Walk Wroclaw across its islands
Wroclaw is spread across islands in the Oder, linked by over a hundred bridges, and hundreds of small bronze dwarfs hide on its streets. FOG keeps the map dark until you walk it, which suits a city built for wandering.
Market Square
Wroclaw's Market Square is one of the largest in Europe, with a Gothic town hall in the middle and colourful houses around it. Small streets and a second square, Salt Square, lead off it.
Look down: hundreds of bronze dwarfs, each a small statue doing something different, are scattered through the city. Searching for them is a good excuse to walk every lane.
Islands and bridges
The Oder divides into several arms around islands, crossed by a great many bridges. Ostrow Tumski, the cathedral island, is the oldest part of the city, with churches and the cathedral, and gas lamps that are lit by hand every evening.
Walk across the islands and along the river paths. East of the centre, the Centennial Hall, a large concrete dome from 1913, is a World Heritage site, next to a Japanese garden.
Coverage
Wroclaw is flat and its centre is compact. The river shows as many dark channels crossed by bright bridge lines, which looks great on the map.
Winters are cold, summers warm.
How FOG keeps score here
FOG starts with the whole world under fog. Every place you physically walk clears a circle of roughly 120 metres around you, and that ground stays clear for good. It keeps working with the app closed and the screen off once you allow background location, so the walk to dinner counts as much as the planned loop.
There is no account, no sign-up and no cloud. The trail lives on your phone and nowhere else, and you can export a GPX backup whenever you like. Exploring is free; one purchase of FOG Unlimited adds the higher ranks, all five character paths and history import, with no subscription.
Questions people actually ask
How many dwarfs are there in Wroclaw?
Several hundred small bronze dwarf statues are spread across the city, and more appear each year.
What is Ostrow Tumski?
The cathedral island, the oldest part of Wroclaw, where gas lamps are lit by hand each evening.
Does FOG work for running and cycling too?
Yes. It clears fog for walking, running and riding, anywhere on Earth, in the same way.
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