Ustroń - City Walk

Set among the mountains of the Silesian Beskids, Ustroń is the largest spa in Silesia, whose hallmark is the distinctive pyramid-shaped sanatoriums. Yet the resort grew out of industry: for a hundred years the “Klemens” ironworks operated here, and the hot slag from iron smelting gave rise to the famous slag baths.

We prepared a walk around the centre of Ustroń following the traces of its industrial past and the beginnings of the spa. The route leads from the Market Square with the town hall through the park, the former Mud Bath House and the Ustroń Museum in the old ironworks management building, down to the Vistula river. The narrator also recalls Professor Jan Szczepański and the old whey cures. The audio guide is available in Polish.