iPhoneography Poland Wrocław

Hunting for Krasnoludki in Wrocław, Poland


Last Updated on March 28, 2018.

One of the best decisions I have ever made was stopping in Wrocław, Poland in the midst of making my move from Sweden to Ukraine in the summer of 2011. Not only did I make some really awesome friends there through Couchsurfing, but I also got a chance to go krasnoludki hunting.

Wroclaw Poland iPhoneography

What is krasnoludki hunting?

Quite simply, it is hunting/searching for the 150+ krasnoludki/”little people”/gnomes that are scattered throughout Wrocław. If you want an elaborate story on how these little guys came into existence, you can read about it on their official site and even view them all on a map. It’s actually quite political and began in the heat of the 80s – Wrocław’s version of the Solidarity movement, in a nutshell. That is a huge generalization but so is a nutshell if you’ve ever thought about it (is it a peanut, walnut, chestnut, or pistachio shell?!)

Why don’t I just shut up about politics and nuts for now and show you what I caught {on camera} during my hunt instead.

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

krasnoludki wroclaw

Which one is your favorite? Mine is this last guy because he is eating a pierogie and I LOVE pierogies. I also like the third to last one because it looks like be his telling a story about…something huge.

16 Comments

  • Reply
    Rob
    March 15, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    Awesome shots and filters.

    I love Poland and realize I must venture deeper than Krakow!

    • Reply
      Larissa
      March 15, 2013 at 7:18 pm

      Thank you, they have been sitting on my iPhone since 2011 – whoops! You do need to venture deeper or at least wider and rest assured that when you finally do, I have plenty of peeps (all of them ridiculously good-looking) to set you up with.

  • Reply
    Shaun
    March 18, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    You just blew my mind with that whole nutshell analogy! :)

    My fav is the one riding the motorcycle… gnomes are cool enough but that guy is in a league of his own.

    • Reply
      Larissa
      March 26, 2013 at 1:20 am

      That’s what I strive to do, Shaun. Blow your mind. Motorcycle guy is pretty awesome too.

  • Reply
    kim
    March 20, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    I like the one that looks like a rainbow.. :P

    • Reply
      Larissa
      March 26, 2013 at 1:19 am

      LOL -which one? They all kind of look like a rainbow, no? :)

  • Reply
    Wiola Starczewska
    March 29, 2013 at 4:40 pm

    mmmm, pierogi….

    Actually I’m Polish and a couple of months ago I was considering to move to Wrocław and live among krasnoldki. But it happened that I found myself in Copenhagen. Your post made that I kind of regret that now.

    • Reply
      Larissa
      March 29, 2013 at 9:05 pm

      Haha, wellll I’d say Copenhagen is a pretty cool place to have found yourself in, too :) You’ll have to let me know if you find any good pierogi there as it’s right across the bridge from Malmo and I’ve yet to find any in that town!

  • Reply
    Turner
    April 1, 2013 at 5:37 pm

    Sweet baby jesus you found a lot of those guys.

    I think I found like 5 when I was there then gave up and drank beer.

    I love Wroclaw…might be my favorite city in Poland as Krakow has got more and more tourists laying about.

    • Reply
      Larissa
      April 1, 2013 at 9:12 pm

      Krakow is out, Wroclaw is in – you got that right. I found so many because I made it a mission to. I’m impressed by the amount of places you’ve been; I am not impressed by the amount of places you’ve been and written about. You need to get on that and by “you” I mean “us” because I am guilty as well. Or maybe some things are better left for ourselves and off the blog..

  • Reply
    Neil (@packsandbunks)
    May 16, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    Cant help but feel sorry for the ball and chain dude. What could he have possibly done to deserve such a cruel fate?

    Finding these guys was so much fun (especially after a few beers), glad to see your got the same enjoyment out of it. Sweet post!

    • Reply
      Larissa
      May 29, 2013 at 8:49 am

      How did this comment slip through the cracks?? Yes! It was especially fun after some vodkas though I was even counting short people at that point. Aww, really makes me want to go back to Wroclaw now!

  • Reply
    Helen
    May 28, 2013 at 6:01 pm

    Hi Larissa,

    These photos are awesome! I really want to go to Poland now!

    Helen x

  • Reply
    Helen
    May 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm

    ps. How did you get the photos to look like that? I love rainbows!
    x

    • Reply
      Larissa
      May 28, 2013 at 9:27 pm

      You should, it’s great! I believe it was FX Photo Studio that I used for those. It’s just a filter from an iPhone app :)

  • Reply
    Helen
    May 28, 2013 at 10:57 pm

    Thanks Larissa, they’re so pretty! Might be wasted on my old iPhone 3, but definitely something I’ll try! Thanks for the advice!

    Happy travelling! x

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