Walking in WROCLAW / Poland - Old Town & Cathedral Island - 4K 60fps (UHD)
Today we walk in the beautiful city of Wroclaw in Poland - also known under the previous German name Breslau. We start from the Main Square (Rynek) with the Town Hall and head towards Ostrów Tumski island. This island is the oldest part of the city and houses some impressive cathedrals.
After one hour walking, through a market and around side streets we are back in the centre. We continue for another half an hour towards the train station. On the way we see the Monument to the Anonymous Passerby and end the walking tour going through the train station in front of the Wroclavia mall.
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WARSAW: The HISTORIC centre of OLD TOWN (morning, mid-day, evening views), POLAND ????️
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's visit The Old Town Market Place which dates back to the end of the 13th century and which is the true heart of the Old Town, and until the end of the 18th century it was the heart of all of Warsaw in Poland. Here the representatives of guilds and merchants met in the Town Hall (built before 1429, pulled down in 1817), and fairs and the occasional execution were held. The houses around it represented the Gothic style until the great fire of 1607, after which they were rebuilt in late-Renaissance style.
Poland is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of nearly 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union.[8] Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast to the north, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west.
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EXPLORING GDANSK, a walking tour of this very historic city, POLAND ????️
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Gdańsk (Danzig in German) is a port city on the Baltic coast of Poland. At the center of its Main Town, reconstructed after WWII, are the colorful facades of Long Market, now home to shops and restaurants. Nearby is Neptune Fountain, a 17th-century symbol of the city topped by a bronze statue of the sea god. Gdańsk is also a center for the world’s amber trade; boutiques throughout the city sell the ossified resin.
Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast to the north, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west.
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Three big and historical cities of Poland: Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw (Breslau)
See the Polish capital city of Warsaw with Stare Miasto and Lazienki, historical Krakow with the Cloth Hall and Wawel Castle and cosy Wroclaw (in German: Breslau) with its Market Square and Ostrów Tumski (Cathedral Island).
Zobacz polskie miasta stołecznego Warszawa z Stare Miasto i Łazienki, historycznego Kraków z Sukiennice i Wawel i przytulnym Wrocław (niem. Breslau) z Rynek i Ostrów Tumski.
Siehe die polnische Hauptstadt Warschau mit Stare Miasto und Lazienki, historische Krakau mit der Tuchhallen und die Burg Wawel und gemütlich Wroclaw (deutsch: Breslau) mit seinem Marktplatz und Ostrów Tumski (Dominsel).
Zie de Poolse hoofdstad Warschau met Stare Miasto en Lazienski, het historische Krakau met de lakenhallen en Kasteel Wawel en het gezellige Wroclaw (ook wel Breslau) met het Marktplein en Ostrów Tumski (kathedraaleiland).
Street Walk | Wrocław - Poland | The Old Town
A walk through the streets of old town in Wrocław/Wroclaw, Poland
A new Historical Centre of Wrocław
In cooperation with Norwegian partners, the City of Wrocław will create a new historical and educational centre telling the story of the city of Wrocław and Lower Silesia. A complex and difficult history of a city that after WWII experienced a total exchange of inhabitants and a city that rebuilt its identity through decades. This Centre will be located in a symbolic place for Wrocław – at a bus depot. It was at this bus depot, in 1980, that the first support to the newly borne Solidarity Movement began. It was also here that the strongest Polish Norwegian Solidaritet cooperation was performed. The Wrocław strike allowed the peaceful revolution started in Gdańsk, to spread all over Poland.
In cooperation with two Norwegian institutions - the Regional State Archives in Trondheim and Opplandsarkivet Avdeling Maihaugen in Lillehamer – Wrocław will present an exhibitiion on the Polish-Norwegian Solidaritet. The Solidaritet Norge - Polen organizaton coordinated and assisted the Polish opposition movement. The Norwegian people of all political backgrounds, people of culture raised funds, organized demonstrations, provided Poles with printing equipment and goods throughout the most difficult period of the martial law and beyond.
This place will surely become one of the main tourist attractions of the city and will create new work places.
