Ostrava
Ostrava is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region.
Ostrava is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 281,000 inhabitants. It lies near the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava, Ostravice and Lučina. Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic in terms of both population and area, the second largest city in the region of Moravia, and the largest city in the historical land of Czech Silesia. It straddles the border of the two historic lands of Moravia and Silesia. The wider conurbation — which also includes the towns of Bohumín, Havířov, Karviná, Orlová, Petřvald and Rychvald — is home to about 500,000 people, making it the largest urban area in the Czech Republic apart from the capital Prague.
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Worth seeing in and around Ostrava
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bazaly
The Bazaly stadium is a football stadium in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It lays in Slezská Ostrava, the Silesian part of the city, next to the Ostravice River.
1.2 km · football stadium in the Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 02Městský stadion
Městský stadion v Ostravě-Vítkovicích is a multi-purpose stadium in Vítkovice, district of Ostrava, Czech Republic. Used primarily for football, it is the home stadium of FC Vítkovice and FC Baník Ostrava.
4.4 km · track and field stadium in Ostrava · Wikipedia - 03Antonín Dvořák Theatre
The Antonín Dvořák Theatre is an opera house in Ostrava, Czech Republic, which opened in 1907. Since 1919, it has been one of two permanent venues of the National Moravian Silesian Theatre.
400 m · theatre in Ostrava, Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 04Ostrava Zoo
Ostrava Zoo, is a zoo, located in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Ostrava Zoo was founded as Kunčičky Zoo in 1951, in an area called the Miners' Park in Ostrava-Kunčičky.
2.6 km · zoo in Czechia · Wikipedia - 05New City Hall
The New City Hall is a resperentative building in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It is the most architecturally important and largest town hall complex from the Interwar period in country.
700 m · town hall complex in Ostrava, Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 06Silesian Ostrava Castle
Silesian Ostrava Castle is a Gothic castle located in Slezská Ostrava, in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It was built in 1290 by Duke Mieszko I of Cieszyn, on the border between the Duchy of Cieszyn and Moravia, near the confluence of the Lučina and Ostravice rivers.
800 m · castle in the Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 07Komorní scéna Aréna
Aréna Chamber Theatre is a chamber theatre in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Founded in 1994, it continues in the tradition of the Music Theatre, which had existed since 1951.
300 m · theatre in Ostrava, Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 08Michal Mine
The Michal Mine is a former coal mine and now a museum in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It is a museum of mining located in the pit bank of a former hard coal mine.
3.9 km · historic coal mine turned museum in Ostrava, Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 09Lower Vítkovice
Lower Vítkovice is a national site of industrial heritage located in the Vítkovice district of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It includes an extensive industrial area Vítkovice ironworks with a unique collection of industrial architecture.
1.9 km · industrial heritage site in the Czech Republic · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Mining Museum in Landek Park
- 02Landek
A wooded elongated 280m high hill, national natural monument comparable to other famous Czech hills (Říp, Blaník etc.).
- 03The Vítkovice Area
- 04Štítová
A colony of originally 32 single-story semi-detached houses, built at the end of the 19th century.
- 05The Michal Mine
- 06Silesian Ostrava Castle
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Things to do
Football: FC Baník Ostrava play soccer in Fortuna or First League, the top tier. Their home ground Městský Stadion (capacity 15,000) is off Hwy 11, south edge of the city. MFK Vítkovice also play here in the third tier. Golden Spike Ostrava (Zlatá tretra Ostrava), Závodní 86 (tram stop „Městský stadion”). Athletics meeting, part of the IAAF World Challenge. Normally held at the end of May or beginning of June.
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Where to eat
In such a big city the number of restaurants is naturally enormous, ranging from the very famous restaurants to the less expensive trattorie or pizzerie. Whether you are looking to enjoy classical Czech food, regional specialities or international cuisine, Ostrava probably has what you are looking for.
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Getting to Ostrava
- Airports
- Leoš Janáček Ostrava (OSR), 20 km · Katowice Wojciech Korfanty (KTW), 91 km · Kraków John Paul II (KRK), 110 km
- Stations
- Ostrava hlavní nádraží, 2.5 km · Havířov railway station, 9.9 km
- Pardubice → Ostrava181 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · Kč315–420
- Prague → Ostrava278 km · quickest by road, 4h 51m · Kč500–670
- České Budějovice → Ostrava292 km · quickest by air, 4h 17m · Kč1,430–2,220
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