**Dear Steemit friends and followers**,

Welcome to my **Travel Tip** series where I promote some of the most beautiful places, interesting landmarks and impressive architectural sites of my homeland, the **Czech Republic**.

Today, I will certainly please all fans of technology (and heavy industry in particular) as I will show you around an iconic technical monument of the Czech Republic, the **Lower Vitkovice Area**. 

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Situated near the center of **Ostrava**, the third largest city of the Czech Republic, **Lower Vitkovice** was a large, heavy-industry complex that was fully functioning until September 1998. Four years later, in 2002, the government decided to turn the abandoned complex into a cultural technical monument. 

![Ostrava,_Dolní_oblast_Vítkovice_-_panoramio_(56).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYBih1eox7Sx6LyguSoW6BibsJpY2dmGyGsAzj74khzFR/Ostrava%2C_Doln%C3%AD_oblast_V%C3%ADtkovice_-_panoramio_(56).jpg)
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The complex was revitalized and recently opened to public. Visitors of the site have a unique chance to see both the outside and the inside of gigantic industrial premises such as blast furnaces, steel factories, coal mines, enormous gas cylinders, all kinds of heavy machinery, pipeworks and much more. 

The complex is dominated by the **Bolt Tower**, a huge steel-frame look-out tower built on one of the furnaces. Named after the legendary Jamaican sprinter **Usain Bolt** (who was a regular competitor at athletic competitions held in the city), the tower offers spectacular views of the area as well as picturesque panoramas of the **Beskydy Mountains** that are located just outside the city.  

![Dolní_Vítkovice,_Česká_republika,_2015_-_panoramio_(1).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmY1fEujxvcTPNwvcM8ksx7DGnLFKdZNkG86jftwwpfmS3/Doln%C3%AD_V%C3%ADtkovice%2C_%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1_republika%2C_2015_-_panoramio_(1).jpg)
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Visitors can choose from a variety of tours (depending on how much of the complex they want to see), guided tours in foreign languages are available for an extra fee.  

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**Tomas**                                                               
**CEO & Founder of CGH**

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