Brtníky is a small village serving as the northern gateway to Bohemian Switzerland National Park. Sitting right on the border of the Lusatian Mountains and the Elbe Sandstones, it's a natural starting point for exploring this striking landscape.

The surrounding countryside is defined by sandstone rock towers, wooded valleys and quiet border-region charm, with a different mood in every season - lively with hikers in summer, peaceful and misty in autumn and winter.

• The blue trail and cycling route No. 3032 head to the Křinice valley and on to the Czech-German border near the vanished settlement of Zadní Doubice.
• The green trail toward Doubice passes the Owl Cave (Soví jeskyně), the rock overhang known as the Great Prussian Camp, and the ruins of Brtnický hrádek.
• The red trail and cycling route No. 3014 run east to Vlčí Hora.
• The valleys of Brtnický potok, Křinice and Kyjovské údolí hold numerous climbing areas with 472 registered routes; climbing is banned in spring near nesting bird sites.

• Traditional half-timbered cottages with log ground floors and slate- or wood-clad upper storeys resting on a distinctive podstávka support structure.
• A preserved Way of the Cross leading to restored chapels of the Holy Trinity and the Holy Sepulchre on Křížový vrch.
• A late 19th-century neo-Gothic cemetery chapel faced with fired brick.

The baroque Church of St. Martin, built 1709-1717, was demolished in 1975, and until 1994 a classicist hunting lodge called Šternberk stood just south of the village.