KATOWICE, Poland's STRANGEST City! (warned against visiting here)
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2022
- Not a highly recommended place however somewhere we had on our list for a night or two just as we travel around the country, and we are so glad we did! Katowice is transforming into this young and green city, with quirky bars and restaurants and some super unique sights to see!
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I have some strange suggestions: 1. Karpacz, Karkonosze Mountains and its main range Góry Izerskie (Wang Church and King of the Mountains statue in Karpacz, the Meadow of Witches, Bobrowe Skaly, Zbójeckie Skaly with a beautiful viewing platform, Palace in Wojanow - 20 min drive or Czocha Castle - 1 hour drive from Karpacz, Janskie Łaźnie and the path in the tree tops); 2. Krynica Zdrój if you are in Katowice (Nikifor Krynicki - Polish painter was from there. It’s very pretty); 3. Zalipie (A beautiful village with painted buildings); 4. Masuria Region (Olsztyn, Bridges in Stanczyki, Polish horses natural reserve in Popielin, Wilczy Szaniec in Gierloz, Giżycko)
I don't have Instagram
It was me who still advised Malbork castle. And what impressions?
We have primary forests in Poland. Such a natural proto-European forest. On the map you have to look for Białowieża. Bison live there
We also have the Elblązki Canal, the only such attraction in the world. Between the lakes, the ship is lifted and transported on the railway tracks
Katowice is Polish Sheffield. It used to be very industrialized. The mining and metallurgical industries were king. This is changing today. Mines and steel mills are closing. You must see Nikiszowiec districts in Katowice. It is an old workers' housing estate. In Silesia you have to try Silesian roulade with Silesian dumplings and red cabbage prepared hot. The surroundings of the agglomeration are fabulous. I am thinking of the Beskid Mountains.🙂🙂🙂
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I thought exactly that when I was there, that it was Sheffield in Poland. I even called my video that. Check it out. czcams.com/video/x5oehuykvxw/video.html
Kinda strange reading about city that I live in like it was a mistery place 🤣
@@Hambar7 I really wanted one of those Spodek orange squeezers but I didn't have time to go and get one in the end
Yet, it has a lovely historical centre. For me its the biggest surprise so far.
Katowice especially in summer is lovely! Lots parks and everything is very compact and location is good !
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I've lived in Poland for 9 years and Katowice was my home during most of that time. Silesia is a specific place but worth visiting 😃
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Worth visiting
As a Czech I always thought of Poland as a flat country destroyed during WWII and I am now living for Poland giving us culture and dining and new architecture!
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Our mentality is not giving up in first day ;) That’s why we’re still paying for it. Shame on you if you don’t know anything About your nearest neighbor.
Nikiszowiec Its really dirty and nothing else there. And a lot homeless and alkoholic
@@palarini9159 te..., toś ty chopie Lipin nie widzioł...
@@bronco6 widziol jak i chropacow
Oh you should definitely visit Katowice in the summer! The Silesian Park in Chorzów (right next to Kato) is very beautiful, full of colors and music festivals. Old part of the city has some extraordinary tenement houses. Katowice is surrounded by beautiful forest, lakes in Dąbrowa Górnicza, fields, many, many parks. Come here in summer and I can be your guide! I'm an architect who loves nature and trust me - there is sooo much more to see around Katowice!
Co byś poleciła na spacer? Im więcej ptaków tym lepiej :D
hi i come there on 23 maj. You want to be my guide ? 😊
I am in Katowice now....will you be my guide....will be here till 28th May
ale faceci sie odrazu zakochali po uszy nie jestem zdziwiony zreszta w cale
moj kraj gruzja tez ztracila swoja wowczesna urode jest wszystko sztuczne falszywe i brzydke nie mam cieni zielonego pojecia jak mam wytlumaczyc mojemu siostrzencu na czym dokladnie polegala niesamowita pieknosc mojej dzielnicy i mojego osiedla bezposrednio
I am a 38 year old U.S male and first generation that will being going to this city for the first time. I have family I have never met that lives there. I have never been to Central Europe. I’m excited to meet the people and culture of my parents.
Katowice is my hometown. Haven’t been there since I was a child but it’s a great city especially in the summer.
Thanks for watching!
Guys really, thanks so much for sharing with us your Poland adventure, just shows us how beautiful Poland is and how much it has to offer tourists. Great guys 😃 👍, oh year lots of beer to try funny me saying that as I hardly drink 😆.
