“The coming three years will be epoch-making for Katowice. This is time which will change the image of the City not only in the point of view of the Silesia region itself or Poland, but in Europe’s opinion as well” – Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture, said during his Friday’s ...

Piotr Uszok, the mayor of Katowice, talks to katowicethecity.com on a real estate market’s mood, the “cultural district”, present and future investments. The full conversation is available below. At the beginning of October, the City of Katowice took part in the Expo Real fair in Munich. What is the mood ...

A Municipal Committee of Architecture and Town Planning of Katowice pronounced a positive opinion on the subject of location of the planned Science Center in the City. The building would be raised between Roździeńskiego Av. and the “Bogucki” Park, near by the new seat of the Silesian Museum ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending PLN 254,2 million (approx. EUR 65 million) to develop the cultural district of Katowice. The EIB funds will finance the construction of the International Convention Center (ICC), the new seat of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (NPRSO) and ...

Late January 2011, the City Hall of Katowice issued a tender for the execution of construction work on a new road system of the planned cultural district* near the “Spodek” hall. Last weeks, the tender procedure was decided. From among eleven companies and consortiums, the best ...

Representatives of academia and local authorities formed today an association to create a Skłodowska-Curie Science Center and presented the idea of the project during a press conference. The association is to make efforts to convict local society and government for the project ...

The year 2011 seems to be crucial for the City in the area of investments planned in Katowice for the years to come. Most of scheduled works will kick off this year and its total amount exceeds PLN 1 billion. During a today’s press conference, the Mayor of Katowice ...

In the years to come Katowice will face an extraordinary revamp if plans come true. The City’s downtown is waiting for the famous redevelopment and it seems to be the highest time. A number of other public and private investments and its estimated costs allow to expect the City will ...

A new seat of the Silesian Museum will be the first investment of the future cultural district near the “Spodek” Arena. Additionally, the City Hall plans to build the International Convention Center and a new seat for the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in the area. ...

The City Hall of Katowice invites bids for a project of a car park facility planned in the future cultural district. Localized in the area of Olimpijska St, the car park will service visitors of the “Spodek” hall, the International Convention Center building and the new seat ...