Parks and nature
palm house with five pavilions, palms from 1924 and aquariums, including a 60,000-litre Amazon tank
Parks and nature
19th-century park in central Gliwice with a Chopin monument, lions and a 250-year-old oak
Parks and nature
Gliwice park from 1913-1915 covering more than 10 ha in the Politechnika district
Parks and nature
a municipal forest known since the 17th century, with a brine graduation tower, an educational trail and traces of former attractions
Parks and nature
historic park in Wójtowa Wieś with a pitch, a playground and a Soviet soldiers' cemetery from 1951
Parks and nature
a former multi-faith cemetery from 1858, today a park
Parks and nature
a forest reserve with riparian forests and the rare white-backed woodpecker, with an open nature trail
a Gliwice park with a history going back to the former Gardel estate, renovated in 2013
Parks and nature in Gliwice: the palm house in Chopin Park, the Park of Culture and Recreation, historic parks and the Las Dąbrowa reserve.
Eight places let you choose between a short walk in the centre and a full day in the forest. Two parks neighbour each other, and several lie close to the town centre.
Begin with Fryderyk Chopin Park, whose beginnings go back to about 1880, beside the Kłodnica river. It has old trees, including a natural monument, a Chopin monument and the Schadow lions. Beside it works the Municipal Palm House (Fredry 6). Its five pavilions hold tropical specimens, succulents and useful plants, plus aquariums, over five thousand six hundred plants in all. It is a good choice for rainy days.
Nearby lies Bolesław Chrobry Park from 1913-1915, in the Politechnika district, covers about ten hectares. The historic Grunwaldzki Square Park in Wójtowa Wieś, formerly Preussenplatz, came under heritage protection in 2013.
Starokozielski Park took over the ground of a former necropolis where followers of different religions were buried from 1858. The layout of the former necropolis, the main avenue and the trees were kept, and the park covers about six hectares. As you walk, remember what the place once was.
Szwajcaria Park was laid out in 1924 on a former garden and opened in 1926. The modernisation of 2008-2013 brought water plants, among other things. Other green places in the region are described in the article on botanical gardens and arboretums.
The Park of Culture and Recreation is a municipal forest of nearly two hundred hectares in the Zatorze district. It has an educational trail, two playgrounds, traces of former entertainment venues and a salt graduation tower with deckchairs. It is a good address for families whose children want to run around.
At the town's western edge lies the reserve of Las Dąbrowa, established in 2008 and covering about seventy-six hectares. It protects alluvial forests and a rare currant alder carr; the middle spotted woodpecker lives here. You can read more about nature in the agglomeration's towns in the article on nature reserves and green enclaves.
For a change of mood try things for children in Gliwice and atmospheric places in Gliwice. The town's history is told in the text on Villa Caro, the Polytechnic and the canal. The page of things to do in Gliwice covers the whole town, and similar areas in the region are in parks and nature in Silesia.
At Fredry 6, in Fryderyk Chopin Park.
Nearly two hundred hectares. It is a municipal forest in Zatorze.
Yes, Las Dąbrowa, lying at the western fringe of town.
Starokozielski Park, a former necropolis from 1858.
