Wrocławska Street (ul. Wrocławska) is the location of Karolinka Shopping Centre (Centrum Handlowe Karolinka). The shopping centre, which opened in September 2008, has a total area of 38,000 m², with a total of 99 stores, including fashion, hardware and electronics stores. To the east of the city, by the National Road 46, is the smallest of the three shopping centres, Turawa Park, with a total of 50 stores. Other shopping centres include Galeria Opolanin, built between 1974 and 1981 and upon its completion, was the largest shopping centre in Poland. Sports Among the city's most popular sports team are: Odra Opole – football club, playing in the Polish second division. From the 1950s to the 1980s the team competed in the country's top-flight, finishing 3rd in 1964. Orlik Opole – ice hockey club, playing in the Polish Hockey League, the country's top division. Kolejarz Opole – speedway club, competing on the Polish third tier. In the 1970s and 1980s, the team competed in the country's top-flight, finishing 3rd in 1970. Gwardia Opole – handball club, playing in the Polish Superliga, the country's top division, and finishing 3rd in 1964 and, recently, in 2019. Notable people Leo Baeck (1873–1956), rabbi Anna Brzezińska (born 1971), fantasy writer Jerzy Buzek (born 1940), academic and politician, President of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Poland Jan Fethke (1903–1980), film director Damian Grabowski (born 1980), mixed martial artist Jerzy Grotowski (1933–1999), theater director Danuta Jazłowiecka (born 1957), politician Jakub Kania (1872–1957), Polish poet and writer, soldier in the Silesian Uprisings Jan Kasprowicz (1860–1926), poet Paul Kleinert (1837–1920), German theologian Miroslav Klose (born 1978), football player (playing in the Germany national football team) Bronisław Koraszewski (1863–1924), Polish activist, founder of Gazeta Opolska Szymon Koszyk (1891–1972), reporter, teacher and Polish activist from Opole Andrzej Jerzy Lech (born 1955), artist and photographer Simon Bar Jona Madelka (before 1550–), Czech composer Chester Marcol (born 1949), American football placekicker for the Green Bay Packers Rochus Misch (1917–2013), communications' chief of the Reichskanzlei and member of the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler Jacek Morajko (born 1981), cyclist Remigiusz Mróz (born 1987), writer Marcin Ociepa (born 1984), politician Edmund Osmańczyk (1913–1989), reporter, politician (6 times elected to the sejm and once to the senate) Emin Pasha (born Eduard Schnitzer) (1840–1892), explorer and governor of Africa Bolesław Polnar (born 1952), graphic artist and painter Joachim Prinz (1902–1988), rabbi, born here Oscar Slater (1872–1948), German/Scottish