Park next to the Polyclinic in Ostrava-Hrabůvka
A new park was created next to the Polyclinic in Ostrava-Hrabůvka. The park provides a pleasant space for relaxation including an attractive water feature, and… Read »
Tyl Garden
Tylův Sad (Tyl Garden) is a small park in front of the University of Ostrava’s Science Faculty building in Slezská Ostrava. The space has underwent… Read »
REPLACE – Greenery instead of conctrete
Ostrava has received almost 22.5 million CZK as an EEA/Norway grant for a project that will help alleviate the impacts of climate change in the… Read »
Brownfields
The largest brownfield in Ostrava was at Nová Karolina (‘New Karolina’), in the immediate vicinity of the city centre. It was originally the site of… Read »
Browfields
Adjacent to Nova Karolina is the Lower Vítkovice area (so-called “Dolni oblast Vitkovice”). This 150-hectare site – listed as a National Cultural Monument – is… Read »
Brownfields
The Hrušov Zone is a “social brownfield”. It was not an industrial site, but a residential area for workers at the nearby factories and mines…. Read »
Brownfields
The Hrabůvka slag-heap is a former dump site for coal mining waste, covering an area of 100 hectares and located in the southern part of… Read »
Public greenery
99% of Ostrava’s main green areas are accessible to the public. Ostrava is exceptional in several respects: Over 90% of Ostrava inhabitants live less than… Read »
