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1) You haven´t mentioned the world dollar which came from Tolar - the coin made in Kutná Hora. 2) You said nothing about contact lences invented by Otto Wichterle - the same who found silon (with some of his colleagues) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wichterle
You should Czech out Ostrava city and it`s preserved industrial metallurgic complex Lower Vitkovice. I bet You , You have never seen anything like this.
I'm Czech, but I've never heard of an ugly sweater day in the Czech Republic. I don't even know anyone who celebrates it. No, there's really no such holiday here. Maybe just a few people, but only as a recession. I even had to Google it to find out if such a holiday even exists.
Slovakia is Sooo wonderful while Czech Republic is just weird? There is comparative bias here impossible to ignore! I’m of Norwegian heritage and can’t ignore this!!
Czesi to fajni ludzie, mają wielki wkład w rozwój cywilizacji. Jaroslaw Hasek był Czechem. Napisał genialną książkę, która każdemu normalnemu człowiekowi pokazuje jak się powinien zachowywać.Gdyby wszyscy na całym świecie przeczytali Przygody Dobrego Wojaka Szwejka i zrozumieli, to świat byłby piękniejszy. Pozdrawiam Braci Czechów z Polski.
Ahoj. někde na youtube sem viděl supr song jak si z nás vy poláci děláte prču kvuli tomu pozdravu. něco ve stylu srát na to že nemáme moře stejně sme námořnici. :D
Souhla zatim nejhorsi co jsem kdy slysel. dale vybira a zvyraznuje uplny nesmysly. Ale proc ne aspon je to reklama pro turisty. Nic proyi tomu ale nevi a mozna ani nebyl v CR. Nasel si to na googl. tak to asi bude.
Ugly sweater contest is American thing. No one in Prague does that, perhaps employees of some multinational global corporate companies that are in Prague do that, but it's not a Czech thing to do it's imported.
@@lenkaskubova9790 It's not true. Trdelník really came to south Moravia and to Slovakia (Skalice) with immigrants from area of today's Romania, but it's not "traditional" in any way. Almost no Czech heard about it before it became a "traditional Czech cake" for tourists. You can call "traditional" dishes as "vánočka", "koláče", "frgále" etc. but never "trdelník".
@@lenkaskubova9790prosím vás kde na Moravě? Tradiční je především ve Skalici na Slovensku. Dlužno poznamenat, že to je naprosto odlišný výrobek. Staročeský trdelník je prostý marketingový trik.
Well, when they have trdelník as a traditional Czech Christmas pastery and showing some girls in Eastern-Slavic costumes while speaking about the Great Moravian Empire... sad, sad, sad.
@@serebii666 well, since winters so rough that sweeter would be needed are rare lately I guess that the meaning of your statements appoint that we just keep our sweaters hidden cause they are ugly? ;)
@@ondrejlukas4727 winters rough? The only chance we can see snow is on discovery channel and occasionally in the mountains (less and less every year). Its like a 7days per year when here are temperatures below 0°C. To point out that foreigner see Czech republic as just Prague, then barely 7days...
I am Czech.... so, for people Who like nature, we have a great navigation system in forrestr for walkway and longer trips. I did not meet such a good system anywhere
V Černé hoře mají taky turistické značky ...akorát jsou kulaté. Ovšem nevím, jak moc tu síť mají velkou...ale po každém kopci hoře, po kterých jsem lezl, tam tyhle rybí oka byly :)
We don't breed Lipizzaner horses in Kladruby nad Labem. We breed "Starokladrubský bělouš" (white coat) in Kladruby and "Starokladrubský vraník" (black coat version) in Slatiňany. Lipizzaner was only one of the breeds, that were used to revive Starokladrubský vraník, because it was nearly extinct (or sold out to other countries) in 1930s. This breed is our national origin, and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995.
I was also annoyed that he degraded our original design of power units for older types of limousines to mere license production. Greetings to everyone in Kladruby and Slatiňany. You can find details about breeding this breed at: cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starokladrubsk%C3%BD_k%C5%AF%C5%88
you forgot the fact that Contact lenses are a Czech invention, invented by Otto Wichterle (27th October 1913 Prostějov - 18th August 1998 Stražisko) and he created the first version on a device which he made using Merkur (it is a Czech metal building toy kit, which has been sold since the mid-twenties of the 20th century
@@dabartos4713 Created them at home on December 24(it was supposed to be a Christmas present for the grandkids or something but they couldn't come in the end)
"Macocha" isn't pronounced the way as in video (if it would, it would have name "Makoša". Which isn't). The closer pronunciation is rather "matsocha" (where "ch" digraph doesn't have english equivalent. The closest is "ch" in scottish "loch" or "j" in "jalapeño". There's no "k" in resulted sound). EDIT: Generaly "c" is _never_ pronounced as "k" in Czech (so "Olomouc", in video pronounced as "Olomouk", is prononounced rather as "Olomouts". For english speaker, simply replace any occuring "c" (except "ch" which is considered as one letter and has different pronunciation) as "ts", it will be much closer to correct pronunciation. EDIT2: "Trdelnik" is not Czech thing, it is simply a tourist trap. EDIT3: "Dačice" is pronounced as "Datshitseh" (funny, I know). I guess here strikes flexion of slavic language, because the city is "Dačice" but if you want to say "from Dačice", it is "z Dačic". Number 18 - never heard of it. Number 27 - correct pronunciation of "Lednice-Valtice" is rather "Lednitseh-Valtitseh" (where "n" in "Lednice" sounds like "ny" in english "canyon" and similarly softened is also "t" in "Valtice"). If it would be written as pronounced in video, it would be "Ledniči-Valtiči". Number 39 - "Karel Čapek" should be pronounced more like "Karel Tshapek" or "Karel Czapek". Pronunciation in video would fit for "Karel Kapek" Number 40 - I'm czech, but this I've ever seen just in YT videos, never IRL. Number 46 - "Kamenický Šenov" ("kamenitskeeh shenov") is in video pronounced as "kamenitchkeeh seniov" (luckily for any curious visitor it is also written in video, because otherwise it wouldn't ever find it based on how it is pronounced). Number 48 - "Mikuláš". Generaly "š" is always pronounced more like "sh" in english. It maybe looks like "you did it only wrong", but no. Overall it was quite good, just the pronunciation is ... tricky.
@@jiritichy7967 not even close. In "ch" is not "k" at all. Any pronunciation with "k" has voiceless plosive in it (where, "k" itself is voiceless velar plosive). but "ch" is voiceless fricative. Calling "kh" as pronunciation close to "ch" is the same as calling "P" as good alternative to "F" (difference is the same, plosive vs fricative), i.e. english "fan" would sound the same way as "pan" (which doesn't, I hope 😀). In english exists several words with "ch", but all of them are borrowed from gaelic (either irish of scottish). Unfortunately most english speakers pronounce them wrong (e.g. most of them pronounce "loch" as "lock", I believe it is caused due to total absence of this sound in common speech in english).
@@kmartyCZ Obviously there is no k in Czech ch, English does not have that sound and it is a standard way to spell it as kh - closest possible (same for German and other languages ch, for example Farsi Sharokhi).
May we know why you consider bizarre those 48 facts? "The South Moravian region is famous for its wine", hey, wow, that's so bizarre, isn't it? Yes, the Czech transportation system in the CZ is very efficient, is that really bizarre? May we also know why all this make Czech Republic the strangest country in Europe? About the ugly t-shirt... I guess you were joking.
