Katowice historic railway station

Staromiejska Street is one of the oldest streets in the Śródmieście district of Katowice, Poland. It begins at the intersection with St. John Street near the Market Square, intersects with Dyrekcyjna Street, and ends at Andrzej Mielęcki Street. Spanning 206 meters, the street is recognized by city authorities as a representative and socially integrative public space.

St. John Street in Katowice is a street in the Śródmieście district. It begins at the Market Square, intersects with Staromiejska Street and Dworcowa Street, and ends after a railway viaduct at the junction with Tadeusz Kościuszko Street, Jan Kochanowski Street, and Wojewódzka Street.

Silesian Theatre (Polish: Teatr Śląski) dedicated to Stanisław Wyspiański is the largest theatre in Silesia. It is located on the market square in Katowice. It was built as "German Theatre" in the years 1905–1907, from plans by German theatre architect Carl Moritz. In the interwar Poland from 1922 to 1939 it was known as the "Polish Theatre".

Market Square in Katowice is a central feature of the Śródmieście district in the city of Katowice, Poland. This market square, the main one in the city, dates to the late 19th century. It has been rebuilt several times, with the latest round of changes currently in progress. During the communist era, some of the historic buildings were demolished to make way for modern service facilities. A characteristic feature of the square is a network of streetcar tracks, crossing the square in several directions. There are three squares within the marketplace: Kwiatowy, Teatralny, and Obrońców Katowic. The Silesian Theatre is located there. In the 2010s the city has started to redesign the square. The Rynek, as understood by the Katowice authorities, is a central place and a showpiece of the city. Obrońców Katowic Square is a location of the Monument to the September Scouts. On the square and in the neighboring streets a hot-spot provides free wireless internet access. At noon, Katowice's bugle call is played from the top of a tenement house at the intersection of Młyńska and Pocztowa Streets. The author of the music is an amateur composer from Bytom, Adam Biernacki. The custom of playing the bugle-call has a short tradition, it was created in 2002.

Katowice Voivodeship (Polish: województwo katowickie) can refer to one of two political entities in Poland: Katowice Voivodeship (1), initially "Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship" (Polish: województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the years 1946–1975. It was superseded by Katowice Voivodeship (2), Częstochowa Voivodeship, Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, and Opole Voivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice. Katowice Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice.

Silesian Museum in Katowice (Polish: Muzeum Śląskie w Katowicach) is a museum in the City of Katowice, Poland.

Młyńska Street in Katowice (until 1922, and from 1939 to 1945, Mühlstraße) is one of the oldest streets in the Śródmieście district of Katowice. It begins at Market Square, intersects with Wawelska Street, and ends at the junction with Dworcowa Street near Wilhelm Szewczyk Square and the Katowice railway station. The street's name derives from 1860, when Louis Fiedler, Max Glaser, and Julius Feige constructed and operated steam mills there. Grain warehouses were also built along the street.

Church of the Resurrection in Katowice is a neo-Roman Evangelical-Augsburg church in the Śródmieście district, Katowice, Poland. It was built in the years 1856–1858 and was the first masonry church in Katowice.

Altus (also known as Uni Centrum or Business Center 2000) is a skyscraper in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. The construction started in 2001 and finished in 2003. The building is 125 m high and rises 30 floors above ground. Total floor area is 68,815 m², and volume is 270,430 m³. The building surrounds a four-story atrium. One wing of the building has 18 stories and the other has 29. Altus is an intelligent building, controlled centrally through a Building Management System. There are 18 elevators in the building. The main tenants are a four-star hotel, a casino, a health club, and banks: PKO Bank Polski, Citibank, and Kredyt Bank. There is also a three-level underground parking that can fit 560 cars. Over 1,500 people work in the building.

Polish Radio Katowice (Polish: Polskie Radio Katowice) is the largest regional station of Polish Radio. It was created in 1927. It can be received in the Silesian Voivodeship and bordering entities.

Warszawska Street in Katowice (Warsaw Street) is a street in the centre of Katowice. The street was built in the 19th century. Until 1922 and during World War II the street was called Friedrichstraße, 1926–1939 Marszałka Piłsudskiego (Piłsudski Street).

The University of Silesia in Katowice (Polish: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, UŚ) is an autonomous state-run university in Silesia Province, Katowice, Poland.The university offers higher education and research facilities. It offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD degree programs, as well as postgraduate, postdoctoral research, habilitation, and continuous education and training programs.