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 [...]
Ještěd is a destination for hikers and nature lovers all year round. The Ještěd transmitter 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 with a circular floorplan and [...]
Štěpánka is one of our most beautiful lookout towers. And even though it has much in common with the Jizera Mountains, it is actually located in the Giant Mountains National Park. The regional administrator, Archduke Stephan (Štěpán), visited our region in 1847 and was impressed by [...]
The highest located reservoir in the Czech Republic lies on the Black Nisa, 3 km to the north of Bedřichov and it has been part of the surrounding mountain countryside for one hundred years. The Bedřichov Water Reservoir (sometimes also called the reservoir on the Black Nisa or [...]
Experts consider the villa to be an excellent example of the aerodynamic functionalism of the Wroclaw school. It was designed by the architect Heinrich Lauterbach for the dermatologist Friedrich Schmelowský and his wife Marie. The Schmelowský Villa stands in a quiet area of greenery. From Opletalova [...]
The Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus dominates the Upper Square where it is a good starting point for a tour of Jablonec, because it is located next to a spacious car park. The square provides an enchanting view of the Černá Studnice Peak [...]
The business and residential building, which was designed by the Jablonec architect Rudolf Günter, was built by Gustav Linke in 1929–1931 and it is one of the architectural gems of the city centre. It has been preserved in very good condition (with the exception of the [...]
The telecommunications tower on the Nová Ves Ridge designed by the architect Ivan Vorel is also used as a lookout tower. As such, a new lookout tower was established in the Jablonec area in 2006 after many decades. The tower is 35 m high and the [...]
The countryside between Tanvald, Smržovka and Albrechtice v Jizerských horách is dominated by a distinctive mountain known as Špičák. It not only stands out due to its shape located in the wedge of the Kamenice and White Desná Rivers, but also due to the impression made [...]
There is no nicer place for a view of Jablonec nad Nisou than the hill known as Petřín. The Jablonec basin opens up perfectly and visitors can see the entire city with all its significant structures, including the reservoir, and a significant part of the Jizera [...]