Useful information to the 13th Vojtech Jarnik Mathematical Competition

Transportation to the Faculty of Science: go in front of the hotel, turn left and go along the Nádražní street. Then turn left to the 30.dubna street (you will see the tower of the New City Hall at the end). The faculty is the next building behind the "Red School" (a red building) on the right-hand side. You should read: "Ostravská univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakulta"

Polský dům

Full name: "Hotel Polský dům"

Category: ***

Prices:

CZK 750 for a single room with breakfast

CZK 1100 for a double room with breakfast

CZK 1600 for apartments (with one double bed) with breakfast

CZK 300 for an additional bed with breakfast

Distance: approx. 10 minutes of walking from the Faculty of Science

Phones:

+420 596122001

+420 596122004

+420 596122121

+420 596123045

Fax: +420 596125062

Www: www.volny.cz/polskydum

Address: Poděbradova 53

Transportation to the hotel: when you arrive by train to Ostrava-hlavní nádraží (Ostrava-Main Station in English), take any tram (1, 2, 8, 12) and go to the stop "Hotelový dům Jindřich" (approx. 6 minutes). Go along the "Albert" supermarket and turn right to the 30.dubna street. Go ahead some 100 metres to the crossing and turn left to the Poděbradova street. Turn left. You will see the hotel some 50 metres ahead of you

Transportation to the Faculty of Science: go back to the "Albert" supermarket and go on along the 30.dubna street (you will see the tower of the New City Hall at the end). The faculty is the next building behind the "Red School" (a red building) on the right-hand side. You should read: "Ostravská univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakulta"

Hotel Maria

Category: ***

Prices:

CZK 1000 for a single room with breakfast

CZK 1300 for a double room (single person) with breakfast

CZK 1400 for a double room (two persons) with breakfast

CZK 1700 for a room with three beds and breakfast

The prices given above apply to foreigners (except Slovaks). To the citizens of the Czech or Slovak Republic, the prices given below apply.

CZK 750 for a single room with breakfast

CZK 850 for a double room (single person) with breakfast

CZK 950 for a double room (two persons) with breakfast

CZK 1200 for a room with three beds and breakfast

CZK 300 for an additional bed with breakfast

Distance: approx. 1 minute of walking from the Faculty of Science

Phones:

+420 596110676

+420 596110677

+420 596110679

Fax: +420 596110678

Www: www.hotel-maria.cz

Address: Přívozská 23

Transportation to the hotel: when you arrive by train to Ostrava-hlavní nádraží (Ostrava-Main Station in English), take any tram (1, 2, 8, 12) and go to the stop "Hotelový dům Jindřich" (approx. 6 minutes). Go on to the crossing and turn left to the 30.dubna street (you will see the tower of the New City Hall at the end). Go along the street to the "Red School" (a red building). Then turn right to the Přívozská street. The hotel is on the right-hand side of the street

Transportation to the Faculty of Science: go back to the 30.dubna street and turn right. Enter the second door on the right. You should read: "Ostravská univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakulta"

Hostel NH

Prices:

