Katowice: top 5 craft beer pubs

After a week spent in a couple of smaller cities, arriving in Katowice was like entering a metropolis. The capital of Poland’s Upper Silesia region, it’s a former mining city with a definite industrial ambience. While this does mean it’s not the most touristy place in the world, there’s definitely enough to keep visitors occupied …

Kazimierz District

Originally the Jewish quarter of Kraków, Kazimierz was pretty much destroyed during the Second World War. For decades the area lay neglected, but over the last 20 years or so it has begun to reinvent itself. Myriad shops, restaurants and cafes have opened and some of the Jewish community has even started to return. There’s …