Będzin

Worth seeing in and around Będzin

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Będzin Castle

   The Będzin Castle is a castle in Będzin in southern Poland. The stone castle dates to the 14th century, and is predated by a wooden fortification that was erected in the 11th century.

   1.1 km · building in Będzin, Poland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   WSB University

   WSB University is an academic higher education institution established in 1995. The university specialises in economic, social, humanities, technical and health sciences.

   5.3 km · private university in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Sielecki Castle

   Sielecki Castle is a castle in the city of Sosnowiec in southern Poland, located in the Sielc district. The castle is located on the left bank of the Czarna Przemsza River.

   5.7 km · castle from XV century in Sosnowiec, south Poland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Plejada Sosnowiec Shopping Center

   Plejada Sosnowiec is a shopping center in Sosnowiec, Poland. It was opened in 2001.

   5.3 km · shopping center in Środula, Sosnowiec, Poland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Ernest Schön Palace in Sosnowiec

   Ernst Schön Palace is a palace located in Sosnowiec in southern Poland. The building is located near the Warsaw–Vienna railway and surrounded by a neo-Romantic park.

   4.2 km · The main palace in the Schön Palace and Park Complex in Środula in Sosnowiec in Poland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Pałac Kultury Zagłębia

   The Zagłębie Palace of Culture, formerly known as the Zagłębie House of Culture, and the Dąbrowa Palace of Culture, is a public building constructed between 1951 and 1958 according to the design of Zbigniew Rzepecki in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. The building is listed as a heritage site in the register of monuments in the Silesian Voivodeship.

   5.2 km · house of culture in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Orthodox Church of the Holy Virgin, Hope, Luby and their mother Zofia (Sosnowiec)

   The Orthodox Church of Sts. Vera, Hope, Loy and the mother of their Zofia in Sosnowiec – the only one existing of the three Orthodox Orthodox churches in Sosnowiec.

   5.9 km · Orthodox church in Poland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Zagłębie Museum in Będzin

   Zagłębie Museum in Będzin makes available to visitors cultural property and documentation relating to the history of the region. It is housed in two sites: the castle at Zamkowa Street and the Mieroszewski Palace at Gzichowska Street.

   1.1 km · museum in south of Poland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Pomnik Bohaterom Czerwonych Sztandarów

   The Memorial to the Heroes of the Red Flags is a large concrete sculpture in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, placed at the Freedom Square, in front of the Basin Palace of Culture. It was designed by Augustyn Dyrda and unveiled on 8 November 1970, for the 53rd anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia.

   5.1 km · monument in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St. John Evangelical Church

    Evangelical church St. John in Sosnowiec, Poland – parish church of the Evangelical-Augsburg parish in Sosnowiec, located at ul.

    5.5 km · historic church building from 1886 in Sosnowiec, Poland · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Będzin Castle
2. 02
   Castle Hill

   Around Zamkowa Street (Around the castle).

3. 03
   Town
4. 04
   Będzin Underground
5. 05
   Holy Trinity Church
6. 06
   St Thomas Becket Church

   Castle Hill (Old cemetery on Castle Hill).

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Things to do

Walk from Będzin Miasto station to the castle, Castle Hill, the Underground, town walls, Cukerman Prayer House and Mizrachi Prayer House. Visit the Museum of Zagłębie sites: castle, Mieroszewski Palace, Będzin Underground and Mizrachi Prayer House. Make a side trip to Grodziec: St Catherine's Church, St Dorothy's Hill, the old cement works and Parcina Hill.

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Where to eat

Będzin's food options are scattered between the centre, castle area, hotels and residential districts. Check current opening hours before coming specifically for a meal.

1. 01
   Cumulus Restaurant

   Sportowa 3 (In Hotel Cumulus, near the castle and sports areas),.

2. 02
   Restauracja Pod Zamkiem

   Check current opening hours and operation before visiting.

3. 03
   Small eateries

   Aleja Kołłątaja, Małachowskiego Street, Modrzejowska Street and nearby streets.

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Getting to Będzin

Airports

Katowice Wojciech Korfanty (KTW), 16 km · Kraków John Paul II (KRK), 55 km · Leoš Janáček Ostrava (OSR), 101 km

Stations

Dąbrowa Górnicza, 4.9 km · Będzin Miasto, 2.1 km

• Balice → Będzin

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · zł17–23
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• Łódź → Będzin

  162 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · zł44–60
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• Wrocław → Będzin

  171 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · zł45–60
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