I am so happy I discovered this channel! I've been learning bits and pieces of Czech for a while now and I am so happy to understand some of the words and phrases that pop up in these videos. Also it makes me fall more and more in love with a country I have never been to. The Bohemian Switzerland seems absolutely beautiful! Hope to be able to visit soon ❤️
Ye, sometimes our stores/restaurants here do weird stuff with cheese aswell, when autumn/ winter season start, companys tend to put raclette on everything, especially fast food companies. recently even saw a raclette Pizza in a local retail company.
I hiked here. It's a must see. I love Bohemian Switzerland and Saxon Switzerland parks. Although my trip was in where the Lion the Witch and the wardrobe winter forest scenes were filmed
One of my great grandfathers worked in that concentration camp that was shown here. I took the tour in 2005 and I was absolutely blown away. There is so much more to show about it, than he was able to talk about in this short video. One information I do want to share: Not all of the tunnels a open to the public. Because the tunnels are so huge, in majority it contains the national fuel reserve of Czechia.
I recently spent a week on the German side of these mountains. I would have loved to visit the Czech side, but the only thing I knew was that everything around the border town of Hřensko (which is quite a tourist trap) was closed due to the recent forest fires. Now I have some information where to go next time. Díky 😎
Hi Janek I have been enjoying your videos for a while now and finally at the end of octobre I am going to visit prague. There's only one problem. I wanted to visit the blue King Kong statue but the internet says it seems to have dissapeared. Do you know where I can find it? Thx!
The National Hockey League was in Prague this week. Did you get a change to go see the game? Tomas Hertle is a local player and I understand he got a very enthusiastic reception. He was all about town.
06:51 The Germans weren’t the only ones building things secretly underground during the war. In the U.K. just a few miles from the city of Bath is a couple of small towns/villages called Box and Corsham along the railway line that crosses from Bristol to London via Bath. In Box is a famous tunnel built by Isambard Kingdom Brunnel, a Victorian era civil engineer infamous in the U.K. for his engineering wonders during the industrial Revolution. Anyway, during the war within the tunnel a new section of railway was built out leading to an underground city of tunnels with factories making munitions for the navy as well as aircraft for the war effort. The new railway junction within the tunnel was utilised to both supply the city with everything it needed from the Bristol docks but also to conceal this fact. A train carrying materials loaded up in the docks at Bristol from ships coming from across the Atlantic would head towards London, upon entering the Box tunnel it would proceed down the secondary railway meanwhile another train would pass out of the end of the tunnel. That way any German reconnaissance aircraft monitoring the tunnel or any German spy watching on the ground would see a train go in one end of the tunnel and out of the other and not suspect a thing!
The workers were brought to the factory in blacked out buses and two escalators meant for Holborn station in London ended up at the factory for it was the easiest way to get 25K people out reasonably quickly. After the war it was repurposed as a nuclear bunker for the British government and it has a huge kitchen full of 1950's era appliances that have never been used. The access tunnel into the underground complex was at the eastern end of Box Tunnel and they have two railway platforms within the complex. There's also 7 miles of conveyor belts. These days the whole place stands dormant and disused.
To be honest... Guys have not mentioned one extremely important thing. A large part of the national park has burnt down this year. And by the way, there is another tourist attraction in this park: a boat trip through a sandstone canyon. May be a tourist trap but worthy. Well, not right now. Also that part has burnt.
@@siriusczech Because of honesty? The video was probably created before the fire. Perhaps they just decided to publish it without a change. May be with another part coming with explanations in near future. Let's wait.
I visited Pravčická brána some years ago and I liked it a lot! I would definitely recommend visiting it when you are close to there. Greetings from he other Switzerland!
I was there in June based on your recommendations from a previous video and will definitely be coming back next year to see these new recommendations 👍🏻 keep up the good work guys on and I really hope people visit CZ country and not just Prague🙏🇨🇿
If you don't like dwarf you can use midget. Plates of food look nice. One countries regular homegrown meals are exotic and unusual for somebody from another part of the world. Always nice to try something different. Local is the way to go, fresh from the farm to the table.
Can you make a video with recommandations for the nearby citys of Decin and Usti nad Labem? That would be interesting as well. I want to go to the area soon.
I visited this park last summer! well, visited... There was unfortunately a big forest fire which was very sad to see. Everything was closed and the town Hrensko(where I was) got covered in ash.
