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.
Getting to Zlín
The nearest mainline railway station to Zlín is Otrokovice station, which can be reached by direct Czech Railways trains from Prague (3 hours), Brno (1.5 hours), Olomouc (35mins) and Ostrava (1 hour). From Otrokovice, you can either connect to a local train to the central
- 01Zlín střed station or take
Worth seeing
- 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
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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