Women rewarding men for being whipped and doused with cold water – no it’s not a Fifty Shades of Gray sequel, it’s Easter in the Czech Republic!
Category: Culture
Articles about Czech culture, culture and cultural events in the Czech Republic, or culture of expats and minorities living in the Czech Republic. Basically anything culture-related.
Dance with me!
Czech ballroom dancing season is opened!
Celebrate Love the Original Way
Teddy bears, plush hurts and red roses. Three quite cliche things strongly associated with St.Valentine’s Day. Every coming year retailers are competing against each other trying to invent new, original ways to celebrate the Love. Sad to say, but weekend getaways, spending the 14th of February in a spa or a hotel in a foreign […]
Public holidays in the Czech Republic
Throughout the year, several public holidays are specific to the Czech Republic so we thought it might be interesting to give you a detailed list of them! But during national holidays, there is limited public transportation on these days and shops might be closed too (big shop like Tesco could be open though). There is […]
Free Events in January
9th of January, 19:00-23:00 Swing Bazar Swing Bazar at Dance Studio 7 is for everybody, who likes fashion and dancing. Inspect your wardrobes and bring all the clothing you no longer wear. Clothes swap will be followed by swing dancing night. 10th of January, 16:00 Books Bazar January market with books and magazines at Bio […]
Things the World could Learn from Czechs
When you travel the world and you tell people you meet on the way, that you come from the Czech Republic, some of them lift their eyebrows, as they have no clue where such country is. Some might go “Oh, Czechoslovakia!”, and then you have to explain, that we’ve been two separate countries since 1993. […]
Czech Design
According to a well-known saying the Czechs have golden hands, which implies that the two words Czech Design were meant to belong together. The Czechs have a reputation of a nation, which is able to produce anything with bare hands and the end product would not lack quality. Czech creativity manifested itself many times in […]
St. Barbara’s Day
St. Barbara’s Day is annually celebrated on 4th December in the Czech Republic and in some other countries as well.
How to celebrate Christmas in the Czech Republic
It is that magical time of the year again! It is time for celebrations, miracles, presents, festive mood and shining lights! Yes, it is Christmas time! Visitors and expats living in the Czech Republic may be wondering how do the Czechs celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, so let’s take a look how […]
Brno Christmas starts today!
Brno Christmas will be launched today, 27 Friday, at 5 pm.