Welcome to the Czech Republic! The Czech Republic, also called Czechia, is a small country in the heart of Europe. We have good beer, nice girls (sometimes you can hear that our women are the prettiest in the whole world) and also beautiful nature and cities. Do you want to know, which cities we recommend you to visit? Here we go!
Prague
The capital of Czech Republic, one of the most beautiful cities which you´ve ever seen. You will love it! A lot of our ESN sections will organize a trip to Prague and we really recommend you to visit it. City on river Vltava, with Charles Bridge, Prague Castle, and also Petřín and so many other memories. Reserve more days for visiting Prague!
Olomouc
It is a small student city with an amazing atmosphere. The best thing in Olomouc is the fact that you can always walk by yourself. It is the six largest city in the Czech Republic and it is an old city, so you can find there a lot of memories and also the ZOO is amazing!
Brno
It is the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. It´s a student city, you can find there really good universities. What can you visit here? Špilberk Castle also special astronomical clock, and so on. And what is the best fact? It's near to vineyard!
Ostrava
Did you hear about Ostrava? Ostrava is the third-largest city in the Czech Republic and it´s famous for a brilliant festival – Colours of Ostrava. It was an industrial heart of the Czech Republic but people in Ostrava changed it and you can find there a lot of industrial memories like furnaces or gasometer.
Český Krumlov
Definitely you will like it. Český Krumlov is a place of Czech fairy-tales because it´s really historical and also magical. Český Krumlov is also at UNESCO World Heritage site and it´s one of the most visited cities in the Czech Republic. You can visit Český Krumlov also during rafting on Vltava river passing by.
Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora is also UNESCO city. It´s famous for silver, you can find there the Museum of Silver. There is one of the most beautiful cathedrals, for example, Gothic St. Barbara's Church with medieval frescoes and flying buttresses. Also notable is Sedlec Ossuary - a chapel adorned with human skeletons and skulls.
Kroměříž
It's located on the south of the Moravia. It was founded in 1260. There is a Palace and Flower Garden which is at UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you come during the summer, you will see a lot of colours.
Pilsen
Pilsen is a hometown of famous Czech beer, the Pilsner Urquell that you maybe already know. Pilsen is the cultural city, it was the European City of Culture for the year 2015. You can visit cathedrals, town hall or brewery.
Liberec
It's quite a little town and mountains surrounding it. You can find there German influence, buildings in the city centre built in a similar style. We recommend you visit the town hall which was built as a copy of Vienna's city hall and also Ještěd which is mountain closed to Liberec (can't leave Liberec without a picture with Ješted behind).
The Czech Republic represents a lot of interesting places which are worth to visit. Find the app ESN Challenge in AppStore or Google Play and let's discover all the places with your friends!