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The capital city of Upper Silesia - Katowice - is a centre of almost 3 million-metropolis and one of the most important centres of state's economic life. In the city economics for tens of years traditionally dominant were: hard coal mining, so called black and colour steel industry, machinery, electronic and chemical industry. Nowadays, in the city economy take place deep processes of technological restructure and privatization. Katowice is an important centre of science and education. Beside well developed higher education system there is a lot of secondary, night and primary schools and kindergartens. Education is very important matter in the city. Katowice is a base for 12 universities Katowice is a capital also of a roman catholic metropolis. On 25^th.March 1992 the Pope appointed Upper Silesian Metropolis. Previously, since 1925 the city was a base of diocese.

University - The University of Silesia was established in Katowice in 1968 as the ninth university in Poland and it is an autonomous state university. It now has campuses in four cities in the region: Katowice, Sosnowiec, Chorzów and Cieszyn. The majority of faculties are located in Katowice. The main University site, located within a distance of a five- minute-walk from the centre of Katowice, gives access to the many amenities of this progressive city. The University has its origins in the Higher School of Education which was founded in 1928 - at that time the only higher education institution in the region. Later the school became a branch of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the oldest Polish University.
The University is placed in the centre of a heavily industrialised region. A coal, steel and other industries exert a strong influence upon our life. For that reason we concentrate on equipping our students for life as well as for work, for a deeper understanding of their inner resources

Silesian Theatre of Doll and Actor "Ateneum" Established in 1945, nowadays have at disposal 2 stages, prepares 5,6 premiers in a season, performs over 300 spectacles annually. Often performs abroad. This theatre specialises in repertoire for children and recruits children to their most faithful audience. Since the beginning the theatre is firmly connected with local creative community; it is necessary to mention Bogumil Pasternak music, Zygmunt Smandzil or Jerzy Zitzman plastic art. It is also worth knowing that among literature chiefs was Gustaw Morcinek and on the placards used to appear such great names as: Jan Dorman, Teofil Ociepka, Krzysztof Penderecki or Witold Szalonek.

Stanislaw Wyspianski Silesian Theatre Established in 1907 as a municipal theatre. Best period in the theatre's history was in 40's and 50's. Nowadays, Stanislaw Wyspianski Silesian Theatre is the biggest dramatic arena in Upper Silesia.
The theatre presents heritage of polish and overseas drama; in repertoire (season 1994/95) piece' staginess of Wyspianski, Fredro, Gombrowicz, Molier, Czechow and modern dramatists. With the artistic team of the theatre co-operate polish best directors and stage-managers. The Silesian Theatre presents its own proposition and interesting cultural events from the country and overseas.
Presence of such artists like W. Horzyca, K. Adwentowicz; debuts of G. Holoubek, T. Lomnicki, I. Kwiatkowska and great directors and stage-managers like W. Lange, J. Kaliszewski, J. Kreczmar, J. Jarocki, L. Zamkow, J. Szajna contributed to creation authority of the theatre in polish artistic community.

Silesian Museum. It combines museum of modern art and museum of Silesian culture and history. Museum runs scientific researches in the every area of Poland. Researches are concerned with history, archaeology, ethnography and technique. In the museum's resources important part belongs to paintings. Especially valuable is polish paintings' collection from XIX and XX century including pieces of Aleksander Gierymski, Jan Matejko, Piotr Machalowski, Henryk Rodakowski, Stanislaw Wyspianski and Wladyslaw Podkowinski. For special notice also deserves created by the Museum Polish Scenery Centre which is gathering and exhibiting collections of projects by outstanding polish stage-managers. In the sculpture resources exhibited are, interalia, pieces of Xawery Dunikowski, Wladyslaw Hasior and others. Archaeology Department gains exhibits thanks to their own excavation. In the Ethnography Department there is worth noticing collection of woman's folk outfit of Bytom's Silesia and Cieszyn's Silesia.

Archdiocesan Museum. The base of the resources of the Museum is middle aged and modern sacral art. It includes rich collections of silesian sacral art such as paintings and sculptures from the area of diocese from XIV until XVII century. Second part of the museum resources is collection of paintings of various artists and European schools from XV until XX century.

The gen. Jerzy Zietek Park of Culture and Recreation - 600 hectare recreation complex, founded in the sixties, a place of recreation on Saturday and Sunday. In the park: The Zoological Garden, The Amusement Park, The Silesian Stadium, The Planetary, the swimming-pool complex, the water sports center, tennis courts, the rose-garden, The Technical Progress Centre, a hotel complex of the Polish Tourist-Country Lovers' Association, the Polish Scouts' Association centre, the Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park - a skansen museum of the local building of Upper Silesia and Dabrowskie Basin, the subregions of Beskidy, mountain - foot region, regions of Pszczyna-Rybnik, industrial one, and of Lubliniec, many show pavilions (a place of flower shows) restaurants and cafes.

The Sports-Show Hall - 1927, designed by M. Gintowt, M. Krasinski, A. Zurawski, W. Zalewski, an architectural complex of the world class, a vanguard structure and form. In the sports-recreation complex: an ice rink, gym halls, a hotel, a restaurant and sauna. It is generally considered together with the Silesian Insurgents Monument to be the landmark of Katowice.

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