Name: プラハを越えたチェコ共和国 (The Czech Republic Beyond Prague)
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Hi, I'm Rick Steves, back with more of the Best of Europe.

This time we're soaking up the off-beat delights of the Czech Republic.

To get a fair look at any country, you need to venture beyond its dominant city.

Here in the Czech Republic there's a world of cultural riches outside of Prague -

We'll discover stately squares with no tourists; eat stinky cheese and wash it down with Europe's

Honza: ...the stinkiest cheese in the whole country.

See the trophies of a bored yet trigger happy prince and learn of an evil Nazi hoax. Then

we'll follow the epic story of the Czech nation on canvas, paddle through the bohemian countryside,

and delight in a fairytale town that comes complete with jaunty Gypsy music.

Buried in the heart of central Europe is the Czech Republic. Skipping Prague, the capital,

we start in Olomouc in Moravia, before visiting Moravsky Krumlov, Trebon, Terezin, Konopiste,

As Europe unites into one vast free trade zone, it's employing its own kind of internal

Marshal Plan, investing hundreds of billions of dollars into its own infrastructure. Here

in the Czech Republic they have a new express train zipping you in less than two hours from

Its circa-1950s train station is a fascinating blend of old and new: Bright and happy workers

put down their hammers and sickles long enough to greet you - a reminder of the country's

recent communist past. Just a short tram-ride from the station gets us to the old town center.

Olomouc, the historic capital of this region, is the Czech Republic's fifth-largest city

with 100,000 people and home to a leading university. With its wealth of cafés, clubs,

and student life, Olomouc gives you vibrant local culture - without the tourist crowds

I'm joined by my Czech friend and co-author of my Czech Republic guidebook, Honza Vihan.

Rick: So, Moravia, is that a political unit or an ethnic region?

Honza: Moravia is region in the Eastern part of the Czech Republic.

Rick: And how would you describe the Moravian people?

Honza: Well to generalize the Moravians are more emotional and friendlier then the people

The fortune and misfortune of Olomouc comes from its strategic location at the intersection

of Central Europe's main east-west and north-south trade routes. The city's historic core is

simply workaday Moravia. Trams clatter through the streets - as they have for a century.

The town's economy is lively even without much tourism.

Standing in front of the Town Hall surrounded by the vast square and its fine noble and

bourgeois residences, you can imagine the importance of Olomouc in centuries past. The

people here are proud - as if their fine city was still ruling Moravia...which is hasn't

Locals brag that their city is the home to the country's second most important bishop

and its second most important university. Perennially number two, Olomouc actually built

its bell tower to be six feet taller than Prague's. But, when it comes to plague monuments,

Olomouc is unrivaled..... this baby is the tallest and most grandiose anywhere.

Throughout Central Europe squares like this are decorated with similar structures, erected

by locals to give thanks for surviving the plague. The tip of the column features the

Holy Trinity: God the Father making a blessing, Christ sitting on a globe, and the dove representing

the Holy Spirit. Tumbling below the Trinity, the archangel Michael - with his ever-ready

sword and shield - reminds us that the Church is in a constant struggle with evil.

It all sits upon a tiny chapel where, on the day the column was inaugurated in 1754, the

mighty Hapsburg Empress Maria Theresa - who traveled all the way from Vienna - knelt to

pray - devout, yet envious. Proud little Olomouc, way out here in Moravia, had a plague column

A series of allegorical fountains decorate the old town. Most were inspired by classical

mythology. This one, featuring Julius Caesar, is dedicated to the legendary founder of the

The modern turtle fountain is a popular meeting place for young mothers, and a fine place

This astronomical clock was destroyed by the Nazis in World War II. Today's version was

rebuilt in 1953 by the communists - with their kitschy flair for propaganda. In good Social

Realist style, you have earnest chemists and heroic mothers rather than holy saints and

Virgin Marys. In this region so rich in agriculture, these symbols of the 12 months each feature

a seasonal farm activity. High noon is marked by a proletarian parade, when a mechanical

conga line of milkmaids, clerks, blacksmiths, teachers, and first defenders are celebrated

As with any full service astronomical clock, there's a wheel with 365 saints, so you'll

always know whose special day it is. And this clock comes with a Moscow-inspired bonus - red

bands splice in the special days of communist heroes: Lenin died on the 21st day of the

year; Stalin's saint was Tomas - day 355.

We can't leave Olomouc without experiencing one of the city's greatest attractions; its

Rick: So we know about the great Czech beer. But what's with this famous cheese from Moravia?

Honza: The Olomouc zarushki? Well it's the stinkiest cheese in the whole country.

Rick: [Laugh] Really: Honza: If there is one thing you associate

with Olomouc, it's this cheese. My mom comes from this region, when I was a kid when she

would start eating this at home, me and my dad we would just clear out of the kitchen.

So the thing that makes this cheese is the way it ages. It ages under the aged meat so

the meat itself has to be aged to age this cheese. Then you have to age in order to like

this cheese. Rick: And what are you putting on it?

Honza: That's young onion, young, strong onion. Rick: Why is that important?

Honza: Is good for you as a man. Rick: [Laugh]

Honza: It stinks but is good. Rick: And what is this?

Honza: This, these are really strong mints so you can go and kiss your wife when you

Thirty miles south of Prague is Konopiště, the lavish residence of the Archduke Franz

Ferdinand. Its interior dates from about 1900, when the heir of the Hapsburg throne, Franz

Ferdinand, moved in. Against the wishes of his uncle, Emperor Franz Josef, Franz Ferdinand

married a Czech countess, Sofie. To escape family problems back in Vienna, he purchased

Konopiště and moved here to raise their 3 children and wait his turn to be emperor.

Money was no object as Franz Ferdinand turned his castle into a palace with all the latest

comforts: As one of the first castles in Europe to have an elevator...a shower with hot and

cold running water...and even a new-fangled flush toilet, Konopiště shows "modern" living

The archduke had lots of time on his hands as his uncle, Emperor Franz Josef held onto

power from 1848 all the way until 1916. While he waited, Franz Ferdinand amassed one of

the best collections of arms and armor in the entire world. The exhibit, mostly Italian

from the 16th to the 18th centuries, raises weaponry to an art form.

And for Franz Ferdinand, guns were more than showpieces. Obsessed with hunting, he traveled

around the world, shooting at anything with four legs: deer, bear, tigers, elephants,

and this Polish buffalo. He actually recorded over 200,000 kills in his log. Keep in mind

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