the POLSKI blog

09 Jun, 2011

Vrots Love

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast|so very Polish

Wrocław is one of five Polish cities – along with Katowice, Lublin, Gdańsk and Warszawa – vying for the title of the European Capital of Culture in 2016. So far only one Polish city – Krakow – enjoyed this privilege in 2000.

Each city is obviously trying its best to impress the world and Wrocław doesn’t even need to try hard. After all, it’s a beautiful, vibrant city, full of history and fantastic architecture.

In its latest promotional video it’s trying to make it easier for foreigners to pronounce the name Wrocław by splitting it into two easy-to-remember (and pronounce) bits: Vrots and Love. (And presumably trying to imply that Wrocław is a city you can easily fall in love with; not sure what Vrots is meant to do though;) ) At the same time, the video shows everything the city is proud of – from its culture to its architecture and lovely people.

So here it is, does it work? I’ll let you be the judge:

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4 Responses to "Vrots Love"

1 | BúhoNo Gravatar

June 11th, 2011 at 2:56 pm

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I just wanted to say thank you for this amazing blog of yours, and for sharing with us so many interesting and wonderful glimpses into Polish life, language and culture.

Big love!

2 | PolglishNo Gravatar

June 25th, 2011 at 10:03 am

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Good blog, very informative.

3 | Czarny kapturekNo Gravatar

March 14th, 2012 at 11:54 pm

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I don’t get how “ław” becomes “love”, when in English it would be written “wav”.

Not that “wav” offers itself well to people trying to market a city.

4 | Cole TrujilloNo Gravatar

March 20th, 2013 at 3:39 pm

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Wrocław sounds like an interesting place I will defiantly have to go there this summer. Just googling the city was fascinating for example Wrocław has the oldest resturant still operating in Europe who knew?

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