Discover Harrachsdorf: Nature, Glass and Winter Sports

Harrachsdorf combines nature observation, the glassmaking history of Nový Svět and prominent sporting attractions. Here you will find a waterfall, educational trails, museums and special insights into craftsmanship and mining. For planning your trip, you can organise your stay according to your interests: quiet paths and nature topics, culture and local history, or prepared facilities for winter sports.

Nature experiences between the waterfall and educational trails

The Mumlavský vodopád is a natural attraction in Harrachov and is located 1.5 kilometres from the town centre. The Naučná stezka Rybárna educational trail offers a different experience: it leads through the picturesque Anenské Valley to the place where Count Jan Nepomuk Harrach founded a trout fish farm. Along the ponds of Harrachov, the trail offers a peaceful walk that even very young children can manage. Interactive wooden information boards explain which organisms are found in the pond and its surroundings.

Bees, wildlife and forestry

Along the Naučná Včelí stezka educational trail, information boards provide details about the lives of bees and beekeepers. The beehives along the entire route are inhabited by live bees and arranged according to the historical development of beekeeping. In this way, the educational trail combines nature observation with an insight into the history of beekeeping.

The Šindelka exhibition is open to visitors interested in forestry and hunting. The exhibition includes a wildlife wintering enclosure and 32 taxidermied animals. The exhibition complements the educational trails with a stronger focus on forestry and wildlife.

Glass history and mining in the town

The Harrachov Glass Museum presents a historically and technologically coherent collection of historic glass from the production of the Harrachov glassworks. The collection documents more than 300 years of glassmaking in Nový Svět and comprises more than 5,000 exhibits. The Harrachov glassworks complex also offers a brewery tour and a beer tasting for glassworkers.

The Hornické muzeum Harrachov displays tools and equipment from mining, ore from local deposits and preserved mining machinery from the 20th century. The tour tunnel is approximately 1,000 metres long and has an average temperature of 7 to 9°C. The Šindelka Harrachov Information Centre sells maps and guidebooks for the Krkonoše Mountains and recommends excursion routes as well as other exhibitions and museums of KRNAP.

Winter sports and mountain views

The Běžecký areál includes a 2.2-kilometre-long, groomed and artificially snowed circular track homologated for professional sports. The Mammut K180 ski jumping hill in Harrachov is one of the six largest hills in the world; World Cup ski-flying competitions are held there. The Harrachov cable car is available to visitors year-round. Depending on the time of your trip and your focus, you can include cultural visits, nature trails and winter sports activities in your plans.

Which accommodation suits your stay

When choosing your hotel in Harrachsdorf, your preferred focus may be decisive: Rybárna and the bee education trails represent peaceful nature experiences, the museums focus on glass history and mining, while the circular track, ski jumping hill and cable car shape the sporting side of your stay.

Compare other places

If you would like to compare other places alongside Harrachsdorf, you can also find Chuchelna, Peřimov, Bradlecka Lhota, Jesenný, Semily, Bukovina U Čisté, Kruh and Stružinec.

For the overarching travel overview: Semily District.