Katowice: attractions, restaurants, itineraries

Katowice

The name of this southern Polish city is known to millions of tourists: just 30 kilometers from the center of Katowice lies a low-cost carrier hub, one of Poland's busiest international airports, Katowice-Pyrzowice. Instead of a short trip from the train station to the airport, include a few days in Katowice in your vacation itinerary - a city with a centuries-old history and the business heart of Eastern Silesia.

The main attractions of Katowice are its streets, the only place in Europe with a mix of various architectural styles, a place of inspiration for artists and architects. Katowice impresses with the neo-Gothic and neoclassical promenades, dozens of modernism and realism styles on its boulevards, the phenomenal Superjednostka, and the dynamic Mariacka Street with dozens of bars and pubs.

Katowice is a vibrant example of a city's flexible transformation: the sites of closed mines and porcelain factories are now home to the Silesian Museum and Poland's largest private gallery, Wilson Shaft. A former power plant building houses one of the city's most popular nightclubs.

Plan your entertainment in Katowice in advance:

panoramic photo sessions on the Warsaw-2 mine tower;
concerts at the spaceship-like Spodek Arena;
cocktail parties on the grass-covered roof of the Conference Center;
cycling on the trails of the Valley of Three Ponds;
fun expeditions in search of mischievous beboks - miniature sculptures that are unofficial symbols of the city.

The top restaurants and cafes in Katowice introduce tourists to the local blend of culinary traditions from Eastern European countries. Order the most famous Katowice dishes for lunch: hearty Silesian roulade with red cabbage, potato pie with mushroom filling, Silesian machanka, kubele - potato dumplings or pierogi (dumplings) with various fillings.

Reaching Katowice by plane is easy from any corner of Europe. The city center, with its Central railway station and International bus station, receives hundreds of routes from different countries. The main Polish highway A4 connects Krakow and Katowice in an hour. From Warsaw, tourists reach Katowice by train in 2.5 hours.

Katowice, Poland

Katowice