Zlín
Zlín is a city in the Czech Republic.

Zlín is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company and its social scheme, developed after World War I. A large part of Zlín is urbanistically and architecturally valuable and is protected as an urban monument zone.
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Worth seeing in and around Zlín
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.
- 01Vizovice Highlands
The Vizovice Highlands are highlands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Zlín and South Moravian regions.
9.5 km · mountain range · Wikipedia - 02Tomas Baťa University in Zlín
Tomas Bata University in Zlín,, is a Czech public university in the Moravian city of Zlín, comprising six faculties offering courses in technology, economics, humanities, arts and health care. The university was named after the entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa, the founder of the shoe industry in Zlín.
1.2 km · university in the Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 03Letná Stadion
Letná Stadion is a football stadium in Zlín, Czech Republic. It is currently used as the home ground of FC Zlín and has an all-seated capacity of 5,898.
300 m · football stadium in Zlín (Czechia) · Wikipedia - 04Zlín-Lešná Zoo
Zlín Zoo is a zoological garden in Zlín in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It is located by the Lešná Castle, situated about 10 km from the centre of the city.
5.6 km · Czech zoo · Wikipedia - 05Baťa's Skyscraper
Baťa's Skyscraper, also known as Building No. 21, is a skyscraper in Zlín, Czechia.
1.3 km · skyscraper in Zlín, Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 06Malenovice Castle
Malenovice is a castle located in the Malenovice region of the city of Zlín in the Czech Republic. It was built in the second half of the 14th century.
5.8 km · castle in Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 07Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky
Trinity Bank Arena Luďka Čajky is an indoor sporting arena located in Zlín, Czech Republic. The capacity of the arena is 7,000 people and it was built in 1957.
1.8 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in Zlín, Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 08Lukov Castle
Lukov Castle is a large ruins of a Gothic royal castle in Lukov municipality in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It is located in the southwest of Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains.
9.4 km · castle · Wikipedia - 09Tomas Bata Memorial
Tomas Bata Memorial is functionalist building in Zlín, Czech Republic built in 1933. The Memorial was designed by the Czech architect František Lydie Gahura.
1.6 km · memorial in Zlín, Czech Republic · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Baťa's
- 02Baťa's
- 03Museum of South-east Moravia
- 04Church of St
A modern church, rewarded as one of the world's best buildings of 2017.
- 05Zlín Lešná Zoo
Lukovská 112 (Take bus Nr.
- 06Zlín
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Things to do
Hiking Cycling trips Morava river - boat trips Beautiful nature around the city Football: FC Zlín were promoted in 2025 and now play soccer in Czech First League, the top tier. Their Letná Stadion (capacity 5900) is on the river bank 500 m north of town centre.
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Getting to Zlín
- Airports
- Leoš Janáček Ostrava (OSR), 61 km · M. R. Štefánik (BTS), 123 km · Vienna (VIE), 149 km
- Mošnov → Zlín61 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · Kč145–190
- Pardubice → Zlín164 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · Kč270–355
- České Budějovice → Zlín234 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · Kč415–550
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No local-transport research exists yet for Zlín
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zlín. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Zlín
- Zlín Districtdistrict of the Czech Republic700 m
- Slušovicetown in the Czech Republic9.9 km
- Fryštáktown in the Czech Republic5.9 km
- Mysločovicevillage in Zlín District of Zlín region7.7 km
- Sazovicevillage in Zlín District of Zlín region7.2 km
- Machovávillage in Zlín District of Zlín region9.2 km