August 2000 I was working for...
by smithsgen
August 2000 I was working for a firm in Katowice. As the employer actually had problems finding enough work for me, I had a lot of time spare to discover the city and the surroundings.
In most travelguides Katowice is rarely mentoned by more than a couple of words, and honestly there aren't that many touristattractions in town. Still it's a really nice place to hang around. It's one of the few cities not to be bombed during the WWII, so the buildings are original. Furthermore there are no tourists there so you get a more true image of what the Poland of today is like, staying there.
I'll write more about Katowice when in mood for it. Might scan some of my photos too... Very pretty girls....Only Reykjavik match them.
Cheap, cheap beer.
Nice streetcafes.
Interesting people.
Nice wall paintings
by Carletto76
In Katowice there are many scattered buildings, and also underways below the railway lines, so you will find quite a lot of murales paintings, and some of them are really nice, or at least curious, like this one! ;-)
Giszowiec - nature
by ZiOOlek
Giszowiec is one of the quarters of Katowice. It is situated about 7 km from the city centre. Giszowiec is surrended by forests from three sides. About 50% of the area of the quarter is covered by forests. This make Giszowiec one of the most beautiful and green place in Katowice.
Giszowiec was founded in 1907 for the workers of coal mine called Giesche (today's: Wieczorek). The population of Giszowiec is about 18.5 thousand people.
Pressure's tower in Giszowiec
by ZiOOlek
Pressure's tower is situated on the highest point of Giszowiec in Gorniczego Stanu street in Giszowiec. The tower was built at the beginning of XX century and its job was to supply water for houses. In 1990 the tower was completly destoryed and one of the mobile company insted of putting its aerial agreed to make general reparations.
Tipical house in Giszowiec
by ZiOOlek
Typical houses in Giszowiec were small and designed for two families. Each family has its own doorway and the garden. Garden used to be always important and local people care about gardens neatly. Gardens were only for recreation. To cultivate, for example patatos, you had to get the permission form the local government. Most houses were designed by Georg and Emil Zillmann from Charlottenburg near Berlin.
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Church of St. Peter and Paul
St Mary's church
Muzeum Śląskie w Katowicach
Entrence to Blue Sky Coffee & Lunch
