Visit Żywiec
A real hidden gem and a great place to recharge your batteries.
Żywiec is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194
inhabitants (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near
the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected
areas in the voivodeship. Historically, the town has been part of the
Lesser Poland region and is the capital of the Żywiecczyzna region, which
is ethnically part of the Goral Lands.
The 551231 Żywiec planetoid is named after the town.