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Nowa Huta Steel Mill Administration Buildings and Shelters Guided Tour

Nowa Huta Steel Mill Administration Buildings and Shelters with local NGO
Nowa Huta Steel Mill Administration Buildings entrance
Poland's industrial history with 1.5 hour guided tour
Posing with Nowa Huta Vintage Cars

Explore Poland's industrial past in a 2-hour guided tour of Nowa Huta's Steel Mill Buildings and Shelters, stepping back into a socialist utopia!

Highlights

  • Set foot into Poland's past and Cold War era with a 2-hour guided tour, exploring the former Nowa Huta Steel Mill Administration Buildings.

  • Led by an English-speaking guide, traverse ornate staircases and explore well-preserved workspaces, once buzzing with industrial activity.

  • Bask in the allure of socialist realism as you journey through this utopian workers' city, one of only two such pre-planned cities ever built.

  • The tour includes a visit to the underground tunnel and the Command Post Shelter and see how bomb shelters looked in the 50s.

  • Did you know? Nowa Huta was designed as a model socialist city, making it a rare historical gem for architecture and history enthusiasts alike.

Inclusions

  • 2-hour guided tour of Nowa Huta Steel Mill Administration Buildings

  • Entry to Musuem

  • Entry to Command Post Shelter

  • Local English-speaking guide

  • Flashlights provided if necessary

Exclusions

  • Entry to the industrial part of factory

Cancellation policy

These tickets can't be cancelled or rescheduled.

Time travel through Poland's industrial Grandeur

Get set for a journey into the heart of Poland's industrial past with the Nowa Huta Steel Mill Administration Buildings and Shelters guided tour. As you step into the entrance stairs of the iconic 1950s Administration Building, your local English-speaking guide offers engaging narratives of a time when the steel mill thrived. Traverse ornate staircases, explore well-preserved administrative spaces, and stand where world figures once met in the historic conference room.

Unearthing secrets of the Cold War

The tour takes an exciting turn as you delve underground into a tunnel connecting 2 pivotal buildings. Here, witness the Command Post Shelter, a stark reminder of the volatile Cold War era. As flashlights illuminate the way, the echo of the steel mill's vibrant past resonates through the partially abandoned spaces.

Itinerary

  • Entrance hall

  • Conference hall 157

  • Spiral staircases

  • CEO’s office with its private section

  • Engineer’s office and the main dispatch of the plant

  • Underground tunnel connecting Building “Z” with “S” leads to another building

  • Command Post Shelter

Accessibility

  • The experience is not accessible for wheelchair users, people with mobility issues.

Additional note

  • It is recommended to book this trip at least 1 day in advance.
  • Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.

  • Please arrive at the meeting point 15 mins before the scheduled time of your tour to avoid any delays.

  • Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the meeting point.

Meeting Point

  • Meet your guide at the entrance stairs of Budynek "Z".

  • Address: Ujastek 1, 30-969 Kraków, Poland.

  • Landmark: The left building while you look at the entrance to a factory with sign Huta im. T. Sendzimira.

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