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Prague Zoo
Consistently ranked among the world's best zoos, set in a beautiful valley along the Vltava River.
20 km · about 25 min drive
EuropeCzechiaCentral Bohemia
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
Central Bohemia, Czechia · Europe
About Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav works well as a base: 10 minutes from Zeleneč, 44km from Karlštejn Castle.
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav is in Central Bohemia, Czechia, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Zeleneč, about 6 km away.
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbrandiːs ˈnad labɛm ˈstaraː ˈbolɛslaf]; German: Brandeis and Altbunzlau) is an administratively united pair of towns in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants and it is the second largest CzechRead more
united pair of towns after Frýdek-Místek. It is located on the Elbe River in the Central Elbe Table.
Stará Boleslav is known as an important pilgrimage site, which is the oldest in Bohemia. The historic centres of both Brandýs nad Labem and Stará Boleslav are well preserved and are protected as two urban monument zones. There are many valuable monuments and four of them are protected as national cultural monuments.
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What is there to see near Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav?
Within an hour or so of Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav: Prague Zoo (20 km), Grand Café Orient (20 km), Prague Old Town Square (21 km), Prague Astronomical Clock (21 km).
Are there any good drives near Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends.
Where is Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav?
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav is in Central Bohemia, Czechia, about 6 km from Zeleneč.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 20,313
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Central Bohemia
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.1871, 14.6633
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Grand Café Orient
The world's only surviving Cubist café, on the first floor of Josef Gočár's House of the Black Madonna (1912) in Prague. Closed when Cubism went out of fashion, it reopened in 2005 restored to the original design down to the light fittings.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Prague Old Town Square
A spectacular medieval square dominated by the Astronomical Clock, Týn Church, and colorful baroque facades.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Prague Astronomical Clock
Medieval astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall that has been ticking since 1410, the third-oldest in the world.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Charles Bridge
Medieval stone arch bridge lined with 30 baroque statues crossing the Vltava River in Prague.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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St. Vitus Cathedral
The largest and most important cathedral in the Czech Republic, situated within Prague Castle.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Prague Castle
Sprawling 9th-century castle complex that is the largest ancient castle in the world by area.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Karlštejn Castle
A large Gothic castle founded by Charles IV in 1348 to safeguard the Imperial Regalia and Czech crown jewels.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
- 65 kmJested TowerA rocket-shaped 1970s hotel and TV tower crowning the 1,012 m summit above Liberec, reached by a twisting mountain road with sweeping views over Bohemia: an icon of Czech modernist architecture.
Driving in Czech Republic
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.48/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €11 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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