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|pop = 309 621
|plate = SK
|motorways = A4{{Apl|4}}, A1 {{Apl|1}} (under construction)|expressways = S1, S86{{Spl|1}} {{Spl|86}}
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'''Katowice''' is a city in southern [[Poland]]. 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.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== West towards [[Wrocław]], [[Dresden]] or [[Berlin]] ([[Germany|D]]) {{Motorway Number PolandApl|4}} {{E|40}} ===
From main railway station take bus 110, 910 direction ''Osiedle Paderewskiego Trzy Stawy'', 672 direction ''Wesoła Kopalnia'' or 674 direction ''Giszowiec Przyjemna'' and get off at '''''Osiedle Paderewskiego Graniczna'''''. 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 PolandApl|4}} {{E|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]], [[Gdańsk]] {{Expressway Number PolandSpl|86}} > {{National Road Number Poland|1}} {{E|75}}, [[Warsaw|Warszawa]] {{National Road Number Poland|8}} {{E|67}} ===
From main bus station in Katowice (close to the railway station) take bus 805 and get off at the last stop '''''Sosnowiec Szpital Wojewódzki''''' (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 ''Szpital'' (pronounce shpital).
