Good question…. Brno lies in the eastern foothills of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, at the confluence of the Svratka and Svitava rivers. It is the traditional capital of Moravia. North of Brno is the Moravian Karst, a region famous for its caves, grottoes, and gorges. There...
In the Czech Republic, you have a birthday AND a name day (svatek). People text you happy name day and you get small gifts and so on from friends and relatives. It’s a neat idea really. If you buy a Czech diary, it lists the...
I have tried to avoid this topic directly for some time but the masses of Stag Party revelers you see in Prague disturb me and actually anger me in the way that they treat the Czech Republic and the Czech female generally. There is a...
Living in the Czech Republic I occasionally come across folks with very funny names. For example, there is an actress/model here with the last name Bendova! and another with the last name Partysova! Of course these names are funny because they mean something in English...
Czech President Vaclav Klaus is already a controversial figure taking strong positions against global warming and the EU – both of which he likens to communism – but now he really is famous – for stealing a pen in full public view at a treaty...
Working in the Czech Republic means that you pay Czech taxes. Interestingly, there is a flat tax here of just 15% on income which is rather progressive. Of course, you then get hit with social security (4.5%) and health care taxes (6.5%) too. All sounds...
Before “Miss Czech Republic” existed, there was a similar pageant that took place between 1966 and 1979, known as Girl of the Year. Alžběta Štrkulová, a popular TV presenter in the Czech Republic, won in 1967. At the time, she was the most successful titleholder...
One thing that the Czech Republic has by the bucket load is castles and chateaus. Many are simply spectacular and many are truly romantic. Here are a few I have visited…
Czech health care is provided by the State via payroll taxes and ‘medical insurance’. There are a number of insurers who are basically representing the Czech State as opposed to private insurers. Of course, there is also private medicine and that too is reasonable but...
Then think again. The founder of Porsche, one Ferdinand Porsche, was actually born in what would be the Czech Republic but at the time was simply the Austro-Hungarian empire. Ferdinand Porsche was born to German-speaking parents in Maffersdorf near Reichenberg in northern Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (today...
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