A few places to drink in Ostrava, Czechia

In late October 2026 I took a solo trip to Ostrava to see the European curling championships and, despite a hectic schedule, of course managed to get in a few beers. I wasn’t really there long enough to do an ‘impressions of’ style post. I arrived in the dark on Friday evening, left very early on Monday, and spent most of Saturday and Sunday at an ice rink in the Poruba suburb. I did, however, manage to get to a few places that feel worth writing about, between matches, and around meals. First up was Pivnice U Rady in the centre. This is one of those bars that has a certificate on the wall declaring that they sell excellent Pilsner Urquell, and where the chap behind the taps gets a classy but manly apron to go with it. When I got in there was only (just) space at the bar and I squeezed in between, on one side, a group of tourists and, on the other, a couple of young chaps putting the world to rights. Both the welcome and the food were at the better end of trad Czech and I felt very…

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