In Budějovice
Hvězdárna a planetárium České Budějovice
On foot 22 min · By car 6 min
The observatory and planetarium suit an evening or a day when weather is poor. The second public observatory in Bohemia arose in 1937 from a collection by amateur astronomers — no single patron. The planetarium still uses a projector from 1961.
The observatory stands in park Háječek by the river, a quarter of an hour on foot from the square. People come for shows: under the planetarium dome for forty-eight spectators the sky, constellations and films are projected; for the smallest children there are fairy tales, and in clear weather you look through a telescope from the dome at the Sun or the Moon. Reservation is needed for the shows.
Practical details
- On foot 22 min · By car 6 min
- Opening hours: bez volné prohlídky — jen konkrétní pořady s rezervací přes hvezdarnacb.cz
On site
The dome with the telescope sits on the original functionalist building from the 1930s; the cylindrical planetarium extension with astronomical sgraffito by Jan Hala grows beside it. The garden was originally planted as botanical — you can walk it outside show times. In the planetarium hall the original Zeiss instrument from 1961 stands in the centre, not as a exhibit but as equipment still in use.