If you want to see the old town in Katowice, hmm....don't even think about it. There's no old town.

Make sure you take a map and a fiver with you. Cos if your bank locks your account for security reason you can still find the bus station and get to the airport.

The most ugly and on of the most dangerous cities in Poland!!! If it's not absolutely necessary - don't go there!!!!

on Dworcowa street there is a lovely place where you can eat chep but really good pierogi. not so good interior, but the food is lovely.

Railway station is one of the most dangerous places in Katowice. It is ugly and dirty. Do not count on that booking-clerk will be speaking English... ask in English only young people or bring Polish conversation guide

Bytom is a very nice place  for people :)

Katowice has to be one of the most untouristic places in Poland. Even Polish people don't come here. There's just not much to see here. It's great though if you want to experience a true Polish atmosphere.

jak dla mnie to tylko mecze reprezentacji ;)

Katowice is an industrial city, depressing at the first glance, but really fascinating and entertaining when you start to get to know it better!

Katowice is a not a place to go nuts over but it does have some practical advantages if you're travelling in Poland. Its bus and railroad stations are quite busy and many buses and express trains in southern Poland run through Katowice. It's also part of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union and if you count the surrounding cities (e.g. Chorzów, Gliwice, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Tychy etc.), the population is approximately 2 million. Its size means that you'd see the typical features of a large city with extensive public transportation, shopping malls, hospitals, universities, concert halls, office buildings, factories etc. Apart from the practical advantages, there is a zoo in Chorzów and a brewery in Tychy.