Dolni Namesti
by globetrott
Dolni Namesti is another great townsquare close to Horni Namesti with the townhall and the great plague-column. Dolni namesti is a lot less crowded and less touristy and still it is worth taking a walk there in order to see the column for Holy Mary and the lovely fountain opposite of it. Haunschild Palace (see my last 3 pics ) is one of the most beautiful palaces on Dolni Namesti.
Pizza
by swetluska about Captain Morgan's
Popular pizzeria in Olomouc, located in the former town's defence walls. Good tip especially when you have an ISIC card, because when ordering two pizzas, you pay only one. Place and staff are little snobbish, but it can be handled :) Summer garden outside.
It used to be closed on Sundays, but I'm not sure about it today.
Astronomical Clock
by Gili_S
This is the famous Astronomical Clock since the 15th century. It situated at the Town Hall building north side wall. However, with damages it suffer during the years and wars, it has been changed and re designed during the years.
Happy prancing peasants at Olomouc railway station
by CatherineReichardt
You just know you're going to love a place when you step off the train into the railway station and are accosted by a posse of happy peasants prancing around the domed roof!
Olomouc station is pretty unremarkable except for the ceiling mural, but this snapshot of the Stalinist ideal is a reminder of how rural life was romanticised - sometimes almost beyond recognition - under the previous political regime. The same theme is echoed in the reconstructed astronomical clock in the main square, and makes you realise how control of the agricultural heartland was key to the preservation of social order under Communism.
Railway stations almost always make me happy, but this one made me smile too - what a bonus!
Olomouc's beguiling streetscapes
by CatherineReichardt
Olomouc is a rewarding place to amble around aimlessly because it's such a neat and pretty place. Unlike Prague, most of the architecture isn't particularly designed to impress, but is attractively functional and the overall impression is one of a coherent whole.
As ever, if you're intending to walk around old towns (and there really isn't any better way to explore them) make sure that your footwear is comfortable and cobble-proof - I sometimes wonder whether people who make and repair shoes were originally called 'cobblers' because of the cobble-induced damage to footwear that they were called on to repair?