Bolt Tower is a unique tourist attraction in the industrial area of Dolni Vitkovice. The place was started as early as in 1830 and stopped operating in 1998. Soon after it become a national heritage site. It was used for producing iron metals in several furnaces. The Bolt Tower itself is built as an extension of furnace No. 1. It is great piece of architecture (by Josef Pleskot) and definitely worth visiting. Do not go there if you afraid of hights and only guided tours are allowed. So it is advised to book the tickets in advance.

Went to ostrava for 1 day. Go to bolt tower they said, there's a nice cafe there, they said.. so I hired bikes, cycled out there, eventually found a bike stand. Really badly signposted, when you get to the tower, there's a sign that says you have to get a ticket from somewhere else. When we found that place, we were told we couldn't go up for 2 hours, because it was booked hourly, and we should go find a cafe to wait for those 2 hours, just to go up to the cafe for an hour.... brilliant, so obvs didn't go. TELL PEOPLE YOU NEED TO BOOK IN ADVANCE - YOU MUPPETS

For views of the city and a unique experience, book tickets to climb the 400 steps of Bolt Tower.my six-year-old daughter and I visited in August on a Tuesday afternoon. Here’s our experience. 1) Tickets: They offer tours, but we opted for tickets to the cafe at the top. It cost 200 CZK for me and my daughter was free. You have to buy the tickets online or at the info center, not at the actual Bolt Tower. 2) Experience: It doesn’t take long to climb all the stairs, but at almost every level there are things to see and read to learn about the old coal mine. Almost to the top is the small cafe that serves coffee, beer, wine, etc. They also have clean restrooms. 3) Area: Once done, walk around the campus to find a science center, cafes, bars, etc.

Interesting place but overpriced. Very poor information on website (most of it is not even translated to any other language than Czech), which makes it really hard for a tourist to be able to buy tickets in advance; plus it's not possible to book tickets less than 24h before the visit even if they are available and it is likely that the will be sold out when you go there to buy them in person Should be better managed for a nicer experience.

You wouldn’t expect to find a shiny place like this located within the retired foundry/metalworks, but it is a neat experience. Make a reservation in advance to enjoy the café, which gives you some neat views of the surrounding area while sipping coffee. Test your nerves by walking in the circular, graded walkway around the tower.

Unique place, from the outside looks like taken from Mad Max, tremendous view at the steel mill around. Small cafe on top pf the tower has quite gopd coffee and some sweets. Very nice and helpful staff. Must go in Ostrava.

Impressive tower built in the old steelworks factory. Nice to go by the elevator or stairs. Bolt caffe is nice place to rest and enjoy the panoramic views around the city and Beskydy mountains. Real industrial heart of Ostrava, highly recommended to visit.

Wonderfull experience to visit in Bolt tower situated in the steel city of Czech Republic Ostrava.

One of the best places in Ostrava city....;)

Amazing industrial experience. Highly recommended.

Avoid if you don't speak Czech. The Czech tour guide seemed nice and very knowledgeable however the English audio guide was dreadful. Constantly repeating itself, poor grammar, a lack of detail and being completely missing in large sections the guide was explaining. The worst of it being the numbered stations indicating where to start the next part were often missing entirely or the number did not correlate to the correct audio track. Overall it created a frustrating experience that I was looking forward to the end of. I do want to reiterate that it does seem like a great experience assuming you speak Czech and I obviously can't speak to the quality of the audio guides in other languages.

Everything becomes dificult in Ostrava if you dont know the language . I wanted a guided visita but I just could go to the cafe shop. So I couldnt know the history

Wonderful experience for fans of urban and industrial aesthetics, beauty of decay and destruction. Bolt tower observation platform is reachable by elevator, then you can walk up and enjoy the view. Worth visiting! Dolni Vitkovice is a huge area where you can easily spend a half of a day just wandering around toothless rusty sleeping beasts. Not crowded at all during working days. Guided tours, museum, gallery, cafés - quite good infrastructure. The territory is not abandoned for luck, it's full of afterlife. Don't forget to buy postcards at U6 gallery and stamp them with wonderful trademark ink stamps at the infocenter.

Great place to visit on weekend escapade to learn something new. Perfect for anyone who loves history and old industrial climate. The view from the tower itself is breathtaking as well!

Fantastic place for urbex lovers. Four stars only because there should be more information about this place, its history etc. (or a guide who tells visitors everything - how the plant worked, how many people worked here and there. The plant is so huge, so I'm sure that visitors would like to know more about huge vats, buildings they can see) Respect for Ostrava officials that they decided to open this unusual and impressive place to the public.

We arrived as it was getting dark. It was lovely to view the lights from the Bolt cafe and relax for an hour with the family over a hot drink.

Great view! Very exciting walk - specially whennit's windy.

It was a new experience. It's not about nature or architecture. But immersion in the era of industrialization: metal, huge structures, many pipes, rust, and again metal. Everything is safe and free

If you’d like to see Ostrava industrial party of city from bird perspective, that’s the right place. In the price of ticket is also 100 CZK offer to compensate spending at the tower restaurant. Amazing view to the city and Beskydy mountains, bit adrenaline walk outside is top highlights. You can combine visit with the guide tour at old steel factory.

Really good experience! Call them couple of hours before you arrive, reserve a tour or a table in the café 70m high at the top of the factory tower. Price is 200czk, contains 100czk voucher in the café. Try it if you are in Ostrava!

Great view around Ostrava's industrial heritage and great technical monument. Former metallurgical tower was rebuild into lookout tower and café. One can also take guided tours.

Absolutely overpriced - no discount for children or family ticket. 2 adults + 2 kids need to pay 800 CZK for a visit! Unwanted consumption is mandatory if you want or not - you need to pay insane price. When compared with towers in Prague - Petřínská rozhledna is 350,- and Žižkovská věž is 590,- for a same group.

The must-visit sightseeing point of Ostrava! Highly recommended, really unique.

Very nice industrial place to visit in Ostrava

Amazing! These is one of the “must see” in Czech. Absolutely unique!

Loved it, great insight into steel mill operations. Tours need to be booked in advance.