August 2026
A mini-ethnographic expedition through Poland. Not a single zapiekanka was harmed; weight gain: 2 kg
Kraków > Łódź > Poznań > Wrocław
Wrocław is suddenly wide and noisy for no apparent reason
Europe’s most high-tech bench has been discovered
It’s +40 outside
There’s literally nowhere to hide from the sun
After walking for 20 minutes, it became clear: I’d have to buy a transit ticket, no question
The city center is already more manageable
The university is like a museum
The city is just like any other city
When there are no cars, it’s actually not bad
There are really a lot of cyclists, just like everywhere else in Poland
There are quite a few tourists, too
Separate restrooms
In short, the city center is nice
I’ve never understood the point of this sign
Life-size figures—a sign of a moronic mayor
The first city where jerks on e-bikes are told to slow down
(they don’t listen)
A working mailbox at the post office—verified
A little about the trams
At half the stops, the smart scheduling system doesn’t work
Compared to Prague, the trams run extremely slowly and with long intervals
Main reasons: if they arrive early, they have to wait (as shown in the photo). Also, at traffic lights, they let everyone else go first—they have zero priority
The train station in the evening
To cross the street to the museum, you have to walk across the classic six lanes
But inside the museum, I found the trendiest radiator
Irony
Someone with a flair for design
A panorama of the battle (pictures + all sorts of debris and sand around). They’re beating the Russians and proud of it. About half the lecture is about how the battle was won, but the rest of the war was lost—a classic of the art of that era
The Market Square
Bar Mleczny (it was really hard to finish my meal)
The bridge to the island with the churches
The churches themselves
The ticket for the panorama grants free admission to several museums at once—a great deal
Tram stop—there are lots of routes, but you almost always have to wait a long time
Motorists here, just like throughout Poland and the Czech Republic, are absolute jerks
Because Skynet has won here
Gingerbread molds from the ethnographic museum
Right in the heart of Wrocław, people fancy the river
It’s beautiful and rich there
But the city center turned out to be unpleasantly touristy
Then it became clear why it was so crowded—it turns out there was a footbal final taking place here (visible in the distance)
