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Katowice Map, Poland

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Katowice Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Katowice with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Katowice useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Katowice!

Katowice Travel Guide

Katowice is situated in the Silesian Highlands, famous for their rich coal resources. The Silesian Highlands are located in the middle, between the Carpathian and Sudetes mountains. The climate around Katowice is continental humid. The wettest month is July, which is also the hottest (average of 23˚ C). Winters are cold, with lots of snow and temperatures below zero. read more

Katowice History

Katowice is a relatively new city judging after Polish standards. Although archeologists have found traces of human settlements dating back to the 13th century, the official birth date of Katowice is 1598. That year, Reverend Kazimierski made a visit to a small parish called ‘Bogucice’. Back then, Katowice (that wasn’t even called this way) was mainly known for its smithies. No one knows exactly how Katowice... read more

Katowice Nightlife

In the recent years, Katowice municipality has made serious attempts to encourage local art and promote cultural manifestations of any kind. There are no less than four theater halls in Katowice: the Silesian Theater (biggest in the city – three scenes), Atheneum Theater, Korez Theatre and Rialto Cinetheater. Also, Cogitatur and GuGalander clubs host regularly experimental theater and cinema manifestations. For some... read more

Katowice Sightseeing

The above mentioned Spodek is and has been the host of numerous events and sports competitions that brought Katowice in the attention of the whole world: the Ice Hockey World Championship or the Eurobsket 2009 are only two of them. Amateur sports persons can try their chances in the Half Marathon 4 Energy, or in one of Katowice’s numerous gyms, tennis courts, indoor climbing facilities and parks. Spodek is also the... read more