Living on the edge of Ostrava
A house with a garden, woods or fields behind it and still Ostrava's public transport. The edge neighbourhoods of Ostrava have kept their village character, but they differ in the trip to the centre and in what is on the spot. A comparison on live data.
Villages inside the city
Ostrava gradually absorbed dozens of villages and many of them stayed villages: a church, a pub, family houses and fields or woods right behind the last street. People mostly live in their own houses here and there are few rental flats. The price is the commute: most edge neighbourhoods are served only by bus, so exactly where you live matters a lot.
West: Krásné Pole, Plesná, Polanka nad Odrou
Krásné Pole lies beyond Poruba among fields and woods. Plesná is a small village on the north-western edge of the city. Polanka nad Odrou lies by the Odra river on the edge of the Poodří protected landscape area, with meadows and floodplain forests.
| Krásné Pole | Plesná | Polanka nad Odrou | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2+kk rent a month | 10 200 Kč | 12 800 Kč | 11 600 Kč |
| To the centre | 49 min | 50 min | 43 min |
| From the centre at night | 104 min | 64 min | 70 min |
| Addresses with a supermarket within 500 m | 0 % | 14 % | 23 % |
| Restaurants and cafés | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Bars and pubs | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Parks and forests of the area | 20 % | 28 % | 10 % |
| To a park | 217 m | 92 m | 324 m |
| Summer surface temperature next to the city average | -1.4 °C | +0.7 °C | -2.0 °C |
| Trees and shrubs as a share of the area | 24 % | 35 % | 12 % |
| Addresses with a playground within 500 m | 35 % | 29 % | 47 % |
| Nurseries and primary schools per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| GPs and pharmacies per 1,000 residents | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Addresses with a sports ground or gym within 500 m | 0 % | 14 % | 18 % |
| Addresses with a cinema, theatre, museum or library within 500 m | 36 % | 0 % | 23 % |
| Addresses with a dog park within 500 m | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| Blocks of flats with a lift | 0 % | – | 25 % |
| Homes completed after 1990 | 47 % | 71 % | 43 % |
| Addresses with a low radon index | 0 % | 0 % | 100 % |
| Addresses off undermined land and landslides | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % |
| Addresses in an unprotected flood zone | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| Restaurants, shops and services per 1,000 residents | 5 | 35 | 8 |
| Growth in restaurants, shops and services over a year | – | +6.0 % | – |
| Addresses near frequent accidents | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| Flats in homes completed in the last three years | 35 | 23 | 52 |
| Flats on district heating | 1 % | 0 % | 1 % |
| Addresses with fibre to the house | 0 % | 5 % | 0 % |
South: Stará Bělá, Nová Bělá, Proskovice
Stará Bělá, Nová Bělá and Proskovice lie on the southern edge of the city beyond Jižní město, among woods, fields and new streets of family houses. The housing estates of Zábřeh and Výškovice, with shops and services, are close by.
| Stará Bělá | Nová Bělá | Proskovice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2+kk rent a month | 13 200 Kč | 13 900 Kč | 12 900 Kč |
| To the centre | 34 min | 36 min | 39 min |
| From the centre at night | 51 min | 98 min | – |
| Addresses with a supermarket within 500 m | 13 % | 10 % | 0 % |
| Restaurants and cafés | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Bars and pubs | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Parks and forests of the area | 32 % | 24 % | 21 % |
| To a park | 162 m | 445 m | 94 m |
| Summer surface temperature next to the city average | -2.4 °C | -1.8 °C | -2.5 °C |
| Trees and shrubs as a share of the area | 31 % | 24 % | 22 % |
| Addresses with a playground within 500 m | 54 % | 39 % | 53 % |
| Nurseries and primary schools per 1,000 residents | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| GPs and pharmacies per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Addresses with a sports ground or gym within 500 m | 28 % | 5 % | 30 % |
| Addresses with a cinema, theatre, museum or library within 500 m | 0 % | 0 % | 64 % |
| Addresses with a dog park within 500 m | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| Blocks of flats with a lift | 0 % | 0 % | – |
| Homes completed after 1990 | 46 % | 51 % | 36 % |
| Addresses with a low radon index | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % |
| Addresses off undermined land and landslides | 100 % | 50 % | 51 % |
| Addresses in an unprotected flood zone | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| Restaurants, shops and services per 1,000 residents | 9 | 4 | 8 |
| Addresses near frequent accidents | 0 % | 1 % | 0 % |
| Flats in homes completed in the last three years | 83 | 43 | 6 |
| Flats on district heating | 1 % | 8 % | 0 % |
| Addresses with fibre to the house | 1 % | 5 % | 0 % |
North: Hošťálkovice, Petřkovice, Lhotka
Hošťálkovice lies on the hills above the Odra in the north of the city. Petřkovice has Landek hill with a mining museum and a forest park. Lhotka is a small village between them.
