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Ministry of Defense is offering bunkers from the 1930s, with prices starting at CZK 90,000
Eighty-seven years ago, the Munich Agreement was signed, leading Czechoslovakia to surrender its borderlands. And thousands of bunkers became useless. Now they're for sale.
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The coopers of Pilsen begin their historic annual barrel-making
In Pilsen, new coopers are initiated with a symbolic slap or a strike on a handcrafted barrel. After three years of training, they join the eight-member cooperage team.
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Iconic First Republic Tatra 77a restored after 50-year-long wait
Apparently the first aerodynamic mass-produced car in the world, the Tatra 77a is notable for not only having the usual two headlights, but also one in the middle.
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Kladruby Abbey: a Czech architectural gem’s long and winding road to European (if not world…
The eastern Bohemian town of Kladruby nad Labem is famous worldwide for its horse stud farm, founded by the Habsburg emperor Rudolf II. The western Bohemian town of…