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THE CZECH REPUBLIC
SOME BASIC INFORMATION
State Emblem
National flag
The capital city Prague
Area 78 866km²
Population 10, 538, 275
Official language Czech
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
Otto Wichterle invented soft contact lenses in 1959. The sugar cube was invented in 1843. There are over 2,000 castles in the Czech Republic.
It is the castle capital of the world. The Charles University in Prague (1348) is the oldest
university in Eastern and Central Europe. The word ‘robot’ is Czech and it was first used in
1920 in a theatre play by Karel Capek, RUR.
MOUNTAINS
In the Czech Republic we have a lot of mountains.The highest mountain is Snezka(1,603 meters).
The second one is Vysoke Kolo (1,509 meters).
Snezka
Vysoke Kolo
RIVERS Our most famous rivers are
Vltava(430 km) and Labe(1,091 km, but in our state it is 370 km).
The longest river is Vltava.
Vltava Labe
CITIES Our capital city Prague is the 15th biggest
city in Europe. In this city live more than 1 million people.
Other cities are Brno,Ostrava,Liberec, etc.
Prague -
Brno
SIGHTSWe have a lot of sights. The most famous are Prague Castle, Charles Bridge , Astronomical Clock, Karlstejn Castle, etc. Prague Castle
Charles Bridge Astronomical Clock Karlstejn Castle
NATIONAL SPORTSOur national sport s are ice-hockey, tennis and
football. We love them.
Ice Hockey Jaromir Jagr
Tennis Petra Kvitova Lucie Safarova
Football Peter Cech Tomas Rosicky
NATIONAL FOOD
Our national food is called vepro, knedlo, zelo. It is pork meat, dumplings and cabbage.
Famous one is svíčková na smetaně (beef sirloin , dumplings and sauce).
On holidays we like to eat trdelnik. Pork, dumplings, cabbage Beef sirloin
Trdelnik
MONEY
Our currency is the Czech Crown. Symbol is Kč. Coins are 1,2,5,10,20,50.
Banknotes are 100,200,500,1000,2000 and 5000.
PRIMARY SCHOOL MNISEK POD BRDY
We are a state primary school with 600 pupils aged 6-14.
Our school is situated in a small town called Mnisek pod Brdy, near the capital city Prague.
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Our school logo
Our school building
Our school anthem
WHERE WE STUDY
Playground
Classrooms
WHAT WE STUDYScience Languag
es
Sports Maths
WE ARE INTERESTED IN saving animals
saving lives
helping others (Gifts for orphanages)
(First aid course)
SCHOOL ACTIVITIESChristmas Button Market Easter Market
School Outdoors Skiing excursion
PUPILS AND TEACHERS
