Katowice Travel Guide

 katis Says:  Church of St. Michael Archangel, that has been transported in 1930's to Katowice from the village of Syrynia. It is an all wodden small church that comes from 1510 and includes also a wooden bell tower.In mostly industrial Katowice it is like an object from other world,... 

 Carletto76 Says:  Tatiana is really the best "discover" in Katowice! There we found the first (and only) English speaking person in Katowice (a very nice waitress) and we had a great dinner! The interior is very nice, in Russian style, and the eastern dishes we tried were very good indeed!... 

 Anaico Says:  This is one of my favourite place in Katowice. The place is very nice and it has an interior well designed. The club was opened in Septmeber 2004 and shortly became popular with tollerant people.;)You may feel a magic place here: with fireplace, candles, music: chillout,... 

 Anaico Says:  This is a place where you may sit and drink or even dance. I have not beed here on weekends when there are some dance nights but the club is quite big. There is a place to sit and a dancing floor...The atmosphere of the place is rather dark... I mean that courtins are closed... 

 Anaico Says:  This is a place where you can drink a beer, juice or whatever, as well as dance. There is a big dancing floor. Dicos take place on Friday and saturday from 10 p.m. till 6 a.m. On Saturday you need to pay antry fee of 10 PLN. It is open every day from 4 p.m. till 2 a.m.This... 

 Christian123 Says:  Great club, well designed in a modern and elegant way. There are two floors. The DJ plays a good variety of music on the ground floor starting from old hits that make everybody move to the most modern and popular music ( I spent the whole night on the ground floor). Unless... 

 Ben-UK Says:  In the past I've often travelled to Poland by bus from the UK - prices approx. 130 pounds return (as at 2011) - a large Polish carrier is Sinbad with services from most UK cities,I used them in 2011 and found them to be very good, below their website which is only in Polish... 

 Ben-UK Says:  The main train station is in the centre of the city, next to the local bus station. There are frequent trains to Krakow (78km), Wroclaw (180km),Oswiecim (for Auschwitz)(33km),Warsaw (303km).International trains to Berlin, Prague, Vienna.As at June 2011 the old station has... 

 Soccer13 Says:  First of all if you have taken a train in other places in Europe such as Italy, England, or France do not expect the same quality. Trains are old and slow. The stations are generally disorganized. The schedules are posted in paper on the wall and are not always correct as to... 

 arantha Says:  The international airport in Katowice (actually in the village next to Katowice), called Pyrzowice is about one hour far from the center. You can get there using a special bus. One way ticket costs 18 zl, both ways: 25 zl, the ticket for children between 4-10 years old: 10... 

 arantha Says:  Train is the most popular type of transportation if you are traveling around Ponad without your own car, motorbike or a bicycle. However it could be very unconvenient (especially if you don't speak Polish), as you have to transfer sometimes few times, even if you are... 

 tini58de Says:  I was fortunate to see a performance by the group "zespol Slask". They danced and sang a whole variety of Silesian folk songs and dances and wore different beautiful costumes! All the costumes were hand-made and embroidered - absolutely awesome!The men's costumes were... 

 ZiOOlek Says:  The information sign says: "Look! Those walls are full of crime!In this building in 1939 - 1945 Gestapo had its headquarter and in 1945 - 1954 the building belonged to the Provincial Office of Public Security (Wojewodzki Urzad Bezpieczenstwa Publicznego). Both, Gestapo and...