Programmes
- City and Culture
- Programme Book
- The Opening Weekend
- Dispossession
- UNESCO World Book Capital 2016
- Flow ECoC 2016
- The Academy of the European Capital of Culture
- David Gilmour Concert
- Artist-in-Residence Programme A-i-R Wro
- Barbara - information point / café / culture
- Bask
- Cyber Academy
- The Lower Silesian Platform European Capital of Culture+
- The Chalcographer's House/ Domek Miedziorytnika
- European Literature Night
- The Voice of the Excluded
- microGRANTS ECoC 2016
- Wrocław - backyard door
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Wroclaw Cultural Guide: four denominations holidays
A wafer or a prosphoron? Kutia or cheese from the Barycz Valley? Every religion has its own holiday traditions. Following the cultural path set out by the Four Denominations District, we compare and t...
Wroclaw Cultural Guide: four denominations holidays
Registration for the performative workshop with Daina Pupkevičiūtė is open!
The workshop will take place on 19th-21st January at the Studio BWA Wrocław Gallery, and will consist of a three meetings: Friday evening (6PM – 8.30PM), full day practice on Saturday (10AM – 6PM), fu...
Registration for the performative workshop with Daina Pupkevičiūtė is open!
We know the results of the call for a residency at Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden!
Within the framework of the call for a residency at Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden, at the Cultural Division of the Municipality of Wrocław on 12th of December there was held a jury meeting. As a res...
We know the results of the call for a residency at Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden!
Wroclaw Cultural Guide: "The new era of the Wrocław sound"
We are talking about a breakthrough in planning the WROsound Festival programme, unity in creating and music that you have to hear live with people who caused that mess: Marek Gluziński, Łukasz Głośny...
Wroclaw Cultural Guide: "The new era of the Wrocław sound"
Polish Cinema for Beginners: "Gospel According to Harry"
America in the early 1990s, or rather a surrealist space of the Californian desert, with scattered furniture, computers and household appliances. This is where Wes (a young Viggo Mortensen) lives with...
Polish Cinema for Beginners: "Gospel According to Harry"
10. Avant Art Festival: interview with Kostas Georgakopulos
"We should give people choice"
We were talking with Kostas Georgakopulos, director of Avant Art Festival, about the anniversary edition, sentiments, working in culture industry and the best music.
10. Avant Art Festival: interview with Kostas Georgakopulos
The ECC evaluation: the City and Culture conference has started
The three-day meeting of culture practitioners and theoreticians, the main subject of which is the almost two-year long process of evaluation of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016, will begi...
The ECC evaluation: the City and Culture conference has started
"City and Culture" - revived installation „Trafostation"
"Trafostation" is an attempt to re-naturalize the ecosystem at Niskie Łąki in Wrocław, Poland. A defunct transformer station building from 1930 became a scaffold for a living sculpture initiated by ru...
"City and Culture" - revived installation „Trafostation"
AIR WRO: third edition of the programme Culture of Mobility
The Artist In Residence Programme AIR Wro for the third time, and last this year, launches a call for applications within the framework of the Residencies and Study Visits Programme “Culture...
AIR WRO: third edition of the programme Culture of Mobility
Conference "City and Culture": registration for workshops
The aim of the conference "City and Culture" is not only to create a platform for discussions about urban culture or to put some light on the process of evaluating the European Capital of Culture for ...
Conference "City and Culture": registration for workshops
A walk through the nooks and crannies of Przedmieście Oławskie
Przedmieście Oławskie, also known under its common name – the Triangle – is one of the most interesting parts of the city. What is so interesting about it, you might ask? Cohesive architecture, which ...
A walk through the nooks and crannies of Przedmieście Oławskie
City and Culture: We are announcing the last workshops!
As early as 20-22 September 2017, the space of Barbara and Ruska 46 Yard will turn into meeting places for professionals connected with the cultural sector. The "City and Culture" conference, organize...
City and Culture: We are announcing the last workshops!
Nagore Legarreta [San Sebastian]: workshop / pinhole cameras
A photographic camera can be built just using a can. It is a very simple way to take photographs. This is the technic that the Basque photographer Nagore Legarreta uses in her projects.
Nagore Legarreta [San Sebastian]: workshop / pinhole cameras
City and Culture: a new workshop is being launched as part of the conference!
The three-day conference creates the opportunity to analyse the evaluation process of the European Capital of Culture in Wrocław, and constitutes the symbolic beginning of a completely new cultural in...
City and Culture: a new workshop is being launched as part of the conference!
Loving Vincent - One day painting sale on 29th July
On 29th July Vincent van Gogh died from a gunshot wound. The man was carrying nothing; his hands clasped to a fresh bullet wound leaking blood from his belly. This was Vincent van Gogh, then a little ...
