An alternative guide to Katowice. What you also need to know about the city where COP 24 climate summit takes place

An alternative guide to Katowice

Mariacka and night life
Mariacka street in Katowice resembles Pigneto in Rome: it’s not that beautiful, but the parties here are one of a kind. This is where you can drink Polish vodka or craft beer in one of numerous bars, eat a zapiekanka (a cut-in-half baguette topped with mushrooms and other ingredients, a legendary fast food dish from the communist times), an original Italian pizza or Japanese sushi. Mariacka never sleeps, not even in the winter. Here’s a piece of advice: do not try to drink a shot of vodka in every bar you encounter. It may turn out that you will never remember what happened that day, or you will try to forget it.