Thanks for watching Paul! It has a LOT to offer!
I like the "find the building with picture/map" idea. 😀 Good video and thanks for sharing. 👍 Cheers and stay safe. ❤
It’s good isn’t it !!! 🥰
its looks amazing beautiful place !!!
It was good fun!
Because this is beautiful place. I live here and I'm proud of my city and my country.
Love Poland ...If You get a chance Wroclaw Gdansk and Poznan are worth a visit x
Stay tuned! 🥰
@@dabbleandtravel talk portugues brazil lol.vidio May frends 👏
Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend.
Thanks Nicky as always!
Poland is a very interesting place, unique buildings and of course yummy places to eat and drinks you guys always find places to see and go💕
Thanks for the travel videos Matt & Molly, amazing countries & places i have never seen before. You guys sound like long term professional communicators, naturals!! Well done!! I pray your channel grows heaps in 2022 & beyond.
Thank you!!
If You stay at Katowice for longer time just visit Gliwice, Zabrze and Bytom.
Thank you!
Just visit Tarnowskie Góry and Pszczyna👍
It's changed so much! It was so gritty and grimy. I went to a rave in Spodek 16 years ago. It was wild.
God bless you and your family
Thanks Adeel!
I went to Katowice about a decade ago and have been a few times before that. At the time there was a ton of construction being done around the city, I recently checked some photos from Google maps and it almost looks like a different place. Definitely feels like it's changing and becoming more colorful in the best of ways.
Between Krakow and Katowice is a beautiful Jura. A whole region of beautiful limestone rocks. The village of the fathers and the dog rock. In Polish Ojców. Pieskowa Skała . And a beautiful limestone castle Ogrodzieniec. See on Google
Tam jest jeszcze lepiej wieczorem ☺️
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Katowice is great. I live this city.
Thanks for watching Maria!
I live here too,for 40 years. I was born in Katowice.
Wow great adventures so nice and beautiful in Poland my idols I’m glad you have blessed and wonderful adventures thank you for showing us and beautiful hotels room take care and always enjoy Molly and Matt take care and be safe 🥰👍👏
Thank you!!
How nice to hear such positive opinions about your country, I am really impressed. I greet all of you cordially!
Thank you for watching!
Pozdro z Gliwic 😀👍🇵🇱
Thank you!
Very beautiful! 👍❤️
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@@dabbleandtravel 👍❤️
Nikiszowiec, a former miners and steel workers' district in Katowice, is great to visit as well, especially in summer. In Poland I would still recommend to visit: Łódź, Gdańsk (tricity) and Wrocław. Cheers guys!
There is much more fantastic places to see in Poland than you mentioned !!!
Hi from Katowice! It's nice to see this video about my city :)
Hey! Thanks for watching!
I enjoyed watching your vlog!😍
Thank you!
are you in Katowice and you eat mexican food?! Why?! The silesian food is soooooo great! You have to eat a traditional Silesian dinner. Roulade, special silesian dumplings and hot red cabbage. The best are in a place called "Żurownia", and are called "kule bele". You must also see the star-shaped building, and Nikiszowiec.I'ts amazing place! Nearby, (a 10-minute tram ride), in Chorzów there is one of the largest parks in Europe - the Silesian park with a Zoo.
Next time!
@@dabbleandtravel I can live 20 years in London but there is no better dinner than Silesian dinner!😋
I've been to zurownia and it was disgusting. Today's Polish food is poor compared to Polish cuisine from 100 years ago, where you could eat healthy venison, delicious pickles, all grown in your garden or in nearby forests. The best Silesian restaurant is karczma pod mlynem where Silesian is spoken but the food is greasy, salty and full of carbs (that's typical of eastern Europe).
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for always watching!
@@dabbleandtravel Thank.u too. 🙂
hi guys, thanks for visiting my former home city, glad you liked the first impressions, I spent the whole 70s living there, in western part millenium estates (1000-lecie), Spodek is and always will be my favorite arena , i saw the premiere of original Star Wars inside on a massive screen,it was amazing, if you guys ever comeback to Poland in the summer, i recommend to visit Silesia park in western part of city, largest municipal park, with largest amusement park in Poland, large Zoo, and many wonderful walking trails. enjoy your visit to Poland, will be watching your great vlogs, Wes...
