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Five Czech dishes to be aware of

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How to get to Prague? Five Czech dishes to be aware of 1. Tatarak (tatarák) This is a raw ground beef, but everything is not as scary as it looks at first glance. To prepare the tartar, only fresh meat is taken, and in the classical version it is served with a lot of various spices, mustard, ketchup, finely chopped onions and garlic cloves. The meat hill is decorated with a yolk. Before use, the restaurant visitor mixes all this to his own taste and spreads on pieces of toasted bread, called "tops". Often waiters ask the guest if he wants to mix up the tatarak himself or the cook in the kitchen can do it for him according to the classic recipe. In some establishments, Tatra can immediately bring in the involved and already plastered on tops. And there was also an unusual way of serving, when instead of a raw yolk on a plate next to the stuffing there is fried eggs. Each restaurant tries to come up with its own original tataraka, so only this dish can be a real gastr...

Klementinum

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How to get to Prague? Klementinum One of the most beautiful libraries in the world is located in the historic building of the Prague Jesuit collegium, built in the baroque style. She began work in 1772 by the decision of Maria Theresa and until today serves the readers. The library's collection includes more than 7 million publications, among which there are rare books, and ancient manuscripts, and rare folios. In addition to the library, the Clementinum complex includes an astronomical observatory, a mathematical museum and a weather station, which, incidentally, is considered to be the oldest in Central Europe. The library hall is designed in the Baroque style, its main attractions are the frescoes of the painter Joseph Dibel and numerous ancient globes.

Czech, who advised Nobel to give awards to fighters for peace

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How to get to Prague? Czech, who advised Nobel to give awards to  fighters for peace At the end of June, one hundred years have passed since the death of the world's first woman, who became the Nobel Peace Prize winner - Bertha von Sutner, in the nephew of Countess Kinski. Berta von Sutner lived a bright and fruitful life and only a few days did not live up to the outbreak of the First World War. She did not learn that her prediction about a new war, which would be "much worse than all the previous ones," came true, and did not see that the efforts of her whole life had collapsed like a house of cards. The future pacifist and world-famous writer Berta Sofia Felichita Kinsky was born on June 9, 1843 in the very center of Prague, on the street In the pit. Her father, Count Frans Kinski, died shortly before the birth of his daughter, and his relatives eschewed the mother of the girl, who came from the burgher class and who was passionate about playing roulette. Th...

Czech Republic has developed a project to provide residence permit for investment

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How to get to Prague? Czech Republic has developed a project to provide residence permit for investment In July, the Czech government will consider the project of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on granting residence permits for investments. It is proposed to issue a residence permit for up to two years to those who invest 75 million kroons (about three million US dollars) and create at least 20 jobs. At the same time, there is no automatic procedure for obtaining a residence permit for investment. Foreigners must provide the Czech authorities with a business plan that is real and credible. In addition, they will require knowledge of the local market and the conditions for doing business. It is also possible to get a residence permit if there is at least a 30 percent share in the firm that is going to do business in the Czech Republic. Applications will be considered by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the CzechInvest agency. The final decision for the Ministry of ...

The Devil's Head

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How to get to Prague? The Devil's Head Like any self-respecting country that earns on attracting tourists, the Czech Republic has many attractions. One famous landmark of the Czech Republic is located 37 km from Prague, not far from the small village of Zelizy with a population of less than 500 people. These are two huge, carved in rock formations of sandstone, the head of demons. Or people with faces of demons. The sculptor Václav Leva, who created this architectural complex 170 years ago, said that the heads are a figurative expression of the character of local residents. True, the question remains, why are the goals two, and the complex is called the "Devil's Head" (Čertova hlava)?