This is why you NEED to visit Wroclaw | Poland's BEST City (VLOG)
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- Discover why Wroclaw, Poland is a must-visit city in this exciting vlog! Join me as we explore the best sights and experiences that this beautiful city has to offer. From its stunning architecture and rich history, to its vibrant food and cultural scenes, you'll see why Wroclaw is considered one of Poland's best cities. Don't miss out on this travel guide to Wroclaw, and I'm sure by the end of this video you'll want to visit too!
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Here are some experiences you may want to book if you are visiting Wroclaw😇:
Old Town Guided Walking Tour: gyg.me/6XSqQSzu
Pub Crawl: gyg.me/fJl4t5Gl
Lower Silesia + Ksiaz Castle Tour: gyg.me/IQS9IrmY
WW2 + Project Riese Tour: gyg.me/OcTRXuuE
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As always, a huge thanks to Scott Buckley for his incredible compositions, used in this video:
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Here are some experiences you may want to book if you are visiting Wroclaw😇:
Old Town Guided Walking Tour: gyg.me/6XSqQSzu
Pub Crawl: gyg.me/fJl4t5Gl
Lower Silesia + Ksiaz Castle Tour: gyg.me/IQS9IrmY
WW2 + Project Riese Tour: gyg.me/OcTRXuuE
In my opinion, Wrocław is currently the most beautiful large city in Poland.
I used to live in wroclaw past six month AND IT WAS AMAZING, I loved it so much, but I had to go back in canada, and honestly after seeing all that beauty, our cities look very dissapointing, especially the amount of highways and UNWALKBE streets, veeery sad..
Glad to hear you enjoyed your time in Wrocław, it’s quite a different alternative to here in England too 😊
I lived there for 10 months, I returned last year to my country and since then I am dreaming to be back this place. One of the beautiful cities I’ve been to, I was feeling like I’m home even tho I an a foreigner.
Thats interesting what you just said, especially last sentence. Amazing how overall city vibe affects us
I was born in Wroclaw and used to live there for 27 years. Thank you for reminding me how beautiful it is!
Funnily both one of the oldest and newest Polish city. It used to be (after a Polish beginning) Bohemian, then Habsburg [1526-1740], Prussian and finally German under the name Breslau. It was for a long time German-speaking like most of Lower Silesia. Upper Silesia was always more slavic.
Was born there but sadly haven’t been back in Poland for over 40 years now.. lot of great memories as a kid..
Two IMO important notes and additions to the content:
1. The fact that "lot of people are moved in from western Poland and Ukraine" to Wrocław resulted from the decision of the Big Three - Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin - at the conferences in Teheheran, Yalta and corrections in Potsdam (already without Roosevelt). Poles and Germans were not asked for their opinion. As a result of the Allied decision, a large part of the territory in the east was taken from Poland (with cities such as Lviv and Vilnius) and as compensation Poland got territories in the west (and the cities of Wrocław, Szczecin and Gdańsk, or more precisely what was left of them after the war)
2. The amber route was created not 600-700 years ago, but in the times of the Roman Empire, i.e. over 1000 years earlier. The fact is that the development of Wrocław in the Middle Ages resulted, among others, from the fact that in Wrocław the Amber Route crossed the Via Regia, the route leading from Spain to Kiev and further to the Silk Road.
Thank you for your informative comment Thomas 😊
💛👍 To też kiedyś były polskie tereny, potem trzy rozbiory, gdzie inni decydowali za nas Polaków. Od setek lat okupują nas obcy. Mam nadzieję, że wreszcie skończą się ich rządy, okradanie i wszelkie nierządy. Pozdrawiam.💛😁
@@martaniewiadomska1291 Odkąd nie mamy ruskiego buta na karku idzie nam jako tako, trzeba zauważyć.
@@skuadak2 Tak, spłaciliśmy aż z naddatkiem jednego, odbudowaliśmy w międzyczasie zrujnowaną Polskę od podstaw, dla następnego buta, który był tu zagnieżdżony od wieków. Teraz już nie jesteśmy potrzebni, doił nas z naszej krwawicy, teraz chce odebrać resztę razem z naszym życiem. Przykre. Może właśnie ze strony nowego ruskiego "buta" możemy liczyć na pomoc?...
