what's up you guys and welcome back to the channel dzien dobry today we are in the silesia
park in katowice so many of you recommended us to come here so that's what we're doing
today we're going to explore the silesia park and see what it has to offer we're excited let's go
now silesia park is twice the size of the central park in new york and outside of being a park
obviously it has a lot of other things to offer such as a zoo an amusement park from what i saw
i saw gondolas in in between but i think they're not running at the moment at least not right now
and that would be really cool actually to take a gondola and
see the park from above but yeah it has loads and loads of things to offer outside of being
a park but obviously you can come here and just enjoy the nature as well so we figured there's
no better way to start this video off here in the silesian park than to go and explore the zoo so
we just picked up two normal tickets here and we are ready to go and check out these animals
the zoo itself seems to be pretty large and it has a lot of really positive google reviews too
so the cost of entry for a normal entry ticket for an adult is 26 zloty so that comes out to
a roughly around six euro per person or around seven dollars u.s per person
very affordable definitely a lot cheaper than a lot of zoos around Europe and as i said
a lot of positive reviews for this place so we can't wait to go and check this place out we're
inside now and we're greeted with a lot of open greenery a lot of beautiful nature what's your
first impression as we're walking in here to the zoo oh yeah definitely and it looks super
lovely already here um loads of green spaces as luke already said and today is sunday and
it's good weather so you see loads and loads of families coming here and enjoying their day
so i do think um the zoo already from its first impressions is probably worth it we saw flamingos
through the fence as well as we were walking along and that is kind of what triggered us to
go and come in here because that's really really oh they have to we dribble oh they have to we
were just walking and there's pelicans so check this out i'll turn i'll turn you guys around
so cool walking around and we just came across uh some ostriches and um i don't know about you
guys but they're just an incredibly funny looking animal really really long legs and then the long
winding neck as well they just look like there's nothing going on inside their head they're just
walking around pecking at stuff um i love animals and that's this is just a great way to kind of
bring us into this elysian park it is actually if you're looking to find the zoo it's just
literally around the first part of silesia park when you come in the entrance on the southern side
and very cheap and affordable to get in here and luckily once again we have incredible weather
with us ever since we came to poland actually we've gotten very lucky with the weather here
now as nice as it is to be in a zoo both of us are a little bit like 50 50 when it comes to that
because obviously these animals are white animals and they're supposed to be in the wild somewhere
roaming around through a jungle but at the same time these programs as well protect the species
and it's very very good for educational purposes as well so there is a positive and a negative to
supporting a zoo and but that's just really the way it is with everything in life i think
there's always a positive and the negative so we made a quick pit stop and we grabbed a delicious
hot dog now typically we never get food if we're coming to a tourist attraction such as a zoo
but the hot dogs in here are actually very well priced it was only like nine zloty for the hot dog
so roughly around three dollars four dollars something like that and uh they were really good
best breakfast ever yeah super healthy breakfast get a hot dog and a pepsi max wow oh my god you
guys there is a peacock casually strolling through the zoo freely and i don't know if it left its
cage or something like that or if it's supposed to be walking around like this but it's really cute
so we just left the zoo now and it was a truly incredible experience they had pretty much every
animal that you can imagine in there so the cost of entry was actually very much well worth it and
great value as kind of an entrance or a first stop for us in the silesia park it was really
really nice we spent a good solid like two and a half hours just kind of wandering around the zoo
and you could spend if you wanted to the entire day walking around there and
we basically have plans today believe it or not to go to a concert later on this evening
we have also gotten quite a lot of comments to tell us to go to NOSPR to see a concert so we
ended up getting tickets and we're going to go and see a jazz concert there later this evening
so today is definitely jam-packed with activities but that zoo absolutely 100
recommended if you do come to katowice and you are looking to get away from the hustle and bustle
of the city center come and check that zoo out because it was great yeah maybe as well obviously
you can go on the weekends but it will be crowded for sure and so if you get the chance maybe go
oh trying not to get hit by a bicycle so maybe if you do get the chance go like on a monday or
a tuesday if the weather is nice and i'm sure it will be less crowded than today now we have been
in katowice now for seven days and we have to say this place when we first arrived our very
first impression of the place was wow okay we didn't really know what to think of it or where
to place it in our minds because before we came to Katowice we had been to krakow and krakow was very
much kind of like our starting point of our polish journey here and krakow is absolutely stunning
obviously world wide known as being the go-to city if you are a tourist in poland and krakow
was fantastic um we saw so many wonderful things there then after krakow we made our way to
zakopane and zakopane same deal mountain hiking beautiful nature and scenery and now in katowice
this city never gets mentioned by anybody as a tourist destination or as like a go-to
place and we have to say that we are very much surprised by what katowice has to offer after
being here as i said for seven days we've realized that there is an unbelievable amount of things to
do there's so many different parks such as the silesia park where we just were there's the zoo
right now we're just walking past the silesia city center which is
basically a large shopping mall there's two other huge shopping malls that are in the center of
Katowice so and plenty plenty other things you guys are dropping comments down underneath the
first Katowice video that we did and we are getting so many different recommendations
we just wish we had more time to explore because tomorrow we are on to our next destination and we
could not be more excited to see more of poland what do you think so far seven days in Katowice
yeah seven days in katowice um i think it is well well worth it at the beginning i was kind
of saying okay maybe katowice for like a weekend city trip or something like that
but now after being here for one week i think it's even worse to stay here for a little bit longer
than just a weekend um i think obviously if you travel to poland put krakow put zakopane onto your
list but if you want something that is a little bit off the beaten path of the beaten track sorry
and then definitely put katowice on your list as well obviously we are in the silesia area
now at the moment so the culture is a little bit different food is a little bit different but it is
definitely worth exploring and super interesting to see how the little counties differentiate from
each other i do like katowice a lot and i think if you go to poland definitely come here speaking of
things to do in and around katowice we said in our last video that we had planned to go and check out
the coal mining settlement of nikiszowiec didn't really get the chance to do that today because
our day kind of rapidly fills up every day with different things especially since we've gotten
here to poland poland is a big country there's lots of things to see and do and we try and see
as much of each city as we can but unfortunately some things drop away as a replacement for other
things we are very very happy though that we got to see a portion of the silesia park
that park is absolutely massive and i'm sure you could actually spend maybe a day or two just
wandering around there and seeing all that you need in there now we're just making our way back
to the city center of katowice it is a beautiful warm day as we said earlier so we're gonna go for
a nice brisk walk and maybe grab a cup of coffee as well now before we end this video i want to say
thank you or we want to say thank you to the people of katowice and every single soul that we
meet along the way because you guys are really the reason why all of these areas are so unique and if
you ever do see us in the city walking around make sure to come up to us and say hello because we're
always really really happy to get to know each and every one of you guys yeah and we appreciate every
single comment that we are getting since we started posting these videos in poland you guys
have been really active down in the comments suggesting so many different things for us
and that just makes our experience here in poland so much more streamlined
so please keep commenting down below underneath our videos it helps us in a massive way so for now
guys we're sending you much love and appreciation all the way from katowice poland thank you so much
for watching this video my name is luke my name is naomi we are the two mad explorers and this
is your reminder to keep exploring see you guys in the next video see you in the next city bye