Wroclaw, the capital of Lower Silesia - one of the largest regions in Poland - is an important cultural, science and industrial centre. The town situated in the south-western part of Poland has over 1000 year old history The seventeenth-century poet Nicolaus Henelius called Wroclaw the "Flower of Europe” and now the distinguished British historian Norman Davies made of this the title for his wonderfully readable history of the city.

Nowadays, the town has about 640 thousand permanent inhabitants and covers the area of nearly 300 km2. Wroc³aw is one of the most beautiful and oldest cities in Poland. As a city of 12 islands and 112 bridges, it is known as the 'Polish Venice'. After the first settlements appeared in the 7th century on what would later be known as Cathedral Island (Ostrów Tumski). The town hall in Wroclaw is one of the most magnificent Gothic buildings of Middle Europe. Classic and modern architecture is blended into an abundance of greens. Wroclaw is the greenest city of Poland. There are 32 universities and colleges with about 146 thousand students (among other, the Wroclaw University and the K. Lipiñski Academy of Music), almost 520 general education and vocational s chools (including 13 music schools), 55 librares, over 28 theatres (Opera, Operetta, etc.), Philharmonic Concert Hall and 20 museums. There operates over 50 orchestras, choirs and chamber ensembles (source: www.wroclaw.pl).

Wroclaw has a direct train connections with many European cities, and it also has plane connections via  Alicante, Barcelona, Bologna, Bristol, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Düsseldorf, East Midlands, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Glasgow, London, Liverpool, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Shannon, Munich, Venice, Warsaw.