for design and art

for a dining room, a restaurant, a quiet lounge, comfortable bedrooms with windows looking out over

the courtyard and the treetops. for luxurious bathrooms. for relaxing in the garden.

for time to yourself and time with friends. for quiet time and for good music.

for an escape from the everyday. a space you’ll remember.

the review of us in SOFFA

 WHILE TOURISTS WHO STAY IN THE HOTEL CITY.CITY WILL APPRECIATE THE COZY,

TASTEFULLY FURNISHED ROOMS, OSTRAVA LOCALS ARE BEGINNING TO FAVOUR 

THE HOTEL RESTAURANT, WHICH IS MAKING A MARK ON THE CITY DINNING SCENE.

( VOLUME 14 TRADITIONS 13.4.2016)

the review of us in DOLCE VITA

 CITY.CITY, OSTRAVA

The City.City Hotel at Macharova 16, Ostrava-Přívoz, is like a Scandinavian revelation. It was designed

by the Dependelab studio and features furnishings and accessories by Vitra, Normann Copenhagen,

Magis, Foscarini, Flos and Design House Stockholm. You can stay in 14 double rooms or 3 single rooms,

4 ‘lux’ rooms with sofa-beds and kitchenette, or 2 family suites. Prices start at 1190 CZK per night.

You can order breakfast to your room, and for an evening meal we recommend the hotel’s own Loft Restaurant.

The menu includes stand-out hits such as sauerkraut and soured cream soup with lamb sausages,

pork cheeks in a dark beer sauce with parsley-root purée, and warm smoked trout fillet on a bulgur salad.

 www.city-city.cz 

( EXTREME ÚNOR 2016)

napsali o nás na insidecor.com

http://www.insidecor.cz/blog/citycity-designova-oaza-v-zelezne-ostrave/

( insidecor is a website full of information about interior design giving a fascinating insight

into the thought processes of leading architects and designers. the website http://www.insidecor.cz/

shows products and materials that are available in the czech republic, plus information on where

you can buy them and how best to use them. besides being packed full of useful information, insidecor also

seeks to inspire people to take an interest in the spaces where they spend their daily lives,

helping us to project our unique personality into the most important place of all – our own home.)

other places we like in ostrava

vítkovice and its industrial heritage

vítkovice is a district of ostrava with a large conservation area where you can still see,

feel and touch ostrava’s rich industrial history. the district was mainly built in the 19th century by the viennese

industrialist salomon mayer rothschild, who owned the vítkovice ironworks. the red brick buildings recall English

and Dutch architecture. the red bricks are vítkovice’s distinctive signature, found on the church, the town hall,

and the cottages built for the factory workers. the lower vítkovice area – including a former coal mine and the ironworks

complex – is a wonderfully preserved example of industrial history. just a few years ago it lay derelict,

but now it has been transformed into a uniquely atmospheric venue for cultural, social, educational

and leisure events. the former ‘gong’ gas-holder was converted by architect josef pleskot into

a huge concert hall. there is a science and technology centre for all the family, and panoramic views

from the newly opened tower on the blast furnace top..

http:/www.dolnioblastvitkovice.cz

city centre

central ostrava features many grand and imposing buildings from the city’s industrial boom years.

walk along nádražní street, the centre’s main artery. stroll across the expanse of the central square (masarykovo náměstí)

into the more intimate, smaller square (jiráskovo náměstí). the main landmark is the city hall

with its viewing tower – the tallest city hall in the country. the building flanks three sides of a

grand ceremonial square whose paving stones are inlaid with brass plates commemorating

the names of ostrava’s jewish citizens killed in the second world war. the tower offers breathtaking panoramic

views of the city - stretching across the plain to the west, with the hilly silesian side to the east,

and to the south the historic ironworks of vítkovice, with the magical beskydy mountains beyond..

ps: check out house no. 20 on zámecká street – it was built in 1927 to a design by karel kotas

, a student of the renowned architect jan kotěra, as the offices of an italian insurance company,

but now it’s the perfect venue for our comedor mexicano restaurant (http://www.comedor.cz/).

across the street, at zámecká 17, is our scandinavian-inspired scansen restaurant (www.scansen.cz)

church of st wenceslas
this late gothic church is one of ostrava’s oldest and most important historic sights. a document written in 1297

states that the site was originally used for pagan worship, and saints cyril and methodius

(who brought christianity to the czech lands) preached there. the building has undergone numerous remodellings

and restorations – most recently in 2004, when the church was rescued for future generations

after years of neglect. the offices of the ostrava-opava diocese are next to the church.

zábřeh chateau

the original 13th-century fortress on the banks of the odra river was later rebuilt to create a baroque chateau.

in 2004-7 it was beautifully restored to become our historic hotel with its own brewery

and restaurant www.zamek-zabreh.cz

přívoz

in the late 19th century viennese architect camillo sitte was hired for a unique project – to design an entirely

new district complete with a church, a town hall, hotels and restaurants, shops and apartments.

this marked the birth of přívoz as we know it today. with its intricate façades, roof turrets,

and distinctive architectural details.. sitte wanted to build a town in accordance with artistic principles,

and his work is a huge inspiration to us..

poruba

this district of ostrava was built in the 1950s by the newly installed communist regime.

it started with the grandiose moscow-style architecture of ‘socialist realism’, and ended with

prefab concrete tower blocks. the older parts of poruba offer a plethora of pastiche styles – imitations

of ancient temples and corinthian columns, with broad boulevards and painted stucco

façades depicting scenes from an idealized communist paradise.. an amazing reflection of ostrava’s

turbulent history, and a favourite with architecture students and film-makers.

( http://cestovani.idnes.cz/ostrava-turisticke-tipy-architektura-hokej-fmd-/tipy-na-vylet.aspx?c=A150428_154358_kolem-sveta_tom)

http://www.dependelab.cz/