Katowice

Katowice occupies a stretch of the Rawa River valley in Poland’s Silesian Voivodeship. Long shaped by coal mining and heavy industry, the city has recast major industrial sites as cultural institutions. The Culture Zone brings together the Silesian Museum, housed in the former Katowice coal mine, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the saucer-shaped Spodek arena, opened in 1971. Red-brick Nikiszowiec, a historic workers’ estate built for mining families, preserves a very different side of the city’s past. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of Silesian Voivodeship connects regionally.

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