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Former border control between Skrbeńsko (Poland) and Petrovice u Karviné (Czech Republic), view from Skrbeńsko
Mírové náměstí (Peace Square) in Broumov
Broumov. Kościół husycki
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Broumov

Hradec Králové Region, Czechia · Europe

About Broumov

Broumov works well as a base: 15 minutes from Meziměstí, 12km from Road of a Hundred Bends.

Broumov is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, with about 8,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Meziměstí, about 8 km away.

Broumov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbroumof]; German: Braunau) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Ścinawka River in the Broumov Highlands, near the border with Poland. Broumov was probably founded in 1255. The

Read more tradition of textile production in Broumov arose in the 13th century and continues to this day. There are three important historic buildings, protected as national cultural monuments: the Benedictine monastery, the Church of the Virgin Mary and the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.

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What is there to see near Broumov?

Within an hour or so of Broumov: Szczeliniec Wielki (11 km), Osówka Underground City (11 km), Road of a Hundred Bends (12 km), Błędne Skały (12 km).

Are there any good drives near Broumov?

The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.

Where is Broumov?

Broumov is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, about 8 km from Meziměstí.

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Quick Information

Population
8,254
Continent
Europe
Country
Czechia
Region
Hradec Králové Region
Timezone
Europe/Prague
Coordinates
50.5857, 16.3318

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Czechia

Police
158
Ambulance
155
Fire
150
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.

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Worth the detour from Broumov

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

scenic viewpoint

Szczeliniec Wielki

The highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.

11 km · about 20 min drive

museum

Osówka Underground City

The largest visitable complex of Nazi Germany's Project Riese: 3.1 km of tunnels bored into the Owl Mountains in 1943–45 for a purpose still debated. Partly flooded sections are toured by boat.

11 km · about 20 min drive

famous road

Road of a Hundred Bends

Route 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.

12 km · about 20 min drive

photogenic

Błędne Skały

A rock labyrinth at 853 m in the Table Mountains where a marked trail squeezes between mushroom-shaped sandstone blocks and metre-wide corridors: a filming location for The Chronicles of Narnia. Car access via a timed toll road from Karłów.

12 km · about 25 min drive

natural wonder

Adršpach-Teplice Rocks

A mesmerizing labyrinth of towering sandstone rock formations sculpted by millions of years of erosion into surreal shapes.

15 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

Skull Chapel, Czermna

A small Baroque chapel (1776–1784) in Kudowa-Zdrój whose walls and ceiling are lined with 3,000 human skulls and bones, with 21,000 more in the crypt below: Poland's only ossuary of its kind.

16 km · about 20 min drive

castle

Ksiaz Castle

Lower Silesia's largest castle, perched dramatically on a rock above a gorge, riddled with WWII tunnels.

29 km · about 35 min drive

cathedral

Church of Peace, Świdnica

Europe's largest timber-framed church, raised in 1656–57 by Silesian Lutherans who were forbidden stone, nails or a tower: the wattle-and-daub interior holds 7,500 people under painted galleries. UNESCO-listed.

31 km · about 35 min drive

Driving roads near Broumov

  • Right hereSzczeliniec WielkiThe highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.
  • Right hereRoad of a Hundred BendsRoute 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.
  • 45 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
  • 45 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
  • 78 kmCervenohorske SedloA 1,013 m saddle on the I/44 road over the Jeseniky Mountains, linking Sumperk and Jesenik with long chains of sweeping switchbacks through spruce forest: one of Czechia's best mountain drives.

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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