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Karlovy Vary
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city in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
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Karlovy Vary is a statutory city in the Czech Republic, situated within the Karlovy Vary District and Karlovy Vary Region. It serves as the capital of both the region and the district. The city was established in 1350 and is located at an elevation of 447 meters above sea level. It shares borders with Hory, Otovice, Březová, and Nová Role, and contains the administrative entities of Cihelny, Doubí, Hůrky, and Olšová Vrata.
The population of Karlovy Vary is recorded as 63,506. The city operates in the Central European Summer Time zone, with UTC offsets of +01:00 and +02:00. Its postal codes range from 360 01 to 364 64, and it uses the license plate code K. Karlovy Vary is twinned with Baden-Baden, Cassino, Bernkastel-Kues, and Omsk.
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Place details
- Locality
- Karlovy Vary
- Region
- Karlovarský kraj
- Country
- Česko
- Population
- 45,500
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Charles IV
- Official name
- Karlsbad
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Population
- 49073
- Area
- 59.081798
- Elevation
- 447
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Teplá
- Capital of
- Karlovy Vary District
- Shares border with
- Loket
- Headquarters
- Karlovy Vary
- Official website
- mmkv.cz
- Image
- Karlovy Vary - 2021 2.jpg
- Licence plate code
- K
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- twinned administrative body
- Locarno
- Commons category
- Karlovy Vary
- topic's main category
- Category:Karlovy Vary
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Karlovy Vary
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Karlovy Vary
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Karlovy Vary
- postal code
- 360 01–364 64
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- Karlovy Vary
- inception
- 1350-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1349-01-01
- native label
- Karlovy Vary
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- owner of
- KV Arena
- P6482
- Karlovy Vary
- IPA transcription
- /ˈkarlovɪ ˈvarɪ/
- historical region
- Bohemia
- number of houses
- 5218
- mean age
- 45.8
- phone number
- +420-353-151-111
- fax number
- +420-353-151-400
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Travel guide
Understand
Karlovy Vary, meaning "Charles' Bath", was named after Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, who founded the city in 1370. It is famous for its hot springs and its colorful and whimsical architecture. For these reasons, it was a popular tourist destination starting in the 18th century with guests including Tsar Peter the Great, Emperor Franz Josef I, Beethoven, Goethe, Wagner, Brahms, Leo Tolstoy, and Karl Marx. Tourism ground to a halt during World War I and the city never fully regained its former glory. After World War II, the largely German-speaking city was cleared of its inhabitants and replaced with Czech settlers. Czech remains the major language today but the signs of German culture and heritage are still very evident. The three spa towns in West Bohemia – Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně and Františkovy Lázně – are known as the West Bohemian Spa Triangle, and all three are part of the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" UNESCO world heritage site shared with eight other cities around the continent.
The town, along with Prague, was the filming location of many scenes identified as being in Montenegro in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale.
Get around
The town can comfortably be covered on foot, but a car or motorcycle is useful for exploring the surrounding areas.
Bus travel is very cheap. A week ticket for 220 Kč also gives you a trip on the Diana funicular. A ticket can be useful if you need to make trips up and down the river for whatever reason.
See
200px|thumbnail|Mill colonnade has six springs
Eat
thumb|"Spa wafers" (Czech: lázeňské oplatky) Karlovy Vary is famous for its spa wafers. They come in various flavors and are best when warm. The wafers are sold at street stands in Karlovy Vary, and can also be purchased at grocery stores throughout the Czech Republic.
Drink
Jan Becher invented the liquor that bears his name (Becherovka) in Karlovy Vary. However, it is an acquired taste.
Some establishments on the river charge twice the price of places 20 m or more off the main drag, so shop around for a place to drink.
Connect
As of Sep 2021, Karlovy Vary has 4G from O2 and T-Mobile, and 5G from Vodafone. Wifi is widely available in public places.
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Encyclopedic overview
Karlovy Vary ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈkarlovɪ ˈvarɪ] ; German: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled Carlsbad in English) is a spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá rivers.
Karlovy Vary is named after Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Bohemia, who founded the city in the 14th century. The site of numerous hot springs, the city grew into a spa resort in the 19th century and was a popular destination for the European aristocracy and other luminaries. Karlovy Vary's rapid growth was brought to an end by the outbreak of World War I. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Karlovy Vary once again became a major tourist destination.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karlovy Vary” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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