Amazing! Thanks for watching!
No park rozrywki jest dziś ubogim dziadkiem przy Energylandii, która znajduje się w Zatorze między Krakowem , a Katowicami. Na ale ten park powstał niedawno w 2014 roku, możesz nie wiedzieć zobacz filmiki z tego miejsca. 🙂
Great video, love the unique places 👍🙂👍
Thank you!
KATOWICE, SUPER ŚLASKIE MIASTO, mieszkałem tam 3 lata. 👍👋👋
Ja mieszkam od urodzenia 😃 W tym roku mija 40 lat. Nie zamieniłabym na żadne inne miasto nawet takie jak LA w Stanach które miałam okazję odwiedzić. Kiedy pokazałam zdjęcia Katowic moim amerykańskim znajomym byli pod olbrzymim wrażeniem.
Ich beneide dich ! Ich komme bald diese Stadt nach sehr viele Jahre wider zu 👀 mit meinem Enkel der noch nichts Polnisches 👀 hat als seine Omi 🤣 Da bin ich gespannt auf seine Wrażenia 🤣✌️
@@katarzynastachanska114Katowice to najbrzydsze miasto w jakim byłam, niestety mieszkałam tam 2 lata
@@ewazinke8287
Ich drücke Daumen für Dich und Deine Enkeln🤞
Grüße aus Chorzow Batory
(Birmackhütte🤗😇🤗)
Your pronounciation of the city name is perfect. Thanks for nice and informative upload. All the best in all your travels!
Thank you! 😃
I'm working now in that Super Modern "building next to Spodek" which is named KTW and nothing makes me more proud than a comment mentoning that building! Katowice as my home city has changed a lot in last 20 years and is now for me one of the coolest and best places in Central and Eastern Europe - Especially for modern companies and technologies!
We have bceome a much recognized place for music AND gaming industry!
Overall Upper Silesia is a great place to live!
Greetings to your channel!
You guys missed the biggest park in Europe- Silesian park, Nikiszowiec and Giszowiec, new city of Katowice, 3 pools park. That's a pitty noone adviced you what to visit there
Especially Nikiszowiec!
Thanks for watching! Next time!
I went here with with a friend in Feb 2020 overnight on a cheap flight just before the lockdown and we LOVED it! I agree, most places are worth a visit if you have an open mind. Had a nice cheap buffet lunch of Polish food in the mall. Also had some vodka and a Lebanese platter at a place with really nice staff (hope it survived). Was impressed by the food choices, also a Georgian restaurant there. Loved the socialist, modern and industrial architecture, the Nikiszowiec area is really cool, seeing the old industry, had a nice cake there too, again super friendly staff. The Silesian museum is superb, absolutely superb! Found a nice bar with all kind of ales at the edge of the entertainment area, so cool! As this was my last trip abroad, as I'm still being cautious, I have great memories. Ok it's small, no so many touristy things, but I'd go again tomorrow.
You should come back in the summer for music festivals and also explore more cities around Katowice 😉
What kind of music festivals? Interested
Awesome breakfast area
Cheers
glad you liked it, its super nice during summer
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As always guy’s fantastic vlog loved it thanks’s again for sharing/ Ps hopefully meet up, cheers
Wonderful choice, amazing , awesome and splendid ❤❤❤
Hope you can visit the Philippines, It’s now finally open for Tourist! We miss you touring around the country ❤️❤️
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Katowice is the best !!
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For me, Katowice is the most underrated city in Poland. Katowice looks beautiful especially in summer. They are very modern and groundbreaking.
An important aspect is that it is a city that has undergone a metamorphosis most quickly among Polish cities. There are gems of modernist architecture mixed with modernity.
The Culture Zone is one of the best examples of the transformation of Katowice, a completely revitalized huge area with Spodek, KTW, the Silesian Museum, the International Congress Center, NOSPR, i.e. the philharmonic hall of the Polish radio.
Finally, I can add that Katowice has a very original and alternative atmosphere.
Thanks for watching! ❤️
Cool glasses! Greetings from Katowice :)❤
Thank you!
Awesome, was in warsaw a couple month ago and poland is really underrated!! Luc 😍😍
It really is!
You are right to go on adventures even if others say there is nothing to see. There is ALWAYS something to see...keep in vlogging..
