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City in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Ruda Śląska is an industrial city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwest Poland, with a population of 135,008 in 2021. It's part of the Upper Silesian metropolis, centered around Katowice.
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Muzeum Miejskie im Maksymiliana Chroboka
Modern museum with exhibitions of local history. Visit by guided tour, which doesn't let you go at your own pace. It's named for Maksymilian Chrobok, a town bigwig; the building was initially a training school then the town hall.
Wielki Piec Huty Pokój
Huta Pokój steelworks were founded in 1840, using Bessemer and open-hearth technology, and the blast furnace was erected in 1968. Remarkably, it was then decided to shift this 1780-tonne object by 19 m to its present position. Production ceased in 2005, and there's been talk ever since of turning it into an industrial museum. They're still talking, so for the time being you can only peer through the fence.
Muzeum Historii Polski Ludowej
Exhibiting everyday life in communist Poland, 1945–1989.
Modern multiplex cinema with 8 screens.
Atmospheric trad cinema established in 1937, showing mostly Polish movies.
A city institution, the Druid is central and with good inexpensive food and drink. It sometimes hosts events.
Comfy hotel, some train noise.
Simple hostel, usually clean, near Ruda Chebzie station.
Smart clean hostel south edge of town.
Ruda Śląska borders Katowice, so long distance public transport is via that city. Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport (KTW) is 36 km north of Ruda Śląska, take the airport bus into central Katowice and change.
Read in the guideZTM Metropolia run almost all buses and trams across the 40-some cities of Upper Silesian Metropolis, which straddles the Czech border.
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