Presentation for course of Internationall skills which getting closer details about Czech Republic and way how to do bussiness here with locals.
Non broken version originally at Google
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19_y0Tflgb6zb2WH3Ho71MNgjbEMQQCw2Eq2Z3JDaxPQ/edit?usp=sharing
10. Name of country
● Czech Republic = full political name
● Czechia = one word geographical name (noun)
● Czech = adjective
Valid from 2016
Makes huge emotions
11. 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
12. Czechia is the most eastern west
and/or the most western east
25. Other automotive
● Hyundai manufacturer
● TPCA (Toyota, Peugeot, Citroën)
● Tatra (Czech truck manufacturer, second oldest in the
world)
● Iveco and SOR buses
26. Other industry
● coal mining
○ black coal - east region
○ brown coal - west region
● metallurgical industry
○ Arcellor Mittal Ostrava
○ Třinec Iron and Steel Works
30. 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
31. Breweries in Czech
● about 400 breweries
● The most famous:
○ Pilsner Urquell
○ Budweiser Budvar
○ Kozel
○ Staropramen
○ Radegast
39. People’s habits
The Czech mentality tends to be self-underestimation,
distrust, and excessive criticism.
Negative
● Complaining
● Rules bending
● Small thefts (slide 45)
41. 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…
42. 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
43. Customs
● Formal / informal way of speaking
● Mr/Mrs/Ms/degree important
● Beeing on time (academic quart acceptable)
● Visitation 10 minutes late
50. 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
24 years old thing
I know it is same hard to distinguish as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
Czechia from year 2016 => www.go-czechia.cz
Czech is adjective
Czechia is noun
Check how it sounds: “Where are you from?” “I am from German.”
Member of NATO 1999
Member of EU 2004
HDP = Gross domestic product
14 areas with local councils
Registration of vehicles
Not like Germany
Nowadays not important
Linked with accents of spoken language
Source: https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20534050/orpcr1.jpg/25b9e991-6cc8-49c8-8b80-596392f74a4d?version=1.0&t=1418278622131
4 Plzeň
5 Liberec
6 Olomouc
7 Ústí nad Labem
8 Hradec Králové
9 České Budějovice
From Poland and Slovakia to Germany
Overload D1
https://vlast.cz/vyvoj-ceskeho-uzemi/
To know local rating…Karel IV. as Holy Roman Emperor
V minulosti patřily české země k hospodářsky prosperujícím oblastem – v Rakousku-Uhersku se podílely na dvou třetinách průmyslové výroby. Za první republiky se plně ukázal potenciál národa, když se Československo zařadilo mezi nejvyspělejší světové ekonomiky.
policy of concessions = politika ústupků
osvoboditel = liberator
putsch = převrat
WW2
dash-war
They are for us like Finland for Sweden
osobní automobily: Škoda Auto Mladá Boleslav, TPCA Kolín, Hyundai Nošovice
nákladní automobily: Tatra Kopřivnice
autobusy: Iveco-Karosa Vysoké Mýto, SOR Libchavy
trolejbusy, tramvaje, metro: ŠKODA Plzeň
lokomotivy a vagóny: ŠKODA Plzeň, LOSTR Louny
traktory: Zetor Brno
motocykly: Jawa Týnec nad Sázavou
letadla: Aero Vodochody, Let Kunovice, Moravan Otrokovice
Škoda 109E
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Germany&country2=Czech+Republic
Average salary Germany: 2,192.59 €
Average salary Czechia: 873.01 €
Difference 60.18 %
Maybe Slovakia have higher density! (needs prove)
Lysá hora = bald mountain
Definitely not American
The Czech mentality tends to be self-understatement, distrust, and excessive criticism
Česká mentalita má sklon k sebepodceňování, nedůvěře a k nadměrné kritice
Švejk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOa5oTpVxfo
Satiric comedy ala M*A*S*H or Catch 22
Positive is incredible ingenuity. They can handle every situation, fix everything, solve everything.
WHERE ŠVEJK FITS?
Slavistic based
Slovakia compatible
Slavistic based
Slovakia compatible
If you doing bussiness in czechia, dont forget to give us a pen!
Pomlázka - not bigger crime than kalsarikannit
Croatia: Like Canary islands for Finns
Problem of languages is post soviet country
Taxi? Or use UBER until is still allowed
Hiking in mountains? Biking in flat countryside, distances are close