Černý orel Brewery
A brewery, restaurant and hotel in a listed burgher's house on Velké náměstí, the main square of Kroměříž, close to the Archbishop's Château. Breakfast and a wellness area with beer baths come with the stay.
Technical sights
Interesting places
The ingenuity and craftsmanship of our ancestors created many unique technical works that still impress today. The technical sights of Kroměříž stood in the shadow of the cultural ones for a long time — some of them were not open to the public until recently.
Have you ever seen an astronomical clock with thirteen months and official time? Do you know how the people of Kroměříž tamed the forces of nature, how the town served astronomy, or what traces the industrial revolution and the Cold War left here? Find out on a visit to the technical sights of Kroměříž.
9 places
Kroměříž Observatory
The town observatory in Dolní Zahrady with a historic telescope, where regular public observations of the night sky take place when the sky is clear.
Kroměříž Railway Museum
A railway museum in the locomotive depot next to Kroměříž station. Try the work of a signaller on real signalling equipment.
Museum of the Kroměříž Region
Museum on the Main Square with the Max Švabinský Memorial, the Guardians of Time clock collection, an exhibition in a historic cellar and the interactive Treasures of the Old Attic.
Nuclear Fallout Shelter
A once-secret 1980s civil defence shelter beneath the Kroměříž Library, with its technical equipment preserved. Tours by appointment only.
Foucoult's pendulum
An octagonal Baroque rotunda in the middle of the Flower Garden with fresco and stucco decoration. Inside hangs a Foucault pendulum that shows the rotation of the Earth.
Rymice Open-Air Museum
The open-air museum in Rymice near Holešov: thatched folk houses of eastern Haná, a windmill and a Renaissance fortress with a farmyard.
Strž Hydroelectric Power Plant
A hydroelectric power plant on the Morava River on the northern edge of Kroměříž, one of the first in the Czech lands with Kaplan turbines. Not open to the public.
Velké Těšany Windmill
A 19th-century wooden windmill near Velké Těšany, a national cultural monument where a guided visit shows you how a miller worked.