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Zinc Rolling Mill

ul. 11 Listopada 50

If you haven't noticed already, Katowice, and Silesia as a whole, is big on industrial tourism. If this is where your interests lie, then 'Walcownia Cynku' (Zinc Metallurgy Museum) will be right up your street. Originally opened in 1904

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Katowice Airport

ul. Wolności 90, Pyrzowice

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Katowice Airport is located 34km north east of Katowice in Pyrzowice, with frequent shuttle bus conn

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Zabrze Sightseeing

Guido Mineshaft

ul. 3 Maja 93, Zabrze (Centrum Południe)

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Constructed in 1855, a visit to Zabrze’s Guido Coal Mine allows hard-hatted adventurers to plunge an initial 170m below ground, via a rattling cage elevator, while learning about the world of coal extraction. From the

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Silesia Park

Elka Cableway

Promenade Gen. Jerzego Ziętka, Chorzów

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So you've arrived at Silesia Park and you realise just how big the whole place really is. You now have a choice - walk, find a

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Chorzów Hotels

Diament Arsenal Palace Katowice/Chorzów

ul. Paderewskiego 35, Chorzów

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In the grand guise of Diament Arsenal Palace Katowice/Chorzów, Chorzów has an exclusive hotel that stacks up against the very best of the entire region. And why not? With Chorzów's high street and the immaculate Silesia Park within stumbling distance

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International

Leśne Patio

ul. Kościuszki 352

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The patriarch of the Patio family is also their biggest and most exclusive. The Polish 'Leśne Patio' (En tran: Forest Patio) is something between a Diner, a Motel and a rip roaring wedding and function hall. Leśne Patio fits the bill but ups the class

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Park Inn by Radisson Katowice

ul. Bytkowska 1A

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For a city currently thriving on business investment, the hotel market has been a bit slow to develop, but Park Inn by Radisson Katowice is good news for out-of-towners looking for accommodation to be less of an adventure. If you've stayed with the wo

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Zabrze Sightseeing

Queen Louise Adit

ul. Wolności 408, Zabrze (Zabrze Północ)

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The Queen Louise (Królowa Luiza) Mine opened for business in 1791, one year after Salomon Izaak first discovered coal below the ground. One of the oldest mines in the region, and biggest revitalised post-mining cultural heritage site

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Adult Entertainment

Queens

ul. Ceglarska 35, Gliwice (Ligota Zabrska)

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This well-regarded club features two bars, one wherein girls go-go dance on a table in the middle and it would be difficult to stand up from some of the seats without picking a stripper up on your shoulders. There's also a Jacuzzi and a sauna and high

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Silesia Park

Silesian Zoo

Promenade Gen. Jerzego Ziętka 7 (Park of Culture & Recreation, Chorzów)

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Located in Silesia Park & recreation, PL's largest zoo is a massive 50 hectare extravaganza with 2,465 animals of 390 species from all over the world, including crowd favourites such as rhinos, Siberian tigers and cheetahs. The kids will be thoroughly

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Parks & Gardens

Silesia Park

Al. Różana 2, Chorzów

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When it comes to a day outdoors the locals almost uniformly flock to this enormous park and outdoor amusement complex, which greens the grey area between Katowice and Chorzów. Spanning 620 hectares, it claims to be the biggest park in Europe and who a

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Around Silesia

Twój Hostel Bytom

ul. Strzelców Bytomskich 87A, Bytom

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Twój Hostel (Your Hostel) is a relatively new chain of hostels and hotels offering a wide variety of accommodation throughout Silesia. Their Bytom hostel offers a huge range of rooms on the super cheap. Choose from singles, doubles, triples a

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Tychy Sightseeing

Tyskie Brewery

ul. Katowicka 9, Tychy

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The Tyskie Brewery, in the town of Tychy (German 'Tichau') some 10km south of Katowice, has been brewing beer continuously since 1629 (almost 400 years!). Originally German-owned, today Poland's most

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Silesia Park

Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park

ul. Parkowa 25, Chorzów

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This fantastic open-air folk park presents rural Silesian life through its aged architectural monuments. Since the late 60s, Chorzów's skansen (ENG: Open-air museum) has been rescuing endangered or forgotten Silesian structures by hoisting th

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Parks & Gardens

Valley of Three Ponds

ul. Trzech Stawów

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If you've ever been to that other Polish city beginning with a 'K,' you may have noticed that the ci

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