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A Czech circuit built on land cleared by open-cast lignite mining, giving it a strange lunar setting and a fast, flowing 4.2km layout used for touring cars and track days.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Osek
Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechia · Europe
About Osek
Osek is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Lom, 46km from Bastei Bridge.
Osek is in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechia, with about 4,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lom, about 4 km away.
Osek (German: Ossegg) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. The town is located on the stream Osecký potok, on the border between the Most Basin and Ore Mountains.
Osek was founded in 1196 together with the Osek Monastery. The development ofRead more
the town has been linked to mining since the Middle Ages, and in 1934 the worst mining accident in the country's history occurred here. The most important monuments, protected as national cultural monuments, are the Osek Monastery and the memorial to the victims of the Nelson Mine disaster.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Osek?
Within an hour or so of Osek: Autodrom Most (13 km), Königstein Fortress (42 km), Bastei Bridge (46 km), Frauenkirche Dresden (48 km).
Are there any good drives near Osek?
The nearest famous roads are Schleizer Dreieck.
Where is Osek?
Osek is in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechia, about 4 km from Lom.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,516
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Ústí nad Labem Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.6212, 13.6927
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Essential numbers in Czechia
Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Osek
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Königstein Fortress
A vast hilltop fortress on a sandstone plateau above the Elbe, with ramparts offering panoramic views over Saxon Switzerland.
42 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Bastei Bridge
A spectacular sandstone bridge spanning jagged rock pillars 194 metres above the Elbe in Saxon Switzerland National Park.
46 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
Frauenkirche Dresden
A baroque Lutheran church meticulously rebuilt after its destruction in World War II, symbolizing reconciliation.
48 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Zwinger Palace
A masterpiece of Baroque architecture in Dresden, housing the Old Masters Picture Gallery with works by Raphael and Vermeer.
48 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Saxon Switzerland National Park
A surreal landscape of eroded sandstone pillars, arches, and mesas along the Elbe, beloved by rock climbers and landscape painters.
49 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Pravčická Gate
The largest natural sandstone arch in Europe, standing majestically in the heart of Bohemian Switzerland National Park.
51 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Bohemian Switzerland (Pravčická Brána)
Sandstone wonderland in the Czech Republic with Europe's largest natural stone arch and dramatic rock formations.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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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