Bytom is my home town, it is one of the oldest towns in Upper Silesia. Bytom's 900 years history has begun in the early Middle Ages. In the place, where today Saint Margarita's Hill is, in IX century there was a castle. In course of time around the castle a market colony came into being, it was a beginning of our future town. The quick development of town depended not only on trade, but also large ledge of silver, lead and coal. Nowadays, the heraldic arms of our town testify to its mining traditions. However the extraction of coal for ages and tectonic movements make that the area of our town has been lowering systematically, particularly in the centre of Bytom, in Miechowice district and in Dąbrowa Miejska.
Bytom is a town of a great cultural offer, it is famous in the country and abroad for many artistic achievements, particularly in dancing, music and singing. In Bytom there is the State Silesian Opera, which is well known also abroad. A great deal of Polish and world premieres took place on our stage. The proud of Bytom is Silesian Theatre of Dance. Besides, the Centre of Culture patronises Bytom's Chamber Orchestra "Camerata Impuls". In the artistic attainments of that group there are two compact discs with some baroque music and with the XIX century one. The Upper Silesian Museum is one of the richest and the most interesting among such places in Poland. The Public City Library proposes to its readers a great collection of literature: belles-lettres, popularised scientific, specialistic and some audio-video offers.
In our town there are also Youth Culture Houses, art galleries, music clubs, cinemas and social-cultural societies e.g. Lovers of Bytom Society.
Every year all dwellers of Bytom and those who live in neighbourhood are invited for June holiday called Days of Bytom. During that time everybody can take part in some cultural events, sport competitions or concerts of some famous singers.
Nowadays, Bytom has a population of 204 thousands inhabitants. The main localisation advantages are: good developed network of roads and railways connections, variable means of transport: buses, trams and taxis. All of this make the economic and cultural contacts with our town very intensive.
But for many inhabitants the most important thing is that since several years Bytom has been changing its image. There isn't such terrified pollution like it was a decade ago. We have great amount of new, splendid shops and hypermarkets. There is much more flowers and bushes in the centre of our town. Majority of the monumental buildings were renovated - now they are really beautiful. Moreover, we have a redecorated market place with a very modern, eye-catching fountain, and a brand new attractive shopping centre with a cinema offering a wide range of films for everybody - all in the heart of the city.
I hope that at the present more people start to settle here in Bytom, not because of job like it was in the past, but for its developing beauty and culture.
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