Děčín may not seem like the place for Harry Potter fans and treasures, but passionate collector Andrea Vendolská has ...

The Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou boasts the largest collection of glass Christmas ornaments in the ...

December 26 commemorates Saint Stephen, and is the second official Christmas public holiday in Czechia. Saint Stephen is regarded as the first Christian martyr, who according to tradition gave his ...

Czechs made fewer phone calls and sent fewer text messages on Christmas Eve this year than last, instead relying more heavily on social networks and messaging apps. Data traffic at major operators ...

Chocolate and asparagus may seem an unlikely pairing, but Prague chocolatiers Steiner & Kovařík made it work. I spoke with ...

Nothing captures the Czech Christmas spirit like the Rybovka, says the Jan Neruda Grammar School choir. Composed in the 18th ...

Firefighters in Czechia responded to 72 fires on Christmas Eve, the highest number recorded on the holiday in the past five years. No one was killed, but 12 people were injured. Several incidents were ...

Czechs are celebrating Christmas Day, the most important day of the Christmas season, along with believers across the Christian world. The holiday, known locally as Boží hod vánoční, commemorates the ...

An exhibition celebrating Czech nativity scenes, known as "betlémy", is under way at Břevnov Monastery in Prague. Running until January 4, the show presents a diverse selection of nativity scenes from ...

Nativity scenes celebrating the birth of the baby Jesus have a long tradition in the Czech lands, dating back to 1560.

More Czechs are spending Christmas and especially New Year’s Eve in exotic destinations abroad. According to estimates by the Association of Czech Travel Agencies, up to 170,000 people from Czechia ...

People in Prague can use dozens of sports facilities free of charge from Thursday, December 25, until Wednesday, December 31, as the city launches the 17th edition of its Week of Free Sport. Residents ...