⚙️ Explore the impressive Orlík Hydroelectric Power Plant and its massive dam.
🚶♀️ Take a guided tour through the engine room and dam, learning about electricity production and engineering marvels.
💡 Discover the operational secrets of a major hydroelectric power plant.
🏗️ Walk inside the dam and see the unique Kaplan turbine up close.
📚 Choose from expert, expert-popular, or popular guided explanations.
🚤 Combine your visit with a summer boat trip from Orlík Castle.
👨👩👧👦 Educational and engaging for all ages, with friendly guides.
⚠️ Active industrial operation – follow guide's instructions carefully.
🚧 Dam undergoing significant reconstruction until 2027.
Standard tours last 45-60 minutes.
For expert groups, arrangements must be made in advance during booking.
Free parking available directly in front of the Orlík power plant building, alongside the water.
Maintain clear access to the courtyard.
Main entrance is off the access road (turn right before Solenice village).
Look for the dam above you and a statue of the Vltava Poseidon.
If arriving by boat in summer, a pedestrian descent is required from the pier towards Solenice.
A stone staircase on a sharp left-hand bend leads to the power plant road.
🏆 The ten-bladed Kaplan turbine runner won an award at EXPO 58 in Brussels.
⛪ A whole church was relocated due to the dam's construction.
🚢 Boat transport on the Orlík reservoir has been operating since the water level was raised.
👷♂️ The chief builder personally inspected the dam's foundation on his knees.
⚛️ Freight transport was once planned to cross the dam for Temelín Nuclear Power Plant construction.
🇨🇿 Orlík is the most voluminous reservoir in the Czech Republic.