Travel Guide Europe Poland Wroclaw
Wroclaw is the capital city of the region of Lower Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated along the Oder river. With around 700,000 inhabitants in the city and over 1 million in the metropolitan area, it's the 4th largest city in the country.
Wroclaw is dived into 5 boroughs:
Wroclaw has a temperate continental climate. Summers last from June to August with average daytime temperatures between 23 and 26 degrees Celsius and nights of 12-15 degrees Celsius. Winters (December - February) average around 2-4 degrees Celsius during the day and a few degrees Celsius below zero at night. Most of the precipitation falls during the warmer summer months, winters are driest (combination of rain and snow), while spring and autumn fall in between those two regarding rainfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg Max | -1.2 °C | 0.3 °C | 8.6 °C | 13.6 °C | 19.4 °C | 22 °C | 23.8 °C | 23.9 °C | 19.1 °C | 13.8 °C | 7 °C | 3.6 °C |
| Avg Min | -7.5 °C | -6.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 2.8 °C | 7.4 °C | 10.8 °C | 12.4 °C | 12 °C | 8.8 °C | 4.6 °C | 0.2 °C | -2.4 °C |
| Rainfall | 27 mm | 23 mm | 30 mm | 37 mm | 57 mm | 79 mm | 91 mm | 64 mm | 51 mm | 38 mm | 37 mm | 34 mm |
| Rain Days | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 |
Copernicus Airport Wroclaw (WRO) offers a growing number of flights.
Ryanair has flights to/from Alicante, Barcelona-Girona, Bristol, Brussels, Dublin, Düsseldorf (Weeze), East Midlands, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Rome, Shannon and Stockholm.
Several other airlines serve a few more cities, including Munich, Oslo, Warsaw, Gdansk and Copenhagen.
Fast trains to Katowice (3 hours) depart every two hours or so. Most continue to Kraków (4,5 hours). There are at least half a dozen fast trains and also three express trains to Warsaw (5-6 hours). Some also stop at Lodz ( around 4 hours) en route. Wroclaw also has regular train links with Poznan (2-2,5 hours, roughly hourly), stopping en route in a few smaller cities like Jelenia Gora and Legnica.
Wroclaw is located just north of the main A4 highway corridor, running from the border with German (close to Legnica) in southeastern direction towards Krakow.
Trzebnica (40 minutes), Sobótka (one hour), Swidnica (1½ hours), Lubiaz (1½ hours) and Nysa (2 hours) have no train connections, and thus are best reached by bus. Warsaw (5-6 hours), Poznan (2,5 hours) and Bialystok (7 hours) have regular bus services but trains are more comfortable and convenient.
Eurolines has some international connections. Prague is just 4 hours away.
| Property | Address | Type | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. S. Apartaments | Rynek 18/4 | Apartment | - |
| Akira Bed & Breakfast | Plac Strzelecki 28 Wrocław | GUESTHOUSE | 86 |
| Avantgarde Hostel | Wroclaw Kosciuszki Street 55 | Hostel | 79 |
| Babel Hostel | Kollataja 16/3 Wroclaw | Hostel | 86 |
| Boogie Hostel | Ruska street 35 | Hostel | 87 |
| Centrum Hostel | ul. Sw. Mikolaja 16/17 | Hostel | 82 |
| Cinnamon Hostel | Str. Kazimierza Wielkiego 67 | Hostel | 90 |
| Dizzy Daisy Hostel | Plac Grunwaldzki 63 | Hostel | 78 |
| Hostel Europa | ul. Grabiszynska 61-65 Wroclaw | Hostel | 77 |
| Kolor Hostel | Kuznicza Street 65/5 WROCLAW | Hostel | 84 |
| Mleczarnia Hostel | ul. Wodkowica 5 | Hostel | 89 |
