Bytom

Worth seeing in and around Bytom

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
   Silesian Stadium

   The Silesian Stadium is a sport stadium located on the premises of Silesian Park in Chorzów, Poland. The stadium has a fully covered capacity of 54,378, after refurbishment completed in October 2017.

   7.8 km · Polish national athletics stadium in Chorzów, Poland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry

   The Historic Silver Mine is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tarnowskie Góry, Silesia, Poland. The mine and the neighbouring Black Trout Adit are remnants of a silver mining industry.

   9.8 km · Polish mining museum, Tarnowskie Góry · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Stadion Ruchu

   The Ruch Chorzów Stadium, also known as the Cicha Street Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in the Batory district of the town Chorzów, Poland. Built in the years 1934–1935 for the successful Ruch Wielkie Hajduki team and currently is also used mostly for football matches and serves as the home of that club, now known as Ruch Chorzów.

   7.6 km · multi-purpose stadium in Chorzów, Poland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Silesian Planetarium

   The Silesian Planetarium also Silesian Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory is the largest and oldest planetarium in Poland. It was founded on 4 December 1955 to commemorate Nicolaus Copernicus.

   8.4 km · planetarium in Chorzów, Poland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Bytom Synagogue

   The Bytom Synagogue or Beuthen Synagogue was a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Beuthen, in the Prussian Province of Silesia. The town is now located in present-day Bytom, Poland, a border–town between Germany and the Second Polish Republic prior to German invasion of Poland in World War II. After the plebiscite of 1922, the border passed just east of Beuthen, so that neighboring Katowice was in Poland.

   900 m · synagogue in Bytom, Poland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Silesian Amusement Park

   Legendia is an amusement park located within Silesian Park in the center of the Metropolis GZM, Poland.

   9.9 km · amusement Park in Poland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Stadion GKS Katowice

   The GKS Katowice Stadium is a football stadium at Silesian Culture and Recreation Park in Chorzów, Poland. It currently serves as the home ground of GKS Katowice's women's team.

   9.8 km · football stadium in Poland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Silesian Park

   Silesian Park is a recreation complex in the center of the Metropolis GZM, located in Chorzów in Upper Silesia, Poland. Silesian Park is managed by WPKiW S.A. The area of the park is 620 hectares, twice as large as the Central Park in New York.

   8.4 km · city park in Chorzów · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Stadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka

   Stadion im. Edwarda Szymkowiaka was a multi-use stadium in Bytom, Poland.

   1.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Silesian Opera

    Silesian Opera in Bytom is an opera company in Bytom, Silesia, Poland, that was founded in 1945. Its home is the former City Theatre, designed by architect Albert Bohm, that was built in Neoclassical style between 1898 and 1901.

    600 m · opera house in Bytom, Poland (est. 1945) · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Upper Silesian Museum
2. 02
   Rynek is

   It's traffic free and pleasant enough, but with slabby buildings and you won't mistake it for Kraków.

3. 03
   Church of the Holy Ghost

From Wikivoyage: Bytom, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Cinema City is within Agora shopping centre, a block west of Market Square.

1. 01
   Silesian Opera

From Wikivoyage: Bytom, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Around Market Square are Wagon Pizza, Włoska Robota Ristorante, Pizzeria Sycylia and W Lufcie. Agora shopping centre and Dworcowa south to the station have Li Long, Sapori Divini, Ważne Miejsce and Pod Czaplą.

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Getting to Bytom

Airports

Katowice Wojciech Korfanty (KTW), 18 km · Kraków John Paul II (KRK), 69 km · Leoš Janáček Ostrava (OSR), 93 km

Stations

Ruda Śląska railway station, 5.9 km

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