Country Info
- Prague
- Capital
- Czech Koruna (CZK)
- Currency
- 10,264,212
- Population
- CZ
- Country Code
Czech Republic Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Czech Republic
Detour!
This is a top pick! ... .) Their currency is the kronun, and CZK 20 equals one Canadian dollar. We did find it to be somewhat cheaper here in the Czech Republic than in the Netherlands or Germany, particularly the beer! (Our hotel room was also cheaper than in Berlin - $60 ...
missing Zuzka
This is a top pick! POLSKI: W nocy dojechalismy do miejscowosci Hely (?) i tam nocowalismy na pobliskiej lace. Rano przeszlismy chyba najdluzszy odcinek do jak tej pory z plecakami, na autostrade - ze 4 km. Stamtad zabral nas... ksiadz - Polak, na stale mieszkajacy w ...
Metamorphosis
This is a top pick! ... asked "are you going to have one or two pieces of medovnik today?" What the hell was that about, I pondered? I responded in Czech hesitatingly unsure of her intentions and then smiling said, "Yes, perfect -two slices, please". She's mocking me isn't ...
From Koftas to Kafka in an Absinthe Haze
This is a top pick! ... my reservation. I was disenchanted. It was just as she said it would be. The Slavic sun was warming the medieval Czech capital and setting ablaze in the reflection of the Vltava the pink and yellow blossoms along its riverbanks. It was Saturday ...
saving the whales...in the Czech Republic??
This is a top pick! ... to stay on task since Dec 4 is right around the corner. I've now met Greenpeace activists in Hungary and in the Czech Republic and I think they're doing some really good and important work....makes me want to see what we're up to in the ...
GIVE ME AN EGG, PAINTED
This is a top pick! Life is good! as I've been back to living in the Czech Republic for three weeks now. In our small town (Rýmarov) of 10,000, you can walk everywhere - to the three-story-tall high schools, to the quiet dark "borovice" (pine) woods, to a friend´s ...
Oh great - beer capital of the world?
This is a top pick! ... near future. And so to the Top 5. Well, a new country, a new music top 5 right? Um... no. See, although technically the Czech Republic is a different country to Germany, I thought I should recognise it as a new member of the EU and consider, for the ...
HAPPY PEOPLE
This is a top pick! ... fifteen dollars. That was enough, though, thanks to good luck hitchhiking, to get me through mystical, eastern Slovakia and into the Czech Republic. It was February 1st when I arrived in small-town Rymarov. This year, in the hazy, sunny ...
Church of Bones
This is a top pick! 14.7.06 Kutna Hora CZ The pair of white swans swam up with their 3 cygnets in time to quack us goodbye. The drake was lucky enough to score a biscuit from our neighbour but the cygnets stayed in the river copying their mother who was teaching them to ...
SLOW DANCING
This is a top pick! ... me, but it went well; I camped in my tent before reaching Italy´s Alps, then made it through Austria the next day to the Czech Republic, where there were places I could sleep. The next day, I was back in small-town Rymarov, a European home for me, ...
Camp Kotva
This is a top pick! ... staying OVERNIGHT in TENTS - to guard well all their belongings leaved inside. Thanks for Your comprehension." The boys had heard that Czech Republic made the best beer in the world, so couldn't wait to try it and they weren't disappointed. After the ...
Prague, Czech Republic
This is a top pick! ... go back for a longer trip to see more details as well as some of the 5 recently designated UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Czech Republic. Before we had left Amsterdam, many people told us how beautiful it is - and we agree. If you ever get the ...
BRATRI ORFFOVE, IN CONCERT
This is a top pick! ... I would've told her how great she is, because people can always use confidence. The next day, I was in the Czech Republic's second-biggest city for my first Bratri Orffove concert. The band's eight-minute, lullabying first song began slowly ... ...
Kutná Hora
This is a top pick! In the morning we wake. Up. We pack our things. We want to go explore the outside. There is a church made out of bones. So they say. I never heard about this. But I'm eager to see it. A bone-made church. Baidi had read about it somewhere online. Chinese ...
It was about time...
This is a top pick! ...that I finally made it to Prague. One of the classic beauties of Europe, a city everyone now seems to have visited. I am here for work, a so-called Global Summit where I get the opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world. Many of them good ...
Es tut mir leid!
This is a top pick! So Germany is quite crazy. Things happen here, as you can tell from my previous entries, but there is always a lot of excitement no matter what the situation is. After Köln, my next stop was Freiburg. In Germany, the rail network is crazy ...
Cesky Krumlov
This is a top pick! ... supposed to be heading on to Amsterdam for a few days before making my way to London to meet Nick on the 11th, but have decided to stay put in the Czech republic instead and spend more time in Cesky Krumlov, and then head to Olomouc in the east of ...
Prague
This is a top pick! Prague well and truly lived up to expectations, even despite the hoards of tourists and the overcast weather. I haven't seen many palaces before, so the palace was a highlight, looming over the city from a hill accross the river. To get there you have to ...
Prague Castle
This is a top pick! ... but insanely expensive marionette dolls. We also stopped to check out the statue of two guys pissing into a fountain in the shape of Czech Republic, called the Pissing Statue. We don't understand why it was made, it's just odd and the guys' hips even ...
Pedaling To Prague
This is a top pick! ... house/arboriteum. In the little bar by the castle, I discover from the barmaid that the Ice Hockey championships are on in Czech Republic. She is very enthusiastic and produces a programme which I peruse over a couple of pints. Apparently this place is ...
Same old, same old
This is a top pick! Many of the cities I am traveling to are about 3-5 hours apart, so they are not far enough to take an overnight train/bus but far enough to eat up my daily sightseeing time. Therefore strategizing the timing of the transfer is crucial in maximizing my ...
the last stopover...
This is a top pick! POLSKI: Szukanie taniego hostelu zajelo nam wiecznosc, a dokladniej - cale przedpoludnie. Przeszlam ze 4km po to, zeby dowiedziec sie w kilku hostelach, ze nie maja juz miejsc. W koncu zatrzymalismy sie w hostelu ...
A Messy Night In Prague
This is a top pick! As I sat on my train bound for nowhere this morning, staring out the window puffing on a smoke and listening to mixtures of music from Coldpaly, Missy and Pete to Air and Cannon in D I remember being amazed at life. Indeed initially I wished my life, ...
off to the homeland...
This is a top pick! ... on the traveler. With the right money, I could've gone to the bathroom in Slovakia. But Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, and Slovakia all use different money...and none of them are particularly into accepting that of their neighbor. ...
Where the Beer Flows Like Wine
This is a top pick! ... beer there was not only delicious, but cheaper than bottled water. The legends, I'm glad to report are true. The Czech Republic is clearly a country with its priorities straight. I had been genuinely excited about reaching Prague. Everybody who's ever ...
3 weeks to go and still going strong
This is a top pick! So, here I am in the Czech Republic. Prague has been a lovely place visit, with only just under 3 weeks of travel left before heading through to the mother ship I have purposefully slowed the pace alittle. Soon enough I will have to rejoin society and ...
What I Have Learned (Episode IV)
This is a top pick! ... dessert is a coconut milk/corn flake casserole called Om Ali and it's surprisingly delicious. Part II * The most famous of all Czech desserts are the fruit dumplings served with a dollop of sour cream and whipped cream. It is a boiled piece of ...
Hah Praha...
This is a top pick! Now that I have spent a night in Prague, I see why people need to wind down in Cesky Krumlov. Curtly and crudely put, Prague is a shitshow. I arrived and settled in around 8pm last night, and by 9pm I was drinking with my new ...