3. • Sosnowiec is one of the biggest cities in Poland
• It's located in Southern Poland, in Silesia voivodship
• 189 178 people live in Sosnowiec
• Arkadiusz Chęciński is city mayor
• City area is ~91 km2
6. Egzotarium is iconic location in
Sosnowiec. Egzotarium was open
in 1956. Main exhibition consist of
two parts. First one consist of
plants, trees, flowers and bushes.
Second part focus on animals,
mostly reptiles and fishes.
In 2019 it was announced that
whole facility will be rebuild and
renovated.
December 2, 2023, new
Egzotarium was opened.
Inside of the Egzotarium
7. Main attraction in the
Egzotarium are animals.
In egzotarium you can
see spectacled caiman, Heloderma
one of five venomous lizards in the
world, ball python, and many
more.
Heloderma
9. Stawiki is main recreation area in
Sosnowiec. Most of it is occupied
by a Lake. On this lake there is a
track for water skiing, that is used
for international events, such as
championship. Also, around the
lake there is a bicycle bath. In the
area of the park there is also a
beach, pump track, rope park.
11. Trójkąt Trzech Cesarzy is historical
location in Sosnowiec. During
partition of Poland this was
location where borders of three
countries Russia, Prusia and Austria
connected. On the Prussian side it
was used as a tourist attraction,
there was a Bismarck tower, that
was used as a viewpoint. In 2004
mayors of Sosnowiec, Mysłowice
and Jaworzno placed there a
monument, to memorate entrance
of Poland to the Europian Union.
Old Post card
13. Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
consist of three main buildings,
football stadium, ice hockey arena
and indoor arena. Whole sport
center was opened in 2023 by city
mayor Arkadiusz Chęciński.
Sport center project
14. Football
Stadium
It is home stadium of
Zagłębie Sosnowiec,
football team that origins
from Sosnowiec and plays
in the first league.
Team from Częstochowa
"Raków Częstochowa"
plays on this stadium their
football matches in
European championship.
Stadium
15. Ice hokey arena
It is used by Hokey team from Sosnowiec, Zagłębie Sosnowiec. Also, arena is used as a skating rink
for citizens of Sosnowiec.
Interior of the Arena
16. Indoor arena
Arena is used by basketball team from Sosnowiec - MB Zagłębie Sosnowiec.
Aulron CMC Warta Zawiercie, volleyball team from nearby city of Zawiercie
plays their matches in the CEV Volleyball Cup.
Interior of the Arena
17. Ways of going to
Sosnowiec from
Dąbrowa Górnicza
To Egzotarium
Bus – 808
To Stawiki – Bus 808
To Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
– Bus 808, 55, 690
To Trójkąt Trzech Cesarzy – First
take a bus 808 or 55 to
Sosnowiec City centre, then
go to the bus 150 or 26
22. Jan Kiepura
He was Polish singer and actor. He was
born in 1902 in Sosnowiec, and he died in
1966 in New York. He was buried in
Warsaw.
He played in 12 polish musicals, for
example : O czym się nie myśli, Die
Singende Stadt (Neapol, śpiewające
miasto).
In the city center of Sosnowiec ther is a
monument of him.
Monument of Jan Kiepura
23. Łukasz Litewka
He is Polish politician. He is mostly
known in Poland for his charity
actions. Thanks to his action in first
weekend of January 2024, more than
80 dogs were adopted from Kraków
animal shelter.
Łukasz Litewka
24. Sources
Trójkąt trzech cesarzy -
https://www.slaskie.travel/culturalheritage/3705/trojkat-trzech-
cesarzy
Egzotarium
- https://www.cee-egzotarium.sosnowiec.pl/
Stawiki
- https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stawiki
Sosnowiec information
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosnowiec