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NOTE: We strongly reccommend visiting The Official Travel Guide in Wroclaw. 

ABOUT THE CITY

Wroclaw (Wrocław [′vrotswuv] in Polish) is the capital of the Lower Silesia region and one of the largest academic, scientific, business and cultural centers in Poland. The population of the city is of about 1 000 000 inhabitants (including 150 000 students of universities and colleges) and 190 000 refugees from Ukraine. It is a charming, 1000-year-old city located on the Odra River (with no less than 12 islands and 112 bridges), not far from the Polish-German and Polish-Czech borders. Its long history – as it is usual for border regions - is very complex and interesting, which is reflected in the beautiful architecture of the city.

Today, Wroclaw is a modern and rapidly developing city. Today, Wroclaw is a modern and rapidly developing city, selected as the European Best Destination 2018. It proudly hosted the Global Forum 2010, UEFA Euro 2012, FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship 2014, World Games 2017 and many other prestigious international events. In a ranking published by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Wroclaw was placed in the ninth category (Gamma) of cities of global importance. This is the second best result in Poland (after Warsaw). Wrocław was also ranked among the top 100 cities in the world by Mercer's "Best Cities to Live in" in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019, and among the top 100 smart cities in the world in the IESE Cities in Motion Index report in 2017 and 2019. It was the European Capital of Culture in 2016, has been a UNESCO City of Literature since 2019, and in February 2021 was ranked No. 1 in the "Global Cities of the Future 2021/2022" report  in the medium and small cities of the world category by fDi Magazine owned by the Financial Times.

With more than 30 universities and colleges, Wroclaw is one of the most popular places to live for high school graduates - not only from Poland, but also from other European countries and other continents. It is also one of the largest business, financial and R&D centers in Poland. Together with its surrounding region (Lower Silesia), it is one of the most popular locations in Poland for branches of the world's leading companies, such as Google, Nokia, Opera Software, Dolby, LG Electronics, Toshiba, Amazon, Ryanair, 3M, Henkel, BASF, Volkswagen, General Electric, Volvo, Whirlpool, Rigaku, Linde, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole, to mention only a few.