Too much? There we literally 7 facts about Prague out of 48 and you just can't miss Charles bridge, astronomical clock or "the city of a hundred spires, for example Christmas market are meh, but quite famous
Tvl proč tu výslovnost musíte pořád všichni tak řešit? Tak panebože je to cizinec, kterej udělal video o Česku, NE o českém jazyce. A zrovna čeština, to fakt není jednoduchej jazyk, zvlášť na výslovnost (vždyť s tou mají problém občas i češi, natož cizinci). Pochybuju, že by se vám chtělo hledat správnou výslovnost, kdybyste dělali video o jiném státě. Zkuste si třeba maďarštinu. Buďte rádi, že se někdo zajímá o naši zemi. Sorry že to píšu zrovna pod tenhle koment, ale mluvím ke všem, kdo tu opravují výslovnost (nechce se mi to psát jako samostatný koment, když to není cz video).
@@martinpipek11 Protože není tak těžký zkusit najít Čecha a zeptat se ho na tyhle věci a nebo si ty výslovnosti najít. Pokud dělá FAKTY, má bejt FAKTICKY správně. Špatná výslovnost je FAKTUÁLNĚ špatně.
@@kamitsuki.6127Okej, tak ho pojďme všichni hejtovat, jak si to jenom mohl dovolit natočit video o česku a přitom si nezjistit správnou výslovnost. No to je skandál, pojďme mu dát všichni najevo tak moc nás to štve, že si ani nezjistil jak se české názvy vyslovují a že natočil jenom trapné zajímavosti. Ještě že nejsem youtuber.
Good evening from Prague :-) Czech words are really difficult to pronounce, aren't they? :-) Anyway - we really do not celebrate the ,,Ugly sweater day", sorry. Trdelník is not czech and most of us ignore it completely, because there are many tastier (and cheaper) traditional options (koláče, buchty, bublanina, závin, bábovka etc.). And the Beer spas are practically for tourists only, Czechs prefer the classical option :-)
Pokud vím, tak se to slaví ve Skandinávii, konkrétně v Norsku. Ale nemám to ověřený, možná jde o Norskej humor, způsob, jak říct cizincum, že o nich víme hovno :) Ale Čechy, nebo Norsko, to je přes oceán asi skoro to samý... :D
2. 0:41 The Czech flag does not symbolise the historical coat of arms. The historical colours of the Czech kingdoms are red and white, the bicolour on the war banner and the white lion on the red coat of arms. These colours have been used since the 13th century, as far back as the Roman Empire and later the Austria-Hungary Empire, until the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918, part of which war Transcarpathian (today part of Ukraine). The newly formed Poland and Austria also had red and white (previously mostly part of the Czech Kingdom). This created the need for a new flag, the blue wedge symbolizing Slovakia (today it is an independent state). 10. 2:34 The "trdelník" is not traditional, it is Hungarian and has been sold in Prague for the last 10-15 years at most. Traditional is "koláč" thin round cake with with poppy seeds, curd cheese and fruit jam. Or "chlebíček" with potato salad, egg, ham and cucumber. In English, that would be described as open sandwich. 14. 3:32 Fun fact: The "dollar" derives its name from the "tolar", which was the historical currency of the Czech kingdoms since 1520. 18. 4:37 There is no such holiday and no one wears knitted sweaters at Christmas.
Well, even if i dont mind the pronunciation of czech words, there is a lot of mistakes. 6) Havel wasnt even in Prague on 17. 11. 1989. He got more involved in the aftermath of that. 10) Trdelnik is not czech traditional pastry. 18) There is no tradition "Ugly Sweater Day". Only in the 80 we all wore ugly sweaters and we all hated it. 21) Lipizzaner horses are breeded in Kladruby, however they are not cariage pulling horses. Those are Kladruber Horses. 22) I dont think its possible to test this acustic properties due to trafic. Probably better mention would be "Kolonáda" in Kroměříž and its unique acustic properties. 38) and 45) could be in one spot. 47) "Silonky" was a czech invention. And a photo of "silonky" would be usefull. These are the ones i picked, maybe there are more. And sorry for my mistakes in english.
@@milancervenka3577 despite our christian history and our mainly christian neighbours (countries), most people here are atheists, also we have the biggest amount of alcohol consumed per one person, we're often joking about stuff that would seem weird to the people of other nationalities and so on...
@@CreestofOfficialI agree that alcohol consumption, atheism or porn production are way beyond standards, but each contry has to stand out with womething and these are not the strangest examples to be fair
@@jakubkubay7418 to jsou jenom propagandisticky kecy. máme rádi pravdu. a fakta. a logiku. a jsme idealisti. hovadiny, co si hraji na dokument, nikoho normalniho nenadchne. to neni o toleranci, prece. ale tak mozna mluvim jen za starsi generaci. 🤷♀
My family were ethnic germans who lived in czechia after ww2 they were forced to leave i've been to prague so many times it's such a beautiful country definitely europe's one of hidden gems ❤
Ty názvy jsou vážně hrozný. To se nedá poslouchat. Nepoznala bych Škoda, Olomouc neumí říct vůbec, kdo mu poradil, že nevyslovujeme koncovky? Nikdy neřekne celé slovo, hrozný. Nejsme Francouzi,kteří poradí něco polykání ve vyslovování. Smažený sýr už bych ani nepochopila . Proč to nemluvil Čech? Pomlázka. Všechno špatně, Petřín.
Tak to mě dostalo .))) Makoša abyss v Moravském karstu .))) Oni neumí normálně přečíst písmena...Ano my jsme strangest country in Europe, a USA strangest country in the World. Tam jsou Makoši všichni .))) PS: "orlož" je taky good.
Ok as czech person i have 3 thinks. There is no think like Ugly Sweather day in czech republic, i never heard of it and i know noone who heard. Secondary, trdelník is not our traditional food, only one who think this is are tourist from western europe and honestly, we dont know why :D. It is just tourist friendly food, because its very cheap to make, very quick to prepare and you can sold it with high profit, because tourists are lazy and dont know real value of out curency. And last think, please, try to say our words correctly. I know that aour language is hard, but almost all of your czech worlds was completely incomprehensible. But don't worry, otherwise you've done a pretty good job. Thanks for showing our country
Incredible fact about Czechia no. 49: The propulsion of the ship using a steam engine and a screw (propeller) of his own design was patented by the Czech inventor Josef Ressel in 1827. No. 50: The principle of magnetron oscillation was first described in 1924 by August Žáček, a professor at the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague. The use of heating food by this principle was discovered by Percy Spencer in 1945. The first microwave oven was developed.
Tatra car company is older than Skoda and is along with Mercedes and Peugeot oldest car manufacturers in the world. Also Czechs give the world words Pistol and Howitzer- "píšťala" was hand gun and houfnice was howitzer both used by Hussittes in early 15th century which change history of warfare. And technically speaking Czechs (Hussittes) give world first usable Tanks. And Czech are behind two veeeery important inventions today - ships propeller and contact lenses.
Thanks for the video! You might have added the Pravcicka Gate (Brana) in Bohemian Switzerland, Northern Bohemia. It is the largest natural rock gate in Europe. :-D
@@josfol Ehhh... No? Flag of bohemia is white and red (like Poland) And Moravia and Silesia have they're own flag. This flag what Czech r. using today was inovated in 1920 when slovakia became part of Czechoslovakia r. (before Czecho-Slovakia r. and it using red and white, problem was, the same flag has Poland, so they added blue triang meaning Slovakia.)
