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Czech Museums

Radio Prague International has selected 10 Czech museums that you may not necessarily find in your guidebooks.

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Why does Mikuláš visit on December 5th?

Why does Mikuláš visit on December 5th?

09:21

My Take on Czechia

Life in a Time of Darkness
36:48

Culture

Legendary Czech jazzman Milan Svoboda’s ‘Swinging Hat’
Anniversary of the Week

December 1996: Lednice-Valtice Area wins place on UNESCO list

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The Czech Books You Must Read

Kafka, Čapek, Kundera and Havel, these are all world renowned names, but what about all the others? How well are Czech authors actually known abroad?

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Anniversary of the Week

November 28, 1931: construction work begins on Barrandov film studios

On November 28, 1931 construction work started on the Barrandov Film Studios which were to become one of the biggest and most modern studio facilities in Europe.

Culture

History

14:41

Alexander Dubček – the smiling leader of the Prague Spring

This Saturday marks the centenary of the birth of Alexander Dubček, one of the most charismatic leaders of 20th century Czechoslovakia.

Czechs abroad

08:26

Czech Roma social worker gets prestigious UK teaching award

Czech Romani social worker Petr Torák has received the prestigious Silver Pearson National Teaching Award, handed out by UK’s Teaching Award Trust.

Foreigners and the Czech Republic

08:52

Czech Deck playing cards (not just) for expats feature local tips, useful phrases, fun facts

Like many young arrivals, Alysa Yamada first landed work in Prague teaching English. Czech Deck highlights some favourite aspects of the culture, and her love for trivia.

Science and technology

03:45

To infinity and beyond! Czechs developing thermal switch for missions to Mars, the Moon, deep space

Brno University of Technology researchers are testing a thermal switch to regulate heat in electronics for deep space probes, satellites and vehicles on Mars and the Moon.

Picture of the week

Snow covers Moravian pilgrimage spot

Pictured is a snow-covered Baroque statue in front of the Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary at Svatý Kopeček, a pilgrimage spot near Olomouc.

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Advent in Prague

Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International
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Photo: Magdalena Kašubová, Radio Prague International
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Photo: Martina Schneibergová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Martina Schneibergová, Radio Prague International
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Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Němcová, Radio Prague International

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Video of The Puppet Museum Pilsen

The Puppet Museum Pilsen

Eduard Herrmann, Matěj Coufal | Photo: Ondřej Tomšů, Radio Prague International

EP17: Designers Herrmann & Coufal

Duo Herrmann & Coufal, who like to involve the customer in the manufacture of their products, are the most recent winners of the Czech Grand Designer of the Year award.

Photo: archive of Wels family

No Night So Dark: Part Seven

Ida, Rudolf and Martin Wels are deported to the Terezín ghetto. Nearly eighty years later, Colin Wels reads through their last correspondence.

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