Hot afternoon and the kids need to cool off? These are the spots where getting wet is the point: water playgrounds with pumps and sluices, a lifeguarded lake lido, and water parks for the days when outdoor play is off. Outdoor water play mostly runs in the warm months, so check hours before you pack the towels. Here's what we checked, from Aquapark Wrocław to Morskie Oko Lido.
This indoor water park has nine slides, from the DuoRacer, where two riders race side by side, to a gentle slide in the paddling pool, plus a wave pool, a lazy river and jacuzzis.
The Children Bay is a warm 32.5°C pool, 90cm deep, with a small slide and wall fountains, and it doubles as the swimming-lesson pool. Outdoor pools and a brine pool open in warm weather.
Nadodrzańska Osada Przygody is a fenced playground in the park on Połbina Street in Kozanów, beside the Oder embankment. Its centerpiece is a water play area where kids work pumps, an Archimedes screw, dams and water wheels themselves, and see how water moves.
Next to it are swings, spring riders, a rope and ladder climbing frame, and raised sand tables. Benches line the edge, and wooden steps climb the embankment.
A water playground on the Oława riverbank where kids play engineer: they pump water, open sluices and send it through water wheels and an Archimedes screw.
It sits on a promenade of over a kilometer between the Oławski and Rakowiecki bridges, next to a roller-skating track, a small river beach, wooden piers and a kayak landing. The whole site was built for wheelchair access.
Morskie Oko is a 4.3-hectare lake on the east side of the city, with a sandy shore, concrete sunbathing terraces and piers into the water. Lifeguards watch the swimming area every day.
Away from the water there's a sandpit with a sun sail for small kids, beach volleyball and beach tennis courts, a grill area with picnic tables, and a café with food trucks and ice cream.
A neighborhood pool complex in the north-east of the city, run by Aquapark Wrocław. Indoors there is a 25m lap pool and a separate kids' pool kept at 32°C, split into a 90cm learner section and a 40cm paddling area with a slide.
In summer, a 25m outdoor pool with a shallow kids' corner, loungers and showers opens too. The sauna is for adults only.
Hot afternoon and the kids need to cool off? These are the spots where getting wet is the point: water playgrounds with pumps and sluices, a lifeguarded lake lido, and water parks for the days when outdoor play is off. Outdoor water play mostly runs in the warm months, so check hours before you pack the towels. Here's what we checked, from Aquapark Wrocław to Morskie Oko Lido.
This indoor water park has nine slides, from the DuoRacer, where two riders race side by side, to a gentle slide in the paddling pool, plus a wave pool, a lazy river and jacuzzis.
The Children Bay is a warm 32.5°C pool, 90cm deep, with a small slide and wall fountains, and it doubles as the swimming-lesson pool. Outdoor pools and a brine pool open in warm weather.
Nadodrzańska Osada Przygody is a fenced playground in the park on Połbina Street in Kozanów, beside the Oder embankment. Its centerpiece is a water play area where kids work pumps, an Archimedes screw, dams and water wheels themselves, and see how water moves.
Next to it are swings, spring riders, a rope and ladder climbing frame, and raised sand tables. Benches line the edge, and wooden steps climb the embankment.
A water playground on the Oława riverbank where kids play engineer: they pump water, open sluices and send it through water wheels and an Archimedes screw.
It sits on a promenade of over a kilometer between the Oławski and Rakowiecki bridges, next to a roller-skating track, a small river beach, wooden piers and a kayak landing. The whole site was built for wheelchair access.
Morskie Oko is a 4.3-hectare lake on the east side of the city, with a sandy shore, concrete sunbathing terraces and piers into the water. Lifeguards watch the swimming area every day.
Away from the water there's a sandpit with a sun sail for small kids, beach volleyball and beach tennis courts, a grill area with picnic tables, and a café with food trucks and ice cream.
A neighborhood pool complex in the north-east of the city, run by Aquapark Wrocław. Indoors there is a 25m lap pool and a separate kids' pool kept at 32°C, split into a 90cm learner section and a 40cm paddling area with a slide.
In summer, a 25m outdoor pool with a shallow kids' corner, loungers and showers opens too. The sauna is for adults only.
