Katowice is the capital of Silesia region. And we live here.
There is your plan what you must see here in order to come back home and be sure that you were in Katowice. So let’s start:
1. Working mine
Not from underground, but at least from outside (though miners earn a lot of money, are you searching for job?).
If you see huge triangular tower with wheel on the top – it is a mine. This is what construction you should look for (not working mine).
If the wheel is going round – it is a working mine.
Find a miner (attribute: dirty hands and face, overalls, helmet, long boots), made a picture with him and then show to your friends.
Though if you are not attracted of high salary of miners, but still you are interested, go to Tarnowskie Gory and visit real mine, which stopped work more than 50 years ago. Read our article.
2. UFO
In 20 century UFO was flying above Earth. And in 1971 it arrived to Poland, in Katowice. Petrol finished and UFO is still here. Locals start to call it Spodek, what means Saucer.
It is a not-football stadium – an example of communist period flight of imagination.
If you make photo here – this mean you were in Katowice.
Football championship EURO 2012 madness.
Spodek is easy to find.
3. Colorful fountain
Near UFO you will see not less freak monument. I saw in different time this fountain with yellow, with red (actually it is a blood, and Dracula is from here) and with normal transparent water.
Fountain is situated at square near Spodek.
4. Nikiszowiec
For sure we will write big and full article about Nikiszowiec. It is a place with combined magic fairlytale and getto athmosphere. It is heighborhood built for miners in beginning of 20 century.
Maria and I – we live in Nikiszowiec. Here is a view from our flat.
To come to Nikiszowiec you should take bus N 30 or N 12 from city center and go 20 min.
Silesia explorer 
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