Practical Information for Incoming Students - UJEP

The Town of Ústí nad Labem and Its
Surroundings
Among the historical monuments
and places of interest that are located
in the town of Ústí nad Labem
we can name, for instance, Střekov
Castle, the altered ruin of the original
Gothic castle dating back to the 14th
century, situated on a huge rock on
the right bank of the Labe River . Another
dominating place is Větruše,
an excursion place with a restaurant
for hikers and tourists (with a dancing
hall, a terrace, a look-out tower, a
maze lined with mirrors and a natural
labyrinth), the Marian Bridge (the
new bridge that crosses the Elbe/
Labe River at Usti nad Labem) and
the Marian Crag . In the very centre
of the town there are several churches;
with the most famous being the
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin
with the leaning tower (the leaning
of its tower was caused when the
town was bombed at the end of the
war in 1945) . In addition to that, we
can name the Church of St . Adalbert
and the Church of the St . Paul the
Apostle (also called the Red Church) .
In the town we can also find areas
of modern housing development
and modern villa quarters, mostly
in Klíše and Střekov . The Marian
Bridge, built over the Elbe/Labe River,
at present belongs among the 10
most beautiful constructions of the
world of the 1990s (according to the
international survey of the renowned
journal Structural Engineering International)
.
Among cultural facilities in the town
we can name The North Bohemian
Opera and Ballet Theatre, Drama
Theatre, the Open-Air Cinema, the
Museum of the Town of Ústí nad
Labem . Some other cultural performances
are held, for instance, in the
Ústí nad Labem House of Culture .
Every year Ústí nad Labem invites
ensembles from various parts of
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