@@mafian7629 Moravská vlajka má stejné barvy, červeno-bíle šachovaná orlice na modré vlajce, doložená od počátků Moravského markrabství. Žluto-červený paskvil používaný od 19.století především německy hovořícími obyvateli Moravy, kterým projevovali loajalitu ne k Českému království ale k Rakousku, jako vlajku neuznávám a stejně jako pro mnoho heraldiků má tato takzvaná moravská vlajka nulový význam a platnost.
@@mafian7629 Correct. I wrote it in my own post, but not many people know it - flag of Bohemia used to be red on top and white on bottom, but it switched after 1848 as a protest against germanic/Austrian oppression.
You forget some history...when Czechs doubt the Catholic Church (even when we are mosly atheist country, in fact most atheist country in world), it ended in several crusadess against our lands, defeated by one of best generals Jan Žižka. Outnamembered paesants against trained, well armored, armed knights, time and time again...Hussitess cant be defeated. And Jan Žižka...never been defeated (they sayed in chronicles...when he dies.."No mortal hand could kill him, but finger of God"). During 1.WW, Czechs wanted independence...they run from theirs Austrian-Hungary battalions...to form/join Czechoslovakian Legionaires...that force in arms are more sucessfull on batlefields than anyone else, after Soviet Revolution, they take control of transiberian trail and ground of Russia, like no one was able from Mongols invasion (Lenin was afraid, of them, sending any man at at arrms to destroy them...because he fear that they conquer whole Russia and hang him and other comunist idiots...but they do not to conquer, they want passage to home - now imagine...that army that dont want conquer Russia , but controled most of it anyway). During WW 2, Czechoslovakia has second number of sucessfull RAF pilots. Our saboteurs take out most highter rank officer during WW2 (and most dangerous, becouse he was ruthless and clever, both in one). Its my heritage, to speak of that deeds, not take it as my own, I was not there. There was brave mans before me, world should remembered. And if you read this, maybe its because of Otto Wichterle...Czech scientist that developed contact lens, helped houndreds of millions to see..
This was so eye-opening! I had no idea the Czech Republic had so many bizarre and unique aspects. It’s crazy how many stereotypes we have about countries without knowing the truth. I’m curious, though-are these 'strange' facts really embraced by locals, or do they find them more annoying? It makes me want to visit and see for myself! What do you all think?
You left out the fact that Budweiser comes from the city of Budvar, and was brewed there for centuries before it was stolen by Busch. It is still referred to as the "Beer of Kings"
#17 people on the photos are 100% not Czech #18 no, we don't have Ugly sweater day #22 I can't find any information about acoustic properties in Zlíchovský tunel and I'm sure that there is no any acoustics speciality. And of course, it's not famous because of that. This tunnel is "famous" just because it is flooded after every bigger storm. #23 Skoda (originally Laurin & Klement) was originally bicycle maker, they made first car in 1905. Third oldest car company on the world is Tatra (Daimler 1886, Peugeot 1889, Tatra 1897). Tatra was found as company 5 years before Skoda in 1890. History of Tatra is much longer (from 1850). #41 Prague Venice (lol, this name is just tourist trap name, nobody call it Prague Venice) is not canal network around Čertovka river. That is one canal called Čertovka on Vltava river. It's only one canal. #47 is not very clear, but I guess that it is about invention of silon, what is polyamid fiber similar to nylon. After second world war Czechoslovakia has no access to nylon and it does mean that Czechoslovakian girls and women didn't have access to nylon stockings. In 1947 Otto Wichterle (inventor of contact lenses) and two other scientists invented silon and after 1950 there were silon stockings. Silon, same as nylon, was used for many other products, not just stocking. ...and of course, another tourist trap, what is not Czech tradition - trdelnik. Pronounciation of Czech names and words is mostly terrible - I understand, it is text-to-speech, but...
Let me correct a few things xd - 1:19 "Svíčková na smetaně" is not our national food. Our national food is "Vepřo knedlo zelo" - 0:48 our flag represents a beer (red and white = beer blue = glass handle) 🇨🇿🍺 - 4:45 as a czech citizen, i have never heard of something calld "udly sweater day" maybe it's just a regional thing but we war wierd sweaters all the time 🤣 - Karl's bridge (5:00) was wuild with the help of raw eggs that were added to make it stronger and more stable - 5:55 Škoda (car company) helped build the London Eye because no one alse in the world was able to make the middle part this big
You forgot to mention that the contact lenses are from our country but overall a really good video. I am happy that somebody made a video about czech republic in english so that almost everybody can undestand it.😊
Fun fact: Trdelník is not Czech pastry, it's actually Hungarian (totally didn't ask Wikipedia for this one). You'll see a lot of market stands in the Old Town Square, claiming it to be a traditional Old Prague pastry. That's not true, it is in fact a lie. But tourists love it. Me personally, I've never had one, but might actually buy one the next time I visit Prague again. Of course with the knowledge that it's no local :D
10:15 - I would add here that foreigners are afraid to take public transport because they have had bad experiences in other countries. They don't have to be afraid here. Public transport is clean, one of the cheapest in Europe and maybe even in the world (Leaving aside cities where it is free.) and in Prague, for example, it is much better to take public transport than to drive or take a taxi. Cars are stuck in traffic jams, I wonder what the metro or tram will take you many times faster. Taxis also take advantage of tourists' inexperience and don't have as good a reputation as elsewhere.
Okay, repairs time because this is painful to hear, I also divided them into syllables so it is easier to grasp: The national dish. Svíčková na Smetaně, is pronounced (Sweetch ko waa na smeh tah nye). The Moravian Karst's most famous landmark, Macocha is pronounced (Mah tsoh jah) - imagine the letter J in Spanish. The Big Clock in Prague, Orloj, is pronounced (Or loy). The town of Olomouc is pronounced as (Oh loh mowts) and the cheese, Olomoucké Tvarůžky are (Oh low mow tskeh Tvah roozhky) - the zh sounds like the letter J in French. The town, where the Sugar Cubes were invented, Dačice, is pronounced (Dah chi tse). The UNESCO Listed Area, Valtice-Lednice Cultural Landscape, is pronounced (Led nee tse - Val tee tse). The Czech delicacy, Smažený Sýr, is pronounced (Smah zhenee Seer) - the zh sounds like the letter J in French, also much better to say Smažák (Smah zhaak) - you will sound more like a local. The author of R. U. R., Karel Čapek, is pronounced (Kah rel Tchaa peck). The town with the glassmaking school, Kamenický Šenov, is pronounced (Kah men itskee Sheh nov). Other pronounciations were ok, I really liked the Petřín one. I am sorry, but it hurts and I feel like most of these could've been avoided by just searching for the pronunciation or asking a native person. Hope this helps!
Thank you for the video, you've painted us in really good light here ❤. Also, thank you for remembering Karel Čapek and the word ROBOT, most people think it's from Russian. I had good laugh listening to your butchering of Czech names. I'm just a little confused about the "ugly sweater day", I've never heard of it but I see I'm not the only one. Greetings from Czech Republic!
4:20 the first Slavic state ever was the Samo's Empire located in today's Czech Republic, Austria, Bavaria, western Slovakia, Lusatia and southern Poland 200 years before the Moravian conquest of Nitra.. Yes, the founder Sámo was of Frankish origin but he led the Slavic resistance against the Avars and in 631 he even defeated his homeland in the battle of Wogastisburg. Unluckily his empire fell in the civil war after his death but it is still seen as the first sovereign Slavic state.
