Czech Bread Recipe

For Czechs, bread is a way of life. Everywhere you go, fresh bakeries on town squares send delicious aromas to the street, luring in people for their earthy and hearty loaves. Czech bread is known the world over for its delicious taste and texture. I’ll share a little family story… After my grandmother Marie divorced...

Food, LIFESTYLE, Recipes

July 18, 2016

Vintage Czech Movie Posters from the 1970s

Today we’re sharing some artistic posters from the 1970s that were created specifically for film. Vintage Czech movie posters from the 1970s have such a specific style and look to them and we just love it! We’ve always loved Czech modern art. Bohemians always seemed to be on the edge of whatever new style was...

Art and Design, CULTURE

July 16, 2016

Shopping at the Farmer’s Market in Prague

Today we’re sharing a summer post because we feel nostalgic for walking the streets of Prague and visiting the summer markets. Shopping at the Farmer’s Market in Prague is something that everyone should get to experience at least once in their lifetime. The main reason is that it’s not just about the food. There is...

LIFESTYLE

July 14, 2016

Stará Aerovka – Czech Aviation Museum Complete with Hangars

Stará Aerovka is a Czech Aviation Museum complete with hangars, a unique complex representing not only the architecture showing the beginning of Czechoslovak aviation, but also the development of aircraft technology during WWII. At this single location it’s possible to see uniquely preserved buildings, typical for Central European airport structural engineering of the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and...

LIFESTYLE

July 13, 2016

The Czechoslovak People’s Army in the Early 1960s

A Look Back at the Czechoslovak People’s Army in the Early 1960s is inspired by today’s date, July 13th. Today is a special day because it’s my father’s birthday, and while I was looking at old photographs of him, I found this collection of old army photos of him and his friends. Now I cannot...

Bohemians, CULTURE, Photography

July 12, 2016

Flowers at the Farmer’s Market in Prague

Summer is a wonderful time to be in Prague. One of our favorite reasons are the outdoor farmer’s markets. Many of these also have vendors who sell flowers. Flowers at the Farmer’s Market in Prague just make summer feel more… summery! Flowers are a huge part of Czech culture and they are on sale throughout...

LIFESTYLE

July 12, 2016

Back in Time to Charles University Students of 1948

Last week we posted about the esteemed professors at Charles University in 1948. Today we wanted to share a little about student life. LIFE Magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt went to Czechoslovakia in 1947 and he captured the images of some students at Prague’s Charles University. The photographs accompanied an article in LIFE Magazine on January...

Czech Schools, LIFESTYLE

July 11, 2016

Czechoslovakia 1968: The Award Winning Documentary

Czechoslovakia 1968 is a short documentary film about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, composed entirely of sepia toned archival footage. It was produced in 1969 and it focuses primarily on “Prague Spring”, also known as the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. A virtually wordless visual history of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1968, it is a collection of images...

ENTERTAINMENT, History, Movies

July 10, 2016

The Good Soldier Švejk in Color

We’ve already shared The Good Soldier Švejk (pronounced: shvayke) here in much more detail before, but today we came across some sweet images in color, so we are sharing once again. In The Good Soldier Švejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hašek combined dazzling wordplay and piercing satire in a hilariously subversive depiction of the...

Art and Design, CULTURE

July 8, 2016

Strawberry Crumble Cake or Jahodový Koláč s Drobenkou

Strawberry Crumble Cake (or Jahodový Koláč s Drobenkou in Czech) is a quick and easy dessert to make. This moist cake tastes more like a super sweet strawberry bar than a cake and that is precisely why we love it so much. I remember eating this cake as a young girl for breakfast and feeling...

Food, Recipes

July 6, 2016

Carlsbad Dumplings or Karlovarský Knedlíky

There is nothing more popular in Czech cuisine as dumplings. Today we are going to share a family recipe for Carlsbad Dumplings or Karlovarský Knedlíky. In the Bohemian forests, around the Šumava mountains, dumplings are called bosáky, in Southern Bohemia, they’re called drbáky and in Moravia they’re often served with poppy seeds and called šulánky. In the...

Food, Recipes

July 4, 2016

Back in Time to Charles University Professors and Doctors of 1948

LIFE Magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt went to Czechoslovakia in 1947 and he captured the images of some amazing notable people at Prague’s Charles University. The photographs accompanied an article in LIFE Magazine on January 12, 1948. These are the esteemed faces and personalities of Charles University at the time… So how much did an education cost...

Czech Schools, LIFESTYLE

July 1, 2016

Retro Czech in the 70s and 80s – Exhibit of ČSSR Memories

Are you interested in seeing retro Czech in the 70s and 80s? If so than do we have a plan for you. There’s a fun exhibit going on at the Dancing House. It’s a groovy retro time capsule including a prefab apartment complete with appliances and home accessories, vehicles and camping gear to take you...

LIFESTYLE

June 30, 2016

A Unique One-of-a-Kind Škoda Limo

If you speak Czech, you get the pun on the cars name. A Škoda (Czech car) translates to damage but also means something like “bummer”, so today we are looking at a funny old bummer of a limousine. Škoda Auto more commonly known as Škoda, is a Czech automobile manufacturer founded in 1895 as Laurin...

LIFESTYLE

June 29, 2016

Radio Free Europe’s Czech Game Show from 1952

Did you know that there was a Czech game show version of What’s My Line? is called Hádej kdo jsem? What’s My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. It is the longest-running game show in the history of primetime network...

LIFESTYLE

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June 28, 2016

František Hilmar, Father of the Polka

Here is something that most of you may not know about our family… My father can trace his history back to around 1648, when the first Hilmar (Hylmar) came from Swedish/Nordic territory to Košťanech (in what’s now known as the Czech Republic) as a soldier in the Thirty Years’ War. He settled and made his...

Bohemians, CULTURE, LIFESTYLE, Music