceremony awarding all prizes to the week's most exceptional films. The jury handed the Grand ...

Wroclaw Works Toward Hosting 2017 World Games

Jul.29.2011

The city of Wroclaw is in the running to host the World Games in the year 2017. The World Games, as the name implies is an international event, with a focus o...

Nowe Horyzonty Festival Underway

Jul.26.2011

Arguably Wroclaw's most diverse and vibrant annual event, Nowe Horyzonty Festival, has kicked off ten days of film, art, and music. A film festival first a...

Friendly Robots Being Developed in Wroclaw

Jul.11.2011

The Wroclaw University of Technology is making waves internationally with its latest project, the development of a robot that can display emotion. The robot, na...

Registration Open for EU Culture Congress

Jul.4.2011

As Poland winds down its official celebrations for its undertaking of the EU Presidency, it's time to begin planning for the next big cultural event - the Europ...

Wroclaw Triumphant as 2016 European Capital of Culture

Jun.28.2011

Wroclaw is currently celebrating a great victory for the city, beating Warsaw, Gdansk, Lublin, and Katowice to win a nomination for the 2016 European Capital of...

Wroclaw Days in Full Swing

Jun.20.2011

The Wroclaw Days festival is in full swing as the city hosts countless concerts, workshops, performances, and open days in nearly every corner of the town. A fe...

One Year to Go Until Euro 2012

Jun.5.2011

This week Wroclaw will celebrate a momentous occasion, counting down only one year left to go until the UEFA Euro football championship in 2012, which will ta...

Simcha Jewish Culture Festival Underway

May.30.2011

The city of Wroclaw has a strong Jewish history, and with a resent surge in young Poles rediscovering and embracing their Jewish heritage, festivals of Jewish...

Wroclaw Preps City Bikes

May.21.2011

Getting around Wroclaw is about to get a whole lot easier, with the introduction of Wroclaw's newest mode of transportation - the NextBike public bicycle rental...

Wroclaw Mayor Tops Ranking Yet Again

May.11.2011

Wroclaw's mayor has once again topped Newsweek's annual ranking of Polish mayors. Now in his ninth year in the position, Rafal Dutkiewicz is clearly a popular p...

Over 5000 Guitarists Strum Hey Joe

May.2.2011

As is the annual tradition on Wroclaw's Market Square, thousands of guitarists - professional and amateur alike - gathered for yet another attempt to break th...

New Synagogue Wins Award

April.27.2011

The New Synagogue in Ostrow Wieklopolski, approximately 100 km north-east of Wroclaw, has been awarded "Facade of the Year" in a Poland-wide competition showcas...

Poland Marks Smolensk Anniversary

Apr.11.2011

Poland has marked the one year anniversary of the plane crash which killed the Polish president Lech Kaczynski along with his wife Maria and 94 government off...

Wroclaw Built on Ancient Cemetery?

Mar.30.2011

In what seems to confirm the hypothesis of Wroclaw's academics, the city of Wroclaw appears to have been built on an ancient cemetery. It was during digs on Kuz...

Thanks Jimi Returns to Wroclaw

Mar.23.2011

Every year, thousands of guitarists gather in Wroclaw’s market square in an attempt to break the Guinness world record for largest guitar ensemble. While last y...

Renovations and New Additions at the Wroclaw Zoo

Mar.09.11

One of Wroclaw's most popular family attractions, the Wroclaw Zoo, continues to enchant both adults and youngsters alike with its wide variety of creatures on d...

Euro 2012 Tickets on Sale

Mar.1.2010

Tickets are finally on sale for the Euro 2012 football championship, set to take place jointly in Poland and Ukraine. Wroclaw is one of the four Polish cities...

Carrier Pigeon Caper

Feb.25.2011

Police in the town of Chojnow have caught a 28-year-old criminal, charged with the theft of 60 carrier pigeons thought to be worth 30 000 złoty (approximat...

Wroclaw to host European Culture Congress

Feb.14.2011

Starting July this year, Poland will begin its six-month Presidency of the European Union. The most important cultural event associated with the Presidency is t...

Adamek to Fight Klitchko

Feb.6.2011

The scheduled fight between top Polish boxer Tomasz Adamek and current IBF/WBO champion Vladimir Klitchko, which we reported earlier this year, has been confi...

Iconic Centennial Hall Under Renovation

Jan.24.2011

One of Wroclaw's most recognizable structures, the Centennial Hall, known in Polish as Hala Stulecia or Hala Ludowa, is currently under extensive renovation. ...

Highest Distinction for Poet Szymborska

Jan.20.2011

Poland's highest state distinction, the Order of the White Eagle, was officially awarded to poet Wislawa Szymborska at a ceremony in the historic Wawel castle...

Adamek Prepares to Fight Klitchko in Wroclaw

Jan.13.2011

In September of this year, Wroclaw will host the first ever world heavyweight boxing championship in Poland, between top Polish boxer Tomasz Adamek and curr...

Step Closer for John Paul II's Beatification

Jan.4.2010

Poland's beloved Karol Wojtyla, known for much of his life as Pope John Paul II, is on the road to sainthood according to an Italian newspaper called Il Giornal...

Heated Benches Warm Up Wroclaw

Dec.29.2010

The city of Wroclaw has taken an usual approach this winter in making its streets more welcoming for pedestrians and locals in freezing temperatures. To combat ...

Composer Penderecki Awarded Master Title

Dec.21.2010

Modern Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has been awarded the title of Master from the Wroclaw-based Lower Silesian Chamber of Craft. The regional associatio...

Biggest Snowman Built Outside Wroclaw

Dec.16.2010

Poland can now not only boast the largest statue of Jesus in the world (in the town of Swiebodzin), but the residents of the south-western village of Pierwoszow...

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Headliners for Jazz Nad Odra Festival Announced
Details of the 48th edition of the Jazz Nad Odra (Jazz on the Odra) festival have been announced, including the festival's new dates: 18-2...