The Centre will be one of many projects supported by Norway aimed to protect European cultural heritage. Norwegian grants allow both the construction of new cultural institutions with significant potential of impact on the socio-economic development of the region, as well as for the revitalization of historic buildings and sites of historical European importance.
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WARSAW: EXPLORING the magnificent OLD TOWN (STARE MIASTO), what to see (POLAND) ????️
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's visit Warsaw's (in Poland) Old Town (Polish: Stare Miasto) which is the oldest part of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. It is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Warsaw. The heart of the area is the Old Town Market Place, rich in restaurants, cafés and shops. Surrounding streets feature medieval architecture such as the city walls, the Barbican and St. John's Cathedral.
Poland is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of nearly 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union.[8] Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast to the north, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west.
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WARSAW, EXPLORING the wonderful and very HISTORIC OLD TOWN SQUARE (POLAND) ????️
SUBSCRIBE: - The Warsaw Old Town (Polish: Stare Miasto, and collectively with the New Town, known colloquially as: Starówka) is the oldest part of the capital city. It is bounded by the Wybrzeże Gdańskie, along with the bank of Vistula river, Grodzka, Mostowa and Podwale Streets. It is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Warsaw. The heart of the area is the Old Town Market Place, rich in restaurants, cafés and shops. Surrounding streets feature medieval architecture such as the city walls, the Barbican and St. John's Cathedral. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa); is the capital and largest city of Poland. It stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland, roughly 260 kilometres (160 mi) from the Baltic Sea and 300 kilometres (190 mi) from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population is estimated at 1.740 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 2.666 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 9th most-populous capital city in the European Union
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Poland/Warsaw (Walking tour/Old Town) Part 4
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Warsaw-Warszawa/Poland
Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa) is the capital and largest city of Poland. It stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland, roughly 260 kilometres (160 mi) from the Baltic Sea and 300 kilometres (190 mi) from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population is estimated at 1.740 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 2.666 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 9th most-populous capital city in the European Union. The city limits cover 516.9 square kilometres (199.6 sq mi), while the metropolitan area covers 6,100.43 square kilometres (2,355.39 sq mi).
In 2012 the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Warsaw as the 32nd most liveable city in the World. It was also ranked as one of the most liveable cities in Central Europe. Today Warsaw is considered an Alpha– global city, a major international tourist destination and a significant cultural, political and economic hub. Warsaw's economy, by a wide variety of industries, is characterised by FMCG manufacturing, metal processing, steel and electronic manufacturing and food processing. The city is a significant centre of research and development, BPO, ITO, as well as of the Polish media industry. The Warsaw Stock Exchange is one of the largest and most important in Central and Eastern Europe. Frontex, the European Union agency for external border security, has its headquarters in Warsaw. It has been said that Warsaw, together with Frankfurt, London, Paris and Barcelona is one of the cities with the highest number of skyscrapers in the European Union.Warsaw has also been called Eastern Europe’s chic cultural capital with thriving art and club scenes and serious restaurants.
The first historical reference to Warsaw dates back to the year 1313, at a time when Kraków served as the Polish capital city. Due to its central location between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's capitals of Kraków and Vilnius, Warsaw became the capital of the Commonwealth and of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland when King Sigismund III Vasa moved his court from Kraków to Warsaw in 1596. After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, Warsaw was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars, the city became the official capital of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, a puppet state of the First French Empire established by Napoleon Bonaparte. In accordance with the decisions of the Congress of Vienna, the Russian Empire annexed Warsaw in 1815 and it became part of the Congress Kingdom. Only in 1918 did it regain independence from the foreign rule and emerge as a new capital of the independent Republic of Poland. The German invasion in 1939, the massacre of the Jewish population and deportations to concentration camps led to the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto in 1943 and to the major and devastating Warsaw Uprising between August and October 1944. Warsaw gained the title of the Phoenix City because it has survived many wars, conflicts and invasions throughout its long history. Most notably, the city required painstaking rebuilding after the extensive damage it suffered in World War II, which destroyed 85% of its buildings. On 9 November 1940, the city was awarded Poland's highest military decoration for heroism, the Virtuti Militari, during the Siege of Warsaw (1939).
