Jaroměř between museums, rivers and nature experiences

Jaroměř between three rivers

Jaroměř lies at the confluence of the Elbe, Úpa and Metuje rivers. The city therefore combines a clearly recognisable riverscape with an unusually concentrated range of themes for days of exploration: a museum in the former Wenke department store, railway history, nature observation and special collections. For your travel planning, this means a destination where cultural and landscape features stand side by side, without the individual attractions being combined into a single experience.

Historic buildings and railway history

The Městské muzeum is housed in the former Wenke department store, built in 1911. The building has been a national cultural monument since 2017. Following the reconstruction completed in March 2023, the museum offers modern interactive exhibitions. The combination of former department-store architecture and interactive presentation makes a visit to the museum an encounter with both architectural history and contemporary interpretation.

The Železniční muzeum features permanent exhibitions on engine sheds, steam locomotives, electric locomotives, rail trolleys, railway cranes and railway carriages. The Železniční muzeum Výtopna Jaroměř is housed in a former steam-locomotive engine shed in the immediate vicinity of Jaroměř railway station and can be reached from the station via a footpath. The exhibition brings together vehicles, cranes and the engine shed to provide a broad perspective on railway technology. Depending on your interests, the visit can focus more on technology, transport history or individual museum objects. Those interested in technology, transport history or museum objects will find a different focus here than at the Městské muzeum.

Nature and special discoveries

The Ptačí park Josefovské louky bird park lies near the Josefov Fortress by Jaroměř. Information boards, an educational trail, an observation point and rest areas provide visitors with various points of interest throughout the site. The combination of the educational trail, information boards and observation point makes the park not only a place for a walk, but also for focused nature observation. Rest areas structure your time in the grounds. The Ptačí park is open daily and admission is free. This makes it possible to plan a visit flexibly and without admission costs. In addition, the Záchranná stanice ČSOP in Jaroměř offers excursions on request.

At the Muzeum magie, a collection of magical objects showcases an unusual cultural facet. Visitors can also walk through a labyrinth there. The labyrinth complements the collection with an exploration of its own, meaning that the Muzeum magie offers an active experience as well as the opportunity to view exhibits. The Chrám sv. Mikuláše is open to the public during events such as the Night of Churches and European Heritage Days. The cultural attractions therefore range from museum collections to church events that are open to the public at certain times.

Hills around Jaroměř

The surrounding area, both nearby and farther afield, adds to the picture. Libiny [Jaroměř - Semonice] is a hill in the immediate vicinity of Jaroměř. (Borový) [Rožnov], Za Kostelem [Velichovky] and Prašivka [Habřina] are hills in the area around Jaroměř. The Lázně Church is located in the wider regional surroundings of Jaroměř. From Libiny in the immediate vicinity to the Lázně Church in the wider regional surroundings, the sites form a broad geographical arc. The hills complement the cultural attractions with landscape points in the immediate, wider and regional surroundings of Jaroměř.

More destinations in the same overview

For more destinations in the same overview, you can also access Litoboř, Machov, Vlkov, Police Nad Metují, Rasošky, Zlícko, Chlivce and Velichovky.

For the higher-level travel overview: Náchod District.