The diploma thesis The Potential of the Morava River in Olomouc deals with the use of the river and the coastal areas in the current cities. Access to the rivers and their contribution to the city has been explored on selected foreign and Czech realizations. Based on acquired theoretical and practical experience, the principles of designing coastal zones in cities were formulated. The second part of the thesis deals with the concrete design of the coastal area around the Morava river in Olomouc. The solved territory is located in the very heart of the city and is a key area of planned flood protection of the city. The proposal seeks to enrich the water management solution with recreational elements and instead to integrate more into the citys structure.