CZECH REPUBLIC Marie Leflerová
General Overview
Our Neighbors: Germany Poland Slovakia Austria
National Flag White = purity (froth) Red = blood Blue = sky
Czech Beer 700 brands (Pilsner Urquell, Gambrinus, Budweiser …) First in consumption in the world - 157 liters per person a year (Ireland, Germany, Australia, Austria, Belgium) Festivals, museums Beer Baths Price Czech Beer
Czech Products Škoda Car Aircrafts Baťa Shoes Bohemia Crystal Jewelry – Czech garnet
"Every Czech is a musician". COMPOSERS (Classical music): Antonín Dvořák Bedřich Smetana Bohuslav Martinů Leoš Janáček Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (awards) "Every Czech is a musician".
2 Oscars (Kolja and Closely Watched Trains) and 6 nominated films Miloš Forman Oscar winner, Academy award, Cannes, Berlinale, etc. Hair, Amadeus, People vs Larry Flynt, Valmont, Man on the Moon, Goya´s Ghosts Jim Carrey, Jack Nicholson, Natalie Portman Awards Film Industry
For Chemistry (Jaroslav Heyrovský – nominated 18 times, won once) For Literature (Jaroslav Seifert) Awards Nobel Prize
Literature Milan Kundera (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
Sport Decathlon (World champions: Roman Šeberle and Tomáš Dvořák) Speed skating (Martina Sáblíková) Tennis (Petra Kvitová - Wimbledon, Tomáš Berdych N. 4) Ice hockey (NHL – Jaromír Jágr, Dominik Hašek; 1968) Football (Petr Čech best goalkeeper) Sport
Models Miss World (Taťána Kuchařová) Mister Global (Tomáš Martinka)
Czech Castles
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