Czech TRAVELING

Two new museums open in the Czech Republic / Otevrela se dve nova muzea

I found an information on 2 very different museums that just opened in the Czech Republic.

THE FIRST ONE is the open-air folk museum in Straznice. Straznice is a small town in South Moravia, also called Slovacko because it is so close to Slovakia. The museum features local village architecture and shows the life in the past centuries. The local land has been altered to look like the typical countryside in the early 17th century, where the main building comes from 1612.

The houses in this museum are built from timber and the holes between the beams are plugged with moss and mud. Yet since they are covered with white plaster, they look like brick houses. The chimneys are also very unusual since they end blow the roof. [click to continue…]

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I bet you have not been to ALL of these Czech places! / Vsadim se s vami, ze jste nebyli vsude!


If you thought you have been everywhere in the Czech Republic, think twice. Or rather look at these pictures and make mental notes which places you have yet to visit. They are beautiful.

CZ: Krasne fotky Ceske Republiky! Vsadim se, ze jste nebyli vsude!

Ta Nase Zeme Ceska 1 (click here)

(by Herbert Novotny)

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New exciting place to visit the next time you go to CR: The Crystal Touch gallery / Pri pristim vylete do Cech se nezapomente podivat do galerie Kristaloveho Doteku

A new and unique gallery has opened in a historically very important Czech town called Terezin. The gallery is called  ‘Kristalovy Dotek’ (The Crystal Touch) and the Czech minister of defense went as far as to comparing it to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What exactly is it? It exhibits the hand imprints of famous people, but the hands are imprinted into the Czech crystal glass. How fancy is that?! [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: art, celebrities

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Beautiful pictures of the Czech Republic in Autumn / Krasne fotky podzimni Ceske Republiky

Prachovske skaly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Giant lake Milada – a new tourist attraction? / Obri jezero Milada – nova turisticka atrakce?

A giant Czech man-made lake Milada (located in the northern part of the Czech Republic) may be a ready-to-use tourist attraction by the year 2013. It came to life after a deserted coal pit was filled with 35 thousand million liters of water and flooded three former villages.

Milada is not the only such lake. It is one of the other 3 lakes which were created the same way. Water re-cultivation appears to be an inexpensive way how to beautify the land which was devastated by coal mining.

The locals hope the site to become another Macha’s lake, a place of leisure, filled with thousands of swimmers, dock yards, hotels and cyclists. All this will depend on whether the local community has the money to fund these recreational projects or not.

However, the lake has also a couple of drawbacks. Since it is located in a giant pit, the wind is almost non-existent, which will discourage yachtsmen from coming. The banks are also quite unstable, causing frequent mini-land slides. What is more is that the area still has coal deposits underground (about 100 million tons), which is about 2 to 3 years worth of supply for the whole Czech Republic. [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: ecology, sports, tourism

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Top 12 most beautiful mirracles of the Czech nature / 12 nejkrasnejsich prirodnich zazraku ceske republiky

The following list is definitely worth printing out or even memorize if you are planning on visiting the Czech Republic. If you were indecisive about what places to visit, your problem is solved! Here are the top 12 nature landmarks in the Czech Republic. If you want to see a picture of each of them, click here (although the text is in Czech, do not despair,their list has the same number order as mine so go by the numbers). And in case  you want to find out more about these places, just click on each one and it will link you to a more-in-depth resource.

CZ: Novinky.cz zverejnily moc hezky list 12-ti nejkrasnejsich prirodnich zazraku v Cechach. Clovek by si je mel asi vsechny zapamatovat, aby mohl nejenze imponoval sve neceske zname, ale aby je mohl vsechny v tom svem kratkem zivote navstivit a pokochat se jimi!

1. The Southern Bohemian desert in Trebonsko (Poust v Jiznich Cechach)
2.The Prokop Valley (Prokopske udoli)
3. Primeval forest in Beskydy (Prales v Beskydech) [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: ecology, nature, practical, UNESCO

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A glimpse of a beautiful Czech spring / Letmy pohled na ceske jaro

I am sorry but I just had to post this photo. It gives me goosebumps  and brings tears into my eyes every time I look at it! Why the goosebumps? It’s just a thrill for me to watch a running horse (I can’t even imagine the thrill of actually riding a horse! I would probably get a heart attack from it). Why those tears? My mind longs and aches to go back there, to actually physically experience the beauty of a Czech spring: the numberless dandelions everywhere , the smell of a fresh grass and freshly blossomed flowers, and of course the newly awakened Czech forest…

Now let me introduce you to Dorian, an exquisite black horse owned by one of my dear Czech friends.

CZ: Omlouvam se, ale musela jsem vam tuto fotku proste ukazat. Neni nadherna? Nejen ze z ni mam husi kuzi, ale take se mi trosku zamlhuji oci slzami. Vzbouzi ve mne vzpominky a pocity z detsvti (mladi), kdy jsme v Cechach na louce pletli vence z  pampelisek, slunili se na cerstve jarni travicce a prochazeli se probouzejicim se lesem.

Seznamte se s Dorianem, krasnym cernym konickem, jehoz majitelkou je jedna moje velmi dobra ceska kamaradka.


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How well do you know the Czech Republic? / Jak dobre znate svoji rodnou zem?

Here is a fun activity. See how well do you know the geography (locations of particular cities) of the Czech Republic. I am not even going to tell you my final score because it would be quite embarrassing.

Take the quiz right here (click here).

CZ: Vite presne kde lezi Hradec Kralove? Nebo Decin? A co treba Bruntal? Otestujte si sve zemepisne znalosti a uvidite, jak na tom jste. Ja jsem dopadla docela krusne….ani vam neprozradim kolik bodu jsem sklidila, ponevadz to neni nic moc.

Test muzete najit zde (kliknete zde) - take muzete cele webove stranky prepnout do cestiny, jestli chcete.

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Tagged as: geography, quiz, travel

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Old pictures of Prague….Ubelievable!/ Fotky stare Prahy….Neuveritelne!

Enjoy some vintage pictures of Praha! The following link shows some incredible pictures of old Prague, starting with a shot of Charles Bridge in the year 1900. Most images are from 1937 and 1947 but one goes all the way to 1890!

After viewing all of these wonderful images I see that the center of Prague has really not changed much at all. And that is a very good thing!

CZ: Prohlednete si krasne fotky stare Prahy! Vetsina fotek pochazi z roku 1937 a 1947, ale jedna je jiz z roku 1890!! Neuveritelne…

Je uklidnujici, ze centrum Prahy se od te doby nastesti moc nezmenilo.


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Beautiful photos of the Czech Republic! / Krasne fotky Ceske Republiky!

The Ceske Noviny newspaper (on-line) had a photo contest regarding the most interesting places in the Czech Republic. There are bunch of contestants and vast of amazing pictures to chose from. Check them out! The names are pretty self-explanatory (usually it is a name of a city) but if you need something to translate, let me know.

View the pictures here (click here).

CZ: Ceske Noviny poradaji fotosoutez nejzajimavejsich mist Ceske Republiky a soutezici se opravdu vytahli. Vyber je obrovsky a temata se blyskaji ruznorodosti. Nebudete se nudit! Prohlednete si je zde (kliknete zde).

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