For children
an air-conditioned hall with trampolines, climbing walls and a Monkey Grove, open whatever the weather
Theatre and opera
puppet theatre with a Baby Stage and a repertoire for children, young people and adults, founded in 1946
Museums
a route in a shelter cut into Castle Hill in 1943-1944, with an exhibition on the history of Będzin
Museums
a former house of prayer in a tenement house with rediscovered polychromes and Hebrew inscriptions
Museums
the first museum of the Dąbrowa Basin, with a castle, a palace and underground passages beneath the hill
Museums
historic Jelcz and Ikarus buses and urban transport memorabilia, visits by appointment
Rainy day in Będzin: museums in the castle and underground, the Będzin Underground, a puppet theatre and the Freak Park play hall - six places under a roof.
Będzin is a town in the Dąbrowa Basin where a rainy day is easy to fill: there are museums, a theatre and a play hall for children, and some routes run underground. There are places for families and for people who prefer the quiet of an exhibition. Bad-weather ideas for the whole region sit under rainy-day attractions in Silesia, and the town's other sights under what to see in Będzin.
In the Freak Park play hall or the puppet theatre. The first works whatever the weather, the second plays mainly for children and young people.
Freak Park is housed in a new, air-conditioned hall at ul. Józefa Cieszkowskiego 18. It has trampolines, a Monkey Grove, climbing walls, a zip line and a café for parents. The Dzieci Zagłębia Theatre named after Jan Dorman is a puppet theatre at ul. Teatralna 4. The company has worked since 1946 and since 1950 has had its seat in a former parish house. Its repertoire is aimed mainly at children, but the theatre also plays for young people and adults.
The fullest picture of the region comes from the Zagłębie Museum, which in 1956 became the first such institution in the Dąbrowa Basin. Its displays are spread over several sites, and one of them is the Będzin Underground.
The Zagłębie Museum has its seat at ul. Zamkowa 1 and has set up displays on the region's past in four places: the castle, the Mieroszewski Palace in Gzichów, the Będzin Underground and the former Mizrachi house of prayer. The Będzin Underground leads through a German air-raid shelter that was never completed, cut into Castle Hill. The tour takes place underground, so rain is no obstacle. What Będzin holds beyond the castle is covered in the article Będzin beyond the castle: the underground, walls, the Grodziec water tower and the Zagłębie Museum, and the fortress itself is covered in The castle in Będzin.
The Urban Transport Heritage Room is a small institution at ul. Promyka 30, founded in October 2013, whose collection holds old buses, tickets and uniforms. It is open by appointment, so a visit has to be arranged beforehand.
It is a private house of prayer on the first floor of a townhouse at aleja Hugona Kołłątaja 24/28. Wall paintings survive inside, part of just two such sets discovered in the Silesian Voivodeship, and the house was opened to visitors in 2007.
Zuckerman's House of Prayer shows what the religious life of the once numerous Jewish community of Będzin looked like: the town had over eighty private houses of prayer before the war, and this one has survived. The fate of that community under the occupation is set out soberly in the article The ghettos in Będzin, Sosnowiec and Zawiercie and their liquidation in 1943.
Visit the Zagłębie Museum, go down into the Będzin Underground, see a show at the Dzieci Zagłębia Theatre or spend time with children at Freak Park.
Yes: the Freak Park hall with trampolines and climbing walls, and a puppet theatre. Both are independent of the weather.
Yes, because the route runs underground, in an air-raid shelter hewn into Castle Hill. It is operated by the Zagłębie Museum.
Yes, the room is open by appointment. Its collection covers the history of local bus transport.
