Görlitz

Görlitz is a town in Saxony, Germany. It is on the river Lusatian Neisse and is the largest town in Upper Lusatia, the second-largest town in the region of Lusatia after Cottbus, and the largest town in the German part of the region of Silesia. Wikipedia

Population 55,065 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 7 h 56 in Dec, dark by 15:52 · 16 h 32 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 23 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 01 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 49 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 49 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 33 of daylight
  6. June: 16 h 32 of daylight
  7. July: 16 h 08 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 37 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 42 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 46 of daylight
  11. November: 8 h 57 of daylight
  12. December: 7 h 56 of daylight
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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Wochenmarkt

    1. Monday: 08:00–17:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–17:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–17:00
    4. Thursday: 08:00–17:00
    5. Friday: 08:00–17:00
    6. Saturday: 08:00–13:00
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    08:00–17:00
    Tuesday
    08:00–17:00
    Wednesday
    08:00–17:00
    Thursday
    08:00–17:00
    Friday
    08:00–17:00
    Saturday
    08:00–13:00
    130 m from the centre

  • Mały Rynek

    1. Monday: 08:00–16:30
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–16:30
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–16:30
    4. Thursday: 08:00–16:30
    5. Friday: 08:00–16:30
    6. Saturday: 08:00–16:30
    7. Sunday: 08:00–16:30

    08:00–16:30

    1.4 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 48 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Görlitz 910 m, Bahnhof Freizeitpark 1.7 km, Zgorzelec 1.8 km, Zgorzelec Miasto 2.3 km, Görlitz-Weinhübel 2.9 km, Jędrzychowice 3.2 km, Görlitz-Rauschwalde 3.6 km, Jerzmanki 5.8 km

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