News & Views Directory 3
This is a full directory of all 266 articles about Wroclaw, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.
Nov.12.2009 | |
It seems the word is getting out about the unique atmosphere in our fair city. Interest in Wroclaw has once again been sparked in the UK as British newspaper Th... | |
Oct.29.2009 | |
In preparation for the Euro 2012 football championships, which will take place partly in Wroclaw, the city is searching for a unique name for the street on whic... | |
Oct.22.2009 | |
Last Wednesday the 21st, a 12 metre long fragment of wall was erected in the centre of the Wroclaw Market Square. Artists and passers-by were invited to take pa... | |
Oct.05.2009 | |
Wizz Air, one of Europe's leading budget airlines, will be opening its fifth operating base in Poland in Wroclaw. For travellers, this means that connections... | |
Oct.1.2009 | |
It wasn't easy, but after a long hard fight in Turkey, the Polish men's volleyball team have been crowned champions of Europe. The Polish team beat the French s... | |
Sept.08.2009 | |
The European basketball championships are now underway across Poland, where Wroclaw is one of the seven cities to host matches. Wroclaw's Centennial Hall will p... | |
Sept.01.2009 | |
Today, September 1st 2009, marks the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War. The most significant ceremonies marking the event are scheduled t... | |
Aug.24.2009 | |
Throughout its tumultuous history, Wroclaw has managed to produce and somehow retain (or skillfully rebuild) a startling amount of beautiful historic architectu... | |
Aug.23.2009 | |
Wroclaw's public transport system, the MPK, will be getting a few upgrades in the near future. The summer may be slowly winding down, but when the heat hits... | |
Aug.17.2009 | |
The western stretch of the Polish A4 highway, which starts at Krakow and runs westwards to the German border through Wroclaw, has officially opened. The fina... | |
Aug.03.2009 | |
Wroclaw's newest, and tallest resident has arrived from Copenhagen recently. A young male giraffe has joined the other animals at the Wroclaw Zoo, kicking off t... | |
Jul.28.2009 | |
One of Wroclaw's biggest annual festivals, the Era New Horizons Film Festival, is in full swing. The first film screening and concerts took place last weekend, ... | |
Jul.27.2009 | |
Michel Platini, president of UEFA, paid Wroclaw a visit this morning. The focus of his visit was to observe the state of the Wroclaw stadium's construction in a... | |
Jul.20.2009 | |
The city of Wroclaw has come up with a novel idea for making travel by public transport just a little more convenient. With the aid of 2D codes, you will now be... | |
Jun.28.2009 | |
If you're planning on wandering the streets of Wroclaw anytime soon, it looks like carrying an umbrella will be an absolute necessity. Nearly every day, the ski... | |
Jun.23.2009 | |
Poland's first 24-hour English language radio station is now on the air, and the best part? It's based in Wroclaw! The people at Radio Wroclove have put togeth... | |
Jun.15.2009 | |
As if we didn't have enough to admire already, Wroclaw has received yet another lovely new addition to its visual charms in the form of a giant multimedia fount... | |
Jun.11.2009 | |
You may be famimilar with the popular "Nights of Museums" event which takes place in cities all over Europe. Wroclaw however, is putting a new spin on the conce... | |
May.26.2009 | |
The city of Wroclaw is continuing on its path towards promoting a greener city with the purchase of a hybrid bus. The city plans on eventually purchasing 2 such... | |
May.14.2002 | |
An annual student project in Wroclaw named P.I.W.O. (piwo meaning beer in Polish), transformed a student dormitory building into a massive display on Tuesday. ... | |
May.13.2009 | |
Wroclaw has received confirmation that it will be a primary host city during the Euro 2012 football tournament. The city managed to prove itself over the last t... | |
May.07.2009 | |
Over 6000 guitar players landed in Wroclaw's main Market Square last weekend. Their aim? To break the Guinness world record of the largest group of guitarists p... | |
Apr.14.2009 | |
Wroclaw's 140 kilometres of bike paths not enough for you? In that case you'll definitely want to check out this weekend's Eska Fujifilm Bike Marathon. Wrocl... | |
Apr.08.2009 | |
Coffee lovers rejoice! Starbucks, the international purveyors of the coffeehouse experience, will be opening their second Polish location in Wroclaw on April 16... | |
Mar.10.2009 | |
Wroclaw has recently joined Warsaw and Krakow as the only cities in Poland to offer taxi services fully equipped to accommodate small children. Starting Marc... | |
