Czech Republic

Some people love it. Others pull a face as soon as they smell its aroma. My mother liked it very much. But when the whole kitchen smelled of this special...

If someone mentions the name of Pilsen, we immediately associate it with beer. And not just any beer. Pilsner Urquell is a famous brand all over the world. The very...

After several hikes in Czech Switzerland (more in the previous article: Pravčice Gate), we were looking forward to the moment when we would immerse our tired feet, and indeed our...

Someone may think that I probably made a mistake. The Czech Republic is one country and Switzerland is another. So what could Czech (Bohemian) Switzerland be? Of course, I’m not...

10, 9, 8, 7... The old year is coming to an end, its last seconds are counting down and we are holding chilled champagne in our hands... Who wouldn't know...

Connoisseurs of Czech castles are certainly familiar with this place, but Ploskovice was absolutely unknown to me. My surprise was great when I stood in front of the facade of...

Although I grew up in the former Czechoslovakia, I did not have the opportunity to get to know the whole country. Some areas were simply "out of the way" for...

Hukvaldy is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region. On its coat of arms, you can find a blue lyre, red battlements and a red fox. While the battlements symbolize the...

Suppose you have ever been to a typical Viennese cafe house. In that case, you may have noticed that in addition to the smell of coffee, a casual atmosphere and...

Many consider Sigmund Freud, the founder of a new therapy – psychoanalysis, to have been a Viennese because we know that he lived almost his entire life in Vienna. We...