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České Budějovice

České Budějovice is in South Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. The town has since grown into the metropolitan centre. Wikivoyage

Population 97,231 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Czech Republic

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Czech Republic
Tourist office · 90 m Turistické informační centrum České Budějovice

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Múzy na vodě

    July

    Múzy na vodě traditional festival which can be seen at the confluence of the Vltava and Malše Rivers, every year at the beginning July

  2. Ema Destinnová – musical festival

    August – September

    Ema Destinnová – musical festival is a series of concerts of classical music taking place during August and September. The festival is organised in the centre of town and in churches, theatres

  3. Traditional Christmas Markets

    November – December

    Traditional Christmas Markets take over the main square from the beginning of period Advent.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (České Budějovice); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Trhy na Piaristickém náměstí

    Opening hours

    Th;Sa 07:00-10:00

    210 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 74 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Hrdějovice 5.0 km, Boršov nad Vltavou 5.7 km, Včelná 5.9 km

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