Ostrava‘s City Centre
Discover the highlights of Ostrava’s city centre. Learn more about the city’s ups and downs, and stories of its Jewish inhabitants.
- Length of the Tour: 90 minutes/2 km
- Start of the Tour: main square (Masaryk square) at the Ostrava Museum
- End of the Tour: New Town Hall’s tower
What you visit and what you learn
- The foundation of the city and city’s ramparts
- The oldest Church of St. Wenceslas and the Cathedral of the Holy Saviour
- The relationships of Czechs, Germans, and Poles
- The great fire and the city’s reconstruction
- The discovery of coal, the Vítkovice Ironworks, the city’s expansion
- Ostrava – the second largest Jewish city in Czechoslovakia
- The New Town Hall
Admission
- Group up to 10 people – 2500 CZK
- Group over 10 people – 250 CZK/person