The document discusses Wrocław's hosting of the 2017 World Games. It describes Wrocław as a meeting place where cultures have interacted for centuries. In 2012, Wrocław was selected to host the 10th anniversary edition of the World Games in 2017. The city has invested in sporting infrastructure and regularly hosts major sporting events. Wrocław also has a young and educated population, and its growing economy centered around technology makes it an attractive place to live and invest. The World Games in 2017 will be one in a series of major events that Wrocław will host in the coming years as it establishes itself as an international cultural and sporting destination.

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2. Wrocław [the meeting place]
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3. Wroclaw is a unique place where
characters, cultures and histories
of great nations have been meeting for
hundreds of years. It is a place where the past
mingles with dynamic economic growth and
hard work with the joy of everyday life. It is
an amazing combination of historic events
which gave Wroclaw its shape and made
a famous historian, Norman Davies call
the city a “Microcosm”.
Wroclaw is located at the Oder, which is
divided into dozens of arms and canals. Their
shores are connected by over a hundred
of bridges. We believe that every shore can
be connected. This is the reason why Wroclaw
is called the meeting place.
Our city is located in the heart of Europe,
in the south –western part of Poland. Within
350 km from Wroclaw there are 5 European
capital cities. Thanks to a modern airport
and developed transport infrastructure,
thousands of people from all over the world
meet here. We are open to all the guests,
as each meeting is of new importance and
value.

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5. In January 2012 Wroclaw was granted
the honor to organize the 10th, anniversary
edition of the World Games in 2017. We are
happy that thanks to Wroclaw, the event will,
after 12 years, again be organized on the old
continent, as a great sports and organization
event. We are convinced that it will be
unforgettable for the inhabitants of Wroclaw.
Before making attempts to apply for
the host of the event, we had been wondering
how to show to the inhabitants of Wroclaw
that active way of spending their leisure time
is equally important as their professional
development. We arrived at the point where
we had to pose a question – what will allow
the city to sustain the tempo of its economic
development. The answer was the organization
of the World Games.
It will be a continuation of a long-term
strategy for development of the Wroclaw
community. Apart from great events, we also
organize a range of activities directly aimed
at our inhabitants, which encourage active
recreation.
Our aim is to make the World Games combine
the publicity of a great event with a variety
of programs directed at sports fans who
will gather in Wroclaw in 2017. In this way we
can easily show that sport is not only a great
spectacle but everyone can try to be active
in the way the best athletes in the world are.

6. Wrocław [city of sport]
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7. Sport is very important in the lives
of the inhabitants of Wroclaw.
It is not only because of the organization
of great sport events, but also due to special
programs aimed at increasing sport activity
of the inhabitants.
The healthy lifestyle trend makes
the residential areas and parks fill with
people who spend their leisure time actively.
Owing to this fact, a lot of medalists of the
Olympic Games and the World Games come
from Wroclaw.
All these activities receive the support
of municipal and private investment.
For the UEFA Euro 2012TM
the city has
built a stadium for 43,000 people where
the new Polish Football Champion WKS Śląsk
Wroclaw play their matches. Last year the
multifunction Centennial Hall was renovated
and for the purpose of the World Games,
the building of a new Olympic size swimming
pool is being planned.
In areas at the Oder there is the Olympic
Stadium Complex with a stadium adapted
to speedway races and facilities for beach
sports.
The city holds big sports event
on a regular basis. Apart from the upcoming
the UEFA Euro 2012TM
, Wroclaw held, among
other events: the final of the Eurobasket,
the Acrobatic World Championships
and the Great Boxing Gala with Adamek –
Kliczko fight at the Wroclaw Stadium

8. Wrocław [city of the future]
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9. Wroclaw, together with its whole
agglomeration has over a million
inhabitants with one of the lowest median
age and, at the same time, with one
of the highesteducationratioin Poland.Many
years of investments in the infrastructure
and in modern technologies bring results
– young specialists with their families are
constantly coming to Wroclaw to find better
possibilities of development.
Over 140,000 students gain new skills
at Wroclaw universities every day. Thanks
to a well functioning University of Technology
in Wroclaw, there are a lot of specialists
and a lot of world corporations based
on modern technologies and services, such
as LG, Google, Toshiba, HP, Credit Suisse
or Toyota have opened their centers here.
This is because modern technologies
receive the necessary support in Wroclaw
and the city together with the authorities
of the region and local university centers
have developed a dynamically developing
Wroclaw Research Center EIT+.
The inhabitants of Wroclaw can look
into the future with confidence. Despite
turmoil in the global economy, the local
GDP is growing at the level of 6.8 – 12.5%
on an annual basis. The aging of the society
does not concern our city as the median age
of the inhabitants is at a relatively low level,
which makes investors feel safe in Wroclaw.

10. Wrocław [meeting place]
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11. Due to its convenient location in Europe,
Wroclaw has fantastic perspectives
for development. The experience of the past,
as well as its current economic possibilities
make it worth spending the time in our city,
it is just good to live here.
In the coming years, there will be a lot
of occasions to meet in Wroclaw:
• 2012 - UEFA Euro 2012
• 2014 - FIVA Volleyball World
Championships
• 2016 – European Capital of Culture
• 2017 - The World Games
Feel invited to Wroclaw already today.
The guests will be able to see the ongoing
preparations to the World Games 2017 and
a unique atmosphere of the city. We are open
to all nationalities and cultures, to modernity
and tradition, which is what creates the
genius loci of the meeting place.
In 2017 thousands of sportspeople, VIPs,
journalists and fans will come to our city.
For almost two weeks Wroclaw will experience
pure emotions connected to sport at its
highest level. It is worth feeling them already
today.

12. Municipality of Wrocław
Mayor’s Office
Sukiennice 9, 50-107 Wrocław
tel. +48 71 777 82 80
fax. +48 71 777 77 69
e-mail: bpr@um.wroc.pl
www.worldgames2017.pl
Photos:
G. Gołębiowski, G. Grycner, M. Kulczyński,
W. Jurewicz, K. Szymoniak, T. Woźny
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