Things to do in Jaworzno
Jaworzno is a mining town on the border of Silesia and Lesser Poland – in Szczakowa, now one of its districts, the first hard-coal mine on Polish soil opened in the 1760s. The Jaworzno City Museum tells the story of coal, of the town's Jewish community and of the camp that operated here from 1943 to 1956. Old pits have become places to relax: Sosina Reservoir with its beach and jetties, and GEOsfera in a former quarry. On the eastern edge lies the Żabnik Valley reserve with karst springs, and in the centre Gródek Park. A good day out for families and anyone who likes industrial history mixed with water and woodland.
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GEOsfera in Jaworzno
Jaworzno
In the walls of the former Sadowa Góra quarry in Jaworzno, quarrying exposed the bones of a nothosaur – a marine reptile from around 230 million years ago. On the quarry floor, a rippled stretch of Triassic seabed has survived, probably sh…
Free entry
Museums
Jaworzno City Museum
Jaworzno
The first hard-coal mine on Polish soil opened in the 1760s in Szczakowa, today a district of Jaworzno. The Jaworzno City Museum tells that story in a building that once belonged to a colliery, and alongside mining it covers a subject the…
45–90 min
Gardens
Park Gródek in Jaworzno
Jaworzno
Gródek Park in Jaworzno (pronounced roughly "GROO-dek" and "yah-VOZH-noh"), nicknamed the "Polish Maldives," is a flooded former dolomite quarry turned public park, with turquoise lakes, a winding wooden boardwalk and gazebos standing in t…
Nature
Żabnik Valley Nature Reserve
Jaworzno
The water in the Żabnik Valley is so clear that from the boardwalk you can see the sand on the bottom of the ponds. It comes from karst springs that rise in the Ciężkowice district on the eastern edge of Jaworzno and feed the Żabnik stream…
60–120 min
Lakes
Sosina Reservoir
Jaworzno
Where the excavators of the Szczakowa sand mine finished work in the 1960s, there is now water. Sosina Reservoir covers about 50 hectares and is surrounded by another 30 hectares of woodland and meadows. In summer it is the main beach for…
120–480 min