In the last years arose here many super- and hypermarkets. In Hradec there are some hotels. The Amber hotel Černigov and Hotel Alessandria are the oldest hotels in town. The new hotels are Hotel by Queen Elizabeth or Villa Christina. In the town there are many private accommodations. The town has big possibility to education. There are many primary schools. In town there are four grammar schools. One of them is private. In town there are two industrial schools for architects and for machine engineer. And here there is secondary school for a nurse, too. In Hradec there is University. Our University has two faculties – Pedagogical Faculty and Faculty of informatics and management. There are two Faculties from Charles University – Medical Faculty and Pharmacy Faculty. Life in Hradec Králové has many cultural sides. In Hradec have we three theatres. The Václav Kliment Klicpera Theater is the best theater in Czech Republic in years 1998-1999. The well-known producer of this theater is controversy producer Moravek. Klicpera´s Theater has four scenes. The next theater in Hradec is Dragon Theater. It is world well-known puppet theater. And the last theater is Jesličky. This is theater for beginning actress. In Hradec there is the Municipal symphony orchestra and a several art galleries. In town we have the States scientific Library. In Nový Hradec Králové there is observatory and planetarium. In town there many sports grounds with modern equipment. On the bank of Orlice there are winter stadium with two ice rinks and hotel with accommodation. Ice hockey club from Hradec plays the second highest league in Czech Republic. In Hradec there is many football ground. The biggest is on the bank of Orlice. Here plays football club from Hradec the highest league. The stadium is very old and don’t correspond to the UEFA’s norms. In Malšovice there is a big tennis stadium. A new tennis ground arose in the last year on the bank of Elbe next to the Hospital. We have swimming pool with 50m run and the Aqua centre.