Transport

THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The “Katowice” International Airport in Pyrzowice is the most dynamically developing airport in Europe. A few years ago, it was only just 200,000 passengers that used it per annum. Currently, the airport serves over one million passengers a year. From the “Katowice”, one may directly reach: London, Rome, Pars, Dublin, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Milan, Liverpool or Warsaw. Our airport has become a centre for the low-cost lines as well as charter flights for the southern Poland. For the passengers’ convenience, a new passenger terminal has been open for use. For 2007, the erection completion of another modern terminal has been planned. Due to the engagement of such carriers as: Wizzair, Lufthansa, Centralwings or Lot, Silesia may be reached by air easily, cheap and comfortably from the whole Europe. 

ROADS

The ¦l±skie Voivodeship has the densest express road network in Poland. The completion of works associated with building the A-4 motorway in our region enabled fast and collision-free travelling both towards west, in the direction of Opole, Wrocław and eastwards, towards Krakow.

The Highway Through Route (DT¦), currently under construction, combining the cities of the Silesian Agglomeration will soon allow for shortening the journey time between the largest centres of the region’s central part. Owing to the thorough modernisation of the road from Cieszyn to Bielsko-Biała and further to Żywiec, it is easier to access the most attractive tourist places in the Beskidy Mountains. 

RAILWAY & COACH TRANSPORT

The journey by the InterCity train from Warsaw to the region’s capital – Katowice takes no longer than just over two hours. The frequent and fast Warsaw-Katowice connections enable both the tourists and businesspeople to plan their stay with us in the most convenient manner. Katowice has direct railway connections with such cities as: Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Prague, Moscow, Hamburg. The numerous coach lines travel both within the country and abroad, with particular focus on the routes to Germany, London, Paris or Brussels.