A tip for a short walk around the most important monuments for easy orientation in the city centre. Kostelní ul. (kostel, infocentrum) – Komenského ul. (pěší zóna) – Mírové náměstí (radnice) – ul. Gen. Mrázka (divadlo, pošta) – ul. 28. října (exportní vily) – Horní nám. [...]
From a settlement to a modern city Jablonec nad Nisou is a typical child of the precipitous Gründerzeit, which fundamentally influenced its appearance. The first mention of the settlement of “Jablonecz” can be found in the confirmation registers of the Prague Archbishopric dating from 1356. In [...]
The Jablonec nad Nisou-Mšeno Reservoir is not only a popular place for swimming and doing sports, but also for architectural and technical points of interest. It is worth seeing the original granite dam or the giant “Fishing Rod”. So let’s go on a walk around this [...]
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 [...]
Not many cities can boast such a large number of art nouveau buildings as Jablonec. If you like decorative façades, lines, curves, shapes of a botanical nature or masks (three-dimensional decorative elements in the form of human or animal faces), set off with us in search of [...]
During our walk, we will set off from the rectory and have the opportunity to follow the gradual development of Jablonec architecture from the baroque through to the interwar period. The atmosphere of a fin-de-siècle in Jablonec manifested itself unusually strongly. This was caused by [...]
Bramberk rises as a distinctive peak with a lookout tower to the north of the township of Lučany nad Nisou. A number of marked and unmarked tracks lead up to the tower. The somewhat strange, albeit well-established name is associated with the name of a nearby [...]
Charming Jizera Mountain chalets scattered along the tracks or hidden in the forests now mostly serve their owners for recreation and the care given to them means that they now delight the eye of everybody who passes. We admittedly do not know their stories, but we [...]
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 [...]
The new town hall in Jablonec nad Nisou (the seat of the Municipal Authority) was built in 1931–1933 and it is an excellent example of the functionalist architectural style. The most demanding undertaking financed by the town was the new town hall, which (along with [...]