photo Gabriel Wilk, CC BY-SA 4.0
Zabrze is the capital of industrial tourism in Poland. Within twenty five kilometres of the Helenka Modern flat lie two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the oldest amusement park in the country and the largest stadium in the region.
I have gathered 25 places that guests return to most often, nearest first. Each one with a photo, so you know what you are going for.
The capital of industrial tourism in Poland. Everything within a quarter of an hour by car.
11 places
The Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, housed in a listed complex in Rokitnica. A kilometre from the flat, a quarter of an hour on foot. Many guests come here for classes, exams and conferences, and there is a city bike station by the campus.
photo Gabriel Wilk, CC BY-SA 4.0
A descent 320 metres underground in a genuine miners' cage, a walk through the galleries of the deepest tourist route in the country and a meeting with Count Guido. At the bottom there is the deepest restaurant in Poland.
photo Andrzej Otrębski, CC BY-SA 3.0
A gem of nineteenth century engineering, and the place that shaped the industrial character of the region. An underground route with a passage by boat.
photo Ludek, CC BY-SA 4.0
A group of buildings that carry you into the world of mining tradition, history and Upper Silesian culture.
photo Konrad Kurzacz Pimke, CC BY-SA 3.0
Running since 1959 in the listed building of the former Donnersmarck ironworks casino, built in 1901.
photo Janic zabrze, CC0
Concerts, plays and cabaret in one of the largest auditoriums in the region.
photo Nemo5576, CC BY-SA 4.0
Lily ponds, a rockery and glasshouses. A quiet way to spend an afternoon, especially with children.
photo Lestat (Jan Mehlich), CC BY-SA 3.0
The history of the town and an art gallery in one building, with a café inside.
photo Nemo5576, CC BY-SA 4.0
Home of Górnik Zabrze. From July 2026 it seats 28,499, eventually 31,871. The second largest ground in the province.
photo Paweł Legend, CC BY 4.0
The nearest cinema with a broad programme. Planet Cinema and Kino Roma also operate in the centre.
photo Tomasz "Nemo5576" Górny, CC BY-SA 3.0
Shops and restaurants in the centre of Zabrze. Closer to the flat, on the other side of town, stands the M1 centre.
photo Lestat (Jan Mehlich), CC BY-SA 3.0
Two UNESCO sites and a historic market square, a quarter of an hour away.
4 places
A UNESCO World Heritage Site. An underground route through a former silver and lead mine.
photo Paweł Michalik, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also UNESCO. A guided boat trip along an underground gallery, one of the most unusual attractions in Poland.
photo Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Ziemi Tarnogórskiej, CC BY-SA 4.0
Its walls hosted Empress Eleonora in 1670, King John III Sobieski on his way to Vienna in 1683, and Augustus II and Augustus III. The Sedlaczek House with its museum is on the same site.
photo Polar123, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
Restaurants, cafés and souvenir shops around the historic market square.
photo Gabriel Wilk, CC BY-SA 4.0
An opera house with a tradition and a forest reserve on the edge of town.
3 places
A music theatre founded in 1945 by Adam Didur.
photo Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0
A 92.29 hectare woodland reserve on the border of Bytom and Tarnowskie Góry. Old beech woods, good for a longer walk.
photo Gabriel Wilk, CC BY-SA 4.0
Shops, a cinema and restaurants in the town centre.
photo Gower, CC BY-SA 4.0
Silesian Park: a zoo, an amusement park and two stadiums on one site.
4 places
47.5 hectares, 2,681 animals and 312 species. The third largest zoo in Poland by area, after Gdańsk-Oliwa and Poznań.
photo Yarl, CC BY-SA 3.0
The oldest amusement park in Poland, opened in 1959. Around 26 hectares stretched around a bathing lake.
photo Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0
Opened in 1956 and ever since the host of the biggest sporting and musical events in the country.
photo Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0
A sports complex built between 1934 and 1935 on the land of Wielkie Hajduki.
photo Gino Paoli, CC BY-SA 3.0
The most recognisable silhouette in the region and the Donnersmarck palace.
3 places
An arena built between 1964 and 1971 to a design by Maciej Gintowt and Maciej Krasiński, opened on 8 May 1971.
photo Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0
The largest shopping centre in the region, on the site of the former Gottwald mine.
photo Lestat (Jan Mehlich), CC BY-SA 3.0
A listed palace in parkland, built between 1903 and 1906 at the instigation of Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck to a design by Ernst von Ihne.
photo Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0
A few places I cannot show you, because I have no photo of them that I am allowed to publish. They are worth knowing about all the same.
The main cycle route of the town runs through the district, with branches towards Rokitnica, Mikulczyce and Grzybowice. There is a city bike station by the Medical University, rented through an app.
Over 6 metres high and 20 metres long, one of the most impressive graduation towers in the whole province.
Pools, slides and a sauna area on Obwodnica street. The same town also has a hall with squash courts and a climbing wall.
The leading cardiac centre in Poland. A fair number of guests come here to visit family. There is a monument to Professor Zbigniew Religa by the town hall.
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