The Czech Republic, general information
| Note that some of the information (gas prices!) can be outdated since we made this page after visiting the country for the last time! | |
| Official name | Ceska Republika (= Czech Republic) |
| Area | 78,866 square km. (1.9x the Netherlands) |
| Number of inhabitants | 10.2 million (July 2002) |
| Population density | 129 people per square kilometer |
| Capital | Praha (Prague) |
| Monetary unit | Korun (CZK) or crown, divided into 100 haleru (heller). 100 Korun is about € 3,68 (Jan 2009); 1 € = about CZK 27. (1 € = $ 1.24; 1 Dollar = € 0.7; Rate in Jan. 2009) |
| Fuel prices | Gas: € 0.90 to € 1.05; Diesel: € 0.80; LPG: € 0.40 |
| License plate of cars | CZ |
| Telephone country prefix | 420 |
| Internet country code | .cz |
| Time difference | GMT+1; the same as in Holland |
| Road network | On most highways a toll ticket is obligatory. The roads in the west are allright as are the through roads in the east. But we have seen some very bad roads in the Bohemian Paradise and the Giant Mountains, with very deep potholes. |
| Prices in general | In Prague, prices are getting to a West-European level, but outside the country prices are lower, sometimes even much lower. For a very simple bungalow on a campsite at Prague we paid € 29, while we saw 3-star hotels in the Giant mountains for less (a double room). For a cup of coffee and a large pint of beer we paid between € 2 and € 5 (in the more touristic areas in Prague). |
| The best in Ceska Republika (= Czech Republic) | Prague is a beautiful city but we also liked the Bohemian Paradise and the Moravian karst, north of Brno, very much. |
The Czech Republic borders to Austria, Germany, Poland and Slovakia; it consist of two regions: Bohemia in the west and Moravia in the east. Moravia is very hilly while Bohemia has slight curling plains, surrounded by low mountains.
More information at insidecountryinfo.com.
More information at insidecountryinfo.com.
In 1930 3.3 million Germans lived in the Czechoslovakia and more than 200,000 jews. At this moment Germans present only 0.4% of the total number of inhabitants and there are almost no jews left. All minorities have dimished after the war. Look at insidecountryinfo.com to find mora data about the population.
Together with Polish and Slovakian, Czech belongs to the West Slavian language family. Remarkable about Czech language is the usage of many consonants in succession.
More info about the used languages in the Czech Republic can be found at ethnologue.com.
More info about the used languages in the Czech Republic can be found at ethnologue.com.
On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia split peacefully into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In 2004, the Czech Republic will become a member of the European Union.
We have decided not to write a detailed history anymore, since we would have to cite other sources that are often on the internet already. Instead a few links with more information about the history of the Czech Republic:
The Czech climate is mixed. Continental influences are marked by large fluctuations in both temperature and precipitation, while moderating oceanic influences diminish from west to east.
More information can be found at southtravels.com.
More information can be found at southtravels.com.
In the Czech Republic in spite of its small area, diverse geological composition and geomorphology, together with diversity of geographical and climatic conditions resulted in a relatively high biological and landscape diversity.
More Information the Czech flora and fauna can be found at grida.no.
Prague
Brno
Plzen
Liberec
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