1. THE
CZECH
REPUBLIC

2. The Czech republic is a beautiful
country in Central Europe.
 The country borders
Poland to the northeast,
Germany to the west
and northwest, Austria
to the south and
Slovakia to the east
 The Czech Republic has
been a member of
NATO since 1999 and of
the European Union
since 2004.

3. FACTS AND DATA:
 Population: 10 300 000
 Area: 78 864 km2
 Independence: 1. January
1993 (from Czechoslovakia)
 Currency: Koruna (Kč) -
Czech crown (CZK)
 Political system:
Parliamentary democracy
 Time zone: Central European
Time (C.E.T.)
 Language: Czech

4. NATIONAL SIGN
NATIONAL FLAG

5.  The Czech Republic is a pluralist multi-
party parliamentary representative
democracy.
 President Václav Klaus is the current
head of state.
 The Prime Minister is the head of
government (currently Petr Nečas).
 The Parliament has two chambers: the
Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
NATIONAL ORDER:

6. MORE INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT THE CZECH REPUBLIC
 National anthem: „Kde domov můj?“
 Religion: 39% Roman Catholic; 40% None
(atheist)
 Highest mountain: Sněžka 1602 m above sea
level
 National parksNational parks:: Šumava, Krkonošský národní
park, Českosaské švýcarsko, Podyjí
 Major cities: Praha (capital), Brno, Ostrava,
Plzeň, Olomouc
 Longest river: Vltava (433 km)
 Deepest and biggest lake: Černé jezero (39,8
m, 18,4 ha)

7. LET´S COME…
… AND DISCOVER OUR
NATIONAL JEWELLERY…

8. PRAHA – PRAGUE - the capital
Hradčany and Karlův most

9. Our country is full of beautiful castles
Český Krumlov
Zámek Hluboká nad Vltavou
You can simply imagine that you are
in a fairy-tale…

10. You can climb our highest mountain
or only enjoy lovely nature…
Highest mountain Sněžka – 1602 m n.m.

11. When you are tired, you can relax in a
famous worldknown spa Karlovy Vary

12. If you are hungry, taste typical
Czech specialities…
Vepřo-knedlo-zelo
Svíčková na smetaně
Knedlíky –
dumplings

13. Of course you definitely MUST taste
our national drink - Czech BEER
And you never want to drink anything else…

14. By the way…
That´s not for children…
We are sorry.


15. For children we have a very
good chocolate and sweets

16. If you like cars, you certainly know
automobile producer ŠKODA

17. Trucks from automobile producer
TATRA Kopřivnice are very
popular in Rallye Paris-Dakar

18. And now - something for girls…
Artificial jewellery – bižuterie Jablonec

19. We Czechs are big fans and
we are very proud of our sportsmen.
SPORT AND FREE TIME

20. Our hockey team is the best
in the world!

21. Worldfamous horse-race
VELKÁ PARDUBICKÁ

22. And the big success of this year…
2nd place for our women team on Basketball Championship

23. We have a lot of very good
sportsmen – here are some of them
Barbora Špotáková
thowing the javelin
Martina Sáblíková
speed skating
Lukáš Bauer
skiing
Kateřina Emmons
shooting
Tomáš Berdych a
Radek Štěpánek
tennis
and more and more...

24. If you want to know more…
You will be hearty welcome
in Czech republic!
Airport Praha - Ruzyně
Airport Leoše Janáčka Ostrava - Mošnov