| Hošťálkovice | Petřkovice | Lhotka | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2+kk rent a month | 11 600 Kč | 10 500 Kč | 10 900 Kč |
| To the centre | 36 min | 33 min | 35 min |
| From the centre at night | 79 min | 55 min | 78 min |
| Addresses with a supermarket within 500 m | 0 % | 38 % | 0 % |
| Restaurants and cafés | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Bars and pubs | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Parks and forests of the area | 28 % | 33 % | 21 % |
| To a park | 141 m | 92 m | 185 m |
| Noisy addresses (Lden) | 41 % | 39 % | 26 % |
| Noisy addresses at night | 50 % | 47 % | 47 % |
| Summer surface temperature next to the city average | -1.8 °C | -0.2 °C | -0.4 °C |
| Trees and shrubs as a share of the area | 27 % | 39 % | 23 % |
| Addresses with a playground within 500 m | 84 % | 10 % | 0 % |
| Nurseries and primary schools per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| GPs and pharmacies per 1,000 residents | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Addresses with a sports ground or gym within 500 m | 42 % | 3 % | 44 % |
| Addresses with a cinema, theatre, museum or library within 500 m | 50 % | 4 % | 0 % |
| Addresses with a dog park within 500 m | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| Blocks of flats with a lift | – | 3 % | – |
| Homes completed after 1990 | 48 % | 40 % | 51 % |
| Addresses with a low radon index | 48 % | 73 % | 26 % |
| Addresses off undermined land and landslides | 99 % | 33 % | 95 % |
| Addresses in an unprotected flood zone | 0 % | 0 % | 1 % |
| Restaurants, shops and services per 1,000 residents | 4 | 14 | 6 |
| Addresses near frequent accidents | 0 % | 1 % | 0 % |
| Flats in homes completed in the last three years | 51 | 43 | 44 |
| Flats on district heating | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Addresses with fibre to the house | 5 % | 0 % | 0 % |
How to read the comparison
- Trip to the centre: the median public transport trip on a weekday morning, including the walk to the stop. On the edge this is the most important row; the night-trip row shows how you get home in the evening.
- Shops and doctors: how many addresses have a supermarket nearby and how many GPs and pharmacies there are. A village often has only a small shop; for the rest you travel.
- Green space and playgrounds: the share of parks and woods in the area and the distance to the nearest green space.
- Schools: nurseries and schools per thousand residents; check whether the neighbourhood has any at all, secondary schools are in town.
What to watch out for
- The commute. Work out the trip to work and school from the specific address, not just the neighbourhood: on the edge of a village the stop can be far.
- Services. The doctor, nursery and big shop are often in the next neighbourhood; check how far.
- Ground and heating. Part of Ostrava is undermined by coal mining; at an address we show whether it lies in an undermined area. In winter, home heating adds most to the air on the edges.
- New development. The edges see the most building; for new streets, check that they already have a catchment school and a stop.
Where the woods are closest in Ostrava is in the guide green neighbourhoods of Ostrava; with a dog, see the guide living with a dog in Ostrava.
Frequently asked questions
Which Ostrava neighbourhoods have a village character?
In the west Krásné Pole, Plesná and Polanka nad Odrou, in the south Stará Bělá, Nová Bělá and Proskovice, in the north Hošťálkovice, Petřkovice and Lhotka; others include Martinov, Antošovice, Koblov and Hrabová. All of them are part of Ostrava and served by public transport.
How long is the trip from the edge of Ostrava to the centre?
From a typical Ostrava address it takes 27 minutes by public transport to the centre; for the edge neighbourhoods the median trip is in the "To the centre" row of the comparison. Whether a tram runs or only a bus makes the difference.
Is housing cheaper on the edge of Ostrava?
The rent in the neighbourhood is in the first row of the comparison; on the edge, though, people more often live in their own house than rent. Městomat does not track house prices yet.
