EURO UEFA 2012 - Wroclaw City Stadium. Match Russia- Czech Republic(9 june 2012)

Theme day: Electricity

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Leaving the synagogue's square

The White Stork Synagogue is hidden in the yard. To leave the building you have to go through this forged gate.

It's snowing today

It's snowing and snowing. Behind the bus stop you can see the Sky Tower, the highest building in Wrocław (212 meters) still in construction and the small franciscan church of St. Charles Borromeo.

Polish Manhattan

We have big sense of humor, here in Wrocław. Before the second war this place was called Kaiserstraße. When the communism came, there were no place for kaisers (emperors), but people remained free in their minds. They found funny name for the nasty estate built in 1960s. They called it Manhattan.

The idea of the architect Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak wasn't so horrible. She had a vision of very modern, comfortable skyscrapers. They should have been white with green plants climbing the balconies. On the roofs the architect wanted to plant green grass. The realisation of this vision was impossible in that time because of the lack of materials and money.

The photo was made from the famous Wroclaw's bridge The Grunwaldzki, designed in 1908-1910 by german constructor Richard Plüddemann. First the bridge was called Kaiserbrücke (The bridge of the emperor), then Freiheitsbrücke (The bridge of freedom). In that time it was one of the most modern bridges in Europe.

You could wonder why the german names in polish city. Wroclaw before the second war was the german town called Breslau. Three politicians - the british prime minister Winston Churchill, the american president Theodor Roosevelt and the soviet leader Joseph Stalin signed in Jalta (1945) the agreement changing country borders. Poland lost the city of Lvov on the east, Germans had to leave Breslau.

The oldest swimming pool in town

The complex of four swimming pools was opened in 1897. Many architectural elements: massive vaulting, arcading two-storey, colonnade, reminded the architectural character of the ancient term. Also the idea of this place was to combine in one place physical and mental development with art.
Now three of four pools are opened for the public. 

Puzzle clock

Funny Puzzle Clock on the ugly wall.