| Moon Hostel | 6-8 Krupnicza St., (entrance from 27 Kazimierza Wi | Hostel | 86 |
| Nathan's Villa Hostel Wroclaw | Ul. Swidnicka 13 | Hostel | 81 |
| Piast Hostel | 98 Pilsudskiego Street | Hostel | 73 |
| Polonia Hotel | 66 Pilsudskiego Street Wroclaw | Hotel | 81 |
| Royal Hostel | Kazimierza Wielkiego 27 Wrocław | Hostel | 84 |
| Wroclaw-City-Apartment Biskupia | Biskupia 7 Dluga 16c | Apartment | - |
| Tu i Teraz Hostel | Kazimierza Wielkiego 15 | Hostel | - |
| Hostel Cinema | K.WIELKIEGO 15 | Hostel | 86 |
| Boogie Deluxe | ul.Bialoskornicza 6 | Hostel | 91 |
| Hostel Kosciuszko | ul. Kosciuszki 12 | Hostel | 77 |
| Hotel Wieniawa | ul.Gajowicka 130 | Hotel | 83 |
| Hotel Podroznik | ul. Sucha 1/11 (Dworzec PKS) | Hotel | 78 |
| Central Station Hostel | Gwarna 19/9 | Hostel | - |
| Ale Hostel | Generała Tadeusza Kościuszki 55 | Hostel | 81 |
| One More Hostel | ul. Władysława Łokietka 5/2 | Hostel | 84 |
| Flower Power Hostel | al. Lipowa 15/2 | Hostel | 87 |
| Absynt Hostel | Antoniego 15 | Hostel | 81 |
| Green Hostel Wroclaw | Mickiewicza 4 | Hostel | 84 |
| Friends Hostel | ul. Ruska 49 | Hostel | 88 |
| The One | Rynek 30 | Hostel | 86 |
| Chopper Hostel | Kotlarska 42 | Hostel | 83 |
| Corner Hostel | Swidnicka Street 13 | Hostel | 91 |
| Bemma | ul. Sienkiewicza 2/1A | Hostel | - |
| 24W Eko Strachocin | ul. Zagrodnicza 16 | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| Apartment Kaszubska | Kaszubska 15 | APARTMENT | - |
| Cheap night stay | Kraszewskiego 20/28 50-229 Wroclaw | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| Odra River View | Wyszynskiego 144/9 | APARTMENT | - |
| Alien hostel Wroclaw | ul. Sienkiewcza 31 | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| Hostel Wratislavia | Komuny Paryskiej 19 | HOSTEL | 91 |
| Dizzy Daisy Hostel Wroclaw | Plac Grunwaldzki 65 | HOSTEL | 82 |
| Grampa's Hostel | pl sw Macieja 2/1 | HOSTEL | - |
| Big City Hostel | ul. Tęczowa 57 53-601 Wrocław | Hostel | - |
| Friends Fusion Apartment | Plac Solny 6/7 - 9 | APARTMENT | - |
| 24W Apartments | Plac Solny 14/7 | APARTMENT | - |
| Babylon Hostel Wroclaw | Plac św. Macieja 21/3b | HOSTEL | - |
| MoHo Modern Rooms and Apartments | Generala Wladyslawa Sikorskiego 11/1 | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| 24W endHotel | ul. Sosnowa 34 | HOTEL | - |
| Loft Hostel Wroclaw | Szybka 6 | HOSTEL | - |
| Villa Piemonte | ul. Józefa Mianowskiego 2351-605 Wrocław | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| Friends Apartment Royal | Plac Solny 8/9 - 7 | APARTMENT | - |
| 24W Przy Stadionie | ul. Trójkątna | GUESTHOUSE | - |
See also International Telephone Calls
Poczta Polska is the Polish public post service. Post offices are generally open from 8:00am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday. Some offices are open on Saturday until 2:00pm and the main post offices in major cities are open daily, 24 hours.
Services are generally ok, but don't expact it to be fast and it is not always reliable, though most letters, postcards and parcels will arrive at its destinations after a week or two. You can find the red post boxes dotted throughout the country. You can check this postal website to see how much sending a letter, postcard or parcels costs, both domestically as well as internationally.
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