Bílina

A small spa town squeezed between the Bořeň rock and the coal basin — Lobkowicz castle above the square, the Kyselka spring park, and rail connections along the basin.

Bílina sits in the gap the river of the same name cuts between the České středohoří and the Krušné hory foothills, with the huge phonolite rock of Bořeň looming over the southern edge of town. The Lobkowicz family owned the town from 1502, and their castle still stands over the square. The other tradition is water: the Bílinská kyselka, an alkaline mineral water tapped since the early 18th century — Eleonora of Lobkowicz bought the springs in 1710 — with the old spa buildings set in a wooded park about a kilometre from the centre.

For walkers Bílina is chiefly the base for Bořeň and the surrounding basin-edge hills, with a railway station on the Ústí–Chomutov line.