Mar.06.2009 | |
Wroclaw has got a bit of a smelly problem. Until recently, the idea of collecting your pets' poop while on a walk was unheard of in Poland. And while times have... | |
Feb.17.2009 | |
The city of Wroclaw has introduced new regulations for bars and restaurants running summer patios on the Market Square - all awnings and umbrellas must be colou... | |
Feb.10.2009 | |
The cobblestones in and around the Old Town's Market Square are a vital part of the area's historic integrity but as those favouring sky-high heels will have no... | |
Jan.19.2009 | |
Ten years after his death, UNESCO has recognized the substantial artistic contribution of Jerzy Grotowski by naming 2009 the Year of Grotowski. Based in Wroclaw... | |
Jan.16.2009 | |
In January of this year, Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita named Wroclaw's region of Silesia (also home to the city of Katowice) as the region with the highest st... | |
Dec.11.2008 | |
As a former battleground in World War II, Wroclaw is still occasionally affected by the remains of its history and the battles fought on its ground. Yesterd... | |
Dec.09.2008 | |
One of Wroclaw's biggest art exhibitions of 2008 is now on display at the WRO Art Centre. Nam June Paik's "Driving Media" will showcase the influential artist's... | |
Nov.19.2008 | |
A man recently entered a bank in Wroclaw, and asked one of the employees about what might happen if he were to say he had a gun in his pocket, and that he would... | |
Nov.14.2008 | |
Previously a part of German territory, Wroclaw (then called Breslau) played a large part in the German defense against the Soviets, particularly in the great si... | |
Nov.06.2008 | |
Having been closed for renovations since October, the Wroclaw Aqua Park is re-opening for business this Thursday the 6th of November. The recreation, wellness, ... | |
Oct.14.2008 | |
On September 24th, German Chancellor Angela Merkel received an honorary doctorate from the University of Technology in Wroclaw. As the 60th recipient of the hon... | |
Sept.17.2008 | |
In one of the darkest stories to hit Polish headlines in recent times, a man dubbed as the "Polish Josef Fritzl" has been arrested for imprisoning, torturing an... | |
Sept.09.2008 | |
Around 60 people, 50 of them small children, were evacuated from a kindergarten in Wroclaw after staff found a grenade from World War II within the nursery scho... | |
Aug.14.2008 | |
As cultural events go I think we can all agree the bikini contest is the most exciting and stimulating of them all. Exhibitions, plays and concerts may tickle, ... | |
Aug.04.2008 | |
It was the Dalai Lama the other week, and now its Ronald Reagan's turn to be honoured in Wroclaw Poland. The popular former president of the USA was a staunch o... | |
Jul.22.2008 | |
The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, was made an honorary citizen of Wroclaw by city president Rafal Dutkiewicz earlier this year in recognitio... | |
Jul.18.2008 | |
Well we at the Wroclaw Life editorial office have known it for a while. Despite our distinct lack of talent and social graces even we managed to find work in th... | |
June.26.2008 | |
Starting this weekend on the 29th June, and carrying on throughout most of July, Wroclaw's most ambitious and prestigious festival is back to rock the city – Wr... | |
June.13.2008 | |
As good ideas go, they don't get much better than this one... the forward thinking people at Lemoniada nightclub have pulled out all the stops and landscaped a ... | |
May.14.2008 | |
"What has Jimi Hendrix got to do with Wroclaw Poland?" isn't the start of a bad joke, but a question many wayfarers may be prompted to ask when they hear about ... | |
Apr.16.2008 | |
Sculptures by the master of the surreal, Salvador Dali, are not what you expect to see when you go shopping in Lower Silesia, but nonetheless retail therapists ... | |
Mar.21.2008 | |
Waterbabies rejoice! The long awaited Wroclaw Aquapark has finally opened, offering visitors to the city the chance to make a big Silesian splash this Springtim... | |
Mar.13.2008 | |
...will be forever changed in Wroclaw once plans for a vast new music venue are realised in 2011. That's right, just days after a sparkling new Centre of the... | |
Feb.20.2008 | |
Great news for culture cats coming to the capital of Lower Silesia, a whole new bastion of the arts has just opened up its new centre for exploration. The WR... | |
Feb.15.2008 | |
Musical migrants will find a feast to savour in Wroclaw over the coming days. The 26th Festival of Contemporary Polish Music is getting into gear, with a host o... | |
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