Oswiecim
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Malopolskie : Oswiecim
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Oświęcim[1] is a city in southern Poland.
[edit] Understand
Has a population of 43,000.
[edit] Get in
- By car from Katowice (35 km), Krakow (60 km, route 780)
- By plane arriving to Kraków-Balice (55 km) or Katowice-Pyrzowice (70 km)
[edit] Get around
[edit][add listing] See
- Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi camp
- Oswiecim Castle
- Cemetery of Moses Religion
- Auschwitz Jewish Center, it includes a museum about the former jewish life in Oświęcim. Jews were for 150 years the majority in this town.
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[edit][add listing] Do
Visit Old Town Market, now under reconstruction (spring-summer 2006). The same for the Castle. Under reconstruction - to be finished later this or next year.
[edit][add listing] Buy
[edit][add listing] Eat
- Hotel Galicja, a bit pricy, but fancy cuisine. Dabrowskiego Street
- Rapsodia the pizzeria. Good italian style pizzas, reasonably prices. Sniadeckiego Street, (by the town's Culture Center (OCK))
[edit][add listing] Drink
- Galerija, nice bar, sometimes small exhibitions
[edit][add listing] Sleep
- Hotel Galicja [2] a short taxi ride from railway station and memorial.
[edit] Get out
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