1. Industrial heritage of Ostrava

Annotation
This excursion aims to give an introduction to the industrial processes that helped to form the present city of Ostrava and to shed light on different ways how the city deals with its industrial heritage at present.

Program

09:00	Departure from the place of conference – building of the Faculty of Science, Chittussiho 10
10:00-12:00	Ema, slag heap Landek (mining museum)
12:00-13:30	Lunch (Dittrich restaurant as an example of development in the Vitkovice area)
13:30-16:00	Vitkovice, the forgotten beauty of industrial buildings (workers’ colony of brick houses, town hall) The Lower Area of Vitkovice (blast furnaces and other technological facilities of metallurgical industry and energetics listed under European Cultural Heritage) U6 – The Small World of Technology (an interactive science museum in the U6 historical building of the Lower Area of Vitkovice)
16:15	Return to the place of confererence – building of the Faculty of Science, Chittussiho 10

Price
50 EUR/person. Price includes: entrance fees, English speaking tour guide, lunch and transportation.

 

2. In the footsteps of history – the medieval town of Štramberk

Annotation
This excursion will introduce the historical sights of the region, namely the picturesque town in the centre of the Štramberk Highlands, known as “Moravian Bethlehem”. Štramberk was founded in 1359 by the son of the Czech king, King John of Luxembourg (1296-1346), the Moravian Margrave Jan Jindřich of Luxembourg (1322-1375). The town and the surrounding area are dominated by the ruins of the Strallenberg castle including a cylindrical tower called Trúba. In addition there is a unique collection of timbered houses from the 18th and 19th centuries, most of which form the city conservation area. The territory of the town was already populated back in prehistoric times. The discovery in the Šipka caves, where remnants of a settlement and skeletal remains of Neanderthals from 40,000 B.C. were found, testifies to this fact.

Program

09:00	Departure from the place of conference – building of the Faculty of Science, Chittussiho 10
10:00-11:30	Štramberk, Šipka caves and the hill of Kotouč
11:30-13:00	Lunch (Štramberk brewery, town square)
13:00-15:00	Trúba tower Walk from the tower to the botanical garden and arboretum in the compound of the old limestone quarry
15:15-16:45	Technical museum of Tatra, Kopřivnice
17:30	Return to the place of confererence – building of the Faculty of Science, Chittussiho 10

Price
50 EUR/person. Price includes: entrance fees, English speaking tour guide, lunch and transportation.

 

3. Moravian-Silesian Beskids – the Pustevny saddle

Only in case of good weather. We recommend hiking boots.

Annotation
This excursion offers a visit of Pustevny (1018 meters above sea level), a mountain saddle in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range. It was named after the Czech word for a hermit as hermits lived here until the year 1874. Pustevny are typical for their wooden buildings built in traditional folk style and picturesque views of the region.

Program

09:00	Departure from the place of conference – building of the Faculty of Science, Chittussiho 10
10:00–13:00	Trojanovice, ropeway to Pustevny Walk to the statue of Radegast, a Slavic god
13:00–14:30	Lunch (Trojanovice)
15:30	Return to the place of confererence – building of the Faculty of Science, Chittussiho 10

Price
40 EUR/person. Price includes: entrance fees, English speaking tour guide, lunch and transportation.

 

4. Poodří, protected landscape area – swamp ecosystems of Ostrava’s suburbs

Only in case of good weather. We recommend hiking boots.  

Annotation

This excursion aims to introduce the parts of Ostrava that are barely influenced by its industrial past. Poodří is a harmoniously formed landscape park with lots of dispersed green, including the naturally meandering flow of the Odra river with systems of both permanent and periodical pools, floodplain forests, swamps of international importance – recorded in the Ramsar Convention’s on Wetlands list. It consists of several pond systems and the biggest system of alluvial meadows in the Czech Republic; an important ornithological area in the European context.

Program

09:30	Departure from Ostrava hlavni nadrazi railway station
10:00-13:00	Jistebník (a walking tour of PLA Poodří Jistebník to Polanka nad Odrou)
13:15-13:30	Return from Polanka nad Odrou to Ostrava (building of the Faculty of Science, Chittussiho 10)

Price

25 EUR/person. Price includes: English speaking tour guide, transportation.