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Zabrze
City in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Zabrze

Zabrze is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice.

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It lies in the western part of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of around 2 million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka River, a tributary of the Oder.

Get in

Getting to Zabrze

For long-distance routes, see Katowice#Get in. By public transport from Katowice (KTW IATA airport, you can use M16/M116 direct bus (~75 min travel time, every hour on workdays, every two hours on weekends, also at nighttime), or travel via Katowice or Gliwice city centre. By public transport from Kraków (KRK IATA) airport, travel via Kraków city centre, there's no direct link to Zabrze.

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    Zabrze Railway Station is central

    Few facilities here.

  2. 02
    Zabrze Rondo Sybiraków
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    Plac Warszawski

    Some long-distance buses don't call here, change in Katowice if needed.

Do

Things to do

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    New Theatre

    The city theatre is in an Art Nouveau building, formerly a steelworks casino.

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    Zabrze Philharmonic
  3. 03
    House of Music and Dance
  4. 04
    Arena Zabrze
Eat

Where to eat

The main eating strip is Wolności, a block north of the station. Along here are Akira Sushi, Sorrento, Calavera, Mąka & Oliwa, Happy Star, Gruby Benek and Skrzydlaty Byk.

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