For children
garden of 47.5 ha in the Silesian Park with the Dinosaur Valley, an exotarium, an aquarium and an elephant house
For children
open-air museum in the Silesian Park with cottages, churches and an inn from Upper Silesia and the Basin
Culture
Poland's largest and oldest planetarium, with a 23 m dome and an underground science park
For children
amusement park descended from a funfair of 1959, with roller coasters and themed zones
Industrial heritage
the first iron and steel metallurgy museum in Poland, in the brick hall of a former power station from 1891
an indoor trampoline park with tubing, a zip line and a Ninja zone
For families in Chorzów: the zoo, Legendia, the planetarium, an open-air museum, HOPSA and a steel museum - six places for a day with children.
Chorzów suits a day with children well, because most places lie in the Silesian Park or right beside it. There are animals, rides, stars and old cottages, and for rainy weather covered halls and museums. Elsewhere in Silesia, family outings are listed under attractions for families in Silesia, and a full tour of the city is under things to do in Chorzów.
The heart of the park offers the most: the zoo, Legendia, the planetarium and the open-air museum, each worth a long day or half a day. The Silesian Park covers about 535 hectares, so plan less and go calmly.
The Silesian Zoological Garden measures 47.5 ha and opened in 1958. It is easiest to recognise by the Dinosaur Valley, a set of concrete models of extinct reptiles, yet living animals also occupy the exotarium, aquarium and elephant pavilions. Legendia is an amusement park that began in 1959 as the Silesian Funfair, the country's oldest, and since 2017 has been a theme park on about 26 hectares. The Silesian Planetarium opened in 1955 as the largest and oldest planetarium in Poland; since 2022, as the Silesian Science Park, it also has exhibitions on astronomy, seismology and meteorology. The Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park opened in 1975 and gathers around 78 historic structures moved from Upper Silesia and the Dąbrowa Basin. Other open-air museums feature in the article Open-air museums and farmsteads of Silesia, and the whole park in The Silesian Park in Chorzów: from the 1950 decision to 535 hectares.
To covered places: the HOPSA trampoline park or the Metallurgy Museum. Both work whatever the weather, but they suit different children: the first those who need to burn off energy, the second those curious how steel is made.
HOPSA is an indoor activity park at ul. Księdza Jana Gałeczki 59. Its core is a trampoline park for children aged 4 to 14, with a dodgeball court and a foam pit beside it. The Metallurgy Museum occupies the brick hall of the Kościuszko Steelworks power station, built in 1891, at ul. Metalowców 4A. It is the country's first institution devoted to iron and steel making, and visitors have been welcome since 26 November 2021. The planetarium also has exhibitions indoors.
Go to the zoo with its Dinosaur Valley, to the Legendia amusement park, to the planetarium or to the open-air museum. For rain, HOPSA and the Metallurgy Museum work well.
The trampoline park is meant for children aged 4 to 14. There are also zones for younger children.
An amusement park in the Silesian Park by the border with Katowice. Formerly the Silesian Funfair, since 2017 a theme park.
Yes, the Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in the Silesian Park. Around 78 buildings from the 17th to 20th centuries stand there, moved from Upper Silesia and the Dąbrowa Basin.
