Airport. Also Dąbrowa Górnicza has rich railway network access including Warsaw-Katowice line (VI Pan-European corridor) and nearby Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line terminal in Sławków. The rail network is very dense in the city as it is a branching point of former Warsaw-Vienna railway. There are nine rail stations within city limits: Dąbrowa Górnicza, Dąbrowa Górnicza Pogoria, Dąbrowa Górnicza Gołonóg, Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice, Dąbrowa Górnicza Sikorka, Dąbrowa Górnicza Strzemieszyce, Dąbrowa Górnicza Wschodnia, Dąbrowa Górnicza Huta Katowice, and Dąbrowa Górnicza Południowa. Express and fast trains stop at two stations: Dąbrowa Górnicza and Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice, all other stations serve local connections. There is also a tram network, being part of Silesian Interurbans. Nature In Dąbrowa there are many green areas. Total area of local lakes is over 800 hectares, there are 180 hectares of parks (0.96%) and 4100 hectares of forests (21.7%). Particularly noteworthy is the complex of Pogoria (lakes). Also, the largest Polish desert, Błędów Desert, lies within city limits. Furthermore, part of the Eagles' Nests Landscape Park reaches the outskirts of the city. Among cultural institutions there are the Palace of Zagłębie Culture, City Museum Sztygarka, Ząbkowice House of Culture, Zagłębie Music Scene, Chamber Orchestra of Zagłębie, Film Center Helios, Music and Arts Schools. Sports The city's most notable sports club is basketball team MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza, which competes in the Polish Basketball League, the country's top division. The local football clubs include and , which both compete in the lower leagues. Notable people Karol Adamiecki (1866–1933), economist, engineer Aleksander Zawadzki (1899–1964), head of state of Poland in 1952–1964 Jerzy Pławczyk (1911–1989), athlete, competed at 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics Edward Babiuch (1927–2021), communist political figure Zdzisław Marchwicki (1927–1977), serial killer Kazimierz Imieliński (1929–2010), physician and father of Polish sexology Sobiesław Zasada (born 1930), rally driver, businessman Janusz Gajos (born 1939), actor Jerzy Janikowski (1952–2006), Olympic fencer Dawid Podsiadło (born 1993), singer Maja Chwalińska (born 2001), tennis player Twin towns – sister cities Dąbrowa Górnicza is twinned with: Alchevsk, Ukraine Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania Mediaș, Romania Studénka, Czech Republic References External links Encyclopædia Britannica Dąbrowa Górnicza Jewish Community in Dąbrowa Górnicza on Virtual Shtetl Jewish family of Dabrowa Ghetto Dąbrowa Górnicza page for investors Forum about Dąbrowa Górnicza The City of Dąbrowa Górnicza The Dabrowa-Gornicza Ghetto part 1 Nazi movie The Dabrowa-Gornicza Ghetto part 2 Nazi movie www.dawnadabrowa.pl – history of the town "Here Their Stories Will Be Told..." The Valley