Sky Tower - the tallest building in Wrocław

51 floors, 212 meters high, 1,142 steps, 30,000 tons of steel, 144,000 m3 of concrete, 40,000 sq m of glass and 2,700 km of cables. It is hard to imagine. Those are the numbers behind Sky Tower, the tallest building in Wrocław.

How many floors does Sky Tower have? The tower has 51 floors above ground, and the viewing deck is on the 49th floor, about 200 m above the city. The building is 212 m tall, or 205.82 m to the roof.

Fun fact: Sky Tower was the tallest building in Poland (measured to the roof) from 2011 to 2022. Today the title belongs to Varso Tower in Warsaw, which is 310 m tall with its spire, and Sky Tower is second.

On the 49th floor there is a viewing deck open to visitors. How could we miss it…

The lift goes up every half hour. Detailed times are available on the website and at the ticket office. Oh, the ticket office - an interesting fact: while the entrance to the corridor leading to the elevator is located outside the building (from Gwiaździsta Street), the ticket office is inside the shopping mall, on the first floor. So to get a ticket, you have to go to the mall, walk through the shopping center, and then come back at the appointed time with the ticket at the door on the outside of the building. Visitor convenience above all, right?

Another “convenience” is the fact that you need to wait a long time for a free slot to go up. At the ticket office the number of guests for every hour is displayed, however, on the website we can't view this information before arrival. Also, there is no option to book a ticket online. Online booking is available only for organized groups of at least 20 people. As a result, you need to choose the first free slot when you buy tickets. We wanted to go up together, so we had to wait an hour for a slot with 5 free places.

Good to know: in May 2024 the viewing deck reopened after a major rebuild. It is now more than twice as big and has an outdoor part, and the ticket office and the lift entrance are on the 1st floor of the mall. You can also buy tickets online.

Fortunately, it was lunchtime, so we went to a restaurant in the shopping mall. While we waited, the children enjoyed Kinect games, which were displayed on one of the walls near the playground.

At the appointed hour, we were waiting to go to the top. Standing under the building and looking up, we could see it was huge. We rode to the top in a high-speed elevator. In a moment, we were on the 49th floor, and our eyes took in an amazing view. Worth every penny.

The outer walls of the observation deck are glass down to the floor, so nothing blocks the view of the city. We were lucky to go there in great weather - it's important not to go up on a foggy day. From the top, we saw a fantastic panoramic view of Wrocław. Seeing this, Justine boldly said, "I like it" and ran towards one of the windows without any fear in her eyes.

As the joke goes, the observation deck on Sky Tower is the only place in town where you can see the panorama of Wrocław without Sky Tower.

There is no equally high building nearby, so the experience is completely different from the one on the panoramic terrace of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, where the surrounding buildings interfere with the view.

In good weather, you can see Ślęża Mountain (it reminded us of our trip with the children to the top of it), Wrocław Stadium and the Old Town. People looked like ants from up there. The impression is similar to that of Kolejkowo, which we had visited an hour earlier. The only difference is that here the small things are real. The beautiful view compensated for the initial bad impression we had about the circumstances of purchasing tickets.

For technical reasons, you cannot walk all the way around the observation deck, but almost the entire circle is accessible. Without any problems, we could look in any direction. The next day we saw Wrocław from above once more, from the Wrocław Cathedral tower.

Tickets are more expensive at weekends and cheaper during the week. On Saturday we paid PLN 15 for a standard ticket and PLN 8 per child.

Practical info

We checked prices, opening times and rules in November 2026.

Tickets

Viewing deck ticket prices:

• standard PLN 53,
• reduced (for example for under-18s) PLN 40,
• family ticket for 2 adults and 2 children PLN 150,
• children under 3 go up for free.

Tickets bought online are not tied to a time slot and are valid during opening hours.

Opening hours

The deck is open:

• Monday to Thursday 10 AM-6 PM,
• Friday to Sunday 10 AM-7 PM.

The outdoor part of the deck is closed from November 2026 to the end of March 2027, and it is worth checking the hours the day before your visit.

Rules

Food, drinks, luggage and pets are not allowed on the deck. There is a lift and a toilet adapted for people with limited mobility.

More in Wrocław

The same day we visited Afrykarium, and you can find the whole weekend in our post Visiting Wrocław with kids for a weekend.