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Colours of Ostrava - music festival in an industrial environment

Writer: Helena Bergström

For several days we've been hanging out at the Colours of Ostrava music festival in Ostrava in the eastern Czech Republic. We will tell you more about the festival and the concerts later, but we have to start by showing some pictures from the festival area. This is definitely the coolest festival environment we've ever seen!

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Colours of Ostrava Festival

The Colours of Ostrava festival is organised every year in Ostrava and since 2012 the festival is held in Dolní Vitkovice - an old area of blast furnaces and ironworks.

Old industrial area gets new life

The big rusty industrial buildings, the long pipes and the huge gas bells should perhaps be a blot on the city, but they provide a fantastically cool backdrop to the festival.

You wander around the abandoned industrial buildings as neon lights flood the rusty walls - and suddenly, somewhere in one of the towers, spectacular fires sparkle.

There are food and beer stalls everywhere and of course the area is full of music stages. Here's a little picture bomb describing the actual festival environment. You can also read more at festival website.

Peter and Anna from the blog New York - my bite of the big apple, who has also written about Ostrava and the festival.

Concerts on stage

We saw some concerts, or parts of concerts on the music stages, and here are pictures from them as well.

We saw the Norwegian artist Susanne Sundfør, among others.

Bolt Tower

One of the buildings on the site is the 78 metre high 'Bolt Tower'. The tower is built on top of the blast furnace and is designed to resemble the fire that used to rage here. Today you can get to the tower by lift and then stairs, to check out the view or visit the café located up there. The tower is named after world champion and Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, who has visited Ostrava several times in the 'Ostrava Golden Spike'.

Helena

17 July 2016 6:00

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Ama de casa says:

But gosh what a cool environment! And the tower - WOW! I can think of one who will really like this, a clue that the name starts with B and ends with P... 😉 .

17 July 2016 - 6:25

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Musikanta says:

Must be an experience just to walk around this old industrial area. Nice that they have also organised a music festival here.
Ingrid

17 July 2016 - 6:46

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Lennart says:

Great environment!

17 July 2016 - 6:58

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Lena - gott för själen says:

But shit what a cool environment! Really worth just looking at the pictures from the area!

Hug Lena

17 July 2016 - 8:07

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nils-åke hansson says:

The festival area in an old ironworks among blast furnaces and dog tracks can get even cooler. The hope is that the girls will be left alone to enjoy the good atmosphere and not be groped.
You really get to experience a lot
Stay well

17 July 2016 - 8:21

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Steve says:

Truly a cool festival environment. Like ama de casa, I think BP will go crazy when she sees this.

17 July 2016 - 8:55

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Maria says:

Oh, so cool environment! Almost a little "ghostly" on something we also ....
Hugs/Maria

17 July 2016 - 9:04

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Lena i Wales says:

What a place!
Imagine what you can do with industrial culture!
Take care!

17 July 2016 - 9:32

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Lisa / livet från den ljusa sidan says:

Wow, what an incredibly cool environment!

17 July 2016 - 9:35

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Ditte says:

The original leak! It's great that this industrial environment is being utilised and I understand that both the mood and atmosphere are at their peak. Wishing you continued good days.

17 July 2016 - 10:01

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Gunnel says:

It was certainly a different environment for a festival.

17 July 2016 - 10:23

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Inga Magnusson says:

A festive contrast to what we usually see as a festival environment. It's usually muddy lawns ;- ) Have a great day!

17 July 2016 - 10:23

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Geddfish says:

Really cool and delicious! And I write as Ama, my thought is also that someone who starts with B will love this 😀 Cool!
They have done it well!
All the best for the future 😀.

17 July 2016 - 10:24

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Matts Torebring says:

How cool! Many people just let things fall into disrepair, especially real estate. As a true entrepreneur, I usually think, "What could this be used for"; "Is it possible to use this for something". Here they have succeeded!

17 July 2016 - 10:38

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Annie - lättlagat vegokäk says:

Wow how cool it looks! So good to create new uses for old buildings!

