Gliwice. Attractions worth visiting
Gliwice is an interesting historical city with a charming Old Town in the Silesian Voivodeship, located at the western end of the GOP, on the Kłodnica River, near Zabrze and Knurowo. Gliwice is at the same time a modern center, with plans for the future, attractive for students of the Silesian University of Technology - a thriving scientific center, as well as historical, interesting for tourists, because it is easy to find traces of a rich past, dating back to the thirteenth century.
Experiences in Gliwice
Gliwice is a nice, historic city, with many architectural curiosities, but in addition you will find a lot of attractions and green places, although maybe it is not so obvious. Discover the best attractions of Gliwice!
1. Market Square and Town Hall in Gliwice
Gliwice Market Square is the most important square in the city, retaining the features of medieval buildings. The market is almost square, and the streets leave here from all corners. In the center of the square there is a nice Town Hall. The first wooden town hall was built here in the thirteenth century, the brick one was built in the fourteenth century and was changed many times, it gained its current form in the twentieth century. Next to the Town Hall there is a popular fountain with Neptune, and under the plate there are underground corridors.
2. Gliwice Castle
The castle in Gliwice standing near the Market Square, at Pod Murami Street, is an old stronghold, which was an element of medieval city fortifications, was an arsenal. Today it does not look like an old castle, but it is still an interesting architectural building and at the same time one of the branches of the Museum in Gliwice
3. Kolejkowo Gliwice
Kolejkowo Gliwice is a great attraction for the whole family, it is the largest railway model in Poland, where you get to know the life of small residents of Kolejkowo in the light of day and night. There is even a storm with rain and lightning, it comes every few minutes over Ruda Śląska. An interesting feature here are authentic buildings from Silesia, which greatly increases the attractiveness of the place, there are also Wild Gliwice arranged in the style of the Wild West, a cool thing, and everywhere there are trains, old and new, freight or passenger. Kolejkowo Gliwice is located in CH Central Europe.
4. Fun Museum in Gliwice
It is a new, funtastic place in Gliwice, and more specifically in Central Europe, right next to Kolejkowo. The Funzeum opened in February 2022 and immediately attracted crowds. It is a shockingly colorful and delightful place, neither a museum nor an amusement park, created for lovers of photo-taking but not only. You can learn a lot of interesting facts in the field of physics, and the visual experience is visible from every angle. You need to see it with your own eyes and see how colors and lights can affect our senses. The whole thing ends with a large hall with a cafe and a play area for children who do not want to leave!
5. Palm house in Gliwice
The Gliwice Palm House is a very interesting place located in the Chopin Park, near the center. You can see exotic species of plants and animals here and enjoy the summer and lush greenery all year round - the beauty of exotic vegetation in the heart of Silesia! Giant palm trees, lots of cacti and large aquariums. In addition, bridges, ponds and a flyover leading up the hill. It's great, and after a walk among this wildlife, the café invites you for a cup of coffee, with a panoramic terrace on the balcony.
6. Radio station in Gliwice
The antenna tower of the Gliwice Radio Station is a very interesting monument of technology and at the same time the tallest wooden structure in the world. It is made of larch beams, joined by brass screws. After dark, the tower is beautifully illuminated. The radio station is a branch of the Museum in Gliwice. The radio station was a place of provocation, which contributed to the outbreak of war
7. Defensive walls in Gliwice
At Dolne Wały Street, near the Market Square, fragments of former city fortifications that were built in the Middle Ages have been preserved in Gliwice
8. Gliwice Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Gliwice is a magnificent building from the end of the 19th century, an outstanding example of a neo-Gothic temple in Silesia. There are magnificent organs in the cathedral, which is why numerous organ concerts take place in the temple
9. All Saints Church in Gliwice
All Saints Church in Gliwice is the oldest church in the city. It is a gothic building from the 15th century, which has preserved an impressive, starry vault and baroque decor in the interior
10. Sand Valley in Gliwice
Piaskowa Dolina is a complex of multifunctional fields for volleyball, basketball, handball, as well as table tennis and chess
11. Fryderyk Chopin Park in Gliwice
In the city center, it is worth looking into a small but pleasant park, where the Palm House attracts the main attention, but outside it you can enjoy a quiet walk along the alleys among greenery and flowers
12. Marina Gliwice
The marina in Gliwice was created by the port, sometimes cruises take place here, e.g. during the Industriad, and you can also rent water equipment
Where to eat in Gliwice?
Gliwice is a large city, there are a lot of culinary points here, but I will especially recommend four such places. On the Market Square, at number 3, I recommend the Good Porridge Our Restaurant with delicious dishes in which porridge appears, but I assure you that they are neither boring nor uninteresting. Very tasty, and also healthy, and the prices are affordable. If you prefer to eat out, and you are attracted to flavors more exotic than Polish cuisine, I recommend the Moja Gruzja Restaurant at Grodowa Street in Gliwice. It is not far from the Market Square, and this family restaurant offers really tasty specialties, such as khachapuri, chinkali or delicious soups. And also something sweet, near My Georgia, also in Grodowa, you will find the Łakoci Island cafe, a cool and tasty place for families with children. As you were drawn to Georgia, another restaurant with similar cuisine is located in Gliwice - Armiańska at Jana Siemińskiego 22. This one is less intimate and more modern than My Georgia, it is located in a beautiful backyard.
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What's worth seeing in the area?
If you have already visited this attraction, it is also worth visiting several other interesting ones places nearby. Within a radius of 100 kilometers you will find many interesting places places that can diversify your stay in this part of Poland.
- Pławniowice Palace, distance: 16.7 km
- Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry, distance: 19.6 km
- Gródek Park in Jaworzno, distance: 46.9 km
- Błędowska Desert, distance: 61.8 km
- Eagle's Nest Trail, distance: 65.4 km
- Moszna Castle, distance: 65.7 km
- Krakowskie valleys, distance: 77.7 km
- Ojców National Park, distance: 83.5 km
- Palace in Kopice, distance: 94.7 km
- Kazimierz in Kraków, distance: 95.2 km
