Culture
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Sidonie Nadherna - a writer's and poet's Bohemian muse
Gazing out of the window of a spacious room in a romantic neo-gothic chateau, I see the image of a woman in a beautiful early twentieth century dress sitting on a bench in…
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Gnome sweet Gnome in Central Bohemia
Did you know that the Czech Republic is the original home of the mass-produced gnome? Gnomes, elves and dwarves have quite a tradition here, but it is a tradition that has…
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Pohadkovy svet: A guide to Czech Christimas fairytale viewing
St. Stephen's Day - better known as 'Boxing Day' -- became known as such because that was when churches opened their alms boxes to hand out money to the poor, in the…
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Traditional Czech music for Christmas
Czech Christmas music has a rich tradition, aptly enough in the land of Good King Wenceslas. He lived over a millennium ago and little or no Czech music from his day…
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Zdenek Fibich's "Christmas Eve" premiered 130 years ago
"Christmas Eve" is the first ever concert melodrama that was introduced to the Czech audience. In celebration of the 130th anniversary of its first ever performance, Dita…
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Rescuing a museum submerged under eight metres of water - a Central Bohemian miracle.
The little town of Roztoky, just a few kilometres north of Prague is a perfect place for a day trip from the city. Its main landmark is the old castle - originally a…
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Remembering Eva Svankmajerova through a weird and wonderful Surrealist novella
This October the Czech Republic lost one of its greatest artists, with the death of Eva Svankmajerova. She was probably best known for her painting and her collaborative…
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Magazine
From the Czech Republic with love: a giant Christmas tree for Malta. Drumming up voter support: opposition leader Mirek Topolanek dresses up as Santa Claus. And - put…
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Tickets on sale for Prague Spring 60th anniversary celebrations
Every May, thousands of music lovers from around the world flock to the Czech capital for the Czech Republic's biggest and most renowned classical music festival - the…
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An old-fashioned Advent: Not your grandma's carp and potato salad
Fried carp and potato salad is today the 'bread and butter' of any traditional Czech Christmas meal. But this was not always so. Pious Czechs once used to fast at…
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New Prague festival presents the best of short film
"In general, people think that short films are made by amateurs or are experimental projects. In our programme we really have well crafted stories about people - really…
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Stanislav Kolibal celebrates his 80th birthday with a new exhibition.
At the age of eighty Stanislav Kolibal is still active, testing new approaches and ideas. This year he has devoted himself to painting and his work is now on display in…
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