Christopher's Expat Adventure

Dědictví aneb Kurvahošigutntag  is a dark Czech comedy.  It was released in 1992 Czechoslovakia and it is a cult classic here in Czechland. ...

At this year's 95th Academy Awards, All Quiet on the Western Front  had nine nominations for an Oscar.  The 2022 German film, Im Westen ...

Today is the first " significant day " of the year.  It's Jan Palach Remembrance Day and it commemorates his self-immolation ...

Ema Destinová  is considered to be one of the greatest soprano opera singers of all time.  She was born Emilie Pavlina Věnceslava Kittlová ...

Yesterday, 19 September, was 100 years since Czech athletes Emil Zátopek and Dana Zátopková were born.   No, they weren't twins.  They w...

Good morning Dresden Claudia and I arrived in Dresden on Thursday evening.  On Friday morning we explored the city a bit and found a café ...

Velorex was a company that produced a three-wheeled car in Czechoslovakia from the 1950s to 1971. After WWII, the Czechoslovak auto industr...

CSFD.cz is the Česko-Slovenská filmová database - the Czech-Slovak film database .  It's basically the IMDb for Czech and Slovak spe...

Prof. MUDr . Jan Janský (3 April 1873 - 8 September 1921) discovered blood types.  He was born in Černošice and studied medicine in Prague...

It's finally happened.   The Glass Room , the awesome book by Simon Mawer, has been made in to a movie and it comes out in a few weeks....

Today was the 50th anniversary of the day that Jan Palach set himself on fire. Jan Palach was a history and political economy student in ...

Yesterday at náměstí Svobody (Freedom Square) there was a remembrance for the victims of communism.  Two victims in particular were Milada...

Tonight is the 25th annual Český lev, Czech Lion , film awards.  The award is given by the Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA) and it ...