Lol, I was in bohemian switzerland today, it was great :D We walked to the natiral sandstone bridge/arch (I was there with a tour, I would not had the time to find the gems anyways)
Man, your videos are great. If you're ever in Istanbul, we'd love to see you. There are people who can rob you down to your knickers. It's the biggest city in Europe. It's like a paradise for thieves.😂😂
Another interesting and excellent video. Just a small thing: "Hidden Gems" / "Secret underground..." ? In what way is it hidden or hidden? Usually a word used in yt-videos discribing places where the youtuber is not so familiar. Bud hidden? Secret? No way! Actually a lot of people living here. There is more than just the Charles Bridge.
Czechs gave the world not only hedgehogs and Semtex. but also contact lenses and sugar cubes :) oh and the word ROBOT :) so not only destructive things :)
Spaceman of Bohemia is being turned into a movie? With Adam Sandler????? The book was weird and interesting, but I just can't imagine what it would be with Adam Sandler in it. I'm skeptical.
The dreadful thing was that Czechoslovakia as it was at that time was basically handed to the Germans on a sliver platter by the British at the Munich conference in 1938 and much to Hitler's annoyance. The Czech delegation was shut out and forbidden to participate and the fate of their country was decided by foreigners. Hitler wanted a violent invasion of the Czech state and was cheated out of it and so the violence he loved so much was unleashed on his next victim, Poland.
Nobody is wearing masks for like 6 months, but who knows, maybe they will make it mandatory again, but I don't think so, there is no reason for that when hospitals are not full of people with covid like in the past.
masks are not required right now but just in case of emergency have one in your pocket some places might have requested them to enter also in case of medical emergency they are needed in hospitals
Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen
Most tourist sights in Czechia are accesible if you have at least a basic hiking gear. Those more popular are often accesible even for wheelchairs at least to some degree. This specific one is quite easy even for a common visitor.
can you show us some hidden gems of Královec next time you are there?
:-D
Good one 😀
Cant wait for Beer Stream 1
Get lost
I am so happy I discovered this channel! I've been learning bits and pieces of Czech for a while now and I am so happy to understand some of the words and phrases that pop up in these videos. Also it makes me fall more and more in love with a country I have never been to. The Bohemian Switzerland seems absolutely beautiful! Hope to be able to visit soon ❤️
9:55 as a Swiss, I can say, you can do whathever you want with you cheese, as long as it involves cheese, we are happy. haha
Ye, sometimes our stores/restaurants here do weird stuff with cheese aswell, when autumn/ winter season start, companys tend to put raclette on everything, especially fast food companies.
recently even saw a raclette Pizza in a local retail company.
I hiked here. It's a must see. I love Bohemian Switzerland and Saxon Switzerland parks. Although my trip was in where the Lion the Witch and the wardrobe winter forest scenes were filmed
Cannot wait to visit Czech Republic again! Great video!
amazing discovery ! thank you Honza and Janek !
Wow thank you Honest Guides, beautiful content :)
Hi from Switzerland.
I very much love what you guys do to that cheese :)
This was a beautiful video!
I have a vacation in a week and I will be in this area! You couldn't surprise me more, and I absolutely must see the Ju-188 factory
Now you made me hungry!!! Love this video!
I was off put by him not holding his fork and knife correctly. He needs to learn some etiquette and how to eat properly.
Really loved the video 😊
Very nice places! Thanks for this discovery
I’ve been excited for Spaceman of Bohemia ever since I heard about it a few years back. It’s so cool that you encountered the film crew!
Good to know. Thank you. The bracelet scene reminds me of my trips in London.
this was a great episode
FANTASTIC video !!❤
One of my great grandfathers worked in that concentration camp that was shown here.
I took the tour in 2005 and I was absolutely blown away. There is so much more to show about it, than he was able to talk about in this short video.
One information I do want to share: Not all of the tunnels a open to the public. Because the tunnels are so huge, in majority it contains the national fuel reserve of Czechia.
like always great episode with a lot of good information. a lot more to explore in Czech Republic
the mini bunkers are awesome and cute
Your videos are always interesting.Keep it up guys.Greetings from Serbia.
Love the nice Volvo!
I recently spent a week on the German side of these mountains. I would have loved to visit the Czech side, but the only thing I knew was that everything around the border town of Hřensko (which is quite a tourist trap) was closed due to the recent forest fires. Now I have some information where to go next time. Díky 😎
You forgot to black out the rear licence plate at 6:46 😅
Just giving you a heads-up that you forgot to censor your numbers plate at the 6:46 minute mark.
yep Pravčická currently closed because it´s like walking on a moon dust. Even better with full bunker gear on. xD
10:56
We literally been making these here in Ukraine, you can find a them near big highways a lot, never knew this!
