Chorzów at the threshold of the 3rd millennium - the city and its residents Chorzów,
located in the very heart of the Katowice
agglomeration, was only a few years back a typical Upper Silesian centre of huge industry. Transformations, taking place in the country along with a decade of the
restored self-government caused the change of the city image. The city has become more beautiful. It has been developing and utilising its capacities: central location in the region, convenient railway connections, already existing and constructed road arteries (Cross-Town Route and A-4 Motorway), close proximity to an airport in Pyrzowice, Katowice - the capital of the Voivodeship of Silesia in the immediate vicinity, traditions of the powerful craftsmanship environment, prospering trade and services, as well as the unique in Europe Voivodeship Culture and Leisure Park located within the city limits. This one and only nature-recreation complex with a funfair, zoological garden, ethnographic park, cable railway, as well as the modernised, and regarded as the national Silesian Stadium, is more and more attractive. Chorzów didn''t waste its opportunities, and this is not only an emotional look or appraisal of its residents, which once again can discover enchanting nooks, parks and architectonic details of old tenement houses. The exclusive Wolności Street, restored several years ago, origins of which date from the mid-19th
century, is a pride of the residents of Chorzów. A modern shopping precinct on the historical street is on one side finished with a 19th-century neogothic Post Office building with an illuminated tower and a square with a fountain, however on the other side one can find the monumental Church of St Jadwiga dating also from the 19th century with a quiet square located next to it. Wolności Street with the restored tenement houses has become a hallmark of the city, and as it once was - a meeting place for the residents. It took over the centre-creative and integral role, which in the past was fulfilled by the Market Square, which due to construction of the flyover lost its function.