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ECO-friendly Czech Republic: Multilevel garage for bicycles / Ekologicke Cechy: parkovaci dum pro kola

I knew that the Czech Republic is very bicycle-friendly but I had no idea stuff like this was going on – czech this out! A city in the Czech Republic called Hradec Kralove decided to built a huge muli-level, super ecological and super hi-tech garage for bikes. Here are the features:

  • it can take up to 116 bikes
  • bike will be automatically taken up by an elevator and automatically parked in its assigned spot
  • bike will be safe from bad weather and thieves

Any biker will be able to park his bike there for only 5 Czech crowns which is a very good price.

CZ: Vzdycky jsem si byla vedoma toho, ze Ceska republika je velmi vstricna vuci cyklistum. Cyklisticke stezky existuji snad vsude, divim se, ze jedna z nich nevede pres stred Staromaku ;) . Nasledujici clanek me ale opravdu (mile) zaskocil. V Hradci Kralove totiz stavi cely garazovy dum pro kola! Jak to bude fungovat? Kolo automaticky dopravi na misto vytah. Nejen ze bude chranene od spatneho pocasi, ale lupicove si tu taky ani neskrtnou. Garaz bude moci udrzet az 116 kol. A cena za parkovani? Pouhych 5 korun!

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Tagged as: ecology, sports, travel

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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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Tagged as: beautiful pictures, travel

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Disturbing video: Floods in the Czech Republic /Znepokojujici video zaplav v Cechach

Czech Republic is suffering with floods again this spring and it’s pretty bad. The following video is comes from Frydlant, a Czech quaint (or used to be quaint?) town in the north of the Czech Republic.

CZ: Ceska Republika opet trpi vaznymi zaplavami a to vsude. Nasledujici video pochazi z Frydlantu, malebneho mestecka na severu Czech.

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Tagged as: nature, travel, YouTube

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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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Lednice and Valtice: are they in England, Turkey or Moravia? / Lednice a Valtice: nachazi se v Anglii, Turecku nebo na Morave?

lednice google imageThe Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape is a lesser known part of the Czech UNESCO heritage, which is spread over the vast area of a beautiful Southern part of Moravia. It contains a romantic château (Lednice), a picturesque village (Valtice) and the largest park in the country. ‘Since Lednice was first passed into the hands of the House of Liechtenstein in the mid-13th century, its fortunes had been tied inseparably to those of that noble family.’  The current area of Lednice is laid out in a beautiful English garden style, covering almost 300 kilometers squared. Not only can visitors encounter unique types of trees and flowers but the park is also filled with serene ponds, luscious meadows, fancy sculptures and even replicas of ancient Greece ruins. [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: Moravia, travel, UNESCO, YouTube

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7 wonders of the Czech Republic: the results are in! / 7 divu Ceske Republiky: hlasy jsou sectene!

Czech glass google imageRemember when we were voting on 7 wonders of the Czech Republic? Well, the votes have been counted and the results are in. Here they are:

1. Czech Beer

  • it has its trademark in EU now
  • the Czechs drink annually about 160 liters per person, which makes them the world winners
  • the historical records of Czech beer reach all the way to 1088 (during the reign of king Vratislav II.)
  • year 1842 welcomes the birth of Pilsener Urquell, the most popular Czech beer ever

2. Czech glass

  • known for its high quality (on the home front and worldwide)
  • it has been around since the 13th century
  • Czech crystal chandeliers decorate the opera house in Rome, Milan’s La Scala or Versailles
  • 19th century Czech artist Bedrich Egermann pushed ahead the ‘crazy’ thought of glass becoming a new form or sculpturing material

3. Charles the Fourth (1316 – 1378)

  • The most well-known Czech king ever, known as the Father of the Land
  • He took over the Czech lands when they were in a terrible shape and made them out to be the most powerful state (Roman Empire) in Europe
  • A founder of the first university in Central Europe (Charles University in Prague), Prague’s Charles Bridge and other magnificent structures [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: art, celebrities, Czech beer, history, polls, science, theatre, travel

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Make your room artsy – Frame your barf bags! / Vyzdobte si byt – Zaramujte si pytlicky na zvraceni!

barf bag collector / radio.cz imageImagine you get invited by your acquaintance for a cup of tea and when you come to his house, there are strange paper bags hanging all over the walls. First, you realize you don’t know this person enough and you wonder if you should start slowly backing out of this very strange place and call the police. Then you decide to be brave and take a closer look at those walls and you realize they are covered with  barf bags!

We are talking here about Milos Kubista, a Czech dude from Plzen who owns  a collection of more than 1,500 air sickness bags (some framed) from all over the world. It took him close to 40 years  to collect all those ‘valuable’ items and the numbers are still growing. [click to continue…]

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Vote on 7 wonders of the Czech Republic/ Volte 7 divu ceska

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We all know what the Seven wonders of the world are. But what would you pick to be the seven wonders in the Czech Republic? The Czech citizens are able to vote until the end of this month and the results will be announced on the 12th of June. There are five categories to pick from:

I personally vote for:  Kutna Hora, Otto Wichterle (because he invented contacts and I am blind), Alphonse Mucha, Czech beer, Czech cubism, Tomas Bata and Emil Zatopek.

Cast your vote here (click here).

CZ: Pozor! Cesi maji moznost zaperlit a vybrat sedm divu Ceska. Vybira se z peti kategorii a vysledky budou vyhlaseny 12.cervna na programu CT1. Co byste vybrali vy? Ja osobne volim: Kutnou Horu, Ottika Wichterle (jsem pekne slepa), Muchu, ceske pivo, cesky kubismus, Batu a Zatopka.
Oficialne muzete volit ne webovkach Ceske televize.
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Tagged as: polls, Prague, travel

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Slavonice is reaching for the stars! / Slavonice oslnuji talentem!

Slavonice google imageSlavonice is a quaint little town of 2,500 inhabitants, just a few miles away from the Austrian border. Normally quite the quiet place, the town is now buzzing with excitement since the Slavonice choir was chosen to compete at the international music festival in Canada.

More of this exciting news (and how you can help) can be found here (click here).

CZ: Slavonice je malinke mestecko lezici na hranicich Moravy a Rakouska, ktere obyva kolem 2500 obyvatel. Normalne tu panuje pokoj a klid, ale v posledni dobe tu panuje naprosta vzrusuici atmosfera. Slavovnicky detsky sbor byl totiz vybran, ze bude reprezentovat Ceskou Republiku na Mezinarodnim hudebnim festivalu v Kanade.

Vice si o teto vzrusujici zprave prectete v blogu Zuzany Kulhankove (kliknete zde).

Also, here is a neat YouTube video which introduces the kids choir as well as the town of Slavonice:
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Tagged as: celebrity, Czechs in Canada, music, travel, YouTube

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Fun times with the Czech meteorologists / cesti meteorologovove maji smysl pro humor

Bismarcova rozhledna google image The Czech city of Frantiskovy Lazne has the wittiest meteorologists. Read this board which is hanging off of the Bismark observation tower.

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CZ: Jak se zda, tak Frantiskovy Lazne maji velmi vtipne meteorology. Prectete si nasledujici nastenku, ktera je povesena hned vedle jakehosi vseznameho lana.
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Tagged as: humor, travel

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