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One of Poland's least known and most surprising destinations, Katowice is a relatively young, predominantly working class city with a history tied up with the extraction of coal and other manly pursuits. Beginning life as a small, German-speaking town called Kattowitz in the early part of the 19th century, Katowice was incorporated within the borders of a new post-WWI Polish state, and thanks to its disparate racial and cultural heritage offers visitors a fascinating jumble of German Gothic, inter-war Art Nouveau and some shockingly different socialist architecture, all intermingled with a growing number of glistening capitalist palaces. Currently reinventing itself as a serious business destination and sadly ignored as a place to visit for any other reason, a sneaky glimpse under the cultural carpet reveals
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Rubbish. FYI, as far as breweries go there are two of the biggest in PL close to Katowice: Tyskie (located nearby in Tychy) and Żywiec. You can take tours of both and Zywiec makes a nice stop if you're taking a detour into the mountains[...]
great place for being attacked by cougars. yow.[...]
Probably Katowice's most stylish bar and a bit of a cultural venue and gallery at the same. Worth stopping in even if you're not looking for drink. Which can't be said about many places in Kato.[...]
Irish mbassy is my fav pub when i fly into katowice i always visit the mbassy love the staff and the food is great i hope to be back soon.[...]
The Mbassy is my local. The food, beer and staff are great. They can show almost any game u want. Poker nights are a good laugh and happy hour is 6-8pm. 5 zl Zywiec and 2 for 1 on cocktails, u cant go wrong!! They just opened the grill downstai[...]
"...the memory of the Poles of this thing is not very clean either..." meaning what, froggie? Were we lazy enough not to pull a couple of tanks out of our cupboards to wipe out the camp?! Go see your shrinkhead![...]
Who to trust, eh? Reading you guys makes Auschwitz look like a vacation camp. Well 2,000,000+ people died there just because they were mainly all jewish, but also black, gypsies, gay, etc. I'm afraid the memory of the Poles of this thing is not [...]
The swimming pool was used by inmates, as was the soccer field and the concert hall.Rudolph Hoss was tortured and signed a "confession" in a language he did not understand. Most (if not all) information promulgated about Auschwitz was put out by th[...]
I just have to comment that facilities like "coffee house, swimming pool, kindergarten and a profusion of cultural events" were available to prisoners in Auschwitz (and Birkenau) as well.[...]
Great bar what are you talking about this is what katowice has been missing the food is top shelf and the staff are lovely very friendly no beer?????Come on i drink there quite a lot never happened when i have been here i love the Mbassy[...]
Had a great time there last weekend, was flying out from Katowice after a stag weekend in Krakow. Stumbled onto the place by accident. Nice girls behind the bar, no problems getting a Guinness, best thing was the big screen projector for the footbal[...]
The best in Katowice! Seriously, it's great and owned by Poles believe it or not. If you want to see what pizza in Poland used to be like, go to the Katowice train station and order one there. You will be blown away by what you are served.[...]
Has anyone been here yet? Katowice has a bunch of sushi restaurants now - I've been unimpressed by a couple and the others don't really sound worth trying. I'm hoping this place sets a new standard for good sushi in Katowice. We'[...]
Great concerts here, but just as great a place to hang out when there's no concert happening. Really comfortable atmosphere for jazz lovers who don't have their head up their ass. Newsflash: you don't have to be a jerkoff to like jazz.[...]
This place is great. During three days in Katowice, this is the only place I met anyone I actually wanted to talk to. Czesc Agata![...]