Trdelník is not a traditional food. I´am Czech and have never eaten one in my life and have no idea what it looks like. You focus mostly on Prague which is a beatiful city but other Czech regions are interesting as well. That´s where you find the real Czechia.
I'm Czech, but I've never heard of an ugly sweater day in the Czech Republic. Instead, the video could have mentioned the great musical legacy of Czech composers such as Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Josef Myslivecek, Leos Janacek or Josef Suk.
There's definitely a lot more about the Czech republic, but quite a good work. BTW I'm Czech and never heard of "Ugly sweater day" (Nr. 18). It exists and some people might celebrate it, however it's definitely not a Czech tradition.
Fun fact: There's nothing traditionally or typically Czech about trdelník. It's originaly a Transylvanian pastry, but since 2000s, it's spread around Prague like plague as a tourist thing.
Czech Republic isn't only Prague. I mean I love Prague, but there is so many interesting and beautifull things in whole Czechia. But I understand this is just some summary from first websites that are informing about some Czech Republic "facts"
Honestly, I've never heard of such a thing as "ugly sweater day" and I live in the Czech Republic. Also, it would have been a good idea to consult someone on the pronunciation of Czech words and names, because most of them are terribly wrong.
Ugly sweater day?? Never heard about it. Same with trdelník. It is tasty, offered in centre, but we have lot more traditional sweet cakes, actually the czech kitchen is very good 😋🩷
18th, where you get this info? I am from czechia and nobody do that. Also you can say, that our trams are most used in world. We are 3rd country with most trams. First and second place are countryes where we sold our trams. That cinamon trdelník is trap for tourist and its from hungary, but if you find cheaper one, they are usualy better taste, because they arent made for tourist whose didnt know anything about trdelník. When you named czech things, propably czech willnt understand you. Czech tourist track are more complicated, they are named by colours and they arent for bikes, for bikes we have diferent tracks, tourist track connect castles, forests, cities, and much more places. Sorry for my bad english
4:41 - 18. What ⁉ This is the first I've heard of it, and I'm a native, 50-year-old Czech. We don't celebrate "ugly sweater day". This is incorrect information❗
A small correction - Nr. 17 :in pictures are not Czech poeople, Nr.18 :maybe in the USA but not here in the Czech Republic…My country is really wonderfull!👍
2:42 - ‼Trdelník is not a traditional Czech delicacy! Trdelník is a disgusting mass of flour, into which they stuff another disgusting mass pretending to be ice cream... It's basically a tourist trap where the selling price is extremely inflated. 💡 A traditional Czech delicacy is for example "koláče" (Pies, but not the kind you know). We also make excellent gingerbread, e.g. if you travel in Bohemia to discover the sights and visit Štramberk, try the gingerbread delicacy called "Štramberské uši" (Štramberk ears).
How is it possible that he did not mentioned the biggest Czech ever lived - Jára Cimrman 🤔😁 Aaand no, we don't have any such thing like ugly sweater day...
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We did it one year while at dorm in Prague for a Christmas party.
1) You haven´t mentioned the world dollar which came from Tolar - the coin made in Kutná Hora.
2) You said nothing about contact lences invented by Otto Wichterle - the same who found silon (with some of his colleagues) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wichterle
Horrible pronounciation, and many typos.
You should Czech out Ostrava city and it`s preserved industrial metallurgic complex Lower Vitkovice. I bet You , You have never seen anything like this.
Btw before you release a video, find the right pronounciation on Google translator, that would be more professional ...
I'm Czech, but I've never heard of an ugly sweater day in the Czech Republic. I don't even know anyone who celebrates it. No, there's really no such holiday here. Maybe just a few people, but only as a recession. I even had to Google it to find out if such a holiday even exists.
na webu mě sem tam taky překvapěj..)))))
Hello czech people ! Can i communicate any ! Its me
It´s me too..!@@gurodeboholano2136
Slovakia is Sooo wonderful while Czech Republic is just weird? There is comparative bias here impossible to ignore! I’m of Norwegian heritage and can’t ignore this!!
Yes, the 18 is wrong. I´v enever heard it here.
Czesi to fajni ludzie, mają wielki wkład w rozwój cywilizacji. Jaroslaw Hasek był Czechem. Napisał genialną książkę, która każdemu normalnemu człowiekowi pokazuje jak się powinien zachowywać.Gdyby wszyscy na całym świecie przeczytali Przygody Dobrego Wojaka Szwejka i zrozumieli, to świat byłby piękniejszy. Pozdrawiam Braci Czechów z Polski.
Ahoj :-D
Ahoj. někde na youtube sem viděl supr song jak si z nás vy poláci děláte prču kvuli tomu pozdravu. něco ve stylu srát na to že nemáme moře stejně sme námořnici. :D
Největší příspěvek k rozvoji lidstva je Polský anime Exorcista. Nic lepšího jsem neviděl. 👍👻💀
Děkujeme za pozdrav a posíláme ho zpět
Poláci sou fajnoví, obdivuju na nic jejich nezlomnýho ducha a bojovnost. Pošlete nám sem trochu, budem to taky brzy potřebovat...
The pronunciation of Czech names in this video was painful to listen to. If I wouldn't see the captions I had no idea what you are saying
já se mohl pochcat smíchy 😂
Olomoucke syrecky
Souhla zatim nejhorsi co jsem kdy slysel. dale vybira a zvyraznuje uplny nesmysly. Ale proc ne aspon je to reklama pro turisty. Nic proyi tomu ale nevi a mozna ani nebyl v CR. Nasel si to na googl. tak to asi bude.
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bylo to dost pekelný no, ale alespoň se snažil 🤣
Ugly sweater contest is American thing. No one in Prague does that, perhaps employees of some multinational global corporate companies that are in Prague do that, but it's not a Czech thing to do it's imported.
Exactly, no one in the Czech Republic does such a competition.
Exactly. Hearing about this "Czech tradition" for the first time. No one does that.
I'm Czech, but I've never heard of an ugly sweater day in the Czech Republic...
Hy kindly let me required monthly income for staying in Czech
I'm from Czechia also and i've never heard about it also
Why is Trdelnik stuck with us? We never have anything to do with that thing. The only ones who say it's a traditional Czech delicacy are tourist traps
No, it is not just a trap. It is traditional, mainly in Moravia. There are some programmes for you to watch if you want to learn more about it.
@@lenkaskubova9790 It's not true. Trdelník really came to south Moravia and to Slovakia (Skalice) with immigrants from area of today's Romania, but it's not "traditional" in any way. Almost no Czech heard about it before it became a "traditional Czech cake" for tourists. You can call "traditional" dishes as "vánočka", "koláče", "frgále" etc. but never "trdelník".
Cos Prague center is full of sellers of trdelnik, so tourists think it is some tradition here :-)
@@lenkaskubova9790prosím vás kde na Moravě? Tradiční je především ve Skalici na Slovensku. Dlužno poznamenat, že to je naprosto odlišný výrobek. Staročeský trdelník je prostý marketingový trik.
Pokud vím, trdelník je původně maďarský.
Makoša a Orlož killed me 😂😂😂
Až mám z toho chuť na olomoké cvarucky.
