Gliwice

Worth seeing in and around Gliwice

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
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Gliwice

   The Diocese of Gliwice ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Gliwice.

   300 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Gliwice Arena

   Gliwice Arena, known for sponsorship reasons as PreZero Arena Gliwice, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Gliwice, Poland. The main arena has 13,752 seats across its four stands and a capacity of up to 17,178 spectators with standing places, making it one of the largest indoor arenas in the country.

   1.7 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in Gliwice, Poland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ernest Pohl Stadium

   The Arena Zabrze, officially known as the Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla w Zabrzu, is a football stadium in Zabrze, Poland.

   7.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Stadion Piast

   The Piotr Wieczorek Municipal Stadium, also known as the Piast Gliwice Stadium is a football-specific stadium located in Gliwice, Poland.

   2.5 km · stadium of Piast Gliwice · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Silesian University of Technology

   The Silesian University of Technology is a public university in Gliwice, Poland. Established in 1945, the university is one of the 10 officially recognized research universities in Poland.

   700 m · technical university in Gliwice, Poland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum

   The Guido mine is a historic deep coal mine and museum in Zabrze, Silesia, Poland. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

   9 km · Polish Mining Museum, Zabrze · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Joseph's Church

   St. Joseph's Church (Polish: Kościół św.

   7.5 km · church building in Zabrze, Poland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   New Synagogue

   The New Synagogue was a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Gleiwitz, Germany. Designed by Salomon Lubowski and Louis Troplowitz in the Rundbogenstil, Moorish Revival, and Romanesque Revival styles and completed in 1861, the synagogue was destroyed by Nazis on November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht.

   200 m · destroyed German synagogue · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Old church of St. Bartheomeo in Gliwice

   The Old church of Saint Bartholomew is a fortified church in Gliwice in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. Originally, it was built in Romanesque style about 1232 and situated far outside the defensive walls of the city.

   1.9 km · church building in Gliwice, Poland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Culture and Recreation Park in Gliwice

    Culture and Recreation Park is a communal forest in Gliwice. Inside the park is a castle forest.

    3.5 km · park in Gliwice, Poland · Wikipedia

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Things to do

Football: Piast Gliwice play soccer in Ekstraklasa, Poland's top tier. Their home ground is Piotra Wieczorka Municipal Stadium, capacity 9900, 2 km northeast of town centre. Teatr Miejski is at Nowy Świat 55, 500 m southwest of the cathedral. Cinema: Amok is near Rynek, at Dolnych Wałów 3. Cinema City is in Forum Centre just north of the railway station.

1. 01
   Arena Gliwice

   Large multi-purpose venue for music and sports.

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Where to eat

Momo at Rynek 1 is a restaurant and wine bar open M-Sa 12:00-23:00, Su 12:00-22:00. Desa Gastro Bar at Rynek 22 is open Su-Th 09:30-22:30, F Sa 09:30-00:00. Dobra Kasza Nasza, Rynek 3, gliwice@dobrakaszanasza.pl. Daily 12:00-22:00. Trad Polish and other East European food on market square. Club Hemingway on Rynek serves steaks and suchlike. It's open M-Th 09:00-01:00, F Sa 09:00-16:00, Su 10:00-01:00.

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Getting to Gliwice

Airports

Katowice Wojciech Korfanty (KTW), 36 km · Leoš Janáček Ostrava (OSR), 77 km · Kraków John Paul II (KRK), 83 km

Stations

Gliwice railway station, 1.1 km

• Balice → Gliwice

  83 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · zł21–28
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• Wrocław → Gliwice

  147 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · zł35–47
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• Łódź → Gliwice

  173 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · zł47–65
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