Once Upon a Time via ICT project Coordinator presentation

1. OUR COUNTRY IS
THE CZECH REPUBLIC

2. INFORMATION
• In central Europe – the heart
of Europe
• Area: 78,866km2
• Inhabitans: 10,6 milion
• Government: Parliamentary
Republic
• President: Miloš Zeman
• Capital city: Prague
• Language: Czech
• Currency: Czech Crown (CZK)
• Anthem: Kde domov Můj
National Emblem

3. LOCATION

4. INTERESTINGS FACTS
• The Czech Republic is called “the land of
castles“ – there are over 2000 castles,
chateaus and castle ruins
• This country is surrounded by mountains from
all sides
• Otto Wichterle invented soft contact lenses in
1959
• Only 19% Czech believe in God – mostly
catholics

5. • Škoda Auto, one of the largest car manufacturers in
Central Europe, is based in the Czech Republic
• Foreigners often think that the Czech Republic is
called Czechoslovakia, but it was divided to two
separate states in 1993
• Our country was the third in the world that sent an
austronaut to space: Vladimir Remek
• When Neil Armstrong landed the Moon, he played
Dvořák´s New World Symphony
Vladimír Remek
Antonín Dvořák

6. FAUNA AND FLORA
• Forests occupy 33%
and typical trees are beech,
spruce, oak, linden (our
national tree)
• The most common
wild animals are hares,
wild pigs, pheasants,
marten, does and deer

7. MOUNTAINS
• The highest point in The Czech Republic is
Sněžka – 1602 m (Krkonoše mountains)

8. RIVERSVLTAVA
The longest river
LABE

9. CULTURE
• Prague Spring International Music Festival
– The biggest classical music event
– opens on 12 May — the anniversary of the death
of Bedřich Smetana — with his cycle of symphonic
poems My Country
FESTIVAL PRAGUE
SPRING
(PRAŽSKÉ JARO)

10. Culture
• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
– the most important international film festival of
Category A in Central and Eastern Europe and the
only festival of Category A in the Czech Republic.

11. NATIONAL THEATRE
MILOŠ FORMAN
Director, screen
writer and actor
JAROSLAV SEIFERT
The only Czech Nobel
prize winner for
literature

12. SPORT
• Our national sport is ice hockey.
JAROMÍR JÁGR
Our best ice
hockey player

13. Sport
• Football – very popular sport
• Our famous football players are
Petr Čech
Tomáš Rosický

14. Sport
• Ester Ledecká
– two-time Olympic
champion and a
remarkable two-sport
history-maker from
Pyeongchang 2018
Winter Olympic Games
• Skiing Super G
• parallel snowboard
slalom

15. BEER
• Czechs are the biggest
beer consumers
• 143 liters per person per year

16. FOOD
Sirloin in
cream sauce
(svíčková na
smetaně)
Pork,
dumplings
and
sauerkraut
(knedlo,
zelo vepřo
Cakes
(buchty)

17. PRAGUE
• Is one of the most beautiful Europian cities,
the capital and the largest Czech city
• It is a historical metropolis – you can find a lot
of historical monuments here: Charles Bridge,
Prague Castle, Astronomical Clock, Wenceslas
Square, Petrin, National Theatre, John Lennon
Wall and more
DANCING HOUSE

18. CHARLES BRIDGE
PRAGUE CASTLE

19. PETRIN
ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK
(ORLOJ)
JOHN LENNON WALL

20. TIPS FOR TRIPS
LEDNICE CASTLE
CZECH SWITZERLAND
JEŠTĚD
KARLOVY VARYCAVES JAVOŘÍČKO
KARLŠTEJN

21. RESOURCES
• https://www.vlajky.eu/esk%C3%A1-republika/
• https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A1tn%C3%AD_znak_%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_republiky
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_lands
• http://www.kosmonautix.cz/2014/07/vesmirne-osudy-64-dil-vladimir-remek/
• https://www.narodni-divadlo.cz/cs/umelec/antonin-dvorak
• https://www.gblovice.cz/biodiverzita/vystupy/brdy/ochrana.html
• http://www.visitsumava.cz/cz/fauna-a-flora-sumavy/22/
• https://www.survio.com/survey/d/T6E2N2K3A6R9D4Y6D
• https://www.region-krkonose.cz/zajimava-mista/hora-snezka/
• http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/849854.jpg
• http://www.visitvltava.cz/
• https://cestovani.idnes.cz/vyhlidky-z-leveho-brehu-labe-na-ceske-stredohori-fua-/tipy-na-
vylet.aspx?c=A120801_165339_tipy-na-vylet_tom
• https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labe
• https://www.colosseumticket.cz/cs/mista/1-narodni-divadlo
• http://sport.tn.nova.cz/clanek/sport/ms-2014/jagr-definitivne-konci-u-repre-stvou-me-lidi-co-vedi-ho-no-a-berou-
si-me-do-huby.html
• http://www.madamorsiny.cz/recept/ceske-buchty-z-domaci-pekarny-302/
• https://www.mladaboleslav.cz/vznik-znaku-skoda/
• https://www.prague.eu/cs/objekt/mista/31/prazsky-hrad?back=1
• https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javo%C5%99%C3%AD%C4%8Dsk%C3%A9_jeskyn%C4%9B