History
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Zlatá Koruna monastery boasts authentic Baroque pharmacy exhibition
A monastery in southern Bohemia recently re-created a Baroque pharmacy from authentic items dating back to the 18th century.
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Exhibition highlights South Bohemia’s Celtic past
A new exhibition highlighting the Celtic history of South Bohemia is currently underway in the South Bohemian Museum in České Budějovice.
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Czechast: Moravia and Silesia
The administrative divisions we see today in Czechia don't quite respect historic boundaries of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. How did this come to be?
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Decision to keep Soviet-era sculpture at Prague’s Anděl metro station “a compromise”
If you’ve taken the metro to Prague’s Anděl station, you may have noticed a bronze sculpture that reads ‘Moskva-Praha’.
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Ferdinand Porsche, car designer whose idea made it from the Earth to the Moon
Ferdinand Porsche was a Liberec-born genius engineer, who designed the first-ever hybrid car. He also contributed to the development of Volkswagen Beetle.
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Klárov: Prague’s “secret metro station”
Did you know that there is a secret metro station, known as Klárov? Classified as confidential, it was one of the best-kept secrets of the Communist era.
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Anniversary of the Week
7 May, 1939: The funeral that turned into a demonstration against Nazi occupation
The second funeral of poet Karel Hynek Mácha, whose remains were exhumed from the occupied Sudetenland 85 years ago and taken to Prague, became a huge anti-Nazi protest.
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One of last two surviving WWII Czechoslovak RAF veterans turns 100
One of the final two Czechoslovak RAF veterans still alive today, Jiří Pavel Kafka, celebrated his 100th birthday on Thursday.
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"This old crone has claws": Kafka's Prague
In today's episode of our series In Franz Kafka’s Footsteps we are back in Prague to visit places where he lived, worked and wrote, and also where he spent his free time.
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Roma Holocaust victims finally honored with dignified memorial in Lety
Roma representatives, top officials and cultural figures attended the opening of a memorial to Romany and Sinti victims of the Holocaust in Lety, south Bohemia on Tuesday.
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Anniversary of the Week
26 April 1929: First Czech “talkie” screened in Ústí nad Labem
The innovation of film with sound first made it to Czechoslovakia 95 years ago. The first sound film to be screened was not a feature film, however, but an advert.
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Prague Uprising monument set for spot where Konev statue stood
A new monument honouring the courage of those who fought in the May 1945 Prague Uprising will replace a statue of the Soviet Army commander Ivan Konev, removed in 2020.
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