Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:54:09 +0200https://english.radio.cz/do-czechs-prefer-valentines-day-may-1st-8610875© 2026 Radio Prague International February 14th is St Valentine's Day, a holiday marked by lovers throughout many parts of the world. On the day, many send cards (as many as one billion by some estimates) while others opt for flowers or chocolates. But here in the Czech Republic, Valentine's Day is a much more recent phenomenon, and you may be surprised to learn that even now most Czechs mark another day as the day of love. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/mladi_par1.jpg?timestamp=1635320548 https://english.radio.cz/do-czechs-prefer-valentines-day-may-1st-8610875 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9