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Kodi01 Says: This was a real pretty building which was one of the first buildings entering Mosty from Slovakia. This was a local police office - government building.I was so excited to see this country and Matcrazy taught me alot about it.Thanks Matt and Urszula!
Silesia bistro, restaurant: Big mistake :-(((
matcrazy1 Says: I together with my Polish friends came to this restaurant once in 2002 or 2003. Hmm... big mistake. Btw Silesia is a name of historical region which mostly belongs to Poland now. Although we were very sober, we didn't understand neither Czech nor English/German of our...
Kavarna: Cafe upstairs and no... natives
matcrazy1 Says: Once (in 2001 as I remember) I visited local cafe (kavarna in Czech language) located on Jablunkov main square (Marianske Namesti). Go upstairs. The cafe was very cheap but hmm... completely empty in the early evening. Interiors didn't look pretty and I... didn't like coffee...
matcrazy1 Says: Czech part of the highway E-75 was... less bumpy than Polish and quite picturesque with mountains on both sides. Traffic was usually moderate or light but slow because of many towns/villages (speed limit 50 kmh = 31 mph mostly obeyed by local drivers but not... Polish),...
matcrazy1 Says: There were quite numerous "bicycle parking lots" in Jablunkov called bike racks in English. Look for them in front of larger stores, churches, town hall and in main town square. Quite many locals used to travel by bicycle even in cold weather. Add weekend visitors and locals...
Vecerka: The cheapest beers - skip them!
matcrazy1 Says: There were two less known and the cheapest Czech brand beers available in Vecerka: Primus and Klasik.Primus (Primus Pale) was brewed in Plzen brewery (like Pilsner Urquell). Not my favourite beer: too light and too tasteless, much maltier than Urquell.No hop taste to speak...
Vecerka: My favourite Czech beer :-)
matcrazy1 Says: Budejovicky Budvar known as Budweiser Budvar in 58 countries (Czechvar in the USA) is brewed in Ceske Budejovice. In my opinion it's the best bottled beer (Premium Larger, I mean) I used to buy in Czech. There were two variants of Budejovicky Budvar available in Vecerka...
Vecerka: Not the best Czech beer
matcrazy1 Says: Radegast beer is brewed in Nosovice, eastern part of Czech Republic (called Moravia) since 1567. There were three unique variants of Radegast available in Vecerka grocery: Premium, Original and Birell with alcohol volume content: 5, 4 and 0.49%. Personally I preferred...
Vecerka: Kozel Premium - my recommendation :-)
matcrazy1 Says: Velkopopovicky Kozel is brewed in Velke Popovice brewery 15 km out of Prague. There were three unique variants of Velkopopovicky Kozel available in Vecerka grocery: Premium, Pale (Svetly) and Dark (Cerny) with alcohol volume content: 5, 4 and 3.8%. Personally I preferred...
Vecerka: Most expensive, good beer
matcrazy1 Says: Pilsner Urquell is probably one of the most popular and definetely the most expensive Czech beer brand brewed in Plzen, Czech and in... my hometown, Tychy, Poland as well now - click here. My short opinion: malty and hoppy aroma and tasted with some hay. Good pilsener, but...
matcrazy1 Says: Why I did shopping just in "Vecerka" store? Because enough choice of food, beer and spirits, low prices, good (evening and weekend) opening hours, nice staff, visa credit/debit cards and Polish currency accepted. I was buying Czech beer and spirits in Jablunkov many times....
No more propaganda, advertisements now!
matcrazy1 Says: Haha, for most of you it's nothing new. But in former Czechoslovakia (before 1990) there were almost no commercial advertisements along streets, highways and on state-owned stores. There were communist propaganda banners instead that time. Now, even in small Jablunkov there...
matcrazy1 Says: Driving many times through Jablunkov since 80' I noticed that many locals started to paint their houses since say 1990 when communism fell down. Before, most houses were grey-back and not painted for years, hmm... expect local Czechoslovac Communist Party seat. Now, most...
Sympathetic but still corrupt police
matcrazy1 Says: It seems that police in Czech Republic is much better in contacts with foreign visitors that it was in Czechoslovakia in 70' and 80' but... Just one event in 2000 or so:My friend was driving Czech freeway (to Switzerland) and hmm... he drove too fast - 160 km/h where 100...
Rude, corruptive police in 70' and 80'
matcrazy1 Says: I had very, very bad impressions from my contacts with Czech police or better to say Czechoslovak milice (VB) as it was in late 70' and in 80'. I heard the same impressions from my friends and parents many times that time. That's why I didn't like drive through...
matcrazy1 Says: I visited Muzeum Tesinska in Jablunkov in late 90'. Tesin is a name of nearby city divided into Polish and Czech part now where main part of the museum is located. In Jablunkov it was historical and etnographic museum of the area which contained some interesting old...
matcrazy1 Says: Look at the direction sign in the downtown/centre of Jablunkov. There is only 7 km (4 mi) to Czech village of Bukovec and 10 km to road border crossing point to Poland (Bukovec - Jasnowice). I crossed the border once there - very small and empty border check-point - real off...
matcrazy1 Says: I noticed quite a lot of locals riding a bicycle in Jablunkov even in cold weather and not exclusively for recreation. Quite many Czechs used to ride a bicycle for recreation in summer weekends. There were few specially designated for bicycles trails around Jablunkov but...
matcrazy1 Says: Excuse me, it's more Czech than Jablunkov general tip - I will transfer it to my new Czech page, soon!VISA is the most popular credit/debit card in use in Czech Republic. ATM cash and restaurants, horels etc. which accepted cards always accepted cards of VISA system. A...
matcrazy1 Says: Excuse me, it's more Czech than Jablunkov general tip - I will transfer it to my new Czech page, soon!Czech Republic belongs to Central European Time (CET) zone together with all adjacent countries: - Germany,- Austria, - Hungary,- Slovakia,- Poland. No need to change time...
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Excuse me, it's more Czech than Jablunkov Off The Beaten Path tip - I will transfer it to my new Czech page, soon!Driving many times around or through Czech...
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Lovely town at the end of Czech :-)
Even don't try to look for this town (and area) in Lonely Planet or other travel books on Czech Republic. I am dissapointed about the Czech guides, they all skipped this lovely Czech area! OK, it...
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Welcome to Czech Republic with me!
It was my first time in the Czech Republic and it was a weekend get-a-way with Matcrazy1 and his wife Ursula. We took a day from southern Poland and headed to Chech Republic and Slovakia in one day....
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my friend and i went to Jablunkov to visit a friend of his there and take part in what we called the PIG KILLING FESTIVAL!!! Every year they have a cultural day, where they butcher a lot of pigs, and...
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Jablunkov is a town in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. 23% of the population are the Poles. The Lomná River flows into the Olza River in the town. Jablunkov...
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