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Szopienice, Katowice — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Szopienice sits in the north-eastern part of Katowice, a district of zinc smelters, brick churches and the old Peter Mokrski brewery.
About Szopienice
Where to stay in Szopienice
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Beds here are scarce. Szopienice is a working quarter of Katowice rather than a lodging one, and anyone wanting a room within walking distance of the smelting works or St Hedwig's Church will find the choice thin. Bednorza is the spine to aim for.
Most visitors book in central Katowice and ride out to Szopienice for the Izba Tradycji Hutniczych and the brewery halls.
About Szopienice
What are the main landmarks in Szopienice?
Metal made the skyline. The Szopienice smelting plant complex still holds its halls, and the Izba Tradycji Hutniczych keeps the record of the non-ferrous works that ran them, while the Zinc rolling mill stands as the surviving piece of that trade. Prittwitz Castle answers it from the older side, and the water tower on Korczaka Street rises above the rooftops.
St Hedwig's Church and Our Lady of Perpetual Help church mark the parishes, and the Monument to the Silesian Insurgent stands close by.
What is the history of Szopienice?
Smelting came first. Zinc drew works to Szopienice long before it counted as a district of Katowice, and the plant complex, the rolling mill and the tenement rows along Bednorza grew together as one industrial settlement. Beer followed the metal.
Brewery Peter Mokrski left the Warzelnia, the Słodownia and the cooling cellars that still line its yard, while the Monument to the Silesian Insurgent commemorates the Silesian uprisings.
Where is Szopienice?
Szopienice-Burowiec forms the north-eastern edge of Katowice, a quarter where smelter halls and Prittwitz Castle share the same street grid.
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Updated September 2026