111 Places in Ostrava You Shouldn't Miss – unusual guide to North Moravian capital
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- 12 Jul 2022
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For many years, Ostrava has been associated with coal mining and steel production and was not exactly regarded as a tourist destination. But over the past three decades, the city has undergone a huge transformation, turning its industrial past to its favour. A new book called 111 Places in Ostrava You Shouldn’t Miss (111 míst v OstravÄ›, která musíte vidÄ›t) takes you on a tour of the north Moravian city, highlighting not only the most obvious tourist spots, but also some of the less obvious targets, which are worth a visit.
I discussed the book with Jana MaceÄková, who photographed all the sites featured in the book, and I first asked her how she got involved in the project:
“My friends, Vasilios, Honza and Adam, were offered the opportunity to write this book about Ostrava, which is of course our favourite city. And we as a team decided to write it all together. So the guys divided the 111 places but I was the only one from the team to actually visit all the places to take all the pictures.”
Are you all natives of Ostrava?
“Yes! Some of us were not born here, but we chose to live here. Some of us had the opportunity to live somewhere else, for instance in Prague or Brno, for studies or career.
“But we all patriots of Ostrava, so we chose to stay here, because we see the city’s potential and it is an interesting place to live in.”
How did you select the places in the book? And was 111 too many or too few?
“There were many obvious places to name in the book, we had about 80 we knew we were going to write about from the very beginning. And then we had a list of another around 160 places, so we had to choose the ones we found interesting and important, that we wanted to show to other people.”
As you said, all of you are either Ostrava natives or you have lived in the city for a long time. But still, are there any places in the book that you have only discovered when you were working on it?
“Not really. Personally, I have been familiar with all of the places. But I was really glad I had the opportunity to visit all the places and take the pictures, because I have a photographic memory and this way, the places will stay in my mind forever. Read More...
