Vítkovice or Zábřeh?
Two neighbours south of the centre of Ostrava. Vítkovice grew around the ironworks and has brick workers’ colonies and Dolní oblast, Zábřeh is a neighbourhood of housing estates in the Ostrava-Jih district with Bělský les within reach.
The two border each other south of the centre of Ostrava. They differ mainly in their buildings: older brick houses and colonies against panel housing estates. The table is computed live from the data; the better value in each row is highlighted.
| Vítkovice | Zábřeh | |
|---|---|---|
| 2+kk rent a month | 10 000 Kč | 11 500 Kč |
| To the centre | 13 min | 21 min |
| From the centre at night | 35 min | 35 min |
| Addresses with a supermarket within 500 m | 18 % | 55 % |
| Restaurants and cafés | 11 | 20 |
| Bars and pubs | 1 | 10 |
| Parks and forests of the area | 8 % | 15 % |
| To a park | 217 m | 205 m |
| Noisy addresses (Lden) | 86 % | 72 % |
| Noisy addresses at night | 93 % | 81 % |
| Summer surface temperature next to the city average | +6.3 °C | +3.5 °C |
| Trees and shrubs as a share of the area | 11 % | 24 % |
| Addresses with a playground within 500 m | 46 % | 89 % |
| Nurseries and primary schools per 1,000 residents | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| GPs and pharmacies per 1,000 residents | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| Addresses with a sports ground or gym within 500 m | 16 % | 31 % |
| Addresses with a cinema, theatre, museum or library within 500 m | 34 % | 17 % |
| Addresses with a dog park within 500 m | 34 % | 0 % |
| Blocks of flats with a lift | 3 % | 22 % |
| Homes completed after 1990 | 26 % | 9 % |
| Addresses with a low radon index | 100 % | 100 % |
| Addresses off undermined land and landslides | 0 % | 65 % |
| Addresses in an unprotected flood zone | 0 % | 0 % |
| Restaurants, shops and services per 1,000 residents | 24 | 15 |
| Growth in restaurants, shops and services over a year | +3.4 % | +4.1 % |
| Addresses near frequent accidents | 4 % | 5 % |
| Flats in homes completed in the last three years | 65 | 7 |
| Flats on district heating | 27 % | 81 % |
| Addresses with fibre to the house | 2 % | 51 % |
Vítkovice
A neighbourhood that grew around the Vítkovice ironworks. Workers’ colonies of red brick, the town hall on Mírové náměstí and the Dolní oblast Vítkovic, where the old blast furnaces became a place for concerts and exhibitions. It has the Vítkovice hospital and the medical faculty of the University of Ostrava. It suits anyone drawn to the industrial atmosphere who wants the centre close.
Zábřeh
A neighbourhood of the Ostrava-Jih district with the old core of a former village and housing estates that grew around it. It lies closer to the centre and to Vítkovice, Ostravar Aréna stands here, and the Bělský les forest begins on its southern edge. It suits anyone who wants a housing estate with woods within reach and a shorter trip to the centre.
Which to choose
Look at the rows of the table that matter most to you:
- You want a flat on a housing estate: the guide to housing estates in Ostrava.
- You want green space by the house: the row with parks and forests and the guide to the green neighbourhoods of Ostrava.
- 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.
Vítkovice is compared with Mariánské Hory in the guide Vítkovice or Mariánské Hory?, Zábřeh with Poruba in Poruba or 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 is.
Frequently asked questions
Is it better to live in Vítkovice or Zábřeh?
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, Vítkovice or Zábřeh?
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.