@@skuadak2 Pozdrawiam.🌿☀️
I can't wait to go here in july 🇩🇰❤🇵🇱
My grandmother was born here. When she was 13, placed on a ship for NYC alone. She spoke broken English. I was so young. Wish had been mature enough to ask questions.
Touching story, I’m guessing she was sent before the war? Shame you didn’t get to speak about it with her much
They celebrate Christmas much longer in central and eastern Europe. Hence they keep trees up longer.
what kind of story is this? I guess, you think of Orthodox Chrtistians in Eastern Europe which use the Julian calender.
But Poland is Central Europe, catholic and uses the Gregorian calender like most of the world. Though it is not uncommon to leave winter light decorations in Central Europe until Candlemas, which is the 2nd of February (or Groundhog Day for Americans).
@@henningbartels6245 Christmas decorations in Polish cities are often kept up until the last day of carnival. pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostatki
8:50 I live in Wroclaw for a full academic year 2016-2017 and I walked to and from the University through that place every day. Definitely the best part of the city. Away from city traffic, no car noises, beautiful architecture and buildings and deep history. I really wanna go back and live there.
This city looks interesting. Your drone shots are always amazing.
Glad you like them 😇
Been 6 times. A lot better than Krakow. It's not been hit by the strip clubs and mafia yet. Keep it secret because they'll come with the tourists. Great eating and drinking city which wasn't really touched on. University city so lots of cheap but good bars. I recommend everyone to try this city and to explore explore explore
do you remember any of the bars' names to recommend?
@@marileta5029 Caravan (krvn) and all places on Świętego Antoniego (street) day or night. Charlotte and the places in 'pasaz pokoyhof' also Dr Beer, Iggy pizza etc... The rest you'll have to discover for yourself
thank you a lot😊
I'm off to wroclaw next week may the 8th by myself and will definitely go to a few of these sights I've been to krakow poznan and gdansk and amazed by the beauty and how affordable the country is
That’s fantastic Robert, have a cracking time!
I will go and check it out , I never knew it’s so beautiful places in Poland
Yes, Wroclaw and Gdansk are beautiful!
@@BenRobson123not only they both 😉
People from Western and Western Europe do know nothing as usual, especially about East Europe.
Thanks. One of my favourite cities.
Beautiful shots! Well done👌🧸🇵🇱💌
Oh yes - love your travel vlogs ❤
Thanks, great to see you back!😁
I was there at the start of march and its defo one of the best places ive ever been to. Great people, great food and very cheap!
Looking forward to visiting in June 😊
Finally, a new video! Glad to see you having fun on another adventure. Can't wait for the next video 🤓
Thanks Amal, much appreciated. Few more coming soon hopefully, very busy with uni work at the moment though 😢
My home town. Love it. Greetings from Down Under.
Gorgeous
What a great video! I really love the colours and style of the buildings and they look beautiful even with the dull skies and the gnomes are such a clever idea. Congratulations on 1k Ben - well deserved 🤗🤗
Thank you very much Chloe!☺️
what a beautiful city, have to visit Poland one day. Congratulations on the 1K subs btw!
Thank you mate, can always count on you for the support ❤️
Interesting video Ben. I stayed in Wroclaw last September right by St John's cathedral and had a view across the river from my hotel room. Such an amazing city, really underrated and not many tourists compared to other Polish city's👍
Absolutely, thanks David. In January, understandably there weren’t many tourists at all. I felt like I was the only one at times!
Interesting video nice city
Nice report. Gonna visit soon
Great videos. Deserves a lot more views. Keep up the great work
Thank you so much 🙏
Your vlogs are solid, greetengs form Gdańsk!
Thank you my friend, Gdańsk is a beautiful city too!
I was in Wrocław at this exact same time, for the first time. I needed to have a video like this to get me ready, but I was in the same area to perform at a concert. Great video! I am now a subscriber.