CZK 300 for a double room

CZK 450 for a room with three beds

CZK 600 for a room with four beds

Distance: approx. 20 minutes of walking from the Faculty of Science

Phone: +420 596634261

Fax: +420 596635275

Address: Varenská 40a

Transportation to the hostel: when you arrive by train to Ostrava-hlavní nádraží (Ostrava-Main Station in English), get on the trolleybus no. 108 and go to the stop "Stanice záchranné služby" (approx. 30 minutes). Go slightly ahead along the Varenská street (along the "Orfa" furniture & carpets shop) and turn right to the Sládkova street. The hostel is within the area of the playground, which you will see on the left. There is written on the main gate of the playground: "Tělovýchovná jednota Nová huť Ostrava". Enter the area and go ahead. The hostel is in the first building on the right-hand side.
Alternatively, you can arrive by train to the railway station Ostrava-Svinov. Then go upwards to the bridge which you will see. (At first, you have to go towards the "Hornbach" eye-catcher, which is visible far and near. Then turn to the bridge. Just follow the crowd of people because they are going there too.) There are bus and tram stops on the bridge. Take the bus no. 39 and go to the stop "Futurum" (approx. 12 minutes; the stop is on the "Novinářská" street). Go on foot along the "Carrefour" / "Futurum" shopping centre and continue along the Varenská street until you come to the playground (on the left-hand side). (Well, you do not have to walk, you can also take the bus no. 48 or trolleybus no. 108 or 109 and go to the stop "Stanice záchranné služby"; approx. 3 minutes.) Going on foot or by bus, you will come from the opposite direction than you would if you came from the Main Station.
However, the bus 39 does not operate very often: it has interval of 40 minutes afternoon and in the night. So if you are impatient and standing on the bridge (the name of the bus & tram stops on the bridge is "Nádraží Svinov"), you can try to take any of the busses no. 37, 49, 54, 56, and go to the stop "Nová Ves vodárna". Then continue as described below.
There is a yet another way from the railway station Ostrava-Svinov: Go ahead from the station through some small park and find the bus stop "Bílovecká" of the bus no. 37. Go to the stop "Nová Ves vodárna". Change to the bus no. 48 and go to the stop "Stanice záchranné služby". (Again, you will arrive from the opposite direction than you would if you came from the main station; approx. 20 minutes.)
At "Nová Ves vodárna", you can also change to the bus no. 39 and go to the stop "Futurum" (approx. 20 minutes in total); go on as described above

Transportation to the Faculty of Science: turn left and go along the Varenská street. Go straight ahead, do not turn anywhere. You will cross a bridge over a railway, then you will get to the hotel "Polský dům". Turn left to the Poděbradova street, then turn right to the 30.dubna street. Go ahead along the 30.dubna street (you will see the tower of the New City Hall at the end). The faculty is the next building behind the "Red School" (a red building) on the right-hand side. You should read: "Ostravská univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakulta".
At the stop "Stanice záchranné služby", you can also take the trolleybus no. 108 or 109 and go to the stop "Husův sad" (approx. 7 minutes). Cross the Českobratrská street and go ahead, along the Husova street, until you get to the 30.dubna street. Turn right and come to the faculty

Hotel DMH

Prices:

CZK 290 for a double room

CZK 350 for a double room (de luxe, with a TV set)

CZK 370 for a room with three beds

Distance: approx. 35 minutes by tram from the Faculty of Science

Phones:

+420 596751780

+420 596751761

+420 596751759

+420 596751774

+420 596751763

+420 596751779

Www: www.novahut.cz/hotely.htm

Address: Výškovická 122

Transportation to the hotel: we recommend that you get off from the train at the Ostrava-Svinov railway station. Go upwards to the bridge which you will see. (At first, you have to go towards the "Hornbach" eye-catcher, which is visible far and near. Then turn to the bridge. Just follow the crowd of people because they are going there too.) There are bus and tram stops on the bridge. Get on the tram no. 7 and go to the stop "Kino Luna" (approx. 20 minutes). Go back along the Výškovická street. The hotel is on the left-hand side.
You can also get off at Ostrava-hlavní nádraží (Ostrava-Main Station in English). Get on the tram no. 2 and go to the stop "Kino Luna" (approx. 30 minutes). Then go on as before

Transportation to the Faculty of Science: go to the stop "Kino Luna" and take the tram no. 2. Go to the stop "Hotelový dům Jindřich" (approx. 25 minutes). Go back and then turn left to the 30.dubna street (you will see the tower of the New City Hall at the end). The faculty is the next building behind the "Red School" (a red building) on the right-hand side. You should read: "Ostravská univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakulta"