I hope they work even against current vehicles in your situation. 🙂
Who cares
Loved the video.
Hi Janek
I have been enjoying your videos for a while now and finally at the end of octobre I am going to visit prague. There's only one problem. I wanted to visit the blue King Kong statue but the internet says it seems to have dissapeared. Do you know where I can find it?
Thx!
Great video...thanks
watched videos so long that saw new upload today.
honza pri 6:40 do 6:46 zadne Evidencne cislo si ne vycenzuroval len predné :D
your smile is infectious!
I got so excited when you said that you were in Switzerland, but hey - close enough!:D
The National Hockey League was in Prague this week. Did you get a change to go see the game? Tomas Hertle is a local player and I understand he got a very enthusiastic reception. He was all about town.
If I remember right they use to paint lot of those bunkers with "radium" (same stuff in watches, etc) .. make them glow like crazy
I am gonna go there next year to cycle. Thank you for your recommendations!
06:51 The Germans weren’t the only ones building things secretly underground during the war. In the U.K. just a few miles from the city of Bath is a couple of small towns/villages called Box and Corsham along the railway line that crosses from Bristol to London via Bath. In Box is a famous tunnel built by Isambard Kingdom Brunnel, a Victorian era civil engineer infamous in the U.K. for his engineering wonders during the industrial Revolution.
Anyway, during the war within the tunnel a new section of railway was built out leading to an underground city of tunnels with factories making munitions for the navy as well as aircraft for the war effort. The new railway junction within the tunnel was utilised to both supply the city with everything it needed from the Bristol docks but also to conceal this fact.
A train carrying materials loaded up in the docks at Bristol from ships coming from across the Atlantic would head towards London, upon entering the Box tunnel it would proceed down the secondary railway meanwhile another train would pass out of the end of the tunnel. That way any German reconnaissance aircraft monitoring the tunnel or any German spy watching on the ground would see a train go in one end of the tunnel and out of the other and not suspect a thing!
The workers were brought to the factory in blacked out buses and two escalators meant for Holborn station in London ended up at the factory for it was the easiest way to get 25K people out reasonably quickly. After the war it was repurposed as a nuclear bunker for the British government and it has a huge kitchen full of 1950's era appliances that have never been used. The access tunnel into the underground complex was at the eastern end of Box Tunnel and they have two railway platforms within the complex. There's also 7 miles of conveyor belts. These days the whole place stands dormant and disused.
wow. amazing!
Nice hidden gems 🎅🏼
Greetings from Sulawesi
To be honest... Guys have not mentioned one extremely important thing.
A large part of the national park has burnt down this year.
And by the way, there is another tourist attraction in this park: a boat trip through a sandstone canyon. May be a tourist trap but worthy. Well, not right now. Also that part has burnt.
Maybe that is the reason he doesn´t mention that?
There fires are the reason why the area around the (big) "Pravčická brána" is closed. Everything shown in this video was not affected.
@@alexj9603 Yep, some parts have not been affected.
@@siriusczech Because of honesty?
The video was probably created before the fire. Perhaps they just decided to publish it without a change. May be with another part coming with explanations in near future. Let's wait.
@@pejsekocicka probably not. That's why they mention it is closed now
12:23 agreed, absolutely beautiful
I visited Pravčická brána some years ago and I liked it a lot! I would definitely recommend visiting it when you are close to there. Greetings from he other Switzerland!
Awesome share and channel friends see you again stay safe 👍👍
I was there in June based on your recommendations from a previous video and will definitely be coming back next year to see these new recommendations 👍🏻 keep up the good work guys on and I really hope people visit CZ country and not just Prague🙏🇨🇿
Thanks for this. I adore Bohemia. Every place no matter of size in Bohemia is just too beautiful.
love this dude, very cool seeing other countries (Indiana, usa here, hi!)
If you don't like dwarf you can use midget. Plates of food look nice. One countries regular homegrown meals are exotic and unusual for somebody from another part of the world. Always nice to try something different. Local is the way to go, fresh from the farm to the table.
Nova Perla ❤
Was so surprised by this place when I was coming out of the forest on a long distance bike tour
konečně sem našel tenhle kanál
I'd say "gnome" would be a little bit more apt of a name for those trpaslík specimens. Anyway, another cool episode, Honza & Janek!
Could you show us around Kralovec?
