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{{IsInInfobox Polish Location|country = Poland|state = Silesian (Voivodeship)}}|map = <map lat='50.24488588151929' lng='19.032922983169556' zoom='9' view='0' float='right' />|pop = 309 621|plate = SK|motorways = A4, A1 (under construction)|expressways = S1, S86}}'''Katowice''' is a city in southern [[Poland]] inhabited by more than 310 thousand people. It's the largest city of Katowice Urban Area - the largest conurbation in Poland populated by about 2.7 million people. Conurbation consists of 19 cities. Beside Katowice there are eight cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants in this area: [[Sosnowiec]], [[Gliwice]], [[Zabrze]], [[Bytom]], [[Ruda Śląska]], [[Tychy]], [[Dąbrowa Górnicza]], [[Chorzów]]. All of them are connected by a joint public transport system.
== Hitching Out ==
===West towards [[Wrocław]], [[Dresden]], or [[Berlin]] ([[Germany|D]]){{Motorway Number Poland|4}} {{European Route Number|40}} ===
From main railway station take bus 110, 910 direction <i>''Osiedle Paderewskiego Trzy Stawy</i>'', 672 direction <i>''Wesoła Kopalnia</i> '' or 674 direction <i>''Giszowiec Przyjemna</i> '' and get off at <b><i>'''''Osiedle Paderewskiego Graniczna</i></b>'''''. Go straight along the street and turn first right (south). Go till the end of the street where you'll find McD and petrol station on motorway A4.
Note: All the buses mentioned above go to 3 Stawy Shopping Centre which is on the other side of the motorway. There's probably more buses that go there from other parts of the conurbation, just ask people about 3 Stawy.
===East towards [[Kraków]], [[Rzeszów]], [[Lviv]] ([[Ukraine|UA]]){{Motorway Number Poland|4}} {{European Route Number|40}} ===
Get to the spot for direction [[Wrocław ]] (see above). From there you can go to the other side of the motorway by the pedestrian bridge. Optionally you can get off at 3 Stawy Shopping Centre, which is on "your" side of the A4. There are two petrol stations where you can ask drivers.
===North towards [[Częstochowa]], [[Łódź]], [[WarszawaGdańsk]]{{Expressway Number Poland|86}} > {{National Road Number Poland|1}} {{European Route Number|75}}, [[GdańskWarszawa]]{{National Road Number Poland|8}} {{European Route Number|67}} ===
From main bus station in Katowice (close to the railway station) take bus 805 and get off at the last stop <b><i>'''''Sosnowiec Szpital Wojewódzki</i></b> ''''' (hospital). From there walk straight till you get to the petrol station on expressway S86. Optionally you can take any bus to [[Sosnowiec]] and walk to the hospital, just ask people about <i>''Szpital</i> '' (pronounce shpital).
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