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Ivo Kostecký & Jaroslav Seidel
presented by
for International Skills course
at JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Some well known stereotypes
● Prague is beautiful
● cheap drinks
● fotball / hockey victories
● crazy language
● but usually nothing else

Basics
Czechia != Czechoslovakia
Czechia != Chechnya
↑ Philippines != Czechia ↓

Introduction to Czechia - get to know

Pics CNN Czech republic instead of Switrzeland

Name of country
● Czech Republic = full political name
● Czechia = one word geographical name (noun)
● Czech = adjective
Valid from 2016
Makes huge emotions

Basics
Area like Austria or Ireland
● 22 % of Germany
● 25 % of Finland
Population like Belgium or Hungary
● 13 % of Germany
● 193 % of Finland
GDP per citizen like ~Portugal or ~Italy
● 70 % of Germany

Czechia is the most eastern west
and/or the most western east

Regions
Administrative districts

Cities
Cities and density of residents

Logistics
Intensity of transportation

History
Kingdoms
Austria-Hungary union
1st republic
WW2
soviet time

Škoda Auto
● Czech automobile manufacturer
● Fabia, Octavia, ...

Škoda Transportation
● rail vehicles (trains, trams)
○ also few finnish vehicles

Other automotive
● Hyundai manufacturer
● TPCA (Toyota, Peugeot, Citroën)
● Tatra (Czech truck manufacturer, second oldest in the
world)
● Iveco and SOR buses

Other industry
● coal mining
○ black coal - east region
○ brown coal - west region
● metallurgical industry
○ Arcellor Mittal Ostrava
○ Třinec Iron and Steel Works

Economy
● Linked to German economy
○ following trends
● Non EUR
○ Czech crown as currency

Czech people & beer
● Country with the higest consumption of beer in the world
● Because we like it, after work or school, in the pub or
at home
Place Country Liters per year (one person)
1. Czech Republic 163,5
2. Ireland 131,1
3. Germany 115,8

Breweries in Czech
● about 400 breweries
● The most famous:
○ Pilsner Urquell
○ Budweiser Budvar
○ Kozel
○ Staropramen
○ Radegast

Castles and palaces
● The higest density of castles in the world
● Prague castle is the biggest castle in the world

Krkonoše mountains
● The higest point of
Czech republic
Sněžka (1602m)

Beskydy mountains
● the west of Czech republic
● part of Carpathians
● Lysá hora (1324m)
higest point
Fun fact:
Haltitunturi (1324m)

Other interesting places
● Czech paradise
● Czech Switzerland
● Macocha abyss
● ...many others

People’s habits
The Czech mentality tends to be self-underestimation,
distrust, and excessive criticism.
Negative
● Complaining
● Rules bending
● Small thefts (slide 45)

People’s habits
Positive
● Inventiveness
● Humor and self-irony
● High expert skills and specialization
Czech Forest Gump

Mother tongue
● Gender based (-ý -á -é)
● Lack of vowels
○ strč prst skrz krk = put your finger through your throat
● Special characters
○ „přesvědčivější“ = "More convincing"
● Challenging numbers
○ jedna, dvě, tři, čtyři, pět…

Language compatibility
● slovakian vs. czech
○ a bit less than german vs. austrian
○ a bit more than sweedish vs. norwegian
● polish vs. czech
○ like german vs. sweedish

Customs
● Formal / informal way of speaking
● Mr/Mrs/Ms/degree important
● Beeing on time (academic quart acceptable)
● Visitation 10 minutes late

Politics briefly
Václav Havel
you have to know…
Václav Klaus
you should laugh…
(next slide)

Charts
● Global Peace Index (6th place)

Traditions and festival
● Drinking beer & pub culture
● Crazy Easters for foreigners
● Going for holidays to Croatia
● Socks in sandals

Survive visit
● Don’t expect english automatically
● Beer is cheaper than water in restaurant
● Give a tips
● Have cash or dont pay small ammounts by card
● Trdelník is not traditional fast food

Enjoy visit
● cities and nature
● festivals
● Lot of castles
● Lot of everything
○ and it is close

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