More than 1,000 bronze dwarves reside in doorways, atop bridges, and on street corners in Wroclaw, a vibrant city in southwestern Poland. Some made me laugh like the dwarf riding a Vespa. Others encouraged reflection, such as the dwarf with a big heart helping children in neighboring Ukraine. Most, well, just made me smile.

 

Some destinations capture your imagination with towering skyscrapers, prestigious art museums, or Michelin-starred restaurants. In Wroclaw, what drew my attention were the statuettes shaped like dwarves or krasnale in Polish.

 

To learn more about Wroclaw and its boot-sized gnomes, please read my story on GoNOMAD. The online publication is a wonderful source of travel information. Please consider adding GoNOMAD to your list of favorite travel sites.

 

For more stories about Poland, please check out my story about finding the world’s largest statue of Jesus in a Polish town.