Katowice
Poland's modern industrial reinvention. Big BPO salaries, cheap rent, brilliant music scene.
The heart of Poland's Silesia region. Reinvented from heavy industry into a culture and tech capital. UNESCO City of Music, brilliant brutalist architecture, and major BPO employers like Capgemini, IBM and Rockwell.
Tech and BPO offices cluster around the new Strefa Kultury and Wełnowiec. Big German, French, Italian and Nordic-speaking communities.
Trams and buses run by ZTM; the Metropolis includes 41 cities. A monthly pass is around 100 PLN (€23). Krakow is 70 minutes away by train.
Mariacka Street for bars, Spodek arena for concerts, OFF Festival in summer, craft beer at Pod Karczmą, and a thriving electronic scene at Geszeft.
Modern Silesian at Lano, brilliant ramen at Złoty Osioł, and traditional Silesian dumplings (kluski śląskie) in pierogarnias across the city.
Hiking and skiing in the Beskidy mountains (1hr), football at GKS Katowice, basketball at Spodek, and weekend trips to Krakow, Wrocław and the Tatras.
Famous Katowice cuisine
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