The city is the seat of a Roman Catholic archdiocese (left bank of the Vistula) and diocese (right bank), and possesses various universities, most notably the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Warsaw, two opera houses, theatres, museums, libraries and monuments. The historic city-centre of Warsaw with its picturesque Old Town in 1980 was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other main architectural attractions include the Castle Square with the Royal Castle and the iconic King Sigismund's Column, St. John's Cathedral, Market Square, palaces, churches and mansions all displaying a richness of colour and architectural detail. Buildings represent examples of nearly every European architectural style and historical period. Warsaw provides many examples of architecture from the gothic, renaissance, baroque and neoclassical periods, and around a quarter of the city is filled with luxurious parks and royal gardens.Wikipedia
POLONYA WROCLAW şehir Merkezi - WROCLAW City Centre Walking Tour (ENG Sub)
Today we are walking around in the Wroclaw City Centre. You can enjoy the video with English subtitles. It's an opportunity for you to get to know better this best city in Poland.
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● Pieskowa Skala - It is a limestone cliff in the valley of river Prądnik, Poland, best known for its Renaissance castle.
● Nowy Wisnicz Castle - It is a castle located on a forested hill by the River Leksandrówka in the village of Stary Wiśnicz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland. The castle was built in the Baroque architectural style with Renaissance elements.
● Palace of Culture and Science - It is a controversial high-rise building in Warsaw, Poland. Constructed in 1955, it is the center for various companies, public institutions and cultural activities such as concerts, cinemas, theaters, libraries, sports clubs, universities, scientific institutions and authorities of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
● Warsaw - It is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Warsaw is an alpha global city, a major international tourist destination, and a significant cultural, political and economic hub. Its historic Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
● Royal Castle - The Royal Castle in Warsaw is a castle residency that formerly served throughout the centuries as the official residence of the Polish monarchs. It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town.
● Krakow - Kraków is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centers of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
● Wawel Castle - The Wawel Castle is a castle residency located in central Kraków, Poland. The castle, being one of the largest in Poland, represents nearly all European architectural styles of medieval, renaissance and baroque periods. The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill constitute the most historically and culturally important site in the country. In 1978 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Historic Centre of Kraków.
● Wroclaw - Wrocław is a city in western Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe.
● Tumski Bridge - It is a steel bridge over the north branch of the Oder river in Wrocław, Poland. Tumski Bridge is also called Lovers Bridge, Cathedral Bridge or Green Bridge. It's a place of the enamored tradition for lovers. The bridge is full of love locks which lovers leave to cherish their feelings. An essential part of the ceremony is to throw the key into the Odra river.
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Walking in TORUN / Poland ????????- 4K 60fps (UHD)
Toruń is a historical city in north-central Poland. The city is the birthplace of the famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The old town (Stare Miasto) of Toruń is also an UNESCO heritage sight which we visit on this walk.
We start our walk near the Old Town Hall at the Nicolaus Copernicus Monument. From there we walk around the main square with the baroque Holy Spirit Church. Some festival installations for the Bella Skyways event are in the city which we visited on another walk at night (
We visit some other church and head outside of the old city walls into parks, see the medieval leaning tower and the Vistula River. We get back to the centre through the medival Gate Of The Holy Spirit and enjoy walking further around before we end this tour.
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Poznan Old Town Square, Poland.
The old town square (Stary Rynek) was the centre of old Poznan, and to this day is rich in historic architecture, museums and restaurants. Around 60 per cent of the old town was flattened during WW11, through most of the houses were meticulously rebuilt in the 1950's following Baroque and Renaissance styles. Aside from the two concrete carbuncles planted needlessly in the middle, the town square remains one of the most picturesque in Central Europe. Behind the town hall lies the City Scales building that once housed the hardware for weighing merchandise on its way to the market.
In the 1970's many fashionable bars, cafes and restaurants were opened. After 1990 the square saw the arrival of offices of several banks and even more eateries.
