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Many visitors to Czechia make a mistake: they stay in Prague and do not see any other city. This episode of Czechast gives three reasons why you should visit Brno.

Don Sparling: Story of how a Canadian came to communist Czechoslovakia, fell in love and made Brno his home. 

Tomáš Masaryk, the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia, had an American wife. In this episode you can hear him speaking in English to and about Americans.

People in Czechia had traditionally good relationships with the Jewish community, says Irena Kalhousová Director of the Herzl Center for Israeli Studies in Prague.

Vincenz Priessnitz, the founder of modern hydrotherapy, was born in the Olomouc Region. He founded a spa that successfully applies his curative methods to this day.

According to the US Census Bureau, nearly one and a half million Americans identified themselves as having Czech roots or ancestry in 2020.

Growing up in a bilingual family can be enriching. But there are challenges, too. 

The Olomouc Region is located in north-western Moravia. Spreading over an area of just over 5,000 square kilometers, it is the 6th largest region in the country.

Czechs have always had somewhat contradictory feelings toward their nobility. I explored this topic for Radio Prague International in 2018. 

Born in Italy, to an American mother and a Czech aristocratic father, Francesco Kinsky dal Borgo feels first and foremost European.