Things To Do in Olomouc

Quote: Not all nightlife revolves around alcohol, and the Dobra Èajovna/Good Teahouse in Olomouc is proof of that. The newest of the city’s three teahouses is on the ground floor of one of the row of houses on Havelkova… Read More

Quote: Blues Bar Garch is a rambling underground bar just outside the centre of Olomouc. Everyone knows it just as Garch, but the full name is Galimatiašův Archiv. In Czech to speak Galimatiaš is to speak rubbish, so I… Read More

Quote: The Jazz Club is a small venue that holds regular concerts of everything from jazz, blues and rock to reggae and funk. It’s not a huge space, but with a clever mezzanine floor added during the recent renovations,… Read More

Quote: If you enter Čechovy sady/Čech gardens from the pedestrian overpass at the southern end, you’ll probably have noticed a tall monument with a bright red star at its peak. It’s a monument to the liberating soldiers… Read More

Quote: Kamenný Šenk is a one-room bar in a basement at the top of one of Olomouc’s three hills; ‘St Michael’s peak’. Also known as "the smoky bar", it’s probably a bad choice if you’re accustomed to bars with fresh… Read More

Quote: Majorettes and brass bands come from across the Czech Republic and Europe for the two day Radecký (German: Radetzky) celebrations, which take place in Olomouc on the 2nd and 3rd of September each year. Field… Read More

Quote: The six baroque fountains that decorate Olomouc’s streets and squares are a constant reminder of the waters that have flowed through the history of the city since its founding. Olomouc was first settled to guard… Read More

Quote: Metro Chill-out-club is a small, comfortable underground place with more sofas than a furniture store and a penchant for electronic music. If you miss the tall, narrow black banner with jagged fire-red stripes… Read More

Quote: You might expect the outdoor cinema nestled beneath the city walls beside Sv Vaclav cathedral to be a pleasant place to watch films under the stars, but it’s also a fairly lively place to listen to some music and… Read More

Quote: Ponorka is a raucous old-school favourite of Olomouc pub-goers. It’s an honest, unpretentious, old-fashioned Moravian pub, and therein lis its charm.Its real name is Hospoda U Musea (Pub by the Museums), but… Read More