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Bohemian Paradise
Protected landscape of sandstone rock towns, gorges and ruined castles northeast of Prague, threaded by narrow scenic country roads.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Železný Brod
Liberec Region, Czechia · Europe
About Železný Brod
Železný Brod is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Malá Skála, 13km from Bohemian Paradise.
Železný Brod is in Liberec Region, Czechia, with about 6,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Malá Skála, about 4 km away.
Železný Brod (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʒɛlɛzniː ˈbrot]; German: Eisenbrod) is a town in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Jizera River in the Giant Mountains Foothills.
Until the 17th century, Železný Brod was a miningRead more
town. The Trávníky district of the town has well preserved folk architecture and is protected as a village monument reservation.
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What is there to see near Železný Brod?
Within an hour or so of Železný Brod: Bohemian Paradise (13 km), Jested Tower (21 km), Krkonose National Park (26 km), Krkonoše (Giant Mountains) (35 km).
Are there any good drives near Železný Brod?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Železný Brod?
Železný Brod is in Liberec Region, Czechia, about 4 km from Malá Skála.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,442
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Liberec Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.6427, 15.2541
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Železný Brod
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Jested Tower
A 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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Krkonose National Park
Czechia's oldest national park along the Polish border, with high moorland, the source of the Elbe and mountain roads to Spindleruv Mlyn.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Krkonoše (Giant Mountains)
The highest mountains in the Czech Republic along the Polish border, a UNESCO biosphere reserve with Sněžka peak and dramatic glacial cirques.
35 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Snezka
Czechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
36 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Sniezka
Highest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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Czocha Castle
A turreted medieval castle above a reservoir near the German border, full of secret passages and legends.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Panská skála
Bohemia's oldest protected geological site (1933): a hillside of hexagonal basalt columns up to 12 m tall arranged like organ pipes, right beside the road at Kamenický Šenov. Famous from the Czech fairy-tale film Three Wishes for Cinderella.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Železný Brod
- 21 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.
- 36 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 36 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
- 79 kmRoad 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.
- 79 kmSzczeliniec 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.
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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