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Chorzów
City county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Chorzów

Chorzów is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice.

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Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River.

Get in

Getting to Chorzów

For long-distance connections see Katowice#Get in. From Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport (KTW IATA) take the local bus into Katowice and change, there's no direct transport to Chorzów. Similarly from Kraków John-Paul II Airport (KRK IATA) travel via Kraków city centre.

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    Chorzów Batory Station

    This is the main station, 1 km south of town centre.

See

Worth seeing

The original village was 3 km northeast, but from 1797 the coal mines and ironworks caused this area to mushroom into Königshütte or Królewska Huta. Today this is known as Chorzów I or Miasto meaning town centre.

Eat

Where to eat

Rynek and Wolności have a strip of eating places. They include Pod Beczką (below), Na Winklu, Kartel, Kaskada, Everest, Pod Drewnianym Bocianem, Cafe Paterman, Piwniczka Piccolo, Tygiel Kulinarny and Włoskie. Pod Beczką Bistro & Pierogarnia Restauracja, Rynek 7,. Mon-Fri 11:00-18:00, Sat 11:00-16:30. Selection of Silesian food, good price, friendly service.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.