Koszutka – small can be beautiful
Text from 2017. Laws, rates and prices may have changed since then. Ask an agent
Every district has its own atmosphere. Every district is famous for at least one attraction. Every district can, in the end, tire you out with its intensity. Looking at Koszutka, however, we get the impression of a charming city centre that also allows you to rest. Koszutka looks as if it had been torn out of grey reality. It lives its own life. Here is the alternative heart of the city, which attracts more and more residents of Katowice and tourists, because this is where the Spodek, the best-known building in the whole city, is located.
Although Koszutka was once called the "dormitory of Katowice", this district is slowly waking from its lethargy. It is no longer famous only for being the first large housing estate in People's Poland. It is here that you can see many diverse elements. On one side there are pre-war villas, and on the other – monumental sculptures (above all "Rodzina" by Jerzy Kwiatkowski), which are slowly becoming the district's calling card. Koszutka is shedding its working-class coat and becoming a cultural place, led by the Centre of Film Art (Centrum Sztuki Filmowej). We have two cinema screens and the Silesian Film Archive (Filmoteka Śląska) at our disposal.
It is a pleasure to watch further initiatives and interesting shops that are starting to promote local products and Silesian design. Koszutka is ceasing to be a sleepy village. This is also thanks to the increasingly popular neighbourly self-help groups, which help solve many problems of the district's most needy residents. It turned out that many people want at last to come out of hiding, give up anonymity and start helping, integrating and fighting for a better Koszutka.
The people of Koszutka are not resting on their laurels. They constantly think of new initiatives so that the district develops in many spheres, so it is no wonder that more and more people from Katowice are looking for their place on earth here, viewing listings of flats for sale in Koszutka, which are becoming more and more attractive.