Loving Vincent - One day painting sale on 29th July
The fifth edition of the competition for NGOs within the Artist In Residence Programme AIR Wro has just been launched!
Artist In Residence Programme AIR Wro invites all non-governmental organizations and social cooperatives from Wroclaw and Lower Silesia to participate in the fifth edition of the competition for the c...
The fifth edition of the competition for NGOs within the Artist In Residence Programme AIR Wro has just been launched!
City and Culture: We are announcing the first workshops!
As early as 20-22 September 2017, the space of Barbara and Ruska 46 Yard will turn into meeting places for professionals connected with the cultural sector. The "City and Culture" conference, organize...
City and Culture: We are announcing the first workshops!
CULTURAL GUIDE: Organ jam session on Cathedral Island
Ready for a musical journey through the ages? We are going to set off on July 2 and continue onwards for nine following summer Sundays! One of the oldest and most renowned organ music reviews in Europ...
CULTURAL GUIDE: Organ jam session on Cathedral Island
CULTURAL GUIDE: Wrocław 20 years later - The great water shaped us all
It is 12 July 1997. Saturday. Water breaks into the city. It takes control over Opatowice and moments later over Swojczyce, Sołtysowice and Księże Małe, breaks embankments and defences in the vicinity...
CULTURAL GUIDE: Wrocław 20 years later - The great water shaped us all
CULTURAL GUIDE: interview with Marcin Pieńkowski
The first half of August in Wrocław will be marked by film and provocation, thanks to this year’s edition of the T-Mobile New Horizons IFF. We will experience cinema that wakes us up. We are talking w...
CULTURAL GUIDE: interview with Marcin Pieńkowski
Wrocław Cultural Guide – a new and free magazine!
We encourage everybody to check out the new summer edition of the Wrocław Cultural Guide. On over 70 pages, we give you the announcements of over 200 cultural events offered in the city in the summer....
Wrocław Cultural Guide – a new and free magazine!
The 20th anniversary of the flood: The Great Water on Słodowa Island
This weekend, which marks the 20th anniversary of the Millennium Flood, Biuro Wrocław 2016 and Ad Spectatores Theatre would like to invite everybody for The Great Water – an incredible story of the ev...
The 20th anniversary of the flood: The Great Water on Słodowa Island
Onward, but where to? – The programme of the 9th Edition of the Dialog – Wrocław released
We already know the main programme of the 9th Edition of the Dialog-Wrocław International Theatre Festival. This year’s edition, which is one of Poland’s most significant cultural events, will be held...
Onward, but where to? – The programme of the 9th Edition of the Dialog – Wrocław released
Chris Baldwin announced as Creative Director of Galway 2020
Galway 2020 announced the appointment of Chris Baldwin as Creative Director of Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture. As Creative Director, Chris will be responsible for the delivery of the program...
Chris Baldwin announced as Creative Director of Galway 2020
We know the dates and motto of the 9th “Dialog” International Theatre Festival
“Onwards! But where?” will be the slogan of the 9th edition of Dialog – Wrocław International Theatre Festival. The celebration of contemporary theatre is slated to take place on 14-21 October 2017. T...
We know the dates and motto of the 9th “Dialog” International Theatre Festival
Music
Capital of Rock: The Prodigy to headline, Wolfmother to visit Poland for the first time
RockloudLive and the Wrocław 2016 Office are pleased to announce that the second edition of the Capital of Rock Festival will take place on the 19th of August, once again at the Wrocław Stadium. The l...
Music
Capital of Rock: The Prodigy to headline, Wolfmother to visit Poland for the first time
"Kyōgi Karuta": Bartosz Hołoszkiewicz photography
What is the eponymous Karuta? It is a sport based on a card game dating back 400 years, which in turn draws on “Ogura Hyakunin Isshu” – a collection of one hundred poems written by one hundred authors...
"Kyōgi Karuta": Bartosz Hołoszkiewicz photography
AIR WRO: Reykjavik is a new partner city of Wrocław!
Due to the fact that on April, 7th Reykjavik became one of the partner cities of Wrocław, AIR Wro decided to extend the call and invite to Wrocław for a residency also these representatives of cu...
AIR WRO: Reykjavik is a new partner city of Wrocław!
Music
POLISH JAZZ – YES! We know the programme of the 53rd Jazz on the Odra Festival!
A tribute to John Coltrane, world-class American drummers – Jeff “Tain” Watts and Kendrick Scott, saxophonist Tia Fuller, outstanding jazzmen in special projects, album premieres and performances by l...
Music
POLISH JAZZ – YES! We know the programme of the 53rd Jazz on the Odra Festival!
Call for representatives of artistic and cultural environments from partner cities of Wrocław is open!
The Artist In Residence Programme AIR Wro is a legacy programme of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016. Its main purpose is to support and promote activities of individuals representing vario...
