Travel Guide of Oświęcim in Poland by Influencers and Travelers

Oświęcim is a city in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated 50 kilometres west of Kraków, near the confluence of the Vistula and Soła rivers.

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Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust.

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2 - Camp Birkenau Historical Gate

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3 - Tours & Sightseeing | Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

Begin your journey from the Warsaw Central Train Station to Krakow via a scenic train ride of 2.5 hours. Upon arrival, a driver holding a sign bearing your name will be there to greet you. From there, you'll set off on a 1.5-hour drive to the starting point of a tour of Auschwitz Birkenau. A well-informed guide will help you explore the historic site of the former Nazi concentration camp. Look at barracks, guard towers, cremation sites, and visit Auschwitz I, a political prison, and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a site where the Jews were executed. Spend approximately 2 hours at the first camp and about 1 hour at the second. After the visit, you’ll be escorted back to Krakow and explore the city at your own pace.

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4 - Pszczyna

   19 km away

Pszczyna is a town in southern Poland with 25,823 inhabitants within the immediate gmina. The town is in the Silesian Voivodeship. It was a part of Katowice Voivodeship from 1975 until administrative reform in 1998.

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5 - Park Zamkowy

   20 km away
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6 - Kozy

   21 km away

Kozy is a large village with a population of 12,457 within Bielsko County, located in the historical and geographical south-west region of Lesser Poland, between Kęty and Bielsko-Biała, and about 65 kilometres south-west of Kraków and south of Katowice.

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7 - Powstańców Śląskich

   28 km away

The Silesian Insurgents' Monument in Katowice, southern Poland, is a monument to those who took part in the three Silesian Uprisings of 1919, 1920 and 1921, which aimed to make the region of Upper Silesia part of the newly independent Polish state.

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8 - Katowice

   29 km away

Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area.

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9 - Park Powstańców Śląskich

   29 km away
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10 - Pocztowa 34

   31 km away

Parkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rogoźno, within Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

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11 - Dębowiec

   31 km away
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12 - Strumień

   34 km away

Strumień is a town and the seat of Gmina Strumień, in Cieszyn County, in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, on the Vistula River.

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13 - Żywiec

   37 km away

Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 31,194 inhabitants. Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship.

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