Upper Silesian Industrial Region

Worth seeing in and around Upper Silesian Industrial Region

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
   University of Silesia in Katowice

   The University of Silesia in Katowice is an autonomous state-run university in Katowice, Silesia Province, Poland. The university offers higher education and research facilities.

   2.3 km · university in Poland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Great Synagogue

   The Great Synagogue was a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Katowice, Poland. Designed by Max Grünfeld in an eclectic mix of the Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival styles, and completed in 1900, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis by arson in early September 1939, during the invasion of Poland.

   1.9 km · largest synagogue in Katowice (Kattowitz), Poland then Germany · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Silesian Insurgents' Monument

   The Silesian Insurgents Memorial in Katowice, southern Poland, it is a monument to those who took part in the three Silesian Uprisings of 1919, 1920 and 1921. These uprisings aimed to make the region of Upper Silesia part of the newly independent Polish state.

   2.3 km · monument (Katowice, Poland) · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Silesian Museum in Katowice

   Silesian Museum in Katowice is a museum in the city of Katowice, Poland.

   2.9 km · museum in Katowice, Poland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Arena Katowice

   The Arena Katowice, officially known as Stadion Miejski im. Jana Furtoka, is a football stadium in Katowice, Poland.

   1.8 km · football stadium in Poland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Silesian Amusement Park

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

   2.7 km · amusement Park in Poland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Christ the King Cathedral in Katowice

   Archikatedra Chrystusa Króla w Katowicach is a classicist and modernist archcathedral in Katowice-Śródmieście, Katowice, Poland. Constructed between 1927 and 1955, the Archcathedral of Christ the King is the largest archcathedral and cathedral in Poland, 120,000 metres cubed large.

   1.4 km · catholic cathedral in Katowice, Poland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Market Square in Katowice

   Market Square in Katowice is a central feature of the Śródmieście district in the city of Katowice, Poland. This market square, the main one in the city, dates to the late 19th century.

   1.9 km · square in Katowice · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St. Michael's church, Katowice

   Church of St. Michael Archangel (Polish: Kościół św.

   1.1 km · church, cultural heritage monument in Poland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    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.

    3.3 km · football stadium in Poland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Upper Silesian Industrial Region

Airports

Katowice Wojciech Korfanty (KTW), 26 km · Kraków John Paul II (KRK), 59 km · Leoš Janáček Ostrava (OSR), 88 km

Stations

Katowice railway station, 1.6 km · Katowice-Muchowiec Airport, 2.8 km · old train station in Katowice, 1.9 km · Katowice Załęże train station, 1.7 km

• Balice → Upper Silesian Industrial Region

  134 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · zł41–55
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• Łódź → Upper Silesian Industrial Region

  231 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · zł70–90
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• Wrocław → Upper Silesian Industrial Region

  145 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · zł40–55
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