and inter-city public transport options include inter-city buses, České dráhy, and Deutsche Bahn via the Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt railway. Karlovy Vary Airport is an international airport located southeast from the city centre, at the village of Olšová Vrata. Culture In the 19th century, Karlovy Vary became a popular tourist destination, especially known for international celebrities who visited for spa treatment. The city is also known for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which is one of the oldest in the world and one of Europe's major film events. The city has been used as the location for a number of film-shoots, including the 2006 films Last Holiday and Casino Royale, both of which used the city's Grandhotel Pupp in different guises. Moreover, the Palace Bristol Hotel in Karlovy Vary had been used as a model for The Grand Budapest Hotel. Sport Karlovy Vary is home to the top-tier ice hockey club HC Karlovy Vary, and the top-tier volleyball club VK Karlovarsko. The city is also represented by the football club FC Slavia Karlovy Vary, which plays in the third tier of the Czech football system. Sights Karlovy Vary is notable for its large concentration of monuments and architecturally valuable buildings. The origin of most of them is connected with the spa tradition of the city. Since 2018, the spa centre of the city along the Teplá river and the wider surroundings with the spa cultural landscape have been protected as an urban monument reservation. As part of the Great Spa Towns of Europe, Karlovy Vary became a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its spas and architecture from the 18th through 20th centuries. Churches Catholic Church of Saint Mary Magdalene – built by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer in 1737 Orthodox Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral – 1898 Protestant Church of Saints Peter and Paul – 1856 Church of Saint Anne – 1745 Greek Catholic cemetery Church of Saint Andrew – 1500 Methodist Church of Saint Luke – 1877 Ruins of the Church of Saint Leonard of Noblac from 1246 Synagogue (opened 1994) Notable people Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821–1895), Austrian scientist Ignaz Ziegler (1861–1948), Austrian-Czech rabbi Walter Serner (1889–1942), writer, dadaist Karl Hermann Frank (1898–1946), Nazi official Walter Becher (1912–2005), German-Czech politician Zbyněk Brynych (1927–1995), film director Gerda Mayer (born 1927), English poet Georg Riedel (born 1934), Swedish musician and composer Karin Stoiber (born 1943), former First Lady of Bavaria Rudolf Křesťan (born