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PanoramaStinky cheese sweetshop opens in Loštice
It is the country’s most smelly specialty – Olomoucké tvarůžky –
dubbed by foreign visitors as “the stinky cheese of Olomouc” is not
something you can easily overlook. Its pungent odor hits you the minute you
open the fridge and will render you a social outcast several hours after
consuming it. However many consider it to be one of the country’s biggest
delicacies and the Czech Republic fought and won a six-year war with
Germany and Austria over a protected geographical status trademark. More
SpotlightJilemnice - the cradle of Czech skiing
It is early on a Friday morning, the air is freezing and there is no sign
of the sun in the sky. Yet, the creaky old Karosa bus heading towards
Krkonoše or Giant Mountains is almost full when I arrive at the bus
station. Many people from Prague have taken their day off in order to enjoy
some snow. Unlike most of my fellow travellers, I am not heading towards
the ski slopes and racing tracks. My destination is the little town of
Jilemnice, crouching at the foothills of the Giant Mountains in north
Bohemia. Jilemnice was one of the very first skiing centres in the country
and it proudly calls itself the Cradle of Czech skiing. Petra Pohůnkova
from the local Town Hall has promised to give me a tour through the town.
We meet on the central square, right in front of the Town Hall building: More
Current AffairsLarge 3D model of Prague goes on display at Anděl shopping mall
Before the computer age, Prague city planners used a large 3D model of the
capital to see what new buildings, roads and other features would look like
in the given environment. But 10 years ago, the model was replaced by
digital technologies; now it has been put to a new use. With new
interactive features, the model has gone on display in one of the city’s
shopping malls. More
SpotlightThe Giant Mountains - a world of legend
For this week's Spotlight we're in one of the most beautiful regions of the Czech Republic, the Krkonoše or Giant Mountains, straddling the Czech-Polish border, a hundred kilometres north-east of Prague. These are the Czech Republic's highest mountains, rising well over a thousand metres, and at this time of year, they are decked with a thick blanket of snow. The Giant Mountains is a wonderfully poetic and evocative name... and indeed Krkonoše does have its very own legendary giant, known as "Krakonoš" in Czech and "Ruebezahl" in German. More
Current AffairsCzechs win stinky cheese war after six-year struggle with Germany, Austria
The Czech Republic scored a major diplomatic victory over neighbouring
Germany and Austria this week after the European Union granted the
cherished protected geographical status to the country’s pungent
Olomoucké tvarůžky cheese. That means only the original cheese produced
in the village of Loštice - near the Moravian city of Olomouc - can sell
the product under that name; everything else is an impostor.
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MagazineMagazine
Hundreds of Czech police officers will have to go back to school, the
Prague City Transport authority is thinking about scenting Prague trams
and
buses, and Czech cabinet ministers asked to get a swine flu jab in order
to set a good example. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarová. More
PanoramaPrague’s Railroad Kingdom planning railway model of Czech Republic
Located under a shopping centre in the Smíchov district of Prague, the
Království železnic, or Railroad Kingdom, today features a number of
model railway layouts on an area of 115 square metres. When it is
completed, however, it will measure over 1000 square metres and be home to
a kind of railway model of the Czech Republic.
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