Svitavy

Svitavy is a city in Pardubice region in the Czech republic. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. The city is known as a birthplace of Oskar Schindler, credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, and known from the film Schindler's List

This city of about 16,000 people (2026) is about 60 km from both Pardubice and Brno.

• 49.75916.481 Svitavy railway station. Svitavy railway station (Czech Pardubice hlavní nádraží) is located about 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) east from town centre of Svitavy.  (updated Nov 2026)

The Svitavy railway station lies on railway between Prague - Brno - Vienna. There are severl fast (R) trains from Prague, which go for 2 hours; and three express trains - one ČD train departing just after midnight and two RegioJet trains, all the express trains go for about 1h50min.

From Brno, there are even more direct connections, where rides take from 50 minutes to 1 hour.

Svitavy is connected with Brno by I/43 road. From Prague, you have to go along D11 highway near Hradec Králové (exit 84), then turn to D35 highway (parts of it are still unfinished as of 11/2026, so part of the route is on the I/35 road), and at exit 200, turn to Svitavy.

The town is able to be safely walked.

• Peace Square (Náměstí Míru).  

• 49.7589616.479271 Buffet at train station (Bufet na vlakovém nádraží), 5. května 322/26, ☏ +420 735 219 066. Mon-Fri 08:00-15:00.  (updated Nov 2026)
• 49.7541416.465482 Restaurace Astra, Edvarda Beneše 1970/19, ☏ +420 461 532 451, astra.sy@seznam.cz. Mon-Sat 10:00-24:00, Sun 10:00-23:00.  (updated Nov 2026)