Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:33:03 +0200https://english.radio.cz/why-czech-town-litomerice-now-boasts-central-europes-deepest-geothermal-borehole-8109396© 2026 Radio Prague International Czech geologists and geophysicists have been hard at work drilling the deepest geothermal borehole in all of central Europe. The borehole, on the outskirts of the northern Bohemian town of Litoměřice, is a staggering 1.6 kilometres deep – so far. The ambitious project is part of an ongoing effort to wean the county off of coal, which pollutes the air and accelerates global warming. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/geotermalni_vrt_litomerice.jpg?timestamp=1590347236 https://english.radio.cz/why-czech-town-litomerice-now-boasts-central-europes-deepest-geothermal-borehole-8109396 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9