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Varnsdorf, a north Bohemian town in the path of Buddha

25-02-2012 02:01 | Jan Richter

Varnsdorf A town surrounded by deep pine forests, dotted with old timbered German-style villas and occasional Communist-era prefab houses, a town boasting many parks, a river, two churches – and the country’s first Buddhist temple. This is Varnsdorf, a town of 16,000 in the northernmost part of the Czech Republic. More

Jilemnice - the cradle of Czech skiing

04-01-2012 15:32 | Ruth Fraňková

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

Litoměřice

17-12-2011 02:01 | Jan Velinger

Litoměřice The North Bohemian town of Litoměřice has long enjoyed the reputation of being one of the Czech Republic's most beautiful towns. Founded roughly 1,000 years ago, Litoměřice lies in one of the Czech Republic's hilliest ranges on the confluence of the Elbe and Ohře Rivers. The town's beginnings was originally a Slavonic fort overseeing a number of small municipalities, later replaced by a castle and emerging town in the 11th century. More

Svitavy – the birthplace of Oskar Schindler

19-10-2011 15:36 | Jan Richter

Svitavy You are not very likely to wander into Svitavy by chance. Located on both the major road and railway line connecting Moravia and eastern Bohemia, for most people Svitavy is just a name on their itinerary. But if you do come and take a closer look, you’ll find a little town proud of its past and working for a better future. Once an important town for Moravia’s textile industry, re-populated after the expulsion of Svitavy’s German speaking inhabitants, it only recently showed its pride in perhaps its most famous native personality – Oskar Schindler. More

The Fort above the Black Forests - Kostelec nad Černými Lesy

24-09-2011 02:01 | Christian Falvey

Kostelec nad Černými lesy This week’s spotlight focuses on one of the main centres of forestry in the Czech Republic and an oft overlooked pearl of Bohemian cultural heritage. Christian Falvey gives us his impressions of the town of Kostelec nad Černými lesy. More

Kutná Hora's Italian Courtyard and silver-mining history

27-08-2011 02:01 | Jan Velinger

St Barbora's cathedral, photo: CzechTourism Without question the town of Kutná Hora in central Bohemia is a must-see destination for anyone visiting the Czech Republic, a town with a long and fascinating history. In the 13th and 14th centuries the site became increasingly famous for silver deposits which drew miners and production that would eventually account for as much as a third of all the silver production in Europe. More

Zlín - the town that Baťa built

24-08-2011 11:21 | Coilin O'Connor

Zlín, photo: www.zlin.cz In this edition of Spotlight,we visit the south-east Moravian town of Zlín, a city famous for its footwear and film industries as well as for its rich heritage of folk culture and traditional music. More

Nepomuk and environs - some facts and lots of fiction

13-08-2011 02:01 | Christian Falvey

If there were a capital city of legendry in the Czech Republic, the town of Nepomuk would be a hot contestant for the honour. There are said to be graves that glow when someone’s about to die, a landscape littered with the petrified cattle of a greedy pagan and the ghost of an evil musketeer who walks the earth with the still-ferocious spectre of his dog. The official population of Nepomuk may be 3,700, but that’s only if you count the living. More

Žatec – the home of hops

20-07-2011 15:30 | Jan Richter

Žatec For centuries, the northern Bohemian town of Žatec has been the centre of hops growing in the country. Known as the home of hops and beer, the town is now trying to cope with a decline in its traditional industry. It recently launched a multi-million euro tourism project called Temple of Hops and Beer – but it is also slowly coming to terms with recent history that saw the town’s original German population replaced by Czechs in the aftermath of WWII. More

The royal town of Písek

09-07-2011 | Pavla Horáková

A well-known 19th century student song sings about Putimská brána - one of the three historic gates in the town walls around Písek. Only a remnant of the gate is preserved to this day and the town has long expanded beyond its medieval defensive walls.  More

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