Ledniči Valtiči🤣🤣🤣
Italsky zamek😂😂😂@@matejmisejko9109
😂😂😂😂 me too
Or Ledniči Valtiči
alright lets say it...There is no "ugly sweater day in Czech Republic"
Well, when they have trdelník as a traditional Czech Christmas pastery and showing some girls in Eastern-Slavic costumes while speaking about the Great Moravian Empire... sad, sad, sad.
Everyday is Ugly sweater day in Czechia 😄
Also newer heard of it
@@serebii666 well, since winters so rough that sweeter would be needed are rare lately I guess that the meaning of your statements appoint that we just keep our sweaters hidden cause they are ugly? ;)
@@ondrejlukas4727 winters rough? The only chance we can see snow is on discovery channel and occasionally in the mountains (less and less every year). Its like a 7days per year when here are temperatures below 0°C. To point out that foreigner see Czech republic as just Prague, then barely 7days...
I am Czech.... so, for people Who like nature, we have a great navigation system in forrestr for walkway and longer trips. I did not meet such a good system anywhere
great and unique. Yy right.
V Černé hoře mají taky turistické značky ...akorát jsou kulaté. Ovšem nevím, jak moc tu síť mají velkou...ale po každém kopci hoře, po kterých jsem lezl, tam tyhle rybí oka byly :)
We don't breed Lipizzaner horses in Kladruby nad Labem. We breed "Starokladrubský bělouš" (white coat) in Kladruby and "Starokladrubský vraník" (black coat version) in Slatiňany. Lipizzaner was only one of the breeds, that were used to revive Starokladrubský vraník, because it was nearly extinct (or sold out to other countries) in 1930s. This breed is our national origin, and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995.
I was also annoyed that he degraded our original design of power units for older types of limousines to mere license production. Greetings to everyone in Kladruby and Slatiňany.
You can find details about breeding this breed at:
cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starokladrubsk%C3%BD_k%C5%AF%C5%88
Friesian horses were also introduced to the kladruber bloodline, why didn't he mentioned those.
you forgot the fact that Contact lenses are a Czech invention, invented by Otto Wichterle (27th October 1913 Prostějov - 18th August 1998 Stražisko) and he created the first version on a device which he made using Merkur (it is a Czech metal building toy kit, which has been sold since the mid-twenties of the 20th century
"he made it in a cave, with a box of toys"
yes 🙌
@@dabartos4713 Created them at home on December 24(it was supposed to be a Christmas present for the grandkids or something but they couldn't come in the end)
He didn't invent them. He developed modern, soft contact lenses as far as I'm concern... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wichterle
@@dabartos4713 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wichterle yes, used the sort of toy to work on the project... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wichterle
"Macocha" isn't pronounced the way as in video (if it would, it would have name "Makoša". Which isn't). The closer pronunciation is rather "matsocha" (where "ch" digraph doesn't have english equivalent. The closest is "ch" in scottish "loch" or "j" in "jalapeño". There's no "k" in resulted sound).
EDIT: Generaly "c" is _never_ pronounced as "k" in Czech (so "Olomouc", in video pronounced as "Olomouk", is prononounced rather as "Olomouts". For english speaker, simply replace any occuring "c" (except "ch" which is considered as one letter and has different pronunciation) as "ts", it will be much closer to correct pronunciation.
EDIT2: "Trdelnik" is not Czech thing, it is simply a tourist trap.
EDIT3: "Dačice" is pronounced as "Datshitseh" (funny, I know). I guess here strikes flexion of slavic language, because the city is "Dačice" but if you want to say "from Dačice", it is "z Dačic".
Number 18 - never heard of it.
Number 27 - correct pronunciation of "Lednice-Valtice" is rather "Lednitseh-Valtitseh" (where "n" in "Lednice" sounds like "ny" in english "canyon" and similarly softened is also "t" in "Valtice"). If it would be written as pronounced in video, it would be "Ledniči-Valtiči".
Number 39 - "Karel Čapek" should be pronounced more like "Karel Tshapek" or "Karel Czapek". Pronunciation in video would fit for "Karel Kapek"
Number 40 - I'm czech, but this I've ever seen just in YT videos, never IRL.
Number 46 - "Kamenický Šenov" ("kamenitskeeh shenov") is in video pronounced as "kamenitchkeeh seniov" (luckily for any curious visitor it is also written in video, because otherwise it wouldn't ever find it based on how it is pronounced).
Number 48 - "Mikuláš". Generaly "š" is always pronounced more like "sh" in english.
It maybe looks like "you did it only wrong", but no. Overall it was quite good, just the pronunciation is ... tricky.
I would say that the closest spalling to the pronunciation of Czech ch is kh.
@@jiritichy7967 not even close. In "ch" is not "k" at all. Any pronunciation with "k" has voiceless plosive in it (where, "k" itself is voiceless velar plosive). but "ch" is voiceless fricative.
Calling "kh" as pronunciation close to "ch" is the same as calling "P" as good alternative to "F" (difference is the same, plosive vs fricative), i.e. english "fan" would sound the same way as "pan" (which doesn't, I hope 😀).
In english exists several words with "ch", but all of them are borrowed from gaelic (either irish of scottish). Unfortunately most english speakers pronounce them wrong (e.g. most of them pronounce "loch" as "lock", I believe it is caused due to total absence of this sound in common speech in english).
@@kmartyCZ Obviously there is no k in Czech ch, English does not have that sound and it is a standard way to spell it as kh - closest possible (same for German and other languages ch, for example Farsi Sharokhi).
@@jiritichy7967 I'm just saying Darth Vader with his (inhale) breathing was closer to "CH" than using "KH" as substitute to "CH" 😀
I've heard of n.40 but I didn't know if that's true or not
May we know why you consider bizarre those 48 facts?
"The South Moravian region is famous for its wine", hey, wow, that's so bizarre, isn't it?
Yes, the Czech transportation system in the CZ is very efficient, is that really bizarre?
May we also know why all this make Czech Republic the strangest country in Europe?
About the ugly t-shirt... I guess you were joking.
My Czech brain is getting stroke from the pronunciations of these czech words 🤯🤯🤯
Too much info on Prague, the capital. But Czechia is not about Prague that much.
Too much? There we literally 7 facts about Prague out of 48 and you just can't miss Charles bridge, astronomical clock or "the city of a hundred spires, for example Christmas market are meh, but quite famous
You must be from Brno :D
@@DaweSlayerNot at all, dude.
@@stemba16 Right. But there are of course hundreds of interesting facts about the Czech republic.
I saw the Olomouc astronomical clock and I am satisfied 😊
Czech person here: Nope, there is no Ugly Sweater Day... It's a hilarious idea, though 😁😁😁
Come on. It's not that hard to find the correct pronountiation. It only confuses people
Makoča, orlož :D
Tvl proč tu výslovnost musíte pořád všichni tak řešit? Tak panebože je to cizinec, kterej udělal video o Česku, NE o českém jazyce. A zrovna čeština, to fakt není jednoduchej jazyk, zvlášť na výslovnost (vždyť s tou mají problém občas i češi, natož cizinci). Pochybuju, že by se vám chtělo hledat správnou výslovnost, kdybyste dělali video o jiném státě. Zkuste si třeba maďarštinu. Buďte rádi, že se někdo zajímá o naši zemi.
Sorry že to píšu zrovna pod tenhle koment, ale mluvím ke všem, kdo tu opravují výslovnost (nechce se mi to psát jako samostatný koment, když to není cz video).