Oh wow imagine that!😄 Was it where the stage was in the Old Town Square? thank you 😊
@@BenRobson123 I performed at a concert venue called The Stary Klasztor in downtown Wrocław for a Blues Brothers / Motown Music Review & Carnival Party 🎉 I absolutely loved my experience, and will return this weekend to sing at the Vertigo Jazz Club which is also in downtown Wrocław. I found this video here on TH-cam as I started to prepare for my trip this afternoon and it’s by far the best video by a tourist EVER for Wrocław. I’ve seen them all. You rule!
Very interesting, great video.❤
Thank you!
europe-based travel vlogs like this are always underrated
Most beautiful City in Poland
Wrocław 👍💪🇵🇱
Beautiful place
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Wonderful video! We're inspired to plan a Christmas trip there. Just curious about your drone shots, did you find any good TOAL spots, am thinking of bringing mine but always wary of not breaking any rules flying close to city areas
At 1418 start defenestration Wrocław like a prague
This city found panorama Racławicka fortress tenements church
Thank you for your video from my city, l live there 25 years a lot of changes.
No problems, thank you for watching!
Thank you for publishing an interesting video about my hometown. You focused mostly on the strict centre, but that's probably what people want to see in the first place.
However, you might discover a lot of surprises, learn stories and legends if you ventured outside the city limits. :-)
You're very welcome! Would be nice to visit again one day :)
Very good idea to separate different parts of the streets or non-auto zones by sculptures
Nice video 😉
Hi Ben! I was listening to you and you mentioned a couple of stories that sounded really familiar, like the stories my tour guide colleagues have told me some time ago. An in fact it turns out you joined one of our company’s , Walkative, tours. I had a chance to live in Wrocław and I am also a tour guide. Cheers and feel invited to any other Walkative city across Poland and beyond: we are opening some new ones very soon - let me know and we’ll greet you!
That’s fantastic, thank you Tomek. Which city are you living in?😄
@@BenRobson123 Mostly Krakow, often on the move between Poland and Germany.
Such a lovely video ❤ a new subscriber here 🙏🥰
Thank you, welcome to the club!😄
@@BenRobson123 🙏🙏🙏
Hello Ben, long time no see! What another magical city u showed us, it's amazing how stunning are some 'hide' places. Great work as usual! Saludos amigo, un abrazo!
Absolutely, it was a lovely city and most people (especially here in the UK) have probably never heard of it! Gracias mi amigo, cuídate!
Another one for the list I think. Also impressed 11mins before McDonalds haha
Lovely city Scott, would recommend. And aye haha, I actually had one the night I first got there… not much has changed 😅
@@BenRobson123 Glad to hear it!
Excellent video lad, just like me - raincoat, like doing vlogs (just for friends on social media), prefer travelling alone, love History (I have a history degree) and got a selfie stick and stay in hostels. And I've been to Estonia and Poland as well and off to Georgia next (Been trying to get to Khazakstan/Azerbaijan and Belarus etc but for various reasons that's proved expensive/difficult/impossible) so next stop, Georgia. Maybe after that do a Battlfield tour of WW1 battlesites in France and Belgium (+Waterloo and Aachen Cathedral with Charlemagnes memorial is 1hr away in Germany) .
But excellent video lad keep up the good work. Thomas, Liverpool
Thanks for the comment, lovely to hear from you mate.
That sounds great, I’ve never really had an interest in history before until recently. Let me know how Georgia goes, Khazakstan would be interesting for sure! funnily enough I thought it would be great to visit some former WW2 sites 🙂
I been twice...I prefer it over Krakow...few tourists ..my favourite little place when I visit Poland....will visit Gdansk this year....didn't like Warsaw much...
I’m sure you will love Gdańsk, I do have a vid of Gdańsk if that helps. Would recommend a visit on the train to Malbork Castle too 😇
Wow...I thought Krakow is the best city.
