Praha hlavní nádraží is the main railway station in Prague. The station has been inaugurated on 14 December 1871, five years after defensive walls were demolished. The main station consists of several buildings and space for passengers is generally divided between historical Art Nouveau beautiful building (“Fant building” 1901-1909) and brutalist main hall (1972-1979). On …
Brno hlavní nádraží is the main railway station in Brno, Czech Republic. The first train arrived at the station in 1838, and regular scheduled service between Brno and Vienna was inaugurated on July 7, 1839. Just two years after the original station building opened, a new building was added. On January 1, 1849, the railway …
Ostrava hlavní nádraží is the main railway station in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The station was built between 1966 and 1974, designed by Lubomír Lacina and Vlasta Douša. It is a typical socialist-era structure – gray and gloomy and in my opinion does not make a good impression on travelers. The station is located in the …
Liberec is a city in northern Czech Republic, near the borders with Germany and Poland. It is the fifth-largest city in the country and the regional capital of the Liberec Region. Nestled in the foothills of the Jizera Mountains in my opinion is an average city but it is worth to visit Museum of Southern …
České Budějovice is the capital of the South Bohemian Region. It’s a medium-sized city with a historic center located close to the train station. The main square (Přemysl Otakar II Square) is one of the largest squares in the Czech Republic. The historic area is relatively compact; preserved city gates and portions of the town …
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Brno is the capital of the South Moravian Region and the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. It is an important railway hub. Numerous international trains stop here, and the main train station is located in the very center of the city. You can plan many day trips from Brno by train, including to Prague …
Ostrava is the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region and one of the largest cities in the Czech Republic. It’s an industrial hub. It’s a city I have mixed feelings about—sometimes I really enjoy walking around the center and spending hours there, and at other times Ostrava seems quite ugly to me. The city center looks …
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and also the largest railway junction. In fact, if you start your journey from the capital, you can organize a day trip from Prague by train to almost all important places in the Czech Republic. In this article, I have listed only the most …
Plzen is fourth-largest city in the Czech Republic and an important cultural, industrial, and historical center. The city is as not popular as most famous Czech cities such as Prague, Karlovy Vary and Ceske Budejovice but has a charming historic center, where you’ll find St. Bartholomew’s Cathedral with the tallest church tower in the Czech …
Karlovy Vary is a picturesque spa town with many elegant hotels and renowned for its thermal springs. Nice downtown features grand colonnades, pastel-colored buildings and riverside promenades along the Teplá River. Karlovy Vary is also famous for its glassmaking (Moser Glass), porcelain, and the herbal liqueur Becherovka. Each summer the city hosts the prestigious Karlovy …
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