Abnormal Things about the Czech Republic

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In the Czech Republic, there are many things that are different from the rest of the world. Here are some:
  • Mushrooming or mushroom picking. It’s completely normal to go for a walk into the woods and pick up mushrooms, then bring them home, clean them and cook. We have many meals with mushrooms and they’re delicious. There are special mushrooming baskets. Also, because of this, many people know a lot of mushroom species and know which are edible and which are not.
  • Most of Czech people have cabins, cottages, these second houses where they go in the summer or over the year. They can be located in the woods, mountains, villages, anywhere really. It’s mostly people from big cities who have them. I know having a second house is a huge deal in some parts of the world, but here it’s just normal.
  • Drinking is legal at 18, and having sexual intercourse at 15.
  • When you enter an elevator, either in your apartment building or some offices etc, you should say ‘Dobrý den’, (good day, a greeting). It’s just polite. When you leave the elevator, you should say ‘Nashledanou’ (goodbye)
  • You can drink in public.
  • Czech Republic is one of the most atheistic countries of the world, so you hardly meet someone religious. And you wouldn’t find a school that teaches Religion as a subject.
  • You have to take tests to get to high school. If you’re not accepted to one, ehhh, it’s not good.
  • Czech people are cheap people. They rather make their own popcorn at home and then sneak it into the cinema so they don’t have to pay for it.
  • As a country that was invaded by the Soviet Union, most people here don’t like Russia very much. We were forced to join - yeah, not going into that history lesson. But anyway, there are still some hardcore Russia’s fans I would say, and they still want communism back. Geez.
  • In some countries, people are nice and kind and even leave theirs door unlocked. Well, in here, what you don’t lock down somewhere, people will steal it. Pickpocketing is on daily basis. I’m even worried to take out my purse in public - not in shops, but in the street.
  • We have all kinds of pastry, and most of all bread. This is our bread:.
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  • Endless list of swear words. Idiot, kretén, debil, krypl, čurák, kokot, vůl, pitomec, kráva, slepice, koza, píča, čůza, kunda, …. A lot of them are animal names :DD And also names for women’s genitals.
  • We don’t have big families at all.
  • Everything that has a sticker ‘Made in the Czech Republic’ is hundred percent more expensive.
  • Czech people have very dark and dry sense of humor. I love it.
  • Historical buildings hundreds or thousand years old are something absolutely common. For example, in Prague (the capital), you basically cannot find a street without a house or building from another century.
  • Also, castles are everywhere. Literally.
  • There is a huge community of Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic. Their stores are everywhere, and when you’re looking for something cheap, definetely go to a Vietnamese store. Also, when you’re underage and looking for booze, now you know where to go.
  • We are very superstitious. Walking under stapplader brings bad luck, if a chimney-sweep touches you it’s good luck. Also don’t forget to knock on the wood when you wish for something, or it won’t happen!
  • Beer. Like, a huge deal.
  • Zabijačka. That’s an event when the family and friends gathers together to kill a pig, and every part of it gets used to make a meal; the fat, the blood, the knees, the snout.
  • The presents for Christmas gives here the ‘Jesus baby’. And yeah, we celebrate it even tho we’re not Christians.
  • The Czech language is so flexible you can easily create new words. You will hear the sentence, “Wait, is this even a word?” very often.
  • Canoeing. Huuge deal. We call it ‘vodáctví’, and the people doing it are ‘vodáci’. In the summer, the rivers are full of canoes and kayaks.
  • Our language is also very hard to learn. It’s the only language that has the letter ‘ř’, and we are very proud of it.
  • Downloading tv shows, music and movies from internet for free is totally normal. I myself didn’t know it was basically illegal and a theft like until fourteen years. Also everyone watched tv shows online (not payed like Netflix, free).
  • Like at least a half of the Czech people go to Croatia for vacation. The other half travels to Egypt.
  • ‘Riding black’. That means when you use the public transport without paying for a ticket. There are certain people, ‘revizoři’, whose job is to catch those people and give them fine.
  • We HATE the name Czechia. Just, no.
  • The Czech Republic is divided into Bohemia, Moravia and Slezia and Moravian people have made it pretty clear they don’t like Bohemian people and would like to have their own state. They feel unappreciated.
  • Our president is a giant asshole. The people who support communism voted for him, and the rest of us is just asking what the fuck is wrong with this country?
  • Everyone here is complaining how life is hard and they just ignore that they are so fucking lucky to have a roof over their head and water and food.
  • Making jokes about old people and sales in Kaufland is just never getting old.
  • I feel it is my duty to say this. As most of you know, the WW2 started with Hitler attacking Poland in the Autumn of 1939. But even before that, in 1938, the states of what would become the Allied knew how much power Hitler had and wanted to stop him before it could resolve into war. They made a deal with him. Oh, and what was that that Hitler wanted? Just the Sudets, the part of Czechoslovakia that was on border with Germany. Many Germans lived there and Hitler used it as an excuse for it. So, in September 1938, the Munich Agreement ( Mnichovská dohoda) was signed by Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy without us knowing anything. (Oh wait, they forced our president to sign, so he knew). The next day Slovakia annexed from us and made their own state, and we became the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. We call it the Munich betrayal - and the military alliance we had with France was obviously just a joke - and the motto is About us, without us! (O nás, bez nás!) We are still kind of angry about it.

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