Thank you!
i love that you guys actually get informed about the places you visit and see! huge respect for that!
And the statue next to Spodek is a "Bebok" that's a creature from the Silesian Folklore that kids would be threatened with. The creatures were supposed to be living alongside people and be a bit of troublemakers and occasionally discipline kids who'd do something wrong. Now they're being repurposed and reimagined as helpers and icons of the local folklore. The Bogucice ceramics factory produces amazing ceramics with Silesian folklore motives and a lot of artists take inspiration from that as well, particularly one who paints Beboks and flying trams (luftbana - Silesian neologism) on landscapes of the city.
You came to Katowice for IEM Katowice? :)
It's one of the most important major world gaming tournament with 1 000 000 $ prize pool.
Really good, big big like 👍👍
Thank you so much n
Hey guys. Love your videos. Please recommend our next visit to Poland. So far we’ve been to Krakow Warsaw sopot Gdansk Wroclaw & Poznan
I give you 2 other tips. Castle Pieskowa Skala and Monastery of Czestochowa.Both of them 40 minutes away.
Thanks!
Hello from Katowice :)
And what about Silesian Park, the biggest park in Europe with many atractions? (but mostly in Summer)
As you are in Poland try to get some thunder stone ;) when thunder hits the ground its became a stone. I am living in UK nearly 20 years and British people never seen them
Hhahahaa!
Oh and if you are going to Gdansk I recommend bottle beer Specjal
You should visit Poland in summer or spring. Better experience. Personally, I don't like cities in winter, it's cold and gray. BTW, visit Toruń city someday, medieval capital of gingerbread.
Thanks for the tips!
Hey, thank you to visit my city, see you next time :)
Thank you!
I love Katowice
Us too!
I'd say you should check out Bielsko-Biała, as the square and the city in whole are cute great. And it's clode to the mountains so you can actually go for a walk and grab some beer :D
Beautiful 😍
Omg! I lived here to 7 yo. In September I come back to study in Katowice! Love this place;)!
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I hope one day i will see you in person here in krakow Poland im always watching your vlogs thankyou for shareng and beeing friend here in Yt i am a small youtuber from Philippines now working here in KRAKOW POLAND... hope to see you mam and Sir 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I hope so too!
@@dabbleandtravel i hope i can see you ma, and sir in krakow even in 1 minute so that i can make a video and download in my channel OMG i hope so 🥰🥰
Late spring, summer and autumn is the best time to come to Poland.
Agreed!
Dear English friends. Coming to Polish in winter is a crazy idea because in winter white bears walk on Polish streets. Summer in Poland, on the other hand, is beautiful. In Katowice, they did not see a very interesting housing estate from the nineteenth century. It is a mining estate.
I want to see the snow and winter personally if I ever came I like sillesian food especially sausage
Heimat🙌🍀
Upper Silesia :) cheers :) BTW, Zabrze has Szyb Maciej also, i forgot to tell You, but You probably done a research :)
😉 thank you for watching!
@@dabbleandtravel I Like Your vlogs :)
I am planning to visit this place
Hope you can!
@@dabbleandtravel Me and my wife love your blogs. Next vacation Poland 🇵🇱 for sure, love u guys.
@@TheButterMasala thank you so much
Everyone forgets about Chorzowska 50, a ship-shaped building. One of the most interesting in Katowice for me
Thanks for letting us know!
You will also visit Wroclaw ?
Next video!
Moje Katowice....I love my haus ❣❣❣
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I really liked this city as well. If you climb up onto the roof of the International Congress Centre, you can get an even better view of the Spodek
Amazing!
Polska to taki fajny przyjazny kraj .Ja nie rozumiem ludzi zwłaszcza obcokrajowców . By się tak zachwycali się Polską ...Ja jako obywatel mojego wspaniałego kraju kocham was i dzinks że tak fantastycznie mówicie o Polsce....
Jestem dumna z bycia Polką,Ślązaczką i mieszkanką Katowic od urodzenia 💪
@@katarzynastachanska114 I chwała Ci za to !!!Pozdrowienia z Chorzowa
IEM KATOWICE 2022 WELCOME !!!!!
6:28 love it , love my city Katowice .
Hi, someone from Katowice here:
2:46 right next to the hotel there's a tenement in which the Katowice conference took place, during which Jews from around the world decided that a Jewish state will be created.
