landmark
Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)
A hauntingly decorated chapel adorned with the bones of approximately 40,000 people arranged into elaborate artistic displays.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Nový Bydžov
Hradec Králové Region, Czechia · Europe
About Nový Bydžov
Nový Bydžov sits on the route: 10 minutes from Smidary, 39km from Bohemian Paradise.
Nový Bydžov is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, with about 7,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Smidary, about 6 km away.
Nový Bydžov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈnoviː ˈbɪdʒof]; German: Neubidschow) is a town in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,300 inhabitants. The town is located on the Cidlina River in the East Elbe Table.
Nový Bydžov has been a town since its founding at theRead more
beginning of the 14th century. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone and the Vysočany part of Nový Bydžov is protected as a village monument zone. Among the main landmarks of the town are the Church of Saint Lawrence from the early 14th century and the neo-Gothic town hall.
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What is there to see near Nový Bydžov?
Within an hour or so of Nový Bydžov: Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church) (34 km), Sedlec Ossuary (34 km), Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary (36 km), Bohemian Paradise (39 km).
Are there any good drives near Nový Bydžov?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Nový Bydžov?
Nový Bydžov is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, about 6 km from Smidary.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,160
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Hradec Králové Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.2415, 15.4908
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Nový Bydžov
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
34 km · about 40 min 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.
36 km · about 40 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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
national park
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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
national park
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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Snezka
Czechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
58 km · about 65 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Nový Bydžov
- 58 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 58 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
- 65 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.
- 66 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.
- 66 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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