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International Oktoberfest returns to Wrocław

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After a break last year for the pandemic, Wrocław’s International Oktoberfest made its return on 10 September 2021. Back for the 16th time, it was held this year for sanitary reasons in the fresh-air surroundings of the Toya Golf and Country Club, a little way north of the city. The event was organised by the BPCC, the Polish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Poland) and the Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce. Traditionally, the International Oktoberfest draws the largest business crowd from across the region, but this year, numbers were limited because of Covid-19. Nevertheless, after a year’s absence, it was good to meet in person and the event was enjoyed by all.

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Nice to See You Again event series complete its Poland summer roadshow

Wrocław – Poznań – Warsaw – Kraków; four Polish cities with concentrations of British business, were the four venues for the BPCC’s cycle of face-to-face business mixers, organised as a welcome return to physical meetings after a year of lockdown.