Main Gate

Access with trams lines 1; 2; 4; 10; 19 and buses 145; 146.

General Director: Radosław Ratajszczak

Hours

The City Zoological Garden in Wroclaw is open daily without exception.

Summer: from 9⁰⁰ AM to 6⁰⁰ PM. The box office is open to 5⁰⁰ PM.
Winter: from 9⁰⁰ to 4⁰⁰ PM. The box office is open to 3⁰⁰ PM.

Normal ticket costs 10 zloty , discount - 4 zloty .
A year admissions card costs 100 zloty .
Children under 4 - admission free.
Every Thursday the retired and pensioners get free admission.
Teachers of organised youth and/or children's groups get a discount, counting one person per ten students.
Children under 10 can only tour the zoo with adults' supervision.

The Zoological Garden in Wroclaw was founded in 1865, but it wasn't until the end of the 19th century that appropriate areas were built to meet the requirements of exotic animals (e.g., elephants, monkeys, as well as the Nature House).

Tower - the oldest structure in ZOO

In the first decade of 20th century the collection of rare animals and ornamental plants was expanded by approximately 100 species. In 1921 the Zoological Garden was closed due to destruction and the economic crisis following World War I. It reopened in 1927. During the inter-war period pavilions for monkeys, bears, seals, wisents (European bison) and antelopes opened. Many animals were lost and buildings destroyed when World War II raged through Europe. The University of Wroclaw reopened the zoo on July 16, 1948 with a restricted number of animals - approximately 150.
As a result, 1998 is the 50th anniversary of zoo's existence within the Polish borders.

Today, as half a century ago, Wroclaw Zoo is very popular among Poles, foreign tourists and specialists in this domain. It is worth noting that nearly half the visitors are adults.

Approximately 500,000 people visit zoo in a given year. Attendance was exceptionally low in 1997 when Wroclaw citizens were forced to fight a flood during the summer and only a few dared to wade through the flooded city centre to visit "their zoo".

Today the zoo covers the area of 33 hectares with a collection of 6815 animals of 559 species. About 100 species reproduce in the zoo environment, increasing the number of these invaluable natural treasures.

The collection: