Świętochłowice

Worth seeing in and around Świętochłowice

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.

   4.1 km · Polish national athletics stadium in Chorzów, Poland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   2.5 km · multi-purpose stadium in Chorzów, Poland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   5.4 km · planetarium in Chorzów, Poland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   5.9 km · synagogue in Bytom, Poland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Silesian Amusement Park

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

   5.8 km · amusement Park in Poland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   5.4 km · city park in Chorzów · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   5.3 km · opera house in Bytom, Poland (est. 1945) · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Silesian Zoological Garden

   Silesian Zoological Garden is a zoological garden in Poland. It was founded in 1954 and is situated in the Katowice and Chorzów cities in the Metropolis GZM. It covers over 47.6 ha within the Silesian Park.

   5.7 km · zoological garden in the Katowice and Chorzów districts of Silesia, Poland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park

   The Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park is an open-air museum in Chorzów, Poland. It is referred to as a skansen, stemming from the first open-air museum of its kind, the Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden.

   3.8 km · open-air museum in Chorzów, Poland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Sleeping Lion

    The Sleeping Lion is a monument located in the market square, Bytom, Poland. The monument has become one of Bytom's most notable landmarks.

    5.6 km · sculpture in Bytom, Poland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Świętochłowice

Airports

Katowice Wojciech Korfanty (KTW), 23 km · Kraków John Paul II (KRK), 66 km · Leoš Janáček Ostrava (OSR), 88 km

Stations

Ruda Śląska railway station, 5.2 km

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• Wrocław → Świętochłowice

  160 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · zł41–55
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