Dominik Jůn

Šumperák is the nickname of a type of house built in Czechoslovakia mainly during the 1960s and 70s. How did this modernist, even avant-garde architecture emerge?

Czech type designers are making their mark on global typography. As Dominik Jůn discovered, the art of font design is deeply rooted in Czech history and national identity.

Petra Kupská is an entrepreneurial Czech mum, whose English-language website, Cook Like Czechs, has become a hit for people around the world interested in Czech cuisine. 

Kutná Hora’s Chocolate Museum tells the story of Lidka chocolate, with its its 20th century rise, fall, and later 21st century revival -a mirror of modern Czech history. 

Josef “Pepa” Vomáčka is a renowned and much-beloved figure across Prague’s cultural scene. Dominik Jůn spoke to his friends and associates to mark his 80th birthday.

Cult British series Red Dwarf has a huge following in Czechia. Trpaslicon is a Prague festival that celebrates not only Red Dwarf but all things Britcom and Brit sci-fi.

Ďáblice Astronomical Observatory, located in the north of Prague, has been welcoming stargazers since 1956. 

In 1968, then foreign language student David Bradbury found himself in Czechoslovakia right after the Soviet-led invasion. He talks to Dominik Jun about his experiences. 

Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, has welcomed a deal for the Czech government to acquire the site of a pig farm in Lety, southern…

A Czech court has found Jana Nečasová – the former mistress of ex-prime minister Petr Nečas – guilty of misusing her position to gain intelligence in order to spy on her…