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 »
Coking Plant in Dolní Vítkovice has been made accessible
Dolní Vítkovice is one of the biggest tourist attractions not only in the Moravian-Silesian Region, but also in the whole Czech Republic. Now a new… Read »
New open-air classroom will make learning fun
The “Open-Air Classroom” project, based in a small park just a couple of blocks away from Ostrava’s City Hall (Park Československých letců), was one of… Read »
The Black Meadow Community Park
The Black Meadow Community Park – at the site of the former market near Ostrava’s exhibition centre – has recently been re-opened. This is one… Read »
City will make the Ostravice footpath wheelchair-accessible
The footpath above the river by the Miloš Sýkora Bridge will now become accessible for wheelchairs. The city will also build a viewing platform and… Read »
Science Faculty research project explores ways of revitalizing Ostrava’s slag-heaps
Biologists and geomorphologists from the Science Faculty at the University of Ostrava are launching a unique new research project focusing on Ostrava’s slag-heaps – the… Read »
This year’s ‘Green Light for Poruba’ participative budget has been launched
The 2019 system brings several changes, including an increase in the overall budget and the division into two separate categories. The Municipal District of Poruba… Read »
New art will enliven public spaces
Public spaces in Ostrava will be enlivened by new art installations during the course of this year. Ten projects funded via the City’s public space… Read »
Former parish garden in the centre of Ostrava to be revitalized
The garden, where the city fortifications used to be in the past and whose remains are still visible, will undergo a total revitalization. The higher… Read »
Ostrava Will Have an Architectural Studio
Development of high-quality architecture and urbanism in Ostrava – this is the goal of the City Spatial Planning and Architecture Studio (MAPPA), whose establishment was… Read »