Why did you mask the license plate on the volvo in the front, but not in the back? 😅
Can you make a video with recommandations for the nearby citys of Decin and Usti nad Labem? That would be interesting as well. I want to go to the area soon.
Nice
Chuchle 2022!
How do you get around all these places? Is it basically car only, or is there some trains or buses?
I wish Peter Lindgren and Honest Guide would collaborate.
How about top 10 scams in Královec?
Vesna Vulović from Serbia a woman who survived a plane crash
There is so much interesting stuff to see in CZ ♥
I visited this park last summer! well, visited... There was unfortunately a big forest fire which was very sad to see. Everything was closed and the town Hrensko(where I was) got covered in ash.
Lol, I was in bohemian switzerland today, it was great :D
We walked to the natiral sandstone bridge/arch
(I was there with a tour, I would not had the time to find the gems anyways)
Man, your videos are great. If you're ever in Istanbul, we'd love to see you. There are people who can rob you down to your knickers. It's the biggest city in Europe. It's like a paradise for thieves.😂😂
You blocked your front licence plate, but I had no problem reading the rear one @6:46 .
Many of those bunkers are for sale, by the way.
to be honest, you can be the best tour guide. lets travel and show us the world ^^
Im swiss and i aprove of this message
Please guys, make a video about Chomutov.
Especially when he combines it with Litvinov! 😉
hi link for the factory is missing :)
It's not, he has a google map linked, with all places!
not missing anymore i guess
Another Czech word for a dwarf is Patrik Nacher
🤣🤣🤣
What is the link please for the tour of the underground factory?
'Czech' out the aquaduct, you could say 😁😁😁
There are
public transportation to move between trails or a car is needed?
Another interesting and excellent video. Just a small thing: "Hidden Gems" / "Secret underground..." ? In what way is it hidden or hidden? Usually a word used in yt-videos discribing places where the youtuber is not so familiar. Bud hidden? Secret? No way! Actually a lot of people living here. There is more than just the Charles Bridge.
2AB 0921 the registration number of the car 6:46
💙💙👍👍
2AB 0921 Licence plates...
Wondering, if it's available and safe to visit there now? Thought the forest fire in summer was serious
Czechs gave the world not only hedgehogs and Semtex. but also contact lenses and sugar cubes :) oh and the word ROBOT :) so not only destructive things :)
Spaceman of Bohemia is being turned into a movie? With Adam Sandler????? The book was weird and interesting, but I just can't imagine what it would be with Adam Sandler in it. I'm skeptical.
Would be good to know how it is to "navigate" through those places for someone that doesn't speak Czech.
6:46 is missing a license plate blur
2:00 it should be called "The Pinky". It's kind of shaped like one too.
at 6:46 your license plate is visible 😅
02:14 more like a diver's helmet
anyone else just learn what those big hunks of metal we see in war movies are???
Your rear license plate is visible at 6:46 ... just so you know!
Your Govt should pay as you and your team is promoting tourism in your country
Ooo
What about Ardspach?
The dreadful thing was that Czechoslovakia as it was at that time was basically handed to the Germans on a sliver platter by the British at the Munich conference in 1938 and much to Hitler's annoyance. The Czech delegation was shut out and forbidden to participate and the fate of their country was decided by foreigners. Hitler wanted a violent invasion of the Czech state and was cheated out of it and so the violence he loved so much was unleashed on his next victim, Poland.
you blurred your front licence plate but not the rear one...
@11:10 ... and contact lenses.
i will be visiting prague in less than two weeks, i'm correct when I say that masks are no longe required right?
not needed, maybe in hospitals
Nobody is wearing masks for like 6 months, but who knows, maybe they will make it mandatory again, but I don't think so, there is no reason for that when hospitals are not full of people with covid like in the past.
masks are not required right now but just in case of emergency have one in your pocket some places might have requested them to enter also in case of medical emergency they are needed in hospitals
@@tomatom5496 Thanks!
@@wachyification Thanks!
The elves are creepy😰
One of you Czech babes kissed Adam Sandler and he turned into that frog. 😮 One other great Czech contribution to the world was Pilsner. 😉
Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen
That's generic and uninspiring
@@PasleyAviationPhotography Yours lacks civility and is insipid.
Is it safe to climb that 'castle' just like an ordinary hiker, or do you need some climbing skills?
Well, you can see Janek is dressed like going to a pub in Prague. I would definitely recommend better shoes.
Most tourist sights in Czechia are accesible if you have at least a basic hiking gear. Those more popular are often accesible even for wheelchairs at least to some degree.
This specific one is quite easy even for a common visitor.