Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:05:28 +0200https://english.radio.cz/zatec-home-hops-8561918© 2026 Radio Prague International For centuries, the northern Bohemian town of Žatec has been the centre of hops growing in the country. Known as the home of hops and beer, the town is now trying to cope with a decline in its traditional industry. It recently launched a multi-million euro tourism project called Temple of Hops and Beer – but it is also slowly coming to terms with recent history that saw the town’s original German population replaced by Czechs in the aftermath of WWII. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/zatec_namesti.jpg?timestamp=1591424239 https://english.radio.cz/zatec-home-hops-8561918 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9