If I asked you what European cities are well known for street art, Wroclaw probably wouldn’t be one of them.
In fact, this pretty Eastern gem has some of the best street art in Europe. Public art pieces are scattered about the city. The famous gnomes (of which there are over 300) challenge any visitor to discover their many locations. Other life-like statues of people or farm animals can be spotted on the sidewalks in both open areas and side streets, waiting for the unsuspecting visitor to walk by and notice. There are also a number of drab back alleys that have been transformed to vibrant and decorated masterpieces. We passed the entrance to Ruska Street Backyard twice before we finally found it. The alley doesn’t appear in Google Maps, so we could only go off the vague explanations provided on a few websites we’d found describing the location.
It was obvious no one knew about this place, we were the only ones exploring it. It was our little secret.
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