The “Gazeta Wrocławska” compared the expenses of a hypothetical family with a school-age child living in a 50-square-metre owner-occupied apartment in eight county-capital cities of Lower Silesia. It turned out that it is cheapest now in Bolesławiec! The comparison included, among other things, local taxes and fees (property tax, waste collection fee, water and sewage rates, rainwater fee, dog fee, a monthly public transport pass for all routes and a monthly parking subscription for parking in the city centre), cinema ticket prices, hairdressing services and the fee for an eight-hour stay in a public kindergarten with full meals.

UM Bolesławiec/„Gazeta Wrocławska”

The summary of the family’s average basic monthly expenses placed Bolesławiec first, ahead of Głogów, Lubin, Świdnica, Legnica, Wałbrzych, Jelenia Góra and Wrocław. This is good news not only for Bolesławiec residents, but also for everyone planning to change their place of residence. The city mayor, Piotr Roman, encourages people to decide to live in Bolesławiec and initiated the “Move to Bolesławiec” campaign nationwide.

Why Bolesławiec:

  • many very inexpensive, serviced building plots (the average price per m² in 2012 was PLN 59.30 net) as well as apartments. The average sale price per m² of a municipal apartment in 2012 was PLN 1,646
  • building plots are available here from PLN 45,000, apartments from PLN 49,000 – see for yourself at www.bolesławiec.eu
  • excellent locations for single-family and multi-family housing
  • excellent locations for service businesses, such as hotels and restaurants
  • you can work wherever you want, because everywhere is close from here, including Dresden, Berlin, Wrocław and Legnica
  • near the motorway, the “Bolesławiec” motorway junction and the “Krzyżowa” motorway interchange (A4, A18)
  • on a railway line forming part of the Third Pan-European Rail Transport Corridor
  • modern public transport and inexpensive bus tickets await you here
  • for motorists, most car parks are free of charge.

Life here is active

  • the “Orka” water park is available, featuring: a sports and recreational pool, swimming instruction lanes, a water carousel, a lazy river, a waterfall, geysers, a family slide, air loungers, 100- and 60-metre tube slides, a children’s paddling pool, a sauna area, fitness facilities, squash, aerobics, a solarium, a graduation tower, food services
  • kilometres of cycle paths in the city and surrounding area
  • modern sports halls
  • multifunctional sports field complexes with synthetic surfaces
  • an indoor ice rink in winter
  • in summer, the MOSiR water and sports centre offers seasonal tournaments and recreational activities: swimming, volleyball, basketball, football, tennis, badminton, water volleyball and basketball, and beach volleyball
  • this year, construction will begin on a retention reservoir on Jeleniogórska Street, with a new recreation and leisure complex planned within the site
  • rafting and canoeing trips on the river
  • Bolesławiec is the largest city in the Bolesławiec-Zgorzelec Forest, which offers excellent conditions for tourism. Forest foragers will find an abundance of mushrooms and berries here. “Photo safari” enthusiasts can expect to encounter, among others, deer, roe deer, wild boar, foxes and hares, as well as rare bird species.
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There is no time for boredom in Bolesławiec

  • the 3D cinema offers top-quality services and a high level of projection comfort, including digital technology
  • free classes at the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre–International Ceramics Centre, including ceramic and sculpture, painting, film, dance and photography workshops
  • a rich cultural offering for young people and adults, including the most demanding audiences, with vernissages, concerts, theatre performances, meetings with interesting people and happenings
  • in 2013, the cultural offering is planned to be expanded at the newly established Cultural Integration Centre
  • attractive exhibitions at a museum equipped with multimedia and audiovisual equipment
  • in your free time, you can follow in the footsteps of famous people. Bolesławiec has seven walking routes under the collective name “In the Footsteps of Famous Europeans”. The routes have been thematically organised around particular personalities, monuments and phenomena in European history. The routes lead in the footsteps of gold diggers and medieval builders; Renaissance poets; architects and industrialists; naturalists and garden architects; ceramicists and sculptors; monks and chroniclers, as well as along the Napoleonic route
  • A full calendar of sporting and cultural events means that everyone can find something for themselves. Signature events include the Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival, the South Slavic Culture Festival and the International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshops.
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It is worth being a Bolesławiec resident

  • a rich range of University of the Third Age activities for seniors
  • people in need of assistance can find places at the comfortable “Senior Home”, with single and double rooms with bathrooms
  • for the youngest, modern and well-equipped schools, kindergartens, playgrounds, and cultural and sports centres
  • a municipal monitoring system has been introduced for safety
  • important information will be sent to your mobile phone, as an SMS notification system is in operation
  • you do not need your own internet connection, because hotspots operate here
  • for shopping enthusiasts, an extensive network of shops – from shopping centres to boutiques with original offerings – as well as two municipal markets with fresh produce, most often sourced directly from farmers
  • for food lovers, a varied gastronomic offering
  • in this city, you can quench your thirst by drinking water straight from the tap – you do not need to buy it in a shop because it is just as good as bottled water

Bolesławiec is also a good place to invest

  • The Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone “Invest-Park” Bolesławiec Subzone operates in Bolesławiec. In total, new plants have occupied more than 14 hectares of the Bolesławiec Subzone of the WSSE “Invest-Park”
  • The zone is an ideal place to invest for both large companies and small family businesses
  • Everyone who decides to invest in the special economic zone can count on tax exemptions amounting to 60% of investment outlays for small enterprises, 50% for medium-sized enterprises and 40% for large plants. The rules for tax exemption are set out in the permit to conduct business activity in the area covered by the special economic zone, which the investor receives after deciding to invest in the zone. Investors locating investments in Bolesławiec can count on exemptions from local taxes (property tax)
  • Tax exemptions for entrepreneurs are specified in two resolutions of the Bolesławiec City Council – concerning de minimis aid and regional aid. In the case of de minimis aid, an entrepreneur can obtain a tax exemption after creating just five new jobs. In the case of regional aid, obtaining an exemption from property tax is conditional on incurring investment outlays of at least PLN 500,000 or creating at least 20 new jobs. Higher investment outlays or creating more jobs than the minimum extends the tax-exemption period. The maximum period of exemption from property tax is 10 years.

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