Things to do in Będzin

Dorota Hill in Będzin

Będzin

Free entry

St Dorothy’s Hill, popularly known as Dorotka, rises in Będzin’s Grodziec district. The hill is **382 m above sea level** and makes a good short walk away from city traffic. A historic church of St Dorothy, built in 1635, stands at the top…

Pogoria Lakes in Dąbrowa Górnicza

Będzin

Pogoria is a group of artificial reservoirs in Dąbrowa Górnicza, created in former sand pits that supplied backfill for coal mines. Pogoria III has the strongest recreational character: its beach, water sports, walking routes and cycling a…

Sztygarka Museum in Dąbrowa Górnicza

Będzin

The classicist building at Legionów Polskich Street 69 was erected in **1839–1842** as the seat of the Bank of Poland and of the Western Mining District administration; the design is attributed to Franciszek Maria Lanci. From **1889** a mi…

Mieroszewski Palace in Będzin

Będzin

A few steps from the Bedzin castle, in the green Gzichow district, stands a palace built in **1702**, whose successive owners recorded their position in the Duchy of Siewierz. The Baroque-Classical residence of the Mieroszewski family, als…

Kuroń Park and Mini Zoo in Sosnowiec

Będzin

In the eastern part of Sosnowiec, in the Kazimierz Górniczy district between Jasieńskiego and Armii Krajowej streets, lies **Kuroń Park**, formerly known as the Leśna centre. Its alleys and footbridges were built decades ago by miners of t…

Pogoria III Reservoir

Będzin

Pogoria III is the best-known of the four Pogoria reservoirs in Dąbrowa Górnicza. Like the neighbouring lakes, it was created in flooded sand pits, where sand once used to be extracted for the backfilling of local coal mines. Today it is t…

Pogoria IV (Kuźnica Warężyńska) Reservoir

Będzin

Kuźnica Warężyńska — colloquially Pogoria IV — is the largest reservoir of the Pogoria complex: 560 hectares of water stretching 8 km long and up to 3 km wide. It was created in 2005 on the site of a disused sand mine of the same name, mai…