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The Hemstig blog

History, streets and small stories from the towns we walk through.

Bolesławiec

The market square of Bolesławiec with the town hall tower and colourful tenement houses
Bolesławiec · 3 min read

Bolesławiec: the town built from clay, and a Russian general in cast iron

Bolesławiec is famous for pottery, but its story includes a lost museum collection, a monument by Schinkel and a woman on the town hall. What to see.

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Görlitz

The footbridge over the Neisse between Görlitz and Zgorzelec, with Zgorzelec on the far bank
Görlitz · 2 min read

Görlitz and Zgorzelec: one city, two countries, one footbridge

A river border cut the old town of Görlitz in two in 1945. Today you can walk from Germany to Poland across a footbridge. Here is the story of the twin towns and how to see both.

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Jelenia Góra

The arcaded market square of Jelenia Góra with colourful tenement houses and the town hall tower
Jelenia Góra · 3 min read

Jelenia Góra (Hirschberg): a town with two names and no ruined street

Jelenia Góra came through the war intact, so Hirschberg and Jelenia Góra sit in the same stones. Linen, a church won by a Swedish king, and where to walk.

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Kłodzko

The medieval stone Gothic bridge in Kłodzko with Baroque statues along its parapets and a church behind
Kłodzko · 3 min read

Kłodzko: Gothic bridge, underground tunnels and a fortress prisoner

A town on three levels: cellars underground, an old town on a rock, a fortress above. What to see in Kłodzko and the stories behind it.

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Legnica

The red-brick Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Legnica seen from the park
Legnica · 2 min read

Legnica: from the 1241 battle to "Little Moscow"

A town in Lower Silesia that kept changing hands: Piast dukes, the Habsburgs, Prussia, Germany, Poland and, for decades, a Soviet army headquarters. A short guide to Legnica's layered history.

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Wrocław

The towers of Wrocław Cathedral and the Holy Cross church on Ostrów Tumski, lit at night and reflected in the Oder
Wrocław · 2 min read

Ostrów Tumski: Wrocław's cathedral island, where the city began

The oldest part of Wrocław, with Gothic churches, gas lamps and quiet streets. How to see the cathedral island in an hour or make a slow evening of it.

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A fragment of the Racławice Panorama in Wrocław: cavalry and a gun carriage charging across a hilly field
Wrocław · 3 min read

Wrocław on a rainy day: indoor stops and covered walks

Rain in Wrocław does not have to ruin the day. Here are the best indoor stops, how to order them, and which parts of the city still work with an umbrella.

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Jets of the Multimedia Fountain in front of the Centennial Hall in Wrocław, with people sitting on the grass by the pool
Wrocław · 2 min read

Wrocław with children: a family day that kids will not call boring

Dwarfs to hunt, a zoo, a free fountain show and a walk that stays short. A practical plan for a family day in Wrocław, with stops ordered for small legs.

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The National Museum in Wrocław, a red-brick building, reflected in the Oder at night
Wrocław · 3 min read

Free things to do in Wrocław: museums by weekday, viewpoints and free walks

Which Wrocław museums are free on which day, which viewpoint costs nothing, and what to do on a day when everything charges. Checked October 2026.

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The gabled brick facade and astronomical clock of the Old Town Hall in Wrocław
Wrocław · 3 min read

One day in Wrocław: a self-guided walking itinerary with 13 stops

How to see Wrocław in one day on foot: from the bronze pedestrians to Ostrów Tumski and the Racławice Panorama. A route you can follow without a guide.

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A wide cobbled street of the Market Square in Wrocław lined with colourful tenement houses
Wrocław · 3 min read

Self-guided walking tour of Wrocław: app, guide or free tour?

Three ways to see Wrocław on foot compared honestly: a paid guide, a tip-based free tour and a self-guided app. Which one fits your day?

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Papa Krasnal, the first bronze dwarf of Wrocław, standing on a rounded plinth near a tram stop
Wrocław · 3 min read

Wrocław dwarfs: where to find them and how to plan a hunt

Nobody agrees how many dwarfs Wrocław has. Here is where to start, how to group them into walks, and what a first-time dwarf hunt really looks like.

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Wanda Rutkiewicz
Wrocław · 13 min read

Famous women of Wrocław: 19 remarkable lives from a street exhibition

A neurosurgeon, an Everest climber, a racing driver, a pastor, a poet and 14 more. Meet 19 famous women of Wrocław from the open-air exhibition in the city centre.

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Papa Krasnal, the first bronze dwarf in Wrocław, standing on Świdnicka Street with a tram behind it
Wrocław · 2 min read

Wrocław's dwarfs: how a protest joke became the city's best-loved sculptures

Tiny bronze dwarfs are everywhere in Wrocław. Here is where they came from, why there are so many, and how to spot them on a walk through the old town.

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Świdnica

The richly painted and gilded interior of the Church of Peace in Świdnica with the organ and galleries
Świdnica · 2 min read

Churches of Peace in Świdnica and Jawor: Europe's timber giants

Two huge wooden churches built in Silesia in the 1650s on the emperor's strict terms, now UNESCO sites. Their story, and how to visit both.

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