Potato soup is favorite soup in the Czech Republic. It is a healthy, thick cream soup with potatoes and mushrooms. It tastes delicious! It is also traditional soup and it is handed down from generatio...
Czech Bread
In many Czech families, a must-have food in the kitchen is bread. Czechs eat bread with almost everything from butter or jam to lard with salt. They are many different ways to eat it. If there is left...
Sights
Slavkov u Brna Baroque Chateau
Slavkov ranks among the oldest well-preserved manors in Moravia. In the first half of the 13th century, a Teutonic Knights Commandery was built in the place of the present Baroque castle. One of the m...
Kozel Chateau
The Kozel Chateau is rather small but charming. It is surrounded by forests, parks and fancy gardens - perfect for a romantic walk....
Regional Museum of K. A. Polanek
The history of the Zatec museum has begun to develop since the year 1896. The oldest exposition of the museum is „The Prehistory of the Central Ohre valley" which is one of the most complete exhibitio...
Traditions
St. Stephen’s Day Carols in Studenec
Learn more about St. Stephen’s Day Carols in Studenec The small village of Studenec in Jilemnice is one of the last places where “Stepanska koleda” is still alive. It’s an old ...
Mikulov Folk Costume Festival
Learn more about Mikulov Folk Costume Festival Kroj is a certain type of folk clothing used for festive occasions, usually religious feasts such as the celebration of the Divine Heart of Jesus. But al...
Bass Drum Burial
Learn more about Bass Drum Burial “Pochovani basy”, the burial of bass – the instrument, not the fish – is a rather funny Czech tradition. However, to understand this tradition, we have to talk about ...
Partner's Stories
Discover the Secrets of Fruit Spirits
Learn more about slivovitz (traditional Czech plum brandy) and the history of the Rudolf Jelinek company, famed for combining traditional methods of distillery with modern technologies. The Wallachian production of spirits dates back to the 1500s...
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