CZECH REPUBLIC

MY ABSOLUTE PERSONAL FAVOURITES IN THIS COUNTRY

• Charles Bridge
• Singing in St. Vitus and St. Nicholas
• Chodov Mall Starbucks and shopping
• Vlatava River
• Tabor (a small town)

1.CHARLES BRIDGE

WHY?

• Many movies are shot on this bridge like mission impossible
• It is a world famous photography hotspot
• It is one the world's biggest tourist attractions with thousands of visitors everyday
• It is one of the world's most beautiful bridges
• And the most important reason. I was there

2.PART 1: SINGING IN ST. VITUS CATHEDRAL

INTERESTING...

• The church is over 600 years old
• It was not completed until 1953
• Only 2 % of the country goes to church
• This means that the most of the people who goes to the church are tourists
• Only 14% of the country is religious although the country has many churches

2.PART 2: ST. NICHOLAS

THE MUSICAL CHURCH

• The baroque styled organ was played on in a concert by Mozart in 1787.
• Above the organ is a fresco of St. Cecilia the patroness of music.
• Since the early 1700's there has been classical performances in this church almost everyday
• I was one of many co-choristers who was fortunate to sing in this church.
• If you don't hear music when you walk past this church you are either completely deaf or the world has musically ended

CHODOV MALL, STARBUCKS AND SHOPPING

CHODOV MALL

• Personally my most favourite mall on earth
• An inside joke
• A must visit in Czech Republic
• For all that is fashion,trend and style

STARBUCKS

• Here I learnt that being friendly gets you things
• My story @ Starbucks
• My very first Starbucks experience
• #frappe's
• Czech's are beautiful

SHOPPING

• If you think menlyn or woodlands is big wait till you see Chodov it is HUGE!!
• Word of advice don't take pictures of stuff in clothing stores.
• My very first mini twister and a botomless soda machine @kfc
• Sunglasses and jewelery
• A flashmob

4.VLATAVA RIVER

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• Sing off between 2 boats
• Waiting for the channels to change water levels
• The river is 435 km long and has a drainage basin of 28,093 square kilometres
• This makes it the longest river in the Czech Republic and the main natural river in the country
• Passing a beach

TABOR

"INTERESTING" EVENTS

• Hotel almost kicked out and card no cash
• It contains many underground tunnels which had bars and living areas. It was a retreat for men who got tired of their women
• The town is over 590 years old
• It was founded by a guy who only had one eye and was blind because of war
• It contained europes very first artificial lake. Lake Jordan

I LOVE CZECH'S

10 REASONS

• They have a sense for style of nature. They invented soft contact lenses in 1959
• Some of my favourite composers come from Czech Republic such as Antonin Dvorak.
• The word robot comes from a Czech play called Rossum's Universal Robots by Karl Capek
• They have mushroom hunting as a tradition on St. Vaclav day.
• If you have a Czech date the female should walk in behind you and in front of you when entering other buildings.

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• They're official language is Czech and it is a beautiful yet diffucult language
• They love beer as they are the most beer consuming country in the world.
• The country is almost entirely surround with mountians and the country contains many beautifull young people
• The people are very artistic and Czech Republic has some of the best art schools in the world.
• The country has the most hospital beds per inhabitant in the eu and second highest deaths of cancer in the eu after hungary

HISTORY AND POLITICS

HISTORY

• The Czech state, formerly known as Bohemia was formed in the late 9th century as a small duchy around Prague
• Czechoslovakia was the only democratic remaining country in the central and eastern europe during both world wars.
• Since the 9th century the country has had nine names until now.
• Italy and the roman empire was once under the command of the Czech Empire led by king Charles IV the greatest czech of all time.
• The country has the most castles and ruins in the world after France and Belguim and the most important castle is Prague Castle

POLITICS

• Reporters Without Borders ranked the Czech Republic as the 5th best country in the world (out of 168 countries listed) for freedom of press in 2006.
• Czech Republic, President Miloš Zeman is the third and current President of the Czech Republic, in office since 8 March 2013. Previously he served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002.
• Previously he served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002.
• The country works on a democratic system

ECONOMY AND POPULATION

ECONOMY

• The Czech Republic is the second richest Eastern European country after tiny Slovenia.
• Prague's GDP per capita (PPP) is twice the Czech national average, and higher than any EU member states' national average except Luxembourg.
• The money unit is koruna which trades at R1,00 = 1,83 koruna

POPULATION

• Czech Republic ended 2012 with a population of 10,516,125 people,
• The female population is greater,
• with 5,351,776 women, representing 50.89% of the total, compared to 5,164,349 or 49.10% men.
• Czech Republic, with 133 people per square km

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