Wrocław OUR CITY_ WROCŁAW | Page 4

This is the biggest river in Wrocław: the Oder – in Polish: Odra. It rises in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming 187 kilometres of the border between Poland and Germany. Wrocław is the largest city on the Oder. There are plenty of walking trails and bicycle paths on the river. You can see our beautiful monuments building over the Oder: Ostrów Tumski, Wrocław University and wonderful bridges: The Grunwald bridge, the Sand Bridge, the Tumski Bridge, the Redzin Bridge, Millenium Bridge and many others. Wrocław is called „City of the Hundred Bridges” and „Venice of Poland”. Before World War II, Wroclaw had over 300 bridges, but the city suffered significant structural damage in the last year of the War. Today, it still has 133 bridges, as well as around 30 gangways.