17 July 2016 - 11:59

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DianasDrömmar says:

Cool 🙂 hugs

17 July 2016 - 12:26

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Emilie says:

God what a cool environment!!!

17 July 2016 - 18:25

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BP says:

Love such environments! Great that they have not demolished the blast furnaces but use the area for concerts. You should send the link to this post to the City of Stockholm. Because Cementa's plant in Liljeholmen is on its last legs, as it will be moved to Loudden. There is a similar area that could be utilised just like there in the Czech Republic.

17 July 2016 - 19:09

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Ama de casa, haha, love your clue 😉 .

Musikanta, it was really an experience to walk around here! And it's great that they found a way to use the old industrial area!

Lennart, right?

Lena, glad you liked the pictures! We loved to walk around here and look and take pictures, soooo cool environment to experience 🙂 🙂.

Nils-Åke, yes, one can really hope so! What we experienced from the people at the festival was that it was a very nice and friendly atmosphere. People were happy, but we saw very few who were too drunk and we saw no fights or anything like that.

Steve, haha, it's so nice to know each other a bit like this in the blog world 😉.

Maria, yes it is a very special environment with all the abandoned buildings and industries. Fit sooo heavenly perfect for the festival 🙂.

Lena in Wales, yes I thought it was so cool that they found a perfect way to use this area!

Lisa, right?

Ditte, I also think it's so smart to find a good way to utilise an area like this. It really suited the festival perfectly!

Gunnel, yes, I have never experienced anything like this, but the area really added to the atmosphere of the festival in some way!

Inga Magnusson, there wasn't much mud here either (despite some rain), as it was mostly gravel and not grass.

Geddfish, I also think they have done well. And then I say as I wrote to Steve, it's fun to know each other a little in the blog world 😉.

Matts Torebring, isn't it? This is an area that would otherwise be quite boring. Now they've thought about it and found a new great area of use!

Annie, I also thought it was really smart, and I really liked the atmosphere of this area!

BP, glad you liked it (as several previous here guessed ;)). I actually do not know that facility in Liljeholmen, I will probably have to check it out 😉.

17 July 2016 - 20:27

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Jenn - forever abroad says:

It seems really cool!

Psst see some images with yellow text "advertising image *size*" on your blog - it may be a bit under construction but suspect that they will be replaced by banner ads? Just thought if you did not know that they are visible that I would let you know! 🙂

17 July 2016 - 21:22

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TantGlad says:

Honourable, and have a great new week!!!

17 July 2016 - 22:37

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Anette says:

Agree, really cool environment. Like the contrast, abandoned old industry and full of living, happy people. Lovely pictures ?

18 July 2016 - 8:22

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Elisabeth says:

Definitely a different environment for a festival. Hopefully there is better women's peace there, because otherwise there seem to be many nooks and crannies.

18 July 2016 - 8:35

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Ida Marken says:

Super cool pictures!

18 July 2016 - 22:46

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Jenn, the festival area was really cool! Thanks for letting us know things you see on the blog. The idea is that we will sell adverts on the blog 😉.

Anette, right? I also like the contrasts 🙂 .

Elisabeth, yes, one hopes so! We saw only happy and pleasant atmosphere (very little of excessive drunkenness) and have also heard that there were no major problems.

Ida, glad you like them! 🙂

19 July 2016 - 19:14

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åsa i åsele says:

O M G really amazing 🙂 a real WOW experience.

Piteå is a relatively sun-safe little sweet northern town on the coast,
norrland delivers 🙂 so I am absolutely convinced that you will experience a Swedish northern summer 🙂.

20 July 2016 - 9:38

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Åsa in Åsele, it was really a great experience! And we look forward to Piteå 🙂

22 July 2016 - 14:09

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Colours of Ostrava - music festival in an industrial environment

Writer: Helena Bergström

Colours of Ostrava Festival

Old industrial area gets new life

Concerts on stage

Bolt Tower

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