The spa of Swoszowice is located in the southern part of Kraków, some 9 kilometres from the city centre. It has been renowned for sulphur deposits and mineral health giving water. Sulphur baths have been applied here for 120 years. Rheumatism, limb traumas, skin diseases, and metabolic and nervous disorders have been treated here. Due to its localization at the limits of the Kraków conurbation it is threatened by air pollutants from exhaust gases and by noise.