landmark
Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)
A hauntingly decorated chapel adorned with the bones of approximately 40,000 people arranged into elaborate artistic displays.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Kolín
Central Bohemia, Czechia · Europe
About Kolín
Kolín is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Nová Ves I, 56km from Bohemian Paradise.
Kolín is in Central Bohemia, Czechia, with about 33,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nová Ves I, about 5 km away.
Kolín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkoliːn] ; German: Kolin, Neu Kolin) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. The town is situated in a lowland on the Elbe River.
Kolín was founded in the 13th century. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected asRead more
an urban monument reservation. The most significant monument is the Church of Saint Bartholomew, protected as a national cultural monument.
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What is there to see near Kolín?
Within an hour or so of Kolín: Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church) (10 km), Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary (10 km), Sedlec Ossuary (10 km), Konopiste Castle (48 km).
Are there any good drives near Kolín?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Kolín?
Kolín is in Central Bohemia, Czechia, about 5 km from Nová Ves I.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 33,444
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Central Bohemia
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.0281, 15.1998
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Kolín
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary
UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.
10 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
Sedlec Ossuary
Chapel at Kutna Hora decorated with the arranged bones of tens of thousands of people, including a chandelier of human remains.
10 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Konopiste Castle
The lavish country residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose 1914 assassination sparked WWI; the chateau preserves his vast hunting trophies and armoury amid an English-style park south of Prague.
48 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Prague Old Town Square
A spectacular medieval square dominated by the Astronomical Clock, Týn Church, and colorful baroque facades.
56 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Prague Astronomical Clock
Medieval astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall that has been ticking since 1410, the third-oldest in the world.
56 km · about 65 min drive
national park
Bohemian Paradise
Protected landscape of sandstone rock towns, gorges and ruined castles northeast of Prague, threaded by narrow scenic country roads.
56 km · about 65 min drive
cafe
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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Kolín
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 80 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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