Czech Curiosities, Culture & Traditions
Vánočka, houska, štědrovka...these are just some of the names of the famous Czech Christmas pastry. Read on if you want to learn more about its history and all the names given to it over the…
Almost every Czech Christmas tree is decorated with edibles, that is probably not so uncommon but have you heard of vánoční kolekce? It's something you won't find outside of the Czech Republic or Slovakia. (more…)
Czech families place a small candle in a walnut shell for each member and let the candles float on water on the Christmas Day and Eve. (more…)
Christmas tree is one of the symbols of Christmas in many cultures, the Czech Republic being one of them. However, not for as long as you might think. (more…)
Christmas markets all around the Czech Republic were cancelled out of nowhere on November 26. Without any prior notice, the vendors were left with their stands stocked up and told to pack up and leave.…
Christmas is a time of fairy-tales in the Czech Republic. The TV channels run fairy-tales day and night and the best thing is that they don't need to look far to find them as Czech…
We've talked about the advent traditions, the traditional Czech Christmas food and about how the Czech celebrate the most important day of Christmas. What's left is to tell you what happens during the last days…
Czechs love the nativity scene. You can find one at every Christmas fair and there are even special nativity scene museums. There are nativity scenes made from wood and those you can cut out of…
Have you ever heard of muzika? Although it means "music" in Czech, this time we're not referring to actual music but to a traditional Czech Christmas dessert - a compote that has been half forgotten…
In the first part of the Czech Christmas Traditions series we talked about the Advent traditions. The second part was all about Czech Christmas food and this time we will tell you all about the…
