Gorlice is a nearly 26,000-strong town in Malopolska province located on the northern border of the Beskid Niski in the valley of the Ropa and Sekowka rivers. It is a beautifully located town with an unusually rich history. Due to the pharmacist and entrepreneur associated with the city and the inventor of the kerosene lamp, Ignacy Lukasiewicz, it is called the city of light.
There are many interesting attractions and tourist trails in Gorlice. Particularly noteworthy are Gorlice's market square, town hall and the Ignacy Lukasiewicz PTTK Regional Museum with collections related to the history of the city. There you can also see a chapel with a statue of Sorrowful Jesus indicating the exact place where the first street kerosene lamp was lit for the first time in the world, in 1854. Also worth a visit is the Open Air Museum of Oil Industry "Magdalena" located on the site of a former oil mine. Gorlice is also home to numerous cemeteries, especially from World War I, as it was in this area that intense fighting took place in 1915, which on May 2 allowed the Russian front to break through and significantly changed the course of the war.
Gorlice can be reached by both train and bus from the largest cities of Malopolska and Podkarpacie, but also from nearby smaller towns. International bus services to many European cities, including Germany, France and Italy, also stop at the PKS station. On the other hand, a train between Kraków and Zagórz passes through the Gorlice Zagórzany station.
.The Second World War practically leveled Heilbronn to the ground so that the city lost many valuable monuments and required extensive reconstruction. Nonetheless, some buildings were able to be restored to their former glory. Worth seeing is the town hall with its ornate 16th-century astronomical clock, and St. Kilian's Church, located a short distance away, with its history dating back to the 13th century. Heilbronn is also home to interesting, engaging and collection-rich museums. In particular, the Experimenta interactive science center, the Railway Museum with its historic locomotives and wagons, or the city's museum (Deutschhof) full of exhibits related to the city's history and culture, as well as interesting temporary exhibitions, are all worth a visit.
The city of Heilbronn is also home to a number of museums.
The city lies on the A6 and A81 highway. 70 kilometers south of it is Stuttgart Airport. You can also come here by bus or train from many German cities. Heilbronn is an important junction station with frequent connections to Stuttgart, Würzburg or Mannheim. Our long-distance coaches stop at the Fernbusbahnhof bus station located right next to the city's main train station, Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof. If you're interested in bus Heilbronn, you'll find all the details of convenient connections on our website.
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