Ostrava
A coal and steel city that turned its blast furnaces into a cultural quarter you can climb. Rough-edged, and the summer music festival is enormous.
Ostrava in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Ostrava
Where to stay in Ostrava
Ostrava in a day, two days, three
Landmarks in Ostrava
Cabinet of Architecture is a gallery and exhibition space in Ostrava, Czech Republic, founded in 2009.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 20 Oct 2024
Cathedral of the Divine Saviour, located in the center of Ostrava, is the second largest Roman Catholic cathedral in Moravia and Silesia. This three-nave Neo-Renaissance basilica with a semi-circular apse and two 67m high towers was built starting in 1883, and which was completed in 1889.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 12 Jul 2026
Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lower Vítkovice (Czech: Dolní oblast 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.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 9 Jun 2026
Kenyh · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vítkovice is an administrative district of the city of Ostrava, capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. Situated on the left bank of the Ostravice River in the Moravian part of the city, Vítkovice was a town in its own right until its incorporation in 1924.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 19 Jul 2025
Petr Štefek · CC BY 1.0
Cabinet of Architecture is a gallery and exhibition space in Ostrava, Czech Republic, founded in 2009.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 20 Oct 2024
Cathedral of the Divine Saviour, located in the center of Ostrava, is the second largest Roman Catholic cathedral in Moravia and Silesia. This three-nave Neo-Renaissance basilica with a semi-circular apse and two 67m high towers was built starting in 1883, and which was completed in 1889.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 12 Jul 2026
Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lower Vítkovice (Czech: Dolní oblast 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.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 9 Jun 2026
Kenyh · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vítkovice is an administrative district of the city of Ostrava, capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. Situated on the left bank of the Ostravice River in the Moravian part of the city, Vítkovice was a town in its own right until its incorporation in 1924.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 19 Jul 2025
Petr Štefek · CC BY 1.0
From the airport
When to go to Ostrava: May or Jun or Jul or Aug
Guides about Ostrava
Prague is prettier and smaller, Budapest is cheaper and has the baths. Six rounds with a winner each, and why doing both needs Vienna in the middle.
Josefin Bakke · 2 Sep 2026
Prague's castle is across the river from everything else, and Old Town Square is the most inflated address in central Europe. The areas, and the flat fee.
Josefin Bakke · 2 Sep 2026
Two days in Prague built around two specific hours, the half-price window nobody publishes, and the funicular that has not run since September 2024.
Josefin Bakke · 1 Sep 2026