@@BenRobson123Wszystkie miasta są piękne, a najpiękniejsze te, w których mieszkamy, bliższe sercu..Moim miastem jest moje rodzinne miasteczko w pobliżu Wrocławia, więc Wrocław. Pozdrawiam Ben.😁🌿💛🌹💛
@@lantran8967Okupowany od dawna przez obcych. 😥
One of the best tour guide videos I have seen. I like your low key style without umpteen shots of you drinking and pulling faces (well maybe one). Tidy work.
Haha, there was one?!😄 Thanks Graham
Go to Gdańsk, and you will be stunned as well!!
I visited Gdańsk last October, stunning city! Not sure which is my favourite 😁
@@BenRobson123So also Toruń is beautiful!
Awesome video Ben, this has been a great help as I'm going for a few days in January. I noticed you have drone shots there. Do you have any tips on flying my drone in the City? I have everything uptodate with the CAA! Thanks buddy.
I have the DJI Mavic Mini.
Fantastic, enjoy your trip!
Honestly I just check the map on the DJI app, make sure there’s no ‘no-fly zones’, and try just fly somewhere quiet. Or if it’s not quiet, take off as quick as possible and get it in the air to avoid any trouble
About the statue, Lwow was a Polish City, after 2WW we lost eastern ground, and move more to West, and after 600years get Back Wrocław to Polish map. Wrocław on the beginning was a Polish City, but in last 1000 years was changed to other owners, Germany, Prussia, Bohemia, Habsburg, Silesia, but now back to the oryginal Roots. Polish-Silessian.
Thank you for the information
Wow 😍😍
Love from new delhi
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Hi, great video and such a beautiful city. Ive been planning on going to visit and was wondering, do you know some Polish yourself or is it easy enough to get around and do things without knowing how to speak the language?
Thanks Jamie! I know absolutely no Polish except for thank you and hello 😅 It’s pretty easy to get by… we’re lucky that most can speak English! And even if they can’t, it’s easy enough to manage.
Places like shops / restaurants most can speak at least basic English, so should be no problems, best of luck with your trip 😊
@@BenRobson123 i appreciate the reply, i had thought it would be no problem as the polish probably have better English than me, but was worried it might be a struggle, in just an 18 min vid you really managed to sell how beautiful it is there, definitely earned a sub and will be watching through your other vids 🙂 safe travels ^^
@@NorthernKing yeah, I wouldn’t worry. You’d get by no problems I’d say. And thanks a lot that’s much appreciated, always glad to hear when someone enjoys my vids!😇
Stunning video mate! Think I’m booking Prague for next month! How long was the bus from Wrocław? Looking at going straight into Prague tho
Thanks Dan! Bus from Wroclaw was about 4hrs15, both were lovely cities!
Fantastic video mate. Really enjoyed it and for a change i
I was able to understand the English accent. Don't mind asking if the accent is from Newcastle?
That’s great, thank you Kostas!😊 You’re right I’m from Newcastle, although I tend to tone down my accent a little in my videos so people can understand!😄
By Americans it's called lame accent
@@robertrobski1013 i would take the geordie accent any time any day mate!
cool video. how did you get to fly your drone? I want to visit Poland and it appears that you can't fly a drone in cities over 25k population at all, am I missing something?
Hey Ben, you captured the stunning beauty of Wroclaw so well. incredible drone footage, and very informative, and simply awe-inspiring. What camera did you use to film this, and regarding the use of your drone, did you have to get authorization to use it in the City center? thank you in advance. your new subscribe here. Best wishes Lino and Line.
Thank you! I just use my iPhone 13 for filming, and regarding flying I tend to just find a discrete spot and film where I can
@@BenRobson123 thank you so much Ben
I visited in 1993, but it was just a half day out, so I did not get to see too much. One thing that struck me was that they still had gas lighting and there was a team of stove top hat gentlemen, that lit and extinguished the lanterns. I noted in the video that the lamp holders were still there, but i suppose they have converted them to lecky. I'm a fellow Geordie by the way.
