Cieszyn
Cieszyn is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, with a population of 33,500 in 2021. It stands on the River Olza on the Czech border. Wikivoyage
Population 33,958 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Poland
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Urząd Miejski w Cieszynie Attraction · 40 m -
Kościół pw. Świętej Marii Magdaleny Attraction · 70 m -
Muzeum Śląska Cieszyńskiego Museum · 90 m -
Pałac Myśliwski Habsburgów w Cieszynie Castle · 510 m -
Studnia Trzech Braci Attraction · 170 m -
Kościół pw. Świętej Trójcy Attraction · 260 m -
Kościół Jezusowy Attraction · 470 m -
Bývalá židovská synagoga;Klub PZKO Attraction · 500 m
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.
Through the year
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Film on the Border
April
Film on the Border is a film festival in April, showing mostly Polish, Czech and Slovak work
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No Border Festival
October
No Border Festival is held between the twin towns over a week in early October
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Cieszyn); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Cieszyn 370 m
- Dworzec Cieszyn 460 m
- Český Těšín 960 m
- Centrální dopravní terminál Český Těšín 1.0 km
- Cieszyn Uniwersytet 1.1 km
- Ropice zastávka (Ropica przystanek) 3.6 km
More train stations: Ropice (Ropica) 4.2 km, Chotěbuz (Kocobędz) 4.4 km, Cieszyn Marklowice 4.5 km, Třinec-Konská (Trzyniec-Końska) 5.2 km, Bażanowice 5.2 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.