Bakov nad Jizerou (German: Backofen an der Iser) is a town in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,400 inhabitants.

Bakov nad Jizerou consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):

The name Bakov is derived from the name of its probable founder, a man named Bak.

Bakov nad Jizerou is located about 6 km (4 mi) north of Mladá Boleslav and 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Prague. Most of the municipal territory lies in the Jičín Uplands, but it also extends to the Jizera Table on the west. The highest point is a contour line on the slopes of the Baba hill at 329 m (1,079 ft) above sea level. The town proper is situated on the left bank of the Jizera River, at its confluence with the Kněžmostka Stream.

Bakov nad Jizerou was probably founded during the colonization of Bohemia at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. The first written mention of Bakov is from 1345, when it was bought from the Hradiště Monastery by Markvart of Zvířetice. He made it the centre of the Zvířetice estate. The village survived the Hussite Wars unscathed and continued to develop. In 1497, Bakov was promoted to a town.

In 1643, during the Thirty Years' War, Bakov was burned down by the Swedish army. During the second half of the 17th century, the town gradually recovered. Bakov also regularly suffered from floods, so in 1753 the bed of the Jizera was diverted further away from the town.

Bakov was traditionally an agricultural settlement. From the 16th to the 18th century, pottery was an important source of livelihood for the inhabitants. From the end of the 17th century, knitting from bulrush was a characteristic craft for the town.

The D10 motorway from Prague to Turnov runs next to the town.