Krakow is the second or third most populous city in Poland. However, the population of the whole metropolitan area is ca 1.3 Million. [1] or 1.7 Million [2]

At the larger estimate, that's about as big as Oxford or Slough, smaller than Swindon. At the smaller, High Wycombe or Grimsby [3], none of which would appear on a list of Big British Cities.

It's about 38 in the list of EU Larger Urban Zones [4]. Seven German cities appear higher in that list.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larger_urban_zone [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_the_Uni... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larger_urban_zone

> At the larger estimate, that's about as big as Oxford or Slough, smaller than Swindon.

Wikipedia says even the Oxford metro area is only 244,000 people vs about 700k people for Krakow city alone.

You're right. I can't work out what I misread to get that statement. It's not as if I could have just misplaced a multiple of 10. It's just wrong.