Ostrava

= Festivals (Colors of Ostrava, Beats for Love)

= Nová Huť (Klementa Gottwalda) – blast furnace

LEISURE TIMES

• Theatres

= National Moravian theatre

• 2 seperate buildings (Antonín Dvořák – opera, ballet, tradegies, Jiří Myron – musicals, comedies)

= Chamber scenes

• Puppet theatre (multiple stages)

• Arena (same building as the library)

• Mír theatre

• Shopping centres

= AVION Shopping park

= Forum nová Karolina

• next to it theres the Old Karolina (sport venues)

• ZOO and botanical garden = educational purposes, to protect endangered species

• Golden spike (zlata tretra) = annual athletic’s event

• CEZ arena = multi-purpose sport hall

• Vresina outdoor swimming pool (koupaliste)

• Old slaughter house, today Plato Gallery

• House of Arts gallery

• Rezavka forest park

Region:

• Hukvaldy castle = ruins, Leoš Janáček was born there, statue of fox Bystrouška from his opera

• Štramberk truba = stramberks ear cookies

• cave Šipka, Puknevní cave = mammoth hunters

• Moravian Carst = moravsky kras

• Raduň chateau castle

• Hradec nad Moravicí = Red and White castle

• Beskydy mountains = Pustevny (wooden buildings designed by Dušan Burkovič)

= Radhošť (wooden church of Cyrila and Metoděj, statue of Radegast)

= Lysá hora (highest point), Velký Javorník (lookout tower), Smrk mountain

• Jeseníky mountains = Praděd

• Karlova studánka = spa town, respiratory problems are treated there (mineral water rich with iron)

• Krnov = in the past the Kofola factory, church

• Opava = „white city“

= Opava museum = oldest in the country

= Darkovičky = fortification

Fancy words:

• Nature, location:

Located, situated, lies – nachází se

Stretches from to, spreads, extends – rozkládá

Surrounded by

By/at the confluence of – na soutoku

Tributary – přítok

Springs – pramení

Flows through – protéká

Empties in/flows through – vlévá se

On both river banks – na obou březích řeky

On the peak – na vrcholu hory

Valley – údolí

Gorge – soutěska

Altitude/sea level – nadmořská výška

It borders, on borders with – sousedí s

Neighbouring – sousedící

Glacial origins – ledovcového původu

Plain – planina

Plato – náhorní plošina

Basin – pánev

• Town:

Skyscraper – mrakodrap (skyline)

Town hall – radnice

Encampment – tábor lovců mamutů

Fort – hradiště

Archeological sights/excavation – náleziště

Mine – důl

Colliery – šachta

Blast furnace – vysoká pec

Transportation hop – dopravní úzel

Guided tour of a castle – Prohlídková trasa zámku

Municipality board – zastupitelstvo

Municipale council – obecní úřad

Municipality – obec