4:00 the market square can be divided into 4 parts, but that only matters for fairs, those parts are divided by tram tracks and the AIOLI building.
5:21 that's actually a KTW2 building - it's an office building that was finished this year
5:25 Spodek was actually build just because local authorities wanted a sport area. It was not done because Stalinism ended, but despite Warsaw unwillingness for such projects. A lot of things in Silesia were initially build illegally by local government until they were too big to hide, when it was often like "oh my, look at what the people started building completely on their own, now we've gotta finish that". Of course non of that was actually made by the people on their own, they were paid to do so. It shows also how much Silesia changed after 1989 going from the Chad "I'm gonna do what I wanna do" to this complete boot-licking state it is now.
7:00 No, it's just the Museum that is closed. Everything else is open.
7:25 yeah, having been living here my entire live I often hear that there's nothing here to visit which annoys me greatly.
7:58 1st uprising was just a bigger workers strike. Second uprising was to abolish German secret police (SIPO), which didn't had a referendum as it's goal, but it was added as a bonus. Poland then lost that referendum fair and square, but didn't accept the results so made a third uprising to take that land into Poland. So pretty much only the last one was about being a part of Poland. Silesia has a huge sense of self-identity that most importantly is separate from Poland
9:10 those are tenements, it's where the workers used to live, but are not industrial buildings per say.
Yeah, come to visit Katowice and greater GZM. It's a lovely place. There are even more interesting places you didn't showed which would be great to visit sometime, like the Nikiszowiec, Guido Coal Mine, Silesian Park (to build it Katowice allegedly changed their name to Stalinogród for 3 years), Zgoda camp, Industrial Monuments Route and so much more.
Thanks for letting us know!
Greetings from Katowice ❤️
Hey hey hey ❤️
أنت رائعة ☺️
Keep shining
Thank you!
Very good material. You Speak very clearly english and i understand 100% what are you saying and its cool. Come to Gdańsk someday 😊 and you have to(!) watch salt mine in Wieliczka. YOU HAVE TO - its very Close to Katowice
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🇵🇱is great and amazing!!
Sure is!
That's good you go somewhere different, not just to Warsaw or Krakow like most videos show.
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I assume that 'Mondays close' is because of kinda maintenance. It can't be done on weekends because those places are open.
Yeah maybe!
Classic Vlog 😃 Your attention to detail and assessments of culture is amusing 👌 If the potential opportunities for your travels have other countries of consideration 🤔 Australia would be an awesome experience & our culture is diversely Positive & WTF 😶
Thank you!
Pozdrawiam z Katowic 😁👍
My son is at present at this town.
All of your Polish videos have currently 1.1 K views, which means same people watching all of them probably ;)
Dabble and Travel ! R u going to go to Wrocław, Zamość, Gniezno, Biskupin, Malbork, Ślęża, Wieliczka ?
We have. been to Wroclaw, Wieliczka and stay tuned for Malbork!
@@dabbleandtravel Thnx for your answer. Good luck! With love from Blackburn (Lancashire) !
Guys, you should visit Wrocław. Except the fact the city is absolutely stunning, you can also find there these little dwarf statues that you can go and search for; the more you find, the better at city exploration :) Plus also need to go on SkyTower roof, to see city panorama
Stay tuned ;)
@@dabbleandtravel When in Wrocław, you should move from there to Wałbrzych. In the region you will find absolutely stunning castle, Zamek Książ, and also mysterious Kompleks Riese, a construction project of Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1945. It consisted of seven underground structures in the Owl Mountains. It is said that Nazis were building these tunnels to work there in secret on their wunderwaffe. Still no one knows what they were building it for.
Have you ever thought of visiting or touring the south Pacific islands or the french Polynesia?
We’d love toooo!!!
Do You try "Tyskie" beer maybe? It's a beer from my hometown (20km from Katowice)🙂
I am english I drink alot of tyskie and zyweich
Go to Czestochowa!
Watching cs made this video to my algorithm since iem is gonna take place here
👽 🛸 ET wants to phone home.
🤣🤣🤣
The dressed up alien is so fun.
Did you visit Nikiszowiec ? :)
Nope!
It's time I get my annual shot of Katowice. I've lost count.
My favourite city ever!!!!i was born there
The only way to survive in any Polish city in winter is to drink mulled wine, that's so right :D
You know it 🤣
Yuk give me a vodka