Driving in Katowice

Katowice in numbers

• Residents: 277 415 (2025)
• To Katowice-Pyrzowice airport: 32–35 min

Nights on Mariacka

The pedestrian ul. Mariacka is the main source of night-time demand in the city. Friday, Saturday and public holidays look nothing like the rest of the week: the rides are short but come one after another. Add the concerts at Spodek and the congresses at MCK — after a big event the whole Strefa Kultury spills onto the street within fifteen minutes.

A student city

The three largest universities in Katowice together teach almost 37,000 people: the University of Silesia, the Medical University of Silesia and the University of Economics. That flow returns every week through the whole academic year and depends on neither weather nor season.

Where passengers travel from most often

The places where jobs come up most often. Worth knowing before your first shift.

• Dworzec Katowice
• Strefa Kultury — Spodek i MCK
• biurowce wzdłuż ul. Chorzowskiej
• ul. Mariacka
• Uniwersytet Śląski, ul. Bankowa

What comes back every year

Regular events that fill the city. Check the dates before the season — they do move.

• Rawa Blues Festival — October
• OFF Festival — August
• Tauron Nowa Muzyka — June
• Congresses and trade fairs at MCK, concerts at Spodek — all year round

Who else drives in this city

We say it plainly, because you will see it on day one anyway. Better to know in advance.

• Uber
• Bolt
• FreeNow
• Eko Taxi
• Echo Taxi
• Cosmos Taxi
• City Taxi

Uber and Bolt partner in Katowice

In Katowice you drive on an extract from our licence — legally from the first ride. We open and run your Uber and Bolt accounts, and the documents and weekly settlement are on us too. You can drive your own car or rent one from our fleet.