but also by a wealth of game and fish, superb skiing areas and opportunities for hiking tours in the nearby Jesen�ky, Javorn�ky and Beskydy mountains. Lovers of art will also be impressed by the beautiful Gothic architecture of the Bouzov, Hukvaldy, Sovinec and �ternberk Castles, the amazing Renaissance and Baroque castles of Velk� Losiny, Brunt�l, Fr�dek M�stek, Nov� Ji��n and N�m칻 na Han�, as well as the unique folk architecture in Vset�n and Ro�nov pod Radho�t�m, set in a delightful mountain scenery. Construction of the Open Air Museum of Folk Architecture in Ro�nov pod Radho�t�m started in 1925.

The museum currently comprises 60 examples of Wallachian wooden houses. An ethnographic festival takes place here annually, complete with regional cooking and expositions of folk art, including clothing, pottery and the dyers' craft. This oldest and most popular museum of folk architecture in central Europe actually offers many interesting programmes throughout the year.

Make sure you visit Olomouc, a thriving university town in central Moravia which, with its 200 protected national monuments, is second only to Prague in terms of its efforts to preserve the historic beauty of its architectural heritage. The largest town of North Moravia, however, is Ostrava, a major industrial centre.