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City county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Dąbrowa Górnicza is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland. Standing 300 m above sea level, it's post-industrial, with a population of 117,000 in 2021.
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Muzeum Sztygarka
Informative local history museum in a former mining & metallurgy school.
Bazylika NMP Anielskiej
Sturdy neogothic church built 1898-1912, next to the chapel of St Alexander.
Kopalnia Ćwiczebna
100 m north was where the mining students learned their trade. It's an adit - a horizontal access tunnel - and part of the museum, same hours.
Clean inexpensive hotel on the tram route.
Good value hotel in a quiet neighbourhood.
Smart business hotel just off Highway 94, convenient for motorists.
Comfy small edge-of-town hotel with good restaurant.
By rail
By train you usually change in Katowice, but direct trains from Warsaw run every 2-3 hours, taking 3 hours via Piotrkow Trybunalski and Częstochowa.
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Katowice · International · KTW
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