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Skawina
Place in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Skawina

Skawina is a town in southern Poland with 27,328 inhabitants (2008), situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Plan a trip to Skawina→From Katowice

The town is located on the Skawinka river, in close proximity to the city of Kraków. Its population was 23,761, and the area of the town is 20,50 km2. One of the most interesting historic buildings in Skawina is a Renaissance palace, built in the mid-16th century by Paweł Korytko. The name of the town probably comes from the Skawinka river.

How locals move

Getting around Skawina the local way

  • Get inKTW airport is north of Katowice town, but there are connecting minibuses to town and direct to Kraków.
  • Go nextSK-BUS minibuses from Kraków Main Railway Station (Dworzec Główny), or train (direction: Tarnów, Rzeszów, Stróże, Nowy Sącz/Krynica).

From Wikivoyage: Kraków, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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