@@martinpipek11 ja bych nemel problem. pouzit text to speech u google prekladace neni tak tezky
@@martinpipek11 Protože není tak těžký zkusit najít Čecha a zeptat se ho na tyhle věci a nebo si ty výslovnosti najít. Pokud dělá FAKTY, má bejt FAKTICKY správně. Špatná výslovnost je FAKTUÁLNĚ špatně.
@@kamitsuki.6127Okej, tak ho pojďme všichni hejtovat, jak si to jenom mohl dovolit natočit video o česku a přitom si nezjistit správnou výslovnost. No to je skandál, pojďme mu dát všichni najevo tak moc nás to štve, že si ani nezjistil jak se české názvy vyslovují a že natočil jenom trapné zajímavosti.
Ještě že nejsem youtuber.
Good evening from Prague :-) Czech words are really difficult to pronounce, aren't they? :-) Anyway - we really do not celebrate the ,,Ugly sweater day", sorry. Trdelník is not czech and most of us ignore it completely, because there are many tastier (and cheaper) traditional options (koláče, buchty, bublanina, závin, bábovka etc.). And the Beer spas are practically for tourists only, Czechs prefer the classical option :-)
Yeah, "makoša" abyss is really deep. 😀 I never heard about some "sweater day" isn't it just another nonsense which expats living here celebrate? 😀
Pokud vím, tak se to slaví ve Skandinávii, konkrétně v Norsku. Ale nemám to ověřený, možná jde o Norskej humor, způsob, jak říct cizincum, že o nich víme hovno :)
Ale Čechy, nebo Norsko, to je přes oceán asi skoro to samý... :D
2. 0:41 The Czech flag does not symbolise the historical coat of arms. The historical colours of the Czech kingdoms are red and white, the bicolour on the war banner and the white lion on the red coat of arms. These colours have been used since the 13th century, as far back as the Roman Empire and later the Austria-Hungary Empire, until the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918, part of which war Transcarpathian (today part of Ukraine).
The newly formed Poland and Austria also had red and white (previously mostly part of the Czech Kingdom). This created the need for a new flag, the blue wedge symbolizing Slovakia (today it is an independent state).
10. 2:34 The "trdelník" is not traditional, it is Hungarian and has been sold in Prague for the last 10-15 years at most. Traditional is "koláč" thin round cake with with poppy seeds, curd cheese and fruit jam. Or "chlebíček" with potato salad, egg, ham and cucumber. In English, that would be described as open sandwich.
14. 3:32 Fun fact: The "dollar" derives its name from the "tolar", which was the historical currency of the Czech kingdoms since 1520.
18. 4:37 There is no such holiday and no one wears knitted sweaters at Christmas.
Well, even if i dont mind the pronunciation of czech words, there is a lot of mistakes.
6) Havel wasnt even in Prague on 17. 11. 1989. He got more involved in the aftermath of that. 10) Trdelnik is not czech traditional pastry. 18) There is no tradition "Ugly Sweater Day". Only in the 80 we all wore ugly sweaters and we all hated it. 21) Lipizzaner horses are breeded in Kladruby, however they are not cariage pulling horses. Those are Kladruber Horses. 22) I dont think its possible to test this acustic properties due to trafic. Probably better mention would be "Kolonáda" in Kroměříž and its unique acustic properties. 38) and 45) could be in one spot. 47) "Silonky" was a czech invention. And a photo of "silonky" would be usefull.
These are the ones i picked, maybe there are more. And sorry for my mistakes in english.
Mostly correct, a few funny mistakes you made. Anyway 1) those are not "Bizarre" facts, 2) Not sure why u call it "The Strangest Country In Europe".
to be fair, it kinda is the strangest country in Europe...
@@CreestofOfficial no it isn't but I will gladly read any real arguments on this from you
@@milancervenka3577 despite our christian history and our mainly christian neighbours (countries), most people here are atheists, also we have the biggest amount of alcohol consumed per one person, we're often joking about stuff that would seem weird to the people of other nationalities and so on...
@@CreestofOfficialI agree that alcohol consumption, atheism or porn production are way beyond standards, but each contry has to stand out with womething and these are not the strangest examples to be fair
As a czech, Czechia (mainly Ostrava lol) is the strangest europe state!
this video will offend many czech people. Wrong pronunciation and inaccurate facts but bizzare fact 49 - we like to complain :D
It will not offend us. It is actually funny, we are tolerant
@@jakubkubay7418 to jsou jenom propagandisticky kecy. máme rádi pravdu. a fakta. a logiku. a jsme idealisti. hovadiny, co si hraji na dokument, nikoho normalniho nenadchne. to neni o toleranci, prece. ale tak mozna mluvim jen za starsi generaci. 🤷♀
Thank you for an amazing video.
My family were ethnic germans who lived in czechia after ww2 they were forced to leave i've been to prague so many times it's such a beautiful country definitely europe's one of hidden gems ❤
Czech people obviously do not like exaggeration and mispronouncing of their places.
Ty názvy jsou vážně hrozný. To se nedá poslouchat. Nepoznala bych Škoda, Olomouc neumí říct vůbec, kdo mu poradil, že nevyslovujeme koncovky? Nikdy neřekne celé slovo, hrozný. Nejsme Francouzi,kteří poradí něco polykání ve vyslovování. Smažený sýr už bych ani nepochopila . Proč to nemluvil Čech? Pomlázka. Všechno špatně, Petřín.
I liked learning about The Czech Republic and hope to visit in the future
Thank you for the support! We hope you get to visit The Czech Republic anytime soon! 👌🏻🗺️
My wife visited Prague a long time ago in college before we met, and I've never been, though we definitely want to visit there again someday.
Very good review. When you decided to do a piece about the Cech republic, you should have consulted some native about the pronunciation.
No need to consult a native speaker, just write e.g. "Macocha" to the Google translate, select Czech and play the pronunciation...
Loved Prague, plan on going back.
Tak to mě dostalo .))) Makoša abyss v Moravském karstu .))) Oni neumí normálně přečíst písmena...Ano my jsme strangest country in Europe, a USA strangest country in the World. Tam jsou Makoši všichni .))) PS: "orlož" je taky good.
btw karst je jak se doslova anglicky rekne kras :)
😄😄😄👍
@@prazakkkNikdy jsem nepochopil proc.. Spis bych kras prelozil jako beauty..
It is funny to watch this video when you live in Czechia.
The clothes showed at 4:34 is Russian, not Czech. Czech folk costumes are much less ornate.
Hey, welcome back to 'Europe In Detail'! Looking forward to exploring the Czech Republic in 2024, sounds intriguing!
Zaujimavý content máš palec hore👍
Hey thanks man for talking about my country.
Ok as czech person i have 3 thinks. There is no think like Ugly Sweather day in czech republic, i never heard of it and i know noone who heard. Secondary, trdelník is not our traditional food, only one who think this is are tourist from western europe and honestly, we dont know why :D. It is just tourist friendly food, because its very cheap to make, very quick to prepare and you can sold it with high profit, because tourists are lazy and dont know real value of out curency. And last think, please, try to say our words correctly. I know that aour language is hard, but almost all of your czech worlds was completely incomprehensible.
But don't worry, otherwise you've done a pretty good job. Thanks for showing our country
Best country in Europe!!
Incredible fact about Czechia no. 49:
The propulsion of the ship using a steam engine and a screw (propeller) of his own design was patented by the Czech inventor Josef Ressel in 1827.
