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Meet the man behind the sets at Barrandov film studios
Prague’s Barrandov Studios have been the centre of the local film industry for over eight decades and in recent years have hosted shooting on major Hollywood hits like…
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Masks producer gets ahead with traditional techniques
Carnival celebrations have been taking place all around the Czech Republic in recent days to mark the approaching end of winter and the beginning of the fasting period of…
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Café Louvre – a classic Prague café still mainly frequented by locals
First opened in 1902, Prague’s Café Louvre was in its early years the haunt of such luminaries as Einstein and Kafka. Today Louvre still boasts a certain old world…
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St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč
The Basilica of St. Procopius in Třebíč is one of only 12 places in the Czech Republic inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. In this edition of Spotlight…
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Bob Hurikán – The Czech Jack London
In today’s music programme, we’ll be looking back at the life and times of folksinger and writer Josef Peterka, better known under the name of Bob Hurikán. Born in Prague…
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Czechs toast the discovery of cosmic rays 100 years ago this week
In the early morning hours of Tuesday a crowd gathered to watch the release of a hot air balloon over Prague’s Libuše meteorological observatory in honour of the 100th…
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Kurdějov, one of the oldest winegrowing communities in the country
South Moravia is well-known for its wine, which has been produced there at least since thirsty Roman soldiers far from home began doing so in the 2nd century. Move forward…
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Czech team designs computerized playground
Getting youngsters to play outside on a sunny day is an increasingly difficult task. Most parents now find it near impossible to pry their children away from their…
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Strážnice open-air folk museum offers a glimpse of life in past centuries
In today’s Spotlight we travel to South Moravia, to the town of Strážnice, the heart of the ethnographic region of Slovácko. The town is a traditional centre of regional…
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The second life of the Vítkovice ironworks
In today’s Spotlight we travel to the city of Ostrava, the capital of the Moravian-Silesian region and more precisely to the city’s industrial centre Vítkovice. Its…