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The gradual, never-ending emergence of new pools and dead branches in the Oder’s fluvial plain is a unique phenomenon in the Czech Republic, and the meandering stream with riverside vegetation makes the Oder one of the few rivers that fulfills all of its landscape and environmental functions. The Oder river basin, with rare bottomland forests, wetlands and pools, is interwoven with countless tourist trails, offering still more interesting sights to observant visitors. The village of Vrané-Hynčice offers the family home of Johann Gregor Mendel, the world-famous founder of modern genetic science, and the visitors’ center of the Moravské Kravařsko countryside. The château in Studénka holds a museum of railway carriages, much sought after by technology fans. Many locations in the region offer beautiful views, such as the lookout tower on Bílov Hill.

• Bartošovice – a former fortress, rebuilt into a chateau in the late 19th century. Period interior furnishings. A hotel and an official seat of the Poodří region. The castle gardens contain an educational trail, and a wildlife rescue station.
• Bernartice – forest mill: A technological monument with full mill gear, including a water wheel.
• Poodří – one of the newest nature preserves in the Czech Republic (declared in 1991). The Oder River, running through the area, retains its natural character as a flood basin with countless meanders, pools and backwaters.
• Pond system – Poodří is a famous pond-keeping region: There are 57 ponds with a total area of 694 hectares; a number of the pond systems date back to the Middle Ages. Fish farming; bird rest areas during spring and fall migration; bird nesting sites. The 23-kilometer Mlýnka channel is a technological monument.
• Kotvice – an educational trail and nature preserve, with the ponds Nový and Kotvice, and a former game preserve near the château in Nová Horka. A haven for countless waterfowl species.
• Fulnek – a residence of J.A. Komensky. The town is dominated by a large Renaissance château and a Baroque Capuchin monastery on the hills overlooking the town.
• Silver Lake near Fulnek – a former galena mine on the Pohořský hill near Jestřábí, abandoned since the mid-17th century, and gradually flooded to form a beautiful lake with many water and marsh plant species and numerous amphibian species.
• Studénka – a town with a tradition in the manufacture of railway carriages. The Baroque château holds a museum of railway carriages, documenting the history of rail transport and development of the rail network in the Czech lands. A functioning model HO railway (scale 1:87) with two track circuits.
• Příbor – one of the oldest towns of northeast Moravia. The town square boasts original Renaissance houses with arcades. The former Piarist College holds a permanent exhibition dedicated to Sigmund Freud, a local native and the founder of modern psychoanalysis.
• Sigmund Freud Museum – located in Příbor in a two-wing, one-story house where the famous psychiatrist was born on May 6, 1856. The museum includes an exhibition titled Sigmund Freud – the Man, unique in its concept.
• Chateau Kunín – a Baroque chateau, once the seat of one of the most modern educational institutions in Central Europe, also attended by famous Czech historian František Palacký. The château currently holds a museum. Tours include the château attic, with a unique Baroque chimney system.
• Skála Panny Marie (The Rock of the Blessed Virgin) – a pilgrimage site near the town of Odry. There is a stone altar with a sculpture of Virgin Mary in the rock cave with a drinking water spring. According to legend, the Virgin once saved a Swedish soldier from dying of thirst during the Thirty Years’ War.
• Giant Chessboard in v Bílovec – during reconstruction in 2007, a giant chessboard was created in the paving of the Silesian Square in the town of Bílovec. Its size of 8x8 meters makes it the largest stone chessboard in the Czech Republic, and a favorite pastime of both locals and visitors.
• The birth home of J. G. Mendel in Vražné-Hynčice – the founder of modern genetic science was born in house No. 69. The restored farming house now holds a visitors’ center and a museum documenting the life and work of the scientist.
• Odry – a historic urban preserve, includes the town square with Renaissance burgher houses, the sculpture of the Assumption from 1785, and a beautiful Neo-Classical fountain from 1897, created by local native and famous Viennese sculptor Emil Zimmerman.
• HEIpark Tošovice – a ski resort, offering visitors three T-lifts, two children’s rope lifts, snow tubing and a snowboard park, with regular ski slope upkeep and possible artificial snow. A bobsled track is available throughout the year.