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We participated in the international scientific conference European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2025) in Vienna. Our colleague Ing. Jana Walterová, Ph.D., presented her ongoing research on the environmental part of the Spa Research Centre project. Her paper entitled Air quality issues in therapeutically exposed locations introduced the concept of a therapeutic spa landscape - i.e. an environment that through its complex effects (natural, social [...]

We attended a conference on mineral waters and spa tourism in the Polish spa town of Ciechocinek. The town is famous for its brine springs and its historically unique method of salt production using graduation towers. Today, these towers no longer serve an industrial purpose but function as a natural inhalatorium. The evaporation of the brine creates an aerosol rich in minerals, which generates a specific microclimate conducive to […]

We visited Ostrava and one of the most important strategic projects of equitable transformation in the Moravian-Silesian Region - the REFRESH project. This ambitious project is rightly described as the flagship of the region's transformation. The Institute of Spa and Balneology is implementing the Spa Research Centre project, which bears a similar designation within the Karlovy Vary Region. This is why we consider the linking of activities and sharing of experience between [...]