Call for representatives of artistic and cultural environments from partner cities of Wrocław is open!
Black spring. On Wroclaw’s independent music scene of the 1980s
The exhibition titled Black spring. On Wroclaw’s independent music scene of the 1980s is devoted to the emotions triggered by living in repressive conditions determined by the sociopolitical system. A...
Black spring. On Wroclaw’s independent music scene of the 1980s
Call for Presentations International Conference “City and Culture”
Unit of Urban and Rural Sociology and Unit of Sociology of Culture and Civilization at Institute of Sociology University of Wroclaw, Impart 2016 Festival Center, Municipality of Wroclaw in cooperation...
Call for Presentations International Conference “City and Culture”
Cinema
Polish Cinema for Beginners: "The Promised Land"
Polish Cinema for Beginners is a project addressed to everyone interested in the history of Polish cinema and it is organised fully in English, which enables not only Polish but also foreign residents...
Cinema
Polish Cinema for Beginners: "The Promised Land"
We know the results of the call for the residency in Dresden!
We know the results of the call for graphic artists for the residency in Dresden, which was opened on 24th January and closed on 8th February by the Cultural Division of the Municipality of Wrocł...
We know the results of the call for the residency in Dresden!
Music
We know the dates of the 53rd Jazz on the Odra Festival!
We already know the date of this year’s edition of the Jazz on the Odra Festival. The 53rd edition of one of the oldest Polish jazz festivals will take place on Impart stages on April 26-30.
Music
We know the dates of the 53rd Jazz on the Odra Festival!
Architecture
Lviv. 24 June 1937. City, architecture, modernism
What did Lviv look like just before the outbreak of World War II? What really happened on June 24, 1937? Why hasn’t there been an exhibition dedicated to Modernism in Lviv and the creators ...
Architecture
Lviv. 24 June 1937. City, architecture, modernism
Visual Arts
Photography Never Dies exhibition to run until the end of March!
The first surviving photograph, first selfie, first picture left on the Moon and first digital photograph - this is just a part of the story, comprised of 2500 photographs in a space of almost 2000 sq...
Visual Arts
Photography Never Dies exhibition to run until the end of March!
We know Wrocław’s cultural strategy after the ECoC
Wrocław is soon going to pass the European Capital of Culture title on to two new cities – Aarhus in Denmark (21.01.2017) and Pafos in Cyprus (28.01.2017). Both new capitals of culture will be visited...
We know Wrocław’s cultural strategy after the ECoC
Alessandra Ferrini: "My residency in Wroclaw was such a blessing..."
A-i-R Wro is a long-running and interdisciplinary artist-in-residence programme run as part of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016. Relying on cooperation with local and foreign partners, it ...
Alessandra Ferrini: "My residency in Wroclaw was such a blessing..."
„Meerschmerz" – exhibition of residence A-i-R Wro
The title "Meerschmerz" is a naval version of the romantic Weltschmerz feeling or sadness resulting from thoughts about the imperfections of surrounding reality (literally in German – the pain of the ...
„Meerschmerz" – exhibition of residence A-i-R Wro
Volunteers, thank you for your contributions in 2016!
The European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 has come to an end. Hundreds of projects and cultural events, dozens of festivals and artistic projects, concerts, exhibitions, workshops... Many of them w...
Volunteers, thank you for your contributions in 2016!
Wrocław Commenting Choir: The ECoC is over, but the passion is still there
This time we would like to remind you of an outstanding initiative as part of our series "Let Us Experience It Once Again" – the Wrocław Commenting Choir.
The idea of the Choir surfaced for the fir...
Wrocław Commenting Choir: The ECoC is over, but the passion is still there
Opera
ECoC 2016: a stadium-filling opera megaperformance
On Saturday, June 18 the Wrocław Opera managed to fill... the Wrocław Stadium with a feeria of music, singing, light and dance. The “Spanish Night with Carmen – Zarzuela Show” megaproduction was one o...
Opera
ECoC 2016: a stadium-filling opera megaperformance
Theatre
ECoC 2016: a celebration of theatre and the success of the Theatre Olympics
After music and architecture, we would like to remind you of the success of the theatre section of the European Capital of Culture 2016 programme. It is worth noting that the year was not marked only ...
Theatre
ECoC 2016: a celebration of theatre and the success of the Theatre Olympics
Let us experience it once again: the chronicle of ECoC Wrocław 2016!
We are proud to present a beautiful gift from Alicja Michalska for the end of the ECoC Wrocław 2016. Such a chronicle is the best proof that the European Capital of Culture will last forever thanks to...
Let us experience it once again: the chronicle of ECoC Wrocław 2016!
The outstanding finale of the ECoC Wrocław 2016 THANK YOU!
The Sky Web megashow, the largest Silent Disco in Europe and the Sound Play featuring outstanding actors at the Centennial Hall - all taking place in the city, including these managed to attract almos...
