Poruba or Svinov?
Two neighbours in the west of Ostrava. Poruba is a big town within the city with a university and the university hospital; Svinov is a smaller area of family houses with a station where express trains stop.
Poruba and Svinov lie side by side in the west of Ostrava, each its own district. Poruba is one of Ostrava’s largest districts with big housing estates; Svinov is small, with family houses and an important station. The table is computed live from the data; the better value in each row is highlighted.
| Poruba | Svinov | |
|---|---|---|
| 2+kk rent a month | 11 300 Kč | 11 100 Kč |
| To the centre | 31 min | 28 min |
| From the centre at night | 50 min | 39 min |
| Addresses with a supermarket within 500 m | 74 % | 41 % |
| Restaurants and cafés | 59 | 4 |
| Bars and pubs | 22 | 0 |
| Parks and forests of the area | 14 % | 25 % |
| To a park | 135 m | 215 m |
| Noisy addresses (Lden) | 76 % | – |
| Noisy addresses at night | 82 % | – |
| Summer surface temperature next to the city average | +1.9 °C | -1.9 °C |
| Trees and shrubs as a share of the area | 23 % | 27 % |
| Addresses with a playground within 500 m | 85 % | 37 % |
| Nurseries and primary schools per 1,000 residents | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| GPs and pharmacies per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Addresses with a sports ground or gym within 500 m | 44 % | 3 % |
| Addresses with a cinema, theatre, museum or library within 500 m | 38 % | 0 % |
| Addresses with a dog park within 500 m | 6 % | 2 % |
| Blocks of flats with a lift | 56 % | 36 % |
| Homes completed after 1990 | 14 % | 29 % |
| Addresses with a low radon index | 93 % | 100 % |
| Addresses off undermined land and landslides | 99 % | 17 % |
| Addresses in an unprotected flood zone | 0 % | 10 % |
| Restaurants, shops and services per 1,000 residents | 12 | 14 |
| Growth in restaurants, shops and services over a year | +4.0 % | +0.0 % |
| Addresses near frequent accidents | 5 % | 1 % |
| Flats in homes completed in the last three years | 65 | 17 |
| Flats on district heating | 96 % | 26 % |
| Addresses with fibre to the house | 62 % | 2 % |
Poruba
Poruba grew after the war as a new town: Hlavní třída and the Oblouk in 1950s architecture, then prefab housing estates. It has the campus of VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava and the University Hospital Ostrava, shops and services, and woods beyond the estates. It suits students, families and anyone who wants everything in one neighbourhood.
Svinov
A smaller area of family houses and older streets. Ostrava-Svinov is one of Ostrava’s main stations, where express trains and trains to Prague stop, and trams and buses meet at the Svinov bridges. It suits anyone who travels a lot by train or wants a house with a garden close to the city.
Which to choose
Look at the rows of the table that matter most to you:
- You travel by train: the trip to the centre and the guide living without a car in Ostrava.
- You want quiet: the guide quiet living in Ostrava with the neighbourhoods ranked by noise.
- You have children: the rows with schools and playgrounds, and the catchment school of the exact address.
- Price decides: the first row of the comparison and the guide on how much rent costs in Ostrava.
The guide Poruba or Zábřeh? compares Poruba with Zábřeh. Before you sign a lease, check the flat itself: two addresses in the same neighbourhood can differ in catchment school, the walk to the stop and how close the main road or the railway is.
Frequently asked questions
Is it better to live in Poruba or Svinov?
It depends on what matters to you. The table on this page shows both side by side from current data: rent, the trip to the centre by day and at night, shops, restaurants, green space, schools and doctors. The better value in each row is highlighted.
Where is rent cheaper, Poruba or Svinov?
The typical rent of a 2+kk flat from the Ministry of Finance rent map is in the first row of the comparison, computed live from the latest data. The rents of every Ostrava neighbourhood are in the guide on how much rent costs in Ostrava.
