A song for many voices

Opole is best known for its annual song festival, but when the festival lights go out, the city does not go to sleep. Investors, including those from the real estate industry, claim the city has more to offer than just pop songsAlthough Opole is a relatively small city with a population of only 128,000, it enjoys the status of a provincial capital and sits in an attractive location on the borders of Germany and the Czech Republic – as well as along important transport routes, including the A-4, which forms part of the international Berlin-Kiev highway. Convenient airline connections exist, with international airports in Wrocław and Balice near Kraków, some 100 km from the city. The question is: will these plusses translate into the growth of the local real estate market? Enviable housing achievementsOpole’s residential developers have proved their enterprise mettle. 528 homes were delivered between January and June this year, while prices have risen 20 pct since the begi