Dotted with ornamental gnomes, Wroclaw is truly enchanting for its rivers and islands layout
Town Hall on the Market Square, Wroclaw. Photo: Getty
The first thing any visitor needs to learn about Wroclaw in southwest Poland is how to pronounce it. So forget about “rocks” and “claws” and get your tongue instead around a city name that sounds more like Vrots-waf. Yes, Vrots-waf. Now you have it.
The second thing you need to get to grips with are the city’s ornamental gnomes, for there are currently some 800 little bronze fellas scattered here and there across Wroclaw.