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Katowice is good city for people who like partying,clubs. Great Silesian food. And places call Pączkarnia. You can get really tasty doughnuts.

This is a town that is slowly developing but isn't a tourist location - a hub for shared service centres means that you can get away with the language barrier in most shops and restaurants as they'll speak English or German. This is not a bad location to setup to visit Auschwitz but not as pretty by far as Krakow. More for business than pleasure. Best restaurant is definitely Tatiana (somewhere locals would love to go but a little pricy for most local residents). All food is excellently prepared and is actually amazing value for a westerner. Three courses plus drinks for 25-30 (that is a lot in Katowice). Also for bars go to Mariacska(?) street which is great in the summer as lively and lots of outside seating. Tip for tourists. Be patient and don't cross the roads on a red man - a ticket/fine will await you! There is a large shopping mall called Silesia Center which is a short tram ride away but it is hard to get a ticket on the way back as no machines at the Center. A taxi there though is just a few pounds so you are better off grabbing one of those. Be warned though - most of the drivers in Poland drive like maniacs and you soon work out that there is substance to the rating as one of Europe's worst for road accidents. Most places offer contactless payment so you won't need much cash at all. Tipping is the main use plus some taxis only take cash. Uber operate in Katowice too so you won't have any issues there if you choose that option. Better in Kato in the summer as can reach temps of 30+ celsius but in the winter can easily get to -20 celsius and you'd better pack warm!!! For accommodation I'd highly recommend the Monopol for comfort and facilities and location, but also the Angelo hotel is up there too. Overall, you'll be comfortable enough on a business trip but there is not enough for you to visit as a tourist.

Beautiful and charming Silesian city. Plenty of restaurants and places worth visiting. Places recommended to eat are the restaurant in Opera hotel, ranked 7th in all Silesia, Wisniowy Sad with great 'pierogi' and historical Sedlaczek.

1) St. Joseph's church - a unique example of a church designed by Dominik Boehm in 1930s in the style evocative of both traditional industrial style of Silesia and of residential districts designed for miners. Very controversial in its time. Austere and gloomy interior and a symbolic courtyard with 12 arches (one for each of the apostles). Do not miss spotting marks left by WWII shells on the walls. 2) Guido coal mine - the main tourist attraction, go down 320 meters to experience the reality of work in the coal mine. Unique in Europe, take a ride in a cable train and enjoy Silesian fare and great beer in a bar 320 meters underground. That's nearly the height of the Eiffel Tower upside down! 3) Bajtel Gruba (coal mining experience for kids and toddlers) - great time guaranteed. Kids gonna love the industrial type of fun. And there's a mini military your kids museum just next door (Sienkiewicza street). You won't be able to drag your children away from it.

Katowice is a modern city with an industrial past. There are many post war office buildings with a giant sunny market square in the center complete with palm trees in the summer. There are some older parts of the city where most of the streets are lined with bars and cafes. The streets are filled with outdoor terraces in the summer. Katowice is a great place for shopping with 2 major shopping malls in the city center and a gigantic mall called Silesia City located a short tram ride from the main market square.

Katowice is an interesting postindustrial center close to Auschwitz and Krakow. Silesian museum is a great place where to learn local and Polish history. I really recommend to visit it. I love Polish food in general. There are many good restaurant in Katowice, and my favorite is Patio where it's possible to eat really good traditional dishes.

I was pleasantly surprised by the prosperous and quite historic feel of parts of the centre of Katowice, which has a reputation mainly as an industrial centre. There are many fine 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings of architectural interest, some recently restored to a high standard and others no doubt soon to be upgraded. The area south of the rail tracks has a fascinating group of modernist commercial, residential and administrative modernist blocks and villas of the inter war period, of which the city is rightly proud and can be inspected using the tourist map. The city promotes a green agenda, which is creating pleasant places to stroll or cycle away from traffic. Public transport is excellent (trams and buses), and I learned that over-70s go free. The chief attraction is the extensive culture park, which is actually situated in Chorzow, a short tram ride away, and includes an outstanding skansen of relocated Silesian rural buildings in a delightful setting, and also a zoo and fun fare. There are some excellent bars in the city centre, some serving characteristic polish food, all in a very friendly atmosphere.

Came for Womex music festival and to meet up with a friend. Visited the Silesian museum which was good but there is not a lot to see and do in Katowice during the day. The Golden Donkey vegetarian restaurant is a good place for cheap, healthy and delicious food!

Katowice is a beautifully City with many shops and the industrial centre of Silesia. There's always people awake and they're all friendly. However, things to do are limited.

Great city to view the Silesia. The public transport was good enough to get us in every city and town we wanted to visit. Spodek is amazing. We recommend restaurant Bistro Bzik. Good quality delicious food.