The outstanding finale of the ECoC Wrocław 2016 THANK YOU!
The end of the European Capital of Culture with Sylwester Wrocławski
Over 60 000 people gathered on the Market Square together with countless more in front of their TVs, radio receivers and computer screens to welcome the New Year in Wrocław and have fun at the largest...
The end of the European Capital of Culture with Sylwester Wrocławski
New Year's Eve concerts at the Market: Mr. Sylvester invites!
On Saturday, December 31 prepare for some extra time with culture, organised by Mr Wrocław New Year’s Eve on behalf of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016. The alias hides great artists conne...
New Year's Eve concerts at the Market: Mr. Sylvester invites!
European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 was a success of the residents
Two thousand events of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 attracted 5 200 000 participants. Apart from the successes in terms of attendance and image, in 2016 Wrocław saw many of the so-call...
European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 was a success of the residents
At the halfway point of the ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend
We are currently at the halfway point of the unique Closing Weekend of the ECoC 2016 Programme in Wrocław, and since Thursday the residents and the tourists have been coming in large numbers to the ev...
At the halfway point of the ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend
ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend: the first day filled with attractions is over
The Closing Weekend of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 Programme is now underway! Over a hundred cultural events were planned and will be taking place in the city until Sun...
ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend: the first day filled with attractions is over
The Closing Weekend of the European Capital of Culture 2016!
We are going to witness the four-day long finale of the most cultural year in the history of Wrocław, starting with unique concerts during the Friendship Festival – a celebration of the 15th anniversa...
The Closing Weekend of the European Capital of Culture 2016!
ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend: take part in free events!
The Sky Web performance is not the only event taking place as part of the ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend available to the audience completely free of charge. The “Sound Play” featuring Małgorzata Foremniak...
ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend: take part in free events!
Closing Weekend: Culinary treats of the ECoC 2016!
Apart from all the official events of the Closing Weekend, it is also worth paying a visit to the various cafés and restaurants in Wrocław. On December 15-18, selected establishments will serve some o...
Closing Weekend: Culinary treats of the ECoC 2016!
Almost 100 events for the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 Closing Weekend!
The great “Sound Play” with Małgorzata Foremniak, Arkadiusz Jakubik and Robert Więckiewicz, The Sky Web multiperformance, the largest Silent Disco in Europe for 2300 guests, as well as Verdi’s opera, ...
Almost 100 events for the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 Closing Weekend!
ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend: the largest Silent Disco in Europe!
The year of the European Capital of Culture 2016 celebrations in Wrocław is slowly coming to an end, and it should be a time of a great cultural celebration for all residents and their guests alike. T...
ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend: the largest Silent Disco in Europe!
Visual Arts
The ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend - Open Art Days
The Open Art Days will be a treat not only for the lovers of visual arts. On December 16-18, the exhibitions such as Photography Never Dies, Wrocław 1945-2016 - a permanent exhibition at the Zajezdnia...
Visual Arts
The ECoC 2016 Closing Weekend - Open Art Days
Music
Presenting the programme of the 8th WROsound Festival
WROsound is a festival presenting the broad musical horizons, which does not allow anyone to clearly define one single type of music presented during the event. The line-up of each edition of the fest...
Music
Presenting the programme of the 8th WROsound Festival
Theatre
Polish Festival of Dance and Theatre in San Sebastian
Part of the spirit of the European Capitals of Culture, consists of the organisation of programmes and joint to strengthen and créate bidirectional flows between the chosen cities.
Theatre
Polish Festival of Dance and Theatre in San Sebastian
Cinema
EFA: evening with Jean-Claude Carrière and the screening of Danton
Jean-Claud Carrière is an outstanding French writer, playwright, screenwriter, author of song lyrics and actor. On Saturday, December 10 he is going to receive the European Film Award at the National ...
Cinema
EFA: evening with Jean-Claude Carrière and the screening of Danton
Cinema
European Film Awards: Q&A with actor Pierce Brosnan
Popular Irish actor Pierce Brosnan began his career in the U.K. In Wroclaw, he will receive the European Film Academy award on December 10, 2017, during the European Film Awards gala.
Cinema
European Film Awards: Q&A with actor Pierce Brosnan
Cinema
European Film Awards: tickets available for screenings of the nominated films!
Screenings of films nominated for the European Film Awards at New Horizons Cinema!
Saturday 10 December will be filled with celebrations of the European cinema, premières, and meetings with the fil...
Cinema
European Film Awards: tickets available for screenings of the nominated films!
Literature
LEMological Congress: discussions, films, music
Stanisław Lem - one of the most outstanding minds of our continent at the turn of the 20th and 21st century - intrigued with his knowledge, erudition and visionary ideas about the future of our planet...
Literature
LEMological Congress: discussions, films, music
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