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02. a bit of Central European history

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Books have been written about this subject, full of details, and full of scholarly debate; not everybody agrees on each and every element of this complex issue. Below a short recap of the most important, eye catching episodes in Central European history, without any claims to be correct neither complete. Just so we know what [...]
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19. looking back at the Czech Republic

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Traveling through the Czech Republic is a piece of cake, really, and there is enough to entertain yourself with in this well-developed and well-organised Central European country. Of course we were opportunistic! During Corona times there are significantly fewer tourists in Prague than otherwise; our hotel estimated that the tourist industry was running at 20-30% [...]
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18. Theresienstadt

Blog entries, Locations
We finish our Czech journey in Terezin, a chilling relict from the Second World War, the prison and the Ghetto of what used to be known as Theresienstadt. Perhaps we would have done better not to keep Theresienstadt – Terezin in Czech – for the end. A visit to this place, part concentration camp and [...]
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17. North Bohemia: Liberec and Litomerice

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The road to Liberec and Litomarice leads past the usual town squares, but also a beautiful museum and an impressive basalt outcrop. We are almost at the end of our trip, on the way to Litomerice. We drive through North Bohemia, not particularly pretty. This is the area where during the Communist era forests were [...]
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16. Cesky Raj

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Cesky Raj is one of the nicest Czech nature reserves, great for walks in the forest interspersed with huge sandstone outcrops. We are on our way to Cesky Raj, the most famous nature reserve in the Czech Republic. Cesky Raj means Bohemian Paradise; we have encountered more instances where ‘Cesky’ – Chech – is translated [...]
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15. Hradec Kralove

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Hradec Kralove is part an old medieval town, but much more is it a fascinating architectural Rondo-Cubism experiment of the early 20th Century. The first impression of Hradec Kralove is, once again, a Czech town with an old main square, pastel-coloured houses, a fountain, a townhall and a few Baroque and Gothic churches. Except that [...]
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14. the wooden churches of Beskydy

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In the beautiful Beskydy area in NE Moravia several villages still have an old wooden church, unusual these days. We spend the day looking for them, which was mostly successful. In the NE corner of the Czech Republic, towards the Slovak border, is an area called the Beskydy, hilly, wooded, but unlike other such areas [...]
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13. Olomouc and Brno

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With pleasant but abandoned student town Olomouc as base, we go to Brno, the second largest city in Czech Republic, and a nice alternative to the many medieval towns we have seen so far. We have moved to Olomouc, an attractive student town and our next base in Moravia. Of course, in July there are [...]
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12. Moravsky Kras

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We have seen many caves before, and almost always they disappoint; Moravsky Kras is not different. But the old Communist-era factories nearby remain fascinating! The caves of Moravsky Kras have been so enthusiastically described in both guide books we carry, that we made an exception to the rule – the rule is: no caves, they [...]
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11. Valtice

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In the Valtice and Lednice region the extravagant former palaces of the Lichtenstein family dominate, but this is also the most wellknown Czech wine area – with mixed results. The area around Valtice and neighbouring Lednice is a good example of how European nobility operated in the Middle Ages. There are two palaces here, both [...]
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