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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Currently, there are four operational funicular railways in the Czech Republic. Two of them are located in Prague and two in Karlovy Vary. For years, there have been discussions about building a funicular in Brno but the plans were abandoned. Funicular Railway to Petřín – most famous funicular in the Czech Republic, operating as part …
When traveling by train in the Czech Republic, it’s worth visiting several railway museums located in various regions of the country. Not all of them are open year-round, so check the opening hours before your journey. Railway museums in the Czech Republic Czech Railways’ Museum in Luzna u Rakovnika (Muzeum Českých drah v Lužné u …
There are severeal scenic railways in the Czech Republic. The scenic railways are located in various regions of the country and there is a regular passenger traffic on almost all of them. So, you don’t need to buy an expensive tickets for tourist trains. Personally, I enjoyed ride on many Czech local lines due to …