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Tychy
City county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Tychy

Tychy is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Katowice.

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Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bieruń to the east and Kobiór to the south. The Gostynia river, a tributary of the Vistula, flows through Tychy.

Get in

Getting to Tychy

Tychy is 20 km south of Katowice, follow Highway 86 / 1. Public transport from other cities and from Katowice Airport (KTW IATA) usually means changing in Katowice city centre. Four trains a day from Warsaw are direct, taking four hours to Tychy main station via Piotrkow Trybunalski, Częstochowa, Sosnowiec and Katowice. They continue to Pszczyn, Czechowice-Dziedzice and Bielsko-Biała.

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    Tychy main station is northwest edge

    It's been renovated but is grubby with poor signage of departures, poor disabled access, and no traveller facilities.

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    Tychy Zachodnie means "western"
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    Tychy Aleja Bielska is
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    Tychy Grota Roweckiego
See

Worth seeing

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    Rynek is

    It's mostly modern, though an attempt has been made to prettify it with a fountain and plants.

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    City Museum

    This is small, with no room for a permanent collection, so it can only hold temporary exhibitions until it finds a larger home.

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    Tyskie Brewing Museum

    The historic brewery site and taproom, the modern brewery is a short way north.

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    Museum of Silesia September 1939
  5. 05
    Museum of Miniature Art
  6. 06
    Church of the Holy Spirit
Do

Things to do

Theatre: Teatr Mały is at Hlonda 1 south of Rynek, Box Office +48 32 227 2067. Football: GKS Tychy were relegated in 2026 and now play soccer in II Liga, the third tier. Their Stadion Miejski (capacity 15,300) is east of town centre. Ice hockey: GKS Tychy (same company) play in Polska Hokej Liga, the top tier. Their home rink is Stadion Zimowy, next to Lodowisko railway station. Wodny Park, Sikorskiego 20,.

Eat

Where to eat

Grota Roweckiego has a cluster of eating places. They include Saigon, Nudle w Zołzie, Hanoi, La Classica Pizzeria, Kaya Sushi within Hotel Tychy, Złoty Smok, Pub Żywiecki and Wynalazcy Smaku. Promnice Castle at the southwest end of the lake is a hunting lodge. It's been converted into a restaurant but this remains closed in 2024.

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