the czech republic presentation

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