Now that the Czech property market has re-awoken in the past year to be one of the strongest markets in the world there has been much talk about the country's two major cities - Prague and Brno.

But what about the other Czech cities? Where are they, what are they and are there any property investment opportunities there?

In this first part of series looking at Czech second tier cities, Simon Tweddle, Property Secrets' Chief Analyst takes a look at Ostrava.

Where is Ostrava? And what's all the fuss about?

Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, and the biggest city of the Moravian-Sliesian region, with over 300,000 inhabitants and 1,200,000 people living within a radius of 50 km and 7,000,000 people living within a radius of 150 km.