Renal Care Center Ostrava-Vítkovice Czech Republic

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Ostrava is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It is located just a few kilometers from the border with Poland, at the meeting point of four rivers: the Odra, Opava, Ostravice and Lučina. In terms of both population and area, Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, the second largest city in Moravia, and the largest city in Czech Silesia. Ostrava grew to prominence thanks to its position at the heart of a major coalfield, becoming an important industrial center. It used to be nicknamed the country’s “steel heart” thanks to its status as a coal-mining and metallurgical center, but since the Velvet revolution (the fall of communism in 1989) it has undergone radical and far-reaching changes to its economic base. Industries have been thoroughly restructured, and the last coal was mined in the city in 1994. However, the city’s industrial past lives on in the Lower Vítkovice area, a former coal-mining, coke production and ironworks complex in the city center boasting a unique collection of historic industrial architecture. Lower Vítkovice has applied for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.  Since the 1990s Ostrava has been transformed into a modern cultural city, with numerous theaters, galleries and other cultural facilities. Among the best known are the Colours of Ostrava multi-genre music festival, the Janáček May classical music festival, the Summer Shakespeare Festival and NATO Days.