No. 50:
The principle of magnetron oscillation was first described in 1924 by August Žáček, a professor at the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague. The use of heating food by this principle was discovered by Percy Spencer in 1945. The first microwave oven was developed.
Tatra car company is older than Skoda and is along with Mercedes and Peugeot oldest car manufacturers in the world. Also Czechs give the world words Pistol and Howitzer- "píšťala" was hand gun and houfnice was howitzer both used by Hussittes in early 15th century which change history of warfare. And technically speaking Czechs (Hussittes) give world first usable Tanks. And Czech are behind two veeeery important inventions today - ships propeller and contact lenses.
I was attracted to the cover and clicked on this video😂
Thanks for the video! You might have added the Pravcicka Gate (Brana) in Bohemian Switzerland, Northern Bohemia. It is the largest natural rock gate in Europe. :-D
Czech 🇨🇿❤💕
Actualy, in Czech flag red and white means colors of bohemia and blue triangel means slovakia.
You are wrong. 3 colors mean Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.
@@josfol Ehhh... No? Flag of bohemia is white and red (like Poland) And Moravia and Silesia have they're own flag. This flag what Czech r. using today was inovated in 1920 when slovakia became part of Czechoslovakia r. (before Czecho-Slovakia r. and it using red and white, problem was, the same flag has Poland, so they added blue triang meaning Slovakia.)
@@mafian7629
Moravská vlajka má stejné barvy, červeno-bíle šachovaná orlice na modré vlajce, doložená od počátků Moravského markrabství. Žluto-červený paskvil používaný od 19.století především německy hovořícími obyvateli Moravy, kterým projevovali loajalitu ne k Českému království ale k Rakousku, jako vlajku neuznávám a stejně jako pro mnoho heraldiků má tato takzvaná moravská vlajka nulový význam a platnost.
@@josfolIt represents Slovakia. After the Czechoslovakia dissolved we just kept the flag and Slovakia made its own.
@@mafian7629 Correct. I wrote it in my own post, but not many people know it - flag of Bohemia used to be red on top and white on bottom, but it switched after 1848 as a protest against germanic/Austrian oppression.
Such beatiful german buildings 😊
You forget some history...when Czechs doubt the Catholic Church (even when we are mosly atheist country, in fact most atheist country in world), it ended in several crusadess against our lands, defeated by one of best generals Jan Žižka. Outnamembered paesants against trained, well armored, armed knights, time and time again...Hussitess cant be defeated. And Jan Žižka...never been defeated (they sayed in chronicles...when he dies.."No mortal hand could kill him, but finger of God"). During 1.WW, Czechs wanted independence...they run from theirs Austrian-Hungary battalions...to form/join Czechoslovakian Legionaires...that force in arms are more sucessfull on batlefields than anyone else, after Soviet Revolution, they take control of transiberian trail and ground of Russia, like no one was able from Mongols invasion (Lenin was afraid, of them, sending any man at at arrms to destroy them...because he fear that they conquer whole Russia and hang him and other comunist idiots...but they do not to conquer, they want passage to home - now imagine...that army that dont want conquer Russia , but controled most of it anyway). During WW 2, Czechoslovakia has second number of sucessfull RAF pilots. Our saboteurs take out most highter rank officer during WW2 (and most dangerous, becouse he was ruthless and clever, both in one). Its my heritage, to speak of that deeds, not take it as my own, I was not there. There was brave mans before me, world should remembered. And if you read this, maybe its because of Otto Wichterle...Czech scientist that developed contact lens, helped houndreds of millions to see..
Kluci z Prahy/HonestGuide budou jistě potěšeni, že jsou ve videu, které říká, že trdelník je tradiční české pečivo... :D
Fun fact: Prague was inspiration for City of Yarnham in Bloodborne from FromSoftware studio
This was so eye-opening! I had no idea the Czech Republic had so many bizarre and unique aspects. It’s crazy how many stereotypes we have about countries without knowing the truth. I’m curious, though-are these 'strange' facts really embraced by locals, or do they find them more annoying? It makes me want to visit and see for myself! What do you all think?
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Sweater day is not really a thing, but over all pretty accurate video :)
You left out the fact that Budweiser comes from the city of Budvar, and was brewed there for centuries before it was stolen by Busch. It is still referred to as the "Beer of Kings"
It is a shame he did no mentioned Gregor Johannes Mendel inventor of genetics
Or Otto Wichterle, the inventor of soft contact lenses: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wichterle
Brasko,on objevil genetiku,ne ji vynalezl,ale mas pravdu,asi to mel zminit
or, regarding the bizarity, the Czech Railways system (and its delays) :D
#17 people on the photos are 100% not Czech
#18 no, we don't have Ugly sweater day
#22 I can't find any information about acoustic properties in Zlíchovský tunel and I'm sure that there is no any acoustics speciality. And of course, it's not famous because of that. This tunnel is "famous" just because it is flooded after every bigger storm.
#23 Skoda (originally Laurin & Klement) was originally bicycle maker, they made first car in 1905. Third oldest car company on the world is Tatra (Daimler 1886, Peugeot 1889, Tatra 1897). Tatra was found as company 5 years before Skoda in 1890. History of Tatra is much longer (from 1850).
#41 Prague Venice (lol, this name is just tourist trap name, nobody call it Prague Venice) is not canal network around Čertovka river. That is one canal called Čertovka on Vltava river. It's only one canal.
#47 is not very clear, but I guess that it is about invention of silon, what is polyamid fiber similar to nylon. After second world war Czechoslovakia has no access to nylon and it does mean that Czechoslovakian girls and women didn't have access to nylon stockings. In 1947 Otto Wichterle (inventor of contact lenses) and two other scientists invented silon and after 1950 there were silon stockings. Silon, same as nylon, was used for many other products, not just stocking.
...and of course, another tourist trap, what is not Czech tradition - trdelnik. Pronounciation of Czech names and words is mostly terrible - I understand, it is text-to-speech, but...
Let me correct a few things xd
- 1:19 "Svíčková na smetaně" is not our national food. Our national food is "Vepřo knedlo zelo"
- 0:48 our flag represents a beer (red and white = beer blue = glass handle) 🇨🇿🍺
- 4:45 as a czech citizen, i have never heard of something calld "udly sweater day" maybe it's just a regional thing but we war wierd sweaters all the time 🤣
- Karl's bridge (5:00) was wuild with the help of raw eggs that were added to make it stronger and more stable
- 5:55 Škoda (car company) helped build the London Eye because no one alse in the world was able to make the middle part this big
You forgot to mention that the contact lenses are from our country but overall a really good video. I am happy that somebody made a video about czech republic in english so that almost everybody can undestand it.😊
Fun fact: Trdelník is not Czech pastry, it's actually Hungarian (totally didn't ask Wikipedia for this one). You'll see a lot of market stands in the Old Town Square, claiming it to be a traditional Old Prague pastry. That's not true, it is in fact a lie. But tourists love it. Me personally, I've never had one, but might actually buy one the next time I visit Prague again. Of course with the knowledge that it's no local :D
@CZghost No. Trdelník is originally Slovak, from the town Skalica.
10:15 - I would add here that foreigners are afraid to take public transport because they have had bad experiences in other countries. They don't have to be afraid here. Public transport is clean, one of the cheapest in Europe and maybe even in the world (Leaving aside cities where it is free.) and in Prague, for example, it is much better to take public transport than to drive or take a taxi. Cars are stuck in traffic jams, I wonder what the metro or tram will take you many times faster. Taxis also take advantage of tourists' inexperience and don't have as good a reputation as elsewhere.
