Smrk is the highest point in the Czech section of the Jizera Mountains and it has therefore been designated their “king”. On a clear day, it is apparently possible to see an amazing 240 km from there. The 23 m high metal lookout tower with observation [...]
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 [...]
The church is one of the most beautiful art nouveau structures in this country. It has a thin spire and a simple stucco décor, while the interior is also somewhat sober. Each detail is, however, an excellent example of arts-and-crafts work. The design of the structure, [...]
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 baroque sacred structure was built in the very centre of Jablonec in 1685–1687. This is the oldest structure in Jablonec to have been preserved to the present. There is a propitiatory cross and Marian statue on the southern side of the church. At present, the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Along with the Church of Saint Anne, the patron saint of the City of Jablonec, the former rectory in Kostelní Street is one of the oldest and most significant architectural historical monuments in Jablonec nad Nisou. In 2012, the city completed the reconstruction of the house [...]
The villa was built for the successful Jablonec costume jewellery exporter Jaroslav Hásek and his family. The inspiration for it came from the Wohnung und Werkraum (WUWA) exhibition in Bratislava where he was intrigued by the design of a family home by the architect Heinrich Lauterbach. [...]
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 [...]