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robeiae
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The little people of Wroclaw Oct 18, 2017 8:01:59 GMT -5

Post by robeiae on Oct 18, 2017 8:01:59 GMT -5

Wroclaw, Poland is apparently being overrun with actual dwarves: www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171017-the-truth-behind-wrocaws-cheeky-gnomes

But hidden beneath the city’s Gothic spires and Baroque palaces, there’s a tiny world waiting to be discovered: a legion of little people, each no more than a foot tall, lurking in the alleyways, peeking out from the doorways and swinging from the lampposts. Cheeky, bronze and oozing with personality, these pint-sized statues are the dwarves of Wrocław, and they’ve started running rampant.

Here's a website put up by the city where you can learn about some of them: krasnale.pl/en/

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The little people of Wroclaw Oct 18, 2017 9:43:59 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2017 9:43:59 GMT -5

I love Poland. Clearly I need to go back to Wroclaw. When I was there some years ago, there were not nearly so many of these statues. It's a pretty city to begin with, but these seems like a delightful addition. And I like that they're symbols of resistance to oppression -- but fun symbols.

One of the cool things about traveling to many of the former Iron Curtain countries is seeing how people and their resistance coped with Soviet rule. The cheeky thing is a common thread -- dark wit and a sense of the absurd seemed to flourish and get them through the genuine grimness (and sometimes downright horror) of daily life.

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