Okay, repairs time because this is painful to hear, I also divided them into syllables so it is easier to grasp:
The national dish. Svíčková na Smetaně, is pronounced (Sweetch ko waa na smeh tah nye).
The Moravian Karst's most famous landmark, Macocha is pronounced (Mah tsoh jah) - imagine the letter J in Spanish.
The Big Clock in Prague, Orloj, is pronounced (Or loy).
The town of Olomouc is pronounced as (Oh loh mowts) and the cheese, Olomoucké Tvarůžky are (Oh low mow tskeh Tvah roozhky) - the zh sounds like the letter J in French.
The town, where the Sugar Cubes were invented, Dačice, is pronounced (Dah chi tse).
The UNESCO Listed Area, Valtice-Lednice Cultural Landscape, is pronounced (Led nee tse - Val tee tse).
The Czech delicacy, Smažený Sýr, is pronounced (Smah zhenee Seer) - the zh sounds like the letter J in French, also much better to say Smažák (Smah zhaak) - you will sound more like a local.
The author of R. U. R., Karel Čapek, is pronounced (Kah rel Tchaa peck).
The town with the glassmaking school, Kamenický Šenov, is pronounced (Kah men itskee Sheh nov).
Other pronounciations were ok, I really liked the Petřín one. I am sorry, but it hurts and I feel like most of these could've been avoided by just searching for the pronunciation or asking a native person. Hope this helps!
Thank you for the video, you've painted us in really good light here ❤. Also, thank you for remembering Karel Čapek and the word ROBOT, most people think it's from Russian. I had good laugh listening to your butchering of Czech names. I'm just a little confused about the "ugly sweater day", I've never heard of it but I see I'm not the only one. Greetings from Czech Republic!
Number 49: Being the biggest crack producers in the whole Europe
4:20 the first Slavic state ever was the Samo's Empire located in today's Czech Republic, Austria, Bavaria, western Slovakia, Lusatia and southern Poland 200 years before the Moravian conquest of Nitra.. Yes, the founder Sámo was of Frankish origin but he led the Slavic resistance against the Avars and in 631 he even defeated his homeland in the battle of Wogastisburg. Unluckily his empire fell in the civil war after his death but it is still seen as the first sovereign Slavic state.
Smažený sýr is actually food that was crom France, before we Czechs snatched it and Frenchs forgot about that recepeit
as fellow commenter mentioned there is nod sweater day but we ve got burning the witches day on last of april succeeded by 1st may - love day
Trdelník is not a traditional food. I´am Czech and have never eaten one in my life and have no idea what it looks like. You focus mostly on Prague which is a beatiful city but other Czech regions are interesting as well. That´s where you find the real Czechia.
you are right about this
💡49. & 50. - The word "pistol" also comes from Czech "pistole", just as the word "dollar" has its origin in the old Czech currency "tolar".
You forget about film festival in Karlovy Vary. It's international and many people come here that week.
Plus points for pronunciation! 👍
I'm Czech, but I've never heard of an ugly sweater day in the Czech Republic. Instead, the video could have mentioned the great musical legacy of Czech composers such as Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Josef Myslivecek, Leos Janacek or Josef Suk.
Pure true about Czechia
Haha😂 I must this send my friend from Tel Aviv...crazy fun..
There's definitely a lot more about the Czech republic, but quite a good work. BTW I'm Czech and never heard of "Ugly sweater day" (Nr. 18). It exists and some people might celebrate it, however it's definitely not a Czech tradition.
HEY CZECHS!!
Fun fact: There's nothing traditionally or typically Czech about trdelník. It's originaly a Transylvanian pastry, but since 2000s, it's spread around Prague like plague as a tourist thing.
Czech Republic isn't only Prague. I mean I love Prague, but there is so many interesting and beautifull things in whole Czechia. But I understand this is just some summary from first websites that are informing about some Czech Republic "facts"
Honestly, I've never heard of such a thing as "ugly sweater day" and I live in the Czech Republic. Also, it would have been a good idea to consult someone on the pronunciation of Czech words and names, because most of them are terribly wrong.
Trdelník isnt czech
Ugly sweater day?? Never heard about it. Same with trdelník. It is tasty, offered in centre, but we have lot more traditional sweet cakes, actually the czech kitchen is very good 😋🩷
Same here and i wish to know more
18th, where you get this info? I am from czechia and nobody do that. Also you can say, that our trams are most used in world. We are 3rd country with most trams. First and second place are countryes where we sold our trams. That cinamon trdelník is trap for tourist and its from hungary, but if you find cheaper one, they are usualy better taste, because they arent made for tourist whose didnt know anything about trdelník. When you named czech things, propably czech willnt understand you. Czech tourist track are more complicated, they are named by colours and they arent for bikes, for bikes we have diferent tracks, tourist track connect castles, forests, cities, and much more places. Sorry for my bad english
Karvinský kostel,karvinské more, Petřín,Pražský hrad,vítkovické muzeum
5:06 czechia is 2nd or 3rd at total amount of gold medals earned in IIHF (if we dont count Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union)
I have heard very creative mispronunciations of Czech words before, but this video takes the cake.
Hahaha Havel leading the velvet revolution lol. He was so drunk they had to wake him up and brought him after everything was done and over.
Šikmý kostel v Karviné, tančící dům v Praze,jezero boden v Habartově, Pražský orloj,olomoucký zvířecí orloj
Thanks for the release! Like to promote the channel!!!!!!
The king plucked the eyes of the Astronomical Clock creator so that he would not be able to make any more in other countries.
There's no ugly sweater day in the czech republic. Never in my 18 years of life have I heard of it once. Other than that, cool video. cheers
Number thirteen reminds me of the bus stations. Some of them have bookshelves on them and people leave books there for others people to take.
4:41 - 18. What ⁉ This is the first I've heard of it, and I'm a native, 50-year-old Czech. We don't celebrate "ugly sweater day". This is incorrect information❗
As a czech i find the way you spell czech words really funny
A small correction - Nr. 17 :in pictures are not Czech poeople, Nr.18 :maybe in the USA but not here in the Czech Republic…My country is really wonderfull!👍
I dunno, but I as a native czech have never known or celebrated any type of "ugly sweater day"...🤔🤭
2:42 - ‼Trdelník is not a traditional Czech delicacy! Trdelník is a disgusting mass of flour, into which they stuff another disgusting mass pretending to be ice cream... It's basically a tourist trap where the selling price is extremely inflated.
💡 A traditional Czech delicacy is for example "koláče" (Pies, but not the kind you know). We also make excellent gingerbread, e.g. if you travel in Bohemia to discover the sights and visit Štramberk, try the gingerbread delicacy called "Štramberské uši" (Štramberk ears).
I miss eye lenses, smallpox vaccine, nanofiber, polarography and artificial vessels as an inventions :D
Fun fact Kutná Hora literally translates to Mine-able mountain
Good video, but please, better pronunciation next time, like Karel Čapek isn't [Karl Kapk] but [Karel Chapek] 👍
im czech and i never heard of ugly sweater day...,
U toho obrazu s kalendářem 10:36 je me jméno bed tím žlutým zvýrazněnym (Beata moje jméno btw)
How is it possible that he did not mentioned the biggest Czech ever lived - Jára Cimrman 🤔😁
Aaand no, we don't have any such thing like ugly sweater day...
1:01 Janek Rubeš featured 👍