Maps

We have prepared some maps with the railway stations, hotels and hostel mentioned above being marked. Please choose the appropriate version according to your browser (the version for Netscape Navigator 6+ works with Internet Explorer 4+ as well):

Netscape Navigator 6+
overall map of Ostrava
shortcut to a detail of the centre of Ostrava
shortcut to a detail of Ostrava-Zábřeh

Netscape Navigator 4.x
overall map of Ostrava
shortcut to a detail of the centre of Ostrava
shortcut to a detail of Ostrava-Zábřeh

Tickets, customs

To use the public transport of the City of Ostrava, you have to buy a ticket. Tickets are valid for a certain amount of time. There are several kinds:

15-minute ticket (CZK 7),
45-minute ticket (CZK 11),
60-minute ticket (CZK 16),
90-minute ticket (CZK 21),
105-minute ticket (CZK 25),
120-minute ticket (CZK 29),
24-hour ticket (the City of Ostrava only: CZK 32).

The ticket is to be stamped as soon as you get on the vehicle (bus, tram or trolleybus). The ticket is valid for the given amount of time. The ticket remains valid even if you get off and change the line (the ticket is not to be stamped for the second time), but you must not to exceed the time limit.

If you use the bus or trolleybus in the night (from 20:00 till 4:00), you can get on through the front door only and you have to show your ticket to the driver (or stamp it immediately). This does not apply to the tram.

There are many ticket slot machines around Ostrava where tickets can be bought. Tickets can even be bought at the railway station (Ostrava-Main Station, Ostrava-Svinov) at the cash desk. Tickets are also sold at the tobacconist's. At last, there are several offices of the Transportation Company of the City of Ostrava where tickets can be bought as well:

Main Station (on the ground floor of the passenger hall),
bus and trolleybus stop "Zimní stadion" (this stop can be reached on foot from the Hostel NH: turn right at the end of the Varenská street, go ahead and then turn left at the crossing; the outlet is in the wooden booth which you will see on the place).

The opening hours of these two outlets are Mon–Fri, 5:00–19:00. Finally, 15- and 45-minute tickets can be bought at the driver's, but an additional fee of CZK 3 is charged (i.e., you shall pay CZK 10 or 14, respectively).

Small guide to Ostrava

Maybe you are not going here just to think of mathematical problems. If you wish to sight-see, we recommend especially the following monuments:

the Church of St. Wenceslas,
the Statue of John of Nepomuk,
the Old Town Hall,
the Plague Column of Virgin Mary,
Silesian Ostrava Castle (in Silesian Ostrava).

Other interesting buildings include:

the Evangelical Church,
the Cathedral of the Divine Saviour,
Jiří Myron Theatre,
Antonín Dvořák Theatre,
the Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary (in Ostrava-Přívoz, near the Main Station),
Hotel Polský dům,
the New City Hall (panoramic view; you can have a view of Ostrava and some moutains around Ostrava from the tower; it is open daily from 10:00 to 19:00 (summer time, April–October) or from 10:00 to 17:00 (winter time, November–March), but can temporarily be closed if the weather is bad),
the sculptural group "the Confluence of Four Rivers" (the Odra, the Opava, the Ostravice, the Lučina; the sculptural group is by the "Dům vodohospodářů" (Water Management Administration Building) bus & trolleybus stop, not far from the Hostel NH),
Miloš Sýkora Bridge.

A more detailed guide can be found at the Ostrava City Information Centre. Other brief presentation is given at www.mmo.cz/ostrava/city.html (Czech, German and Polish versions available as well).

Somebody likes sight-seeing the monuments, someone else might prefer night-life. If this is your case, we highly recommend coming to the Stodolní street. The Stodolní street is known even abroad for a lot of extraordinary clubs and pubs that can be found on it. The clubs and pubs are open till very late at night.

We wish you a pleasant stay in Ostrava.

[overall map of Ostrava (Netscape 6+)]

[overall map of Ostrava (Netscape 4.x)]

[back]