North Moravia and Silesia

North Moravia and Silesia is a region of the Czech Republic.

Cities

 * - vibrant industrial and cultural center, capital of Moravian-Silesian Region.
 * - university city with a large historical center.
 * - historical border town where Czech and Polish cultures meet.
 * - a young city, with the Socialist Realist center.
 * - spa town in the Ash Mountains.
 * - historical town in the Litovel Morava River Basin.
 * - former capital of Czech Silesia.
 * - birthplace of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.
 * - city with historical center and former major Jewish community.
 * - historical town under the Ash Mountains.

Other destinations

 * (Jeseníky) - mountain range north of Olomouc.
 * - floodplain of the Morava River, north of Olomouc.
 * (Poodří) - wetlands along the Oder River near Ostrava.
 * - mountain range bordering Slovakia with primeval forests, meadows and pastures, and lynxes, bears and wolves.

By plane
Leoš Janáček Ostrava Airport  serves the region, with LOT flights from Warsaw and Ryanair flights from London Stansted. Buses connect it to Ostrava city centre.

 Katowice Airport is 120 km northeast of Ostrava, a 75 minute drive. It has flights from many destinations across Europe.

By train
And see Rail travel in the Czech Republic.

The principal railway hubs in the region are Ostrava and Olomouc; lesser hubs are Bohumín and Přerov. International trains run from Warsaw, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Berlin. Czech trains ply from Prague, Brno, Pardubice, Zlín and Pilsen.

Stay safe
With the very notable exception of Ostrava, North Moravia and Silesia has an average crime rate by Czech standards. Ostrava, despite its charm, has suffered greatly from deindustrialization and the fall of the Soviet Union: it is seen as the "drug capital" of the Czech Republic and aggravated assaults are not unheard of.