Tourist destinations

Discover the most popular tourist destinations in the region. These include castles and châteaux, beautiful natural areas, entertainment facilities for children, technical rarities, interactive museums and folk architecture.

17 06, 2022

Technical monuments from our German neighbours

2024-12-06T12:33:44+01:00Categories: Hiking, Tourist destinations|Tags: , |

Significant branches of industry formed Upper Lusatia for centuries and as such left their mark on the countryside and the towns and cities. The most important economic branches were opencast lignite mining, the glass and textile industries and engineering. Imposing witnesses to this industrial culture and unique technical monuments still hint at how many people were able to secure their livelihoods and their daily lives thanks to these branches of industry. Come and discover their secrets with us!

30 12, 2019

Ještěd, a unique symbol of the region

2023-11-14T15:35:42+01:00Categories: Lookout towers and observation points, Tourist destinations|Tags: , , , , |

Ještěd is a destination for hikers and nature lovers all year round. The Ještěd transmitter (designed by architect Karel Hubáček) with its well-known mountain hotel and restaurant stands on the peak at a height of 1012 m. The structure takes the shape of a hyperboloid under rotation [...]

29 05, 2020

The Museum of Armoured Technology in Smržovka

2023-03-21T11:47:17+01:00Categories: Tourist destinations|Tags: , |

The largest private tank museum in Central Europe At present, the exhibition includes approximately 40 exhibits from the Second World War and the post-war period. The collection mainly consists of tanks, but there are also half-track and wheeled vehicles, artillery and other pieces of military hardware. [...]

9 04, 2020

The rack-and-pinion mountain railway

2023-03-21T13:22:14+01:00Categories: Other activities, Tourist destinations|Tags: , , , |

Take a ride on the unique mountain railway which has become a technical monument thanks to the rack-and-pinion system installed between its rails. The line starts in Tanvald and passes through picturesque stations, forests and crags via Harrachov and on to the Polish Giant Mountains. It [...]

8 04, 2020

The Breached Dam

2023-03-21T13:03:45+01:00Categories: The Jizera Mountains, Tourist destinations|Tags: , |

A genius loci in the middle of mountains and forests, a beautiful place with a dark past. A huge tragedy took place there more than one hundred years ago. The reservoir on the White Desná River, which was supposed to protect the mountain municipality from floods, [...]

29 12, 2019

The Museum of Glass and Costume Jewellery

2022-11-22T14:13:55+01:00Categories: The greatest selection of Czech costume jewellery, Monuments and culture, Museums and exhibitions, Tourist destinations|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Museum of Glass and Costume Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou is the only one of its kind in the world. Its exhibitions constitute one of the largest collections of glass in the Czech Republic, a collection of costume jewellery unique in Europe and the largest [...]

17 06, 2022

Technical monuments in Jablonec and its environs

2023-03-21T11:21:36+01:00Categories: Hiking, Tourist destinations|Tags: , |

Visit 15 technical monuments and points of interest in Jablonec and the wider environs with us. The varied selection includes lookout towers, water-engineering structures, museums, a railway line and a windmill. All of the places are open to the public and are excellent trip destinations, either on foot or by car. You can see with your own eyes that our region offers a number of technical spectacles in addition to natural beauty.

20 03, 2020

The Lighthouse and Jára Cimrman Museum

2023-03-21T11:14:58+01:00Categories: Lookout towers and observation points, Tourist destinations|Tags: , , , |

There is no greater Czech than Jára Cimrman! This genius, thinker and jack-of-all-trades also left behind traces of the time he spent in the region at the border of the Jizera Mountains and the Giant Mountains. The Lighthouse lookout tower, which is an excellent example of [...]

17 01, 2020

The Kristiánov glassmaking settlement

2023-03-21T11:10:54+01:00Categories: Museums and exhibitions, The Jizera Mountains, Tourist destinations|Tags: , , , , , |

Even though it has not been possible to come across a functioning glassworks in the middle of our mountains for almost a century, the places where they once stood are so magical that you often feel as if the master glassmakers had only just left the [...]

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