About Havirov
The largest town in the Czech Republic without its own university, Havirov sits in the Karvina District of the Moravian-Silesian Region with about 77,449 people wandering its streets, chatting over coffee or indulging in some dumplings of some sort or another. Founded after World War II, it's the youngest city in the country with an economy based in coal mining. It was actually built on top of several villages with the locals being given apartments in the new city, as their own homes were demolished to make way for the new urban sprawl that was built in the style of Socialist Realism (think Stalinist architecture). Today it's also where you can find coworking venues popping up in its streets to cater to its out-of-the-box thinkers.
Havirov may not be a tech hub, but it is a part of the Czech startup scene that is on the rise with companies such as Avast and AVG having roots in the Czech Republic. It seems that every day there are new startups emerging with plenty of job vacancies for skilled IT workers. With a population of around the 11-million mark plus a new hip name "Czechia", the country is seeing startups patenting their know-how and registering brands bringing their ideas into the realms of reality. Many innovators in the Czech Republic are in the fields of financing and IT, but there is a broad spectrum of markets happening such as "Mooveez", which teaches you English by watching movies or "Neuron Soundware" that uses sound to detect a mechanical issue.
Coworking spaces are packed with feel-good vibes, as the intrepid locals are very much into knowledge sharing and collaborating whilst munching on the odd bit of gingerbread.