Green areas/environmental protection

  • over 42% of the city are green areas: Ochojec Nature Reserve and Murckowski Forest, The Three Ponds Valley, „Szopienice-Borki” nature and landscape complex, T. Kościuszki Park and Silesia Park – is one of the largest downtown parks in Europe (located on the border of Katowice, Chorzów and Siemianowice Śląskie), there are, among others, a zoo, a planetarium and an amusement park
  • METROrower the largest bicycle system in Poland and one of the largest in Europe – 7,000 bicycles, 31 municipalities. In Katowice alone, almost 200 km of bicycle infrastructure, of which 85 km are beautiful, landscape paths in green areas (forests, parks)
  • the city is actively involved in activities aimed at developing pro-ecological attitudes among residents through social campaigns and tasks in the field of ecological education, e.g. Let’s sow urban meadows action, Family Picnic Day in the Forest– Eco-responsibility, Szluknij się z kokotka – “Gulp from the tap”, The Plant-a-Tree application (wCOP drzewo), etc.
  • pro-ecological activities of Katowice have been recognized, among others, by Forbes magazine, Katowice won the title of the most ecological city in Poland both in 2018 and 2019