Restaurants in Zielona Góra offer cuisine from various corners of the world – beginning with our regional and national dishes, and ending with Italian, Spanish or Thai delicacies. In the cosy interiors of cafés, you can relax with coffee, tea, drinking chocolate or a dessert. It is worth starting here a day with delicious breakfast.
Where should you look for such gastronomic places? Visit Zielona Góra’s pedestrian area which is the cultural and historical heart of the city. There are many cafés, restaurants and bars in beautifully ornamented, colourful tenement houses.
Many places of interest are also located out of the city centre, in various parts of the city (beside UZ’s campuses as well). Apart from eating places, you can find there, for example, bowling clubs and trampoline parks.
Photographs: UZ's students; M. Adamczewski
Culture and art
If you are an art lover or want to awaken an artistic soul and sensibility in yourself, visit the cultural institutions that operate in Zielona Góra:
- the Zielona Góra Philharmonic Hall – here you can listen to breathtaking concerts of classical music which will take you to the world of movies and adventures, evoke emotions and relieve your senses,
- the Lubuski Theatre – this place can turn out to be a nice alternative to Netflix ;) The repertoire is really broad and embraces performances for every age group, both comedies and tragedies. What is important, once a month the theatre provides students with tickets at a bargain price within the so-called student premieres. Come and experience the performed story closer and stronger.
- the Droshkoov Theatre – a musical theatre that combines acting with singing and strains of instruments in its performances. Actors impersonate famous Polish and world music stars. Their electric performances attract many people and are always played to a full audience.
- the Lubuskie Region Museum – apart from its permanent and temporary expositions, the museum also organises interesting events, such as book signings, concerts and the Night of Museums during which cultures of different countries from around the world are presented every year.
- the BWA Gallery – organises temporary art exhibitions that focus essentially on modern art. From time to time, the gallery also invites to concerts and meetings with artists.
- the Ethnographic Museum in Ochla – each year organises a range of interesting events primarily related to the local culture, tradition and history. Regional producers and artists present and sell their goods and works. The museum regularly invites to Twój Zielony Targ (Your Green Market), that is a food market where you can buy fresh and ecological products straight from the producers.
- the Zielona Góra Culture Centre – is an organiser of small and big events in various locations of the city. In one of its venues called Hydrozagadka, concerts and stand-up comedies take place.
Photographs: M. Adamczewski
Clubs and pubs
In Zielona Góra, there are many clubs and pubs that offer a lot of artistic and entertainment events. You can go to a disco, listen to concerts, watch stand-up comedies or take part in various games and plays, such as a pub quiz.
Below, you can find a couple of places where you can spend free time:
- XDemon, One Love, Heaven, Baloo, O B I E K T, Haust, Piwiarnia Warecka, Piwnica Artystyczna Kawon, Hot Shots Music Club & Bilard,
- student clubs: WySPa, U Ojca.
Photographs: 1-3 - WySPa - Klub Studencki; 3-6 - Klub Studencki "U Ojca"
Events
The calendar of cultural and sports events in our city is always full of new propositions. Importantly, a few periodic events organised in Zielona Góra have become a crucial part of the city’s entrainment offer.
Some of them are:
- the Winobranie Wine Festival – the biggest wine festival in Poland and the holiday of Zielona Góra which takes place in September every year and lasts one week. The festival abounds in many attractions, such as: concerts, fair, open-air games, sports competitions, accompanying cultural events and trips to local vineyards within the so–called Wine-Buses.
- the Festival of Open Wine Cellars – historic wine cellars, which are largely unavailable for tourists on a daily basis, are opened during the festival. At this time local winemakers are waiting for you in every cellar. Few-hundred-year-old wine cellars form significant monuments of Zielona Góra’s winemaking. Presently, some of them are being used as restaurants or cafés.
- events in the Ethnographic Museum – in the museum’s calendar you can find such events as: the Holiday of Honey, the Kaziuki Easter Fair, U progu Jesieni (At the Threshold of Autumn), Dobre, smaczne, bo Lubuskie! (Good, tasty because from the Lubuskie province!) and a traditional grape harvest. Thereby, the museum preserves our old traditions and emphasizes the character of the region, allows one to taste local food and dishes, as well as supports indigenous artists, craftsmen and producers.
- Lato Muz Wszelakich (the Summer of All Muses) – a series of events organised by the Zielona Góra Culture Centre during holidays. The programme of the Summer of All Muses includes many various events. One of them is BuskerBus, i.e. a festival of street performances during which you can see street performers and artists from all over the world.
- Bachanalia – the holiday of the University of Zielona Góra’s students, whose name relates to the local winemaking traditions and Bacchus – the god of wine and a symbol of Zielona Góra. At this time it is UZ’s students who take power over the city and have fun for a week. The programme of the event includes, among other attractions: grand barbecuing, concerts, discos, contests and competitions.
Photographs: 1-4 - J. Czarnecka; 5-6 - M. Adamczewski
