What a time to be in Cesky Krumlov! Landscape gets various shades of green color. Castle gardens and chateau interiors open on the 1rst of April. The famous Golden Carriage has been dressed with silk cloth in original Baroque outlook now. Welcome back to old ages! Fresh air everywhere. Good chance to meet people in Continue reading
Once upon a time, in Český Krumlov lived a very paranoid innkeeper. He worked directly on the town square in his pub called At the Sun. He has repeatedly accused the cellar man of the local brewery of cheating. This junior brewery worker did allegedly fill the butts not enough with the beer. The chief Continue reading
Czech fairy tales like witches. Woodcarvers, puppet manufactures and toy producers as well. Witch on a besom-a typical image. One example of it painted on a house you can see during a private city tour in Český Krumlov. And I am going to show you the house of the most famous local witches. More generations Continue reading
Bohemians have been not all necessarily Czechs. On the contrary. Vast majority in border area including Český Krumlov spoke German. There were Italians in the 16th or 17th century as well. Or some people of the Netherlands. Like a famous painter, Gabriel the Blonde. He depicted some castle exteriors and interiors. Examples of his work Continue reading
BEER used to be the most important economical item in the Golden Age of Rosenberg Dominium. Rebirth-Resurrection-Renaissance-Revival time inspired by Italian culture… Still, locals have preserved something very traditional in our country. Bohemian people used to drink more beer than water or wine… The wheat beer had been more popular than the barley beer. Both Continue reading
Guided tour appetizer: Bears of Cesky Krumlov The bears live in the castle moat. They like playing in a natural bath with a beer barrel. The bears stay in the Cesky Krumlov because of a kinship that never existed. Strange, isn’t it? The lords of Rosenberg allegedly were related to an Italian family called Orsini. Continue reading
CONFISCATION? Not so much in this case! An aristocrat with ancient noble roots in Bavaria, Johann Adolf I of Schwarzenberg, starts to buy properties in Southern Bohemia after 30 years war (in the second half of the 17th century). However, the first manor, Třeboň, he receives from his friend, governor of Spanish Netherlands, who owes Continue reading
” WELL, there are old gables, bays, dormers, arcades, arches, galleries, battlements, sgraffito, frescoes, stairs up and down, balustrades, fountaines, columns, corner stones, nooks, frameworks, masshausses, underpasses, historic pavement, zig-zagging lanes…” A very dry description using summary of facts- isn´t it? But written by somebody who knew-how! THE OUTSTANDING CZECH WRITER KAREL ČAPEK visited Český Continue reading
THE SAINT FLORIAN likes action. The fronts of local houses show him repeatedly as protector against the fire. A stable pose, holding a vessel in his hands, he pours the water onto the burning buildings. He had more success in Český Krumlov than anywhere else. This town never suffered a conflagration. 1388// The lord of Continue reading
ROLLING STONES. Streets, roads or waterways. Coming to Český Krumlov, you will always pass by some rocks. Romantic and sometimes (more in the past) dangerous. Rocks set free some stones repeatedly. Falling not so slowly onto the roads or into the river, this could be a pretty challenging story! That’s why you see on many Continue reading
