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Award for our Český Krumlov tour

Short but great news. Our tour to Český Krumlov has just been awarded as one of Viator’s Top 20 Experiences in the Eastern Europe for 2023. Out of thousands of tours in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and other countries, our tour is one of the best. We are so happy for this award.

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Origins of the name Rožmberk

People who visit Český Krumlov often hear about Rožmberk family. Either their guide tells them or they see a red rose – a symbol of the family. Non-Czech sources often use German version of this name – Rosenberg. Which is actually original version too. And they may be confused. Sometimes I get questions like: “Were Rosenbergs Jewish?” Or...

Czechs drink most beer

You can tell about Czechs whatever you want, but one thing will be certainly right and no Czech will protest about it. Czechs drink most beer in the world. And this is true for already a long time. Different years bring different results but every year Czechs sit solidly on the top of beer consumption per capita. In 2019, basically in pre-Covid times, one Czech drank...

Founders of Český Krumlov

Český Krumlov is the second most visited place in the Czech Republic. Tourists admire preserved and compact architecture of the old town and its rich history. They hear stories about the castle and people who lived in it and in the town. But what happened with founders of Český Krumlov? The area of Český Krumlov was settled for thousands of years. This settlement was...

First battle the SS lost

Czechoslovakia was created from the ashes of the Austrian-Hungarian empire as a multinational state of Czechs, Slovaks, Germans, Ruthenians and others. Slovaks were originally happy they are not being ruled by Hungarians anymore, but soon they wished to have a state only for themselves. On the other hand, local Germans were desperate. After 300 years they were not...

Murder in Prague pub

This is a real story about a murder that happened in one pub in Prague. February 19th, 1981. Very early morning in Prague. Night life in a communist Czechoslovakia is basically non-existent and if you want to have fun, you don’t have many options. Four men want to drink and smoke but there is nowhere to go. They are walking by a pub U dvou koček. Men look at...