Between 1880 and 1955 there used to be trams running across the square. Traffic of all vehicles was gradually reduced and eventually in 1970 the square became closed to any traffic, with the exception of special permit holders.
In the second half of the 19th century the square was equipped with water and gas installations and illuminated by gas lighting. Early in the next century an underground electrical network was constructed. In the late 19th century the surface of the square was replaced. The present paving is a result of a general renovation carried out in the late 1960's.
Every June the square is home to a lively street fair (Jarmark Swietojanski), and throughout the summer it features many cultural events including some performances of Malta Theatre Festival.
In the summer months many bars set up beer gardens in the square, where you can drink as much coffee or beer as you want and make yourself familiar with Polish cuisine! There is never ending party on the square!
Gdansk, Poland Old Town City tour
Certainly, one of Poland's most beautiful cities Gdansk sits majestically by the Baltic sea and due to its location it played a big role in World War II and suffered extensive damage due to the bombing.
Surprisingly you can barely notice this as the city rebuild it's historic centre very well.
Going to Gdansk by train
We were staying in Sopot a beach town close by so we decided to take the train to Gdansk and it was a short cheap at around €1 and pleasant ride, a great start to the day. The tri-cities ( Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia) are well connected by train and Bus so you will find it easy to travel between them.
Arriving in Gdansk
The city is quite big, touristic and crowded, and you notice it the moment you leave the train, we were visiting in August and even worst during some sort of festivities, probably the worst time of the year to visit, and we felt it was too much at times, even our usual alternatives like going to smaller less touristic streets didn't work much.
Even so, it's easy to see the appeal of the city, it's without a doubt one of the nicest old towns in Europe with bright colours mixed with old tiled building a feast to the eyes.
It's very easy to navigate and stroll around appreciating the architecture.
Is Gdansk Safe?
Yes, we would say so, at no point did we feel insecure visiting with our 3-year-old son. The only downside is that with the number of people in some parts of the old town just like in any large city you should be aware of pickpocketers. Also during our first hours we kind of lost Lukas and his Grandfather as they wandered off for just a few minutes, with the number of people everywhere it's next to impossible to see anyone so for about 15 minutes we were in a bit of a parents panic attack.
Things to do in Gdansk Poland?
Well visiting the old town is surely the first on the list, it's just breathtaking, so be sure to see Dluga Street, Mariacka Street and Motlawa River Embankment.
If you like history visiting the Museum of the II Worl War
Oliwa Cathedral
St Mary's Church
St. Nicholas Church
The Chrane, Zuraw
Neptune's Fountain
Ambersky, scenic circle (even though it's a bit expensive)
Great armoury an amazing building
Train Station
Going by ferry
When it was time to head back to Sopot we decided to take the ferry and see Gdansk and Sopot by sea and it was also worth it, a different experience and an enjoyable relaxing way to travel, even if the weather didn't collaborate much.
Kraków’s Rynek Główny, Poland (Central Square) the nerve centre of the city’s medieval Old Town
Main Square, Kraków
The main square (Polish: Rynek Główny [ˈrɨnɛk ˈɡwuvnɨ]) of the Old Town of Kraków, Lesser Poland, is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and at 3.79 ha (9.4 acres) is one of the largest medieval town squares in Europe. The Project for Public Spaces (PPS) lists the square as the best public space in Europe due to its lively street life, and it was a major factor in the inclusion of Kraków as one of the top off-the-beaten-path destinations in the world in 2016.
The main square is a square space surrounded by historic townhouses (kamienice) and churches. The center of the square is dominated by the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), rebuilt in 1555 in the Renaissance style, topped by a beautiful attic or Polish parapet decorated with carved masks. On one side of the cloth hall is the Town Hall Tower (Wieża ratuszowa), on the other the 10th century Church of St. Adalbert and 1898 Adam Mickiewicz Monument. Rising above the square are the Gothic towers of St. Mary's Basilica (Kościół Mariacki). Kraków Main Square does not have a town hall, because it has not survived to the present day.
