Glassworks Jílek
The Jílek glassworks has been here for more than 120 years. It honors the traditions of glassmaking and manufactures products that are very popular thanks to their wide range of colors and rich selection of optics and shapes. Today's glassworks is not just a place of production. It is also open to visitors and strives to make life in the city more pleasant. It participates in city events and opens its doors to tourists. It has a company store and two unusual cafés – Café Lusk and Druhá Kolej, where glass is not just a display item, but acts as a mediator between the glassworks and people. You can enjoy the glassworks with all your senses. The glassworks building itself is one of the most interesting technical monuments.
The glassworks recommends visiting the beautiful glassworks and soaking up the atmosphere of a real glassmaking operation that has been in operation for more than 120 years. A visit will not only bring you the experience of the art of local glassmakers, but also offer gastronomic experiences. Everyone can buy and take home a small glass souvenir as a memento of their trip to this beautiful region, the glass town. And you can wash it down with delicious coffee or treat yourself to sweets from local confectioners at Druhá Kolej (seasonal "togo") or Kavárna Lusk. Also related to glass is the restored glass railway from Česká Kamenice to Kamenický Šenov, which today operates seasonally for tourist purposes, so everything can be combined into a one-day trip full of unusual experiences.