Nice to hear from your Paul! Actually, it's part of tradition and one of 2 places left in Europe (I think) which still has the gaslit street lamps, in the part with the cathedral anyway. Shame I didn't get to see it myself!
Very good video about my home city. My father's family came there from Lviv straight after WWII but... Lviv was Polish not Ukrainian city. Wrocław was created by Poles but was under German occupation about 150 years.
You have to come to Wrocław again and have a look on our parks and gardens. It's much, much more too see.
PS Prague is amazing as well.
Thank you for your comment Piotr. I’m sure I will be back one day!😊
Wrocław had been Polish for the longest period, but was founded by the Czechs and the Germans had built most of it.
Learn history or learn maths... Breslau belonged to Germany since 14th century and had German citizens since 13th century... 😂 So it was also no occupation.. Only poles are such bloody liars...
Breslau was German for 800 years. The whole city was built by Germans, and what you have written is literally revisionist communist era propaganda.
Breskau was not created by Poles.
Good video.
Some corrections and explanations: The Christmas deco is up until the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (or Candlemas), and that marks the end of the Christmas season in the Catholic Church.
Lviv was a Polish city, lost to Soviet occupation, Wroclaw (Breslau) and Szczecin (Stettin) alongside the western territory were given as a post-war compensation for the lost territories in the East. Hence Wroclaw has been known as the new Lviv, because the Polish workers and intelligentsia moved there from occupied Lviv.
Thank you for the corrections and information 😇
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Looks good. Have you done Poland in 1 go and how have you planned it as this is on my list
Hi Stephen, I didn’t. I usually just get cheap flights to one destination. I’m sure the trains are pretty cheap though, you can also look at Flixbus which is pretty good for coaches across Europe. I’d recommend Gdańsk, Wrocław and Krakow!
@@BenRobson123 done Krakow and Warsaw I'm going to in June. Keep up the good work with the videos 👍
When I visit this city in June, don't think I can go back to DC area again 😪😫.
Do you need permission for drone flight there ? will be going there in couple of months.
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It is really sad how little Ben got out of a 2 hour (!) guided tour - it really makes you wonder what the guide told them and maybe what he or she tells dozens of tourists every day.
Wroclaw was not destroyed because of Polands history - it was destroyed because it was part of Germany which the Red Army tried to conquer and finally did.
Yes, some ethnic German were expelled from Polish cities. But this was not the case in Wroclaw/Breslau: here Germans were expelled from a former German cities which used to be in Germany. That meaned the entire population of the city (with some minor exceptions) It is based on the fact that after the war Polands border were moved some 150 to 250 kilometers to the west and these Germans suddenly lived on Polish territory. Well, it is not an explaintion why those people had to leave there home, but it happend. And it happened to 8 million Germans who found themselves in the new Poland. Together with Czechoslovakia and other countries all together 13 millions had to leave their homeland. And because it was done in a chaotic way it is estimates that 1 million died because of this process.
But a lot of Poles lost their home as well what is nowadays Ukraine or Belarus - about 2 million and these were incourage in those now empty fromer German territories.
Heading there next month. Did you get any grief for flying a drone around?
I didn't. The rules are pretty much the same everywhere in Europe, but I just try to be discrete when I'm flying in cities and stuff. In cities, I just try to get it up in the air ASAP, then nobody knows who's flying / where, just avoids any trouble 😅
@0:00 & 1:02 = "Pillory place monument" =
"Pillory is a structure that was used in ancient times to impose penalties.
Depending on guilt, a person convicted were tied to the pillory, and were left for several hours, whipped, or executed."
thanks for the comment, very interesting! I’m guessing you mean the little structure just in front of the Old Town Hall?😄
If you come again please give me a interview. I have lots of viewers from Asia
I'd say that Wroclaw and Gdansk are by far the best cities in Poland
They are both beautiful! Have you visited Krakow too?