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Wroclaw Trip (Poland, 26 March 2016) - City With The Different Architecture
Me with my lovely wife made a short trip to Wroclaw - quite pretty Polish city in the west part of the country.
Old architecture in the city center, really big churches and a lot of new and comfortable city spaces around
View towards Old Town, Wroclaw
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A Tour of the BEAUTIFUL Krakow!| American girl in Poland
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Walking around in Gliwice, Poland (City Sounds) 4K Ambience ASMR
Daytime walk in the center of town. Gliwice is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Early history of Gliwice:
Gliwice was first mentioned as a town in 1276 and was ruled during the Middle Ages by the Silesian Piast dukes. During the reign of Mieszko I Tanglefoot, the town was part of a duchy centered on Opole-Racibórz, and became a separate duchy in 1289. According to 14th-century writers, the town seemed defensive in character and was ruled by Siemowit of Bytom. The town became a possession of the Bohemia crown in 1335, passing with that crown to the Austrian Habsburgs as Gleiwitz in 1526.
Because of the vast expenses incurred by the Habsburg Monarchy during their 16th century wars against the Ottoman Empire, Gliwice was leased to Friedrich Zettritz for the amount of 14,000 thalers. Although the original lease was for a duration of 18 years, it was renewed in 1580 for 10 years and in 1589 for an additional 18 years.
During the mid 18th century Silesian Wars, Gliwice was taken from the Habsburg Monarchy by the Kingdom of Prussia along with the majority of Silesia. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Gliwice was administered in the Prussian district of Tost-Gleiwitz within the Province of Silesia in 1816. The city was incorporated with Prussia into the German Empire in 1871 during the unification of Germany. In 1897 Gliwice became its own Stadtkreis, or urban district.
An attack on a radio station in Gliwice on 31 August 1939, staged by the German secret police, served as a pretext, devised by Reinhard Heydrich under orders from Hitler, for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, which marked the start of the Second World War. From July 1944 to January 1945, Gliwice was the location for one of the many sub-camps of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
On 24 January 1945, Gliwice was occupied by the Red Army as part of their Allied Occupation Zone. Under borders changes dictated by the Soviet Union at the Potsdam Conference, Gliwice fell inside Poland's new borders after Germany's defeat in the war. It was incorporated into Poland's Silesian Voivodeship on 18 March 1945, after almost 600 years of being outside the Polish state.
The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, regional capital of the Silesian Voivodeship.
Gliwice is the westernmost city of the Upper Silesian metropolis, a conurbation of 1.9 million people, and is the third-largest city of this area, with 179,806 permanent residents as of 2018. It also lies within the larger Upper Silesian metropolitan area which has a population of about 5.3 million people and spans across most of eastern Upper Silesia, western Lesser Poland and the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. It is one of the major college towns in Poland, thanks to the Silesian University of Technology, which was founded in 1945 by academics of Lwow University of Technology expelled from Soviet Ukraine in 1945-48. Over 20,000 people study in Gliwice. Gliwice is an important industrial center of Poland. Following an economic transformation in the 1990s, Gliwice switched from steelworks and coal mining to automotive and machine industry. The last remaining coal mine in Gliwice was set to close before 2021; however, following good economic results this decision has been postponed.
Founded in the 13th century, Gliwice is one of the oldest settlements in Upper Silesia. Gliwice's medieval old town was mostly destroyed by the Red Army in World War II, but it has since been rebuilt and has undergone a major restoration in recent years. Gliwice's most historical structures include St Bartholomew's Church (15th century), Gliwice Castle and city walls (14th century), Armenian Church (originally a hospital, 15th century) and All Saints Old Town Church (15th century). Gliwice is also known for its Radio Tower, where Gleiwitz incident happened shortly before the outbreak of World War II and which is thought to be the world’s tallest wooden construction, as well as Weichmann Textile House, one of the first buildings designed by world-renowned architect Erich Mendelsohn. Gliwice will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which will take place on 24 November 2019.
Krakow Main Square old town. 2019