Sport and recreation
The City can offer many sites adapted for recreation and rest purposes which are used on a daily basis by its inhabitants.
- The Legnica park with its layout from the mid-19th century is a place for rest and walks among flowers, greenery, old trees and fountains (the park has an area of 50 ha).
- The “Kormoran” bathing site with a sandy beach and a 100m walking jetty, situated in the northern part of the City, damaged during the 1977 flood and rebuilt by the Legnica self-government in the 1990s, attracts the inhabitants of Legnica and tourists in the summer. Here, they can swim, play volleyball, handball, beach football and hire water sports equipment, such as kayaks or water bikes.
- In the vicinity of the Kopernik and Piekary Housing Estates, there is the Bielański Park, where the inhabitants of Legnica use a skate park, a pump track, running areas and those for traditional walking with sticks.
Every day the inhabitants of Legnica can use modern and functionally diversified sports facilities, such as:
- The White Eagle Sports Stadium – this sports complex is one of the largest sports investment projects in Lower Silesia, including a modern football stadium and neighbouring football and field and track training grounds.
- The football stadium in Grabskiego Street
- The football training grounds in Sportowców Street complement the sports base and are used by MKS Miedź Legnica for training activities of both senior teams and numerous youth groups.
- The sports and entertainment arena in Lotnicza Street
- The sports arena in Głogowska and Sejmowa Street
- The tennis courts in Ogrodowa and Sejmowa Streets
- The newly built complex of open swimming pools AquaFun in Stroma Street
- The Calisthenic Park located at a side playground in the City Park
- The seasonal artificial ice rink in Sejmowa Street
- The Delfinek indoor swimming pool
- The Bąbelek indoor swimming pool
- And other facilities i.e. squash courts, archery ranges.
The Sports and Recreation Centre in Legnica organises annually about 30 sports and recreation events. Running events develop dynamically. They include the Lion of Legnica Run and the Independence Run where Polish and foreign competitors take part. The events which have become permanent fixtures in the City calendar include: the International Smiths’ Tournament, the Rafting of Self-Made Vessels, the Name Day of Najświętszej Marii Panny (Holy Virgin Mary) Street, the Legnica Half-marathon, the Bike Ride to Three Lakes, housing estate festivals, skiing outings, volleyball and basketball picnics, also including beach events. Sports events with a high international and national rank are held in Legnica, including e.g. the World University Archery Championship, the European Chess and Karate Championships.
Details of the sports offers, including a photo gallery, can be found here.
Legnica is an excellent place for active weekend tourism in the nearest surroundings:
- The Slup Reservoir (at a distance of 16 km) is a place where anglers can relax.
- The lovers of hiking and bike rides will be interested, among others, in Legnickie Pole (10 km), where the Museum of the 1241 Legnica Battle – the Legnica branch of the Copper Museum – and the Baroque St. Jadwiga’s Church are located.
- The Chełmy Landscape Park and the Ecological Education and Sightseeing Centre in Myślibórz is a place where one can learn about geological processes going back hundreds of thousands of years.
- The excellent resting places include centres located on glacial lakes: Kunickie (at a distance of 5 km), Koskowickie (about 8 km) and the bathing site in Jezierzany (about 7 km).
- The lovers of mountains and geology will be interested in the Kaczawskie Foothills – the Land of Extinct Volcanoes.