Poland's territory shrank and moved westwards in the post WW2 reshuffle, Lvov was lost to Ukraine, Wroclaw (Breslaw) found new habitants from the east of Poland. I find it very poignant that the monuments came with people - both unwilling witnesses of the war horrors. It's a kind of mystery to me why cities like Gdansk or Wroclaw did not meet the same fate as Warsaw (destroyed by German army) or Konigsberg (destroyed by the Russian government) but were carefully restored by Poles at huge expense of time and money.
But Wrocław was destroyed in 70-80% - the southern and western districts of the city (where the Soviet army attacked) were razed to the ground, and the historic center was destroyed in 50%. Wrocław was declared a fortress by Hitler and was under siege from February 16, 1945 to May 6, 1945, capitulating after Berlin. Only the historic center of Wrocław was restored, nothing was rebuilt in the west and south, but the street grid was mostly preserved. The old houses were replaced by Soviet-like architecture.
The destruction of Warsaw is a different story, although it also started with Hitler's order, only this ordered to raze the city to the ground and the order was carried out - from October 1944 to January 1945, special German units systematically set fire to and/or blew up subsequent quarters of the streets.
keep in mind that Danzig or Breslau were not intentionally destroyed by the German army, because they were German cities. Though there was masive damage as a result of the fighting between the Red and the German army in both cities.
Both cities were turned into 'festungs', Wroclaw had even airstrip build in the middle of the city. Warsaw is a different story, meticulously destroyed after cease of hostilities, using flame throwers and explosives (see the case of Saxon Palace in Warsaw if you like to know more, it's a v g example)@@henningbartels6245
Very Nice City My Auntie Lives There 18:25
cool!
How are the people in wroclaw?Is it comfortable for foreigners to live there?
Generally seemed pretty friendly, but may be best for someone else to comment. Depends where you are from perhaps, but I’m sure generally people are pretty welcoming and friendly
I can't decide between Gdansk and Wroclaw. Someone please help 😥.
What is it you’re looking for?
@@BenRobson123 architecture and food 😅
Both cities have beautiful architecture. The main square in Wroclaw is much bigger, but Gdansk is probably a bit more cute / romantic, with a beautiful Main Street and riverside.
I have videos for both if that is any help, but I’m sure you will love either
@@BenRobson123 thanks so much. I will go to Gdansk 🙂.
Is there a train I can take to go from wrocław to auschwitz?
Of course, but probably with a transfer in Krakow.
Nothing happened to it in ww2 because it was called Breslau and it was part of Germany
c'etait une ville allemande autrefois
Breslau is indeed beautiful
Breslau was German from 1240 until 1945.
good joke ;) just from 1741
@@maciejnowak6615 prussian since 1741 yes. but germans lived in this city since the 13th century to 1945 and therefore it was german in this period.
Nope cry harder german
Interesting. Unfortunately here just a long tourist-selfie! (Why filming yourself? City itself not interesting enough? Sorry.)
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Cudowne miasto z bogatą historią! W każdym centymetrze Breslau czuć niemieckiego ducha, i to pomimo dziesięcioleci polskiej okupacji...❤❤❤
Pomimo ruskiej okupacji i rabunków armii czerwonej i Stalina.Miasto tak naprawdę było niemieckie przez200lat.Oni też na ten teren wdarli się siłą , okupując go.
German rag, Wrocław is a Polish city that Poles regained from German thieves who robbed Poland. Germany is a nation of thieves and murderers.
Hardly a polish occupation
@@kennethcarney5874 ręce opadają
How stupid and wrong. They weren't "ethnic Germans" - they were Germans. Breslau was as German as Berlin. But, they lost the war and were killed or deported. Still, no reason to lie today.
Alright mate we aren’t all history experts. There’s a way to frame constructive criticism, and this isn’t it ya angry little badger 🤡
Typical german….
No, Wrocław was german maybe by 200 years of its 1000 years history.
so please don't lie too. Wroclaw was just cca 200 years a german city before it was for a very long time time polish and czech city. To sum up till today - 400 years of Poland, 300 years of Czech and 200 years of Germany. In 1945 Poles moved into a sea of ruins that they had to rebuild.
Please everyone, don't come to Wroclaw. It's getting too crowded these days. Thanks.