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On the way

What to see on the way from Katowice to Szczyrk

It is about 81 km from Katowice to Szczyrk, roughly 1 h 8 min of driving without breaks.

Along the way we suggest 9 stops worth leaving the road for: heritage, nature and curiosities. A typical detour is 15 minutes: the extra time to drive to a stop and back to the route.

Stops are listed in driving order, each with the time it adds and its distance from the start.

  • 81 km
  • 1 h 8 min
  • 9 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. +15 min detour 20 km from the start Show on map

    Henryk Jan Dominiak Museum of Professional Miniature Art in Tychy

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    A museum of contemporary art and miniatures, founded in 2013 in the city of Tychy (Silesian Voivodeship).

    • History and culture

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  2. +7 min detour 26 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Clement in Lędziny

    Photo: Church of St Clement in Lędziny
    Adampach CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Baroque Roman Catholic church on Klimont Hill in the town of Lędziny (Bieruń-Lędziny County, Silesian Voivodeship), entered in the register of monuments in 1958.

    • History and culture

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  3. +14 min detour 32 km from the start Show on map

    Manor Complex in Kopciowice

    Photo: Manor Complex in Kopciowice
    Marcello002 CC BY-SA 3.0

    A former manor complex in the village of Kopciowice (Gmina Chełm Śląski, Bieruń-Lędziny County).

    • History and culture

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  4. +9 min detour 45 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Barbara in Góra

    Photo: Church of St Barbara in Góra
    Olerys CC BY-SA 3.0

    A wooden Roman Catholic church in Góra (Miedźna Commune, Pszczyna County), originally a chapel, listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  5. +18 min detour 53 km from the start Show on map

    Millennium Cross in Wilamowice

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    A viewpoint in the town of Wilamowice, Bielsko County.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  6. +15 min detour 60 km from the start Show on map

    Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bielsko-Biała

    Photo: Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bielsko-Biała
    D T G CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic Baroque church in the city of Bielsko-Biała (Silesian Voivodeship), built in the last quarter of the 18th century and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  7. +26 min detour 64 km from the start Show on map

    Jerzy Trzanowski

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    A memorial site to Jerzy Trzanowski in the city of Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  8. +18 min detour 65 km from the start Show on map

    Church of Our Lady of Consolation in Bielsko-Biała

    Photo: Church of Our Lady of Consolation in Bielsko-Biała
    Kamil Czaiński CC BY-SA 4.0

    A neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church in the Straconka district of Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  9. +14 min detour 74 km from the start Show on map

    Manor house in Łodygowice

    Photo: Manor house in Łodygowice
    Michał Gąsior CC BY-SA 4.0

    A 17th-century fortified manor house in the village of Łodygowice, Żywiec County, listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

Driving from Szczyrk to Katowice, you reach the same stops in reverse order – read the list from the bottom.

Plan the route from Szczyrk to Katowice

How stops are chosen: the planner routes the drive, checks places up to 5 km from the road and routes the real detour to each; it keeps those that add at most 30 minutes. Data: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata, Wikipedia, the NID heritage register (CC BY 4.0), Opencaching.PL (CC BY-SA 3.0 PL), photos from Wikimedia Commons with their author and licence.