Free: Ruda Śląska

Free in Ruda Śląska: two yellow walking trails and the Miner-Olympian sculpture on a square in the Ruda district. Three places without a ticket.

Ruda Śląska is a mining city, and its free sights tie in with the history of labour and sport. Two of the trails reach beyond the city limits.

What can you see in Ruda Śląska without paying?

The yellow Upper Silesian Mining History Trail is about one hundred kilometres on foot from Łubianki to Rybnik, passing monuments of mining and metalworking. The much shorter August Czarnynoga Trail, also yellow and 11.7 km long, goes from Chorzów Batory to Ruda Śląska through town, forest and parkland.

The Miner-Olympian stands in the Ruda district on Żwirki i Wigury Square. Piotr Latoska made the sheet-metal sculpture in 1963, and it was restored in 2021. A kneeling figure lifts its left hand holding a torch or a lamp. The city's industrial past is told in the articles Huta Pokój and the Sendzimir rolling mill and the Ficinus Colony in Wirek. Other free places are under free attractions, and the city is covered on Ruda Śląska.

Frequently asked questions

How long is the Upper Silesian Mining History Trail?

About one hundred kilometres, from Łubianki to Rybnik. It can be split into shorter stretches.

What does the Miner-Olympian depict?

A kneeling figure that lifts one hand, holding either a torch of the Olympic Games or a lamp used by miners.