Dear tourist – if the autumnal mood has somewhat cramped your style, then you’ll find many places in Bielsko-Biała which guarantee an adrenaline boost.

THE ZOLTAR GAMES ARENA

If you’d like to feel as if you were taking part in MILES training (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System), as deployed by the United States Armed Forces at the turn of the 1980s, then pop into the Zoltar Arena and have a go at Laser Tag. This pain-free, paintball-like game guarantees fun for young and old alike. You get points for hitting your opponent, anywhere up to 200m away, with an infrared beam. It’s not hard to run yourself ragged in this 240m² five-storey labyrinth. The bridges, mezzanine floors and secret rooms are cluttered with tyres, boxes and barrels. To make it more difficult there are also moving lights, stroboscopes and flickering lamps. You’ll never know where your opponents are hiding.

Still want more? For fans of mysteries and puzzles which can be solved by teamwork there are also three escape rooms of varying degrees of difficulty: Fairy Tale, Bunker and Psychiatric Hospital. Your adventures in the Zoltar Arena will stick in the mind for a long time and they might even cause you to have sleepless nights – so you’ll also find something here for the night owls. Fans of computer games can test their skills up to two in the morning in contests involving various scenarios. You can arm yourself with a machine gun, uzi, shotgun or grenade launcher in the labyrinths whilst taking part in a kidnapping, VIP escort or capture of a flag. A great time is guaranteed.

ESCAPE ROOM

Adrenaline has also been described as the “3xF” hormone: fright, fight and flight. This energising hormone will, no doubt, be released during any visit to the remaining brilliantly designed games rooms. Lockme.pl players have graded the Joker Room (in Hurry Up) as the best escape room in the city. The game scenarios and tasks are equally diabolical, much like the shrill penetrating laughter of the Joker. The daring among you will be able to show off your mettle by demonstrating top level skills of logical thinking.

Fans of historical games will have a great time in the Cold War escape room (in Escape House). The room of a KGB agent will transport you back in time and, as messengers of a secret intelligence agency, you’ll be able to pit your skills against the clock. The newest locale where you can test out your strengths is to be found in the basement area of the G Complex, “New Town”. The creators of PANIC FALLOUT CENTRE assure you of an atmosphere of unrepeatable horror which can unleash some very strong emotions.

ZYGZAG KARTING

For those who like competitive sports I can recommend Zygzak Karting.

Are you convinced that you’re a fast and furious and technically excellent driver? Test your skills on the longest covered multi-levelled go cart circuit in Poland. Many attractions of varying degrees of difficulty have been put together here for fans of time trial driving. Two kinds of road surface and on-off ramps await you champion drivers.