What’s on the menu? Chłodnik, the Eastern gazpacho
Krakow, Poland – Every month, Kafkadesk brings you the best recipes from Central Europe, straight from the kitchen of ourContinue Reading
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Czech Republic: 5 music festivals to attend this summer
Ostrava, Czech Republic – Although many festivals are organized all year long in the Czech Republic, summer is the busiestContinue Reading
The true meaning of Czech greetings
Prague, Czech Republic – Czechs have many different ways of greeting each otherand while this might confuse foreigners struggling withContinue Reading
Top 10 movies shot in Poland
Wroclaw, Poland – Poland has long been type-cast, mainly attracting World War II thrillers and Holocaust-related dramas. Granted, this hasContinue Reading
Top 10 movies shot in Hungary
Budapest, Hungary – Along with the Czech Republic, Hungary is one of the top destinations for foreign productions in CentralContinue Reading
Top 10 movies shot in Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia – Granted, Slovakia is not as popular a shooting location as its neighbours. When coming to Central Europe,Continue Reading
Top 10 movies shot in the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic – Since the early 1990’s, world-famous directors and first-class production teams have flocked to Prague, drawn byContinue Reading
5 things Hungarians do better than anyone else
Budapest, Hungary – Last but not least: after Czechs, Slovaks and Poles, let’s have a look at the areas whereContinue Reading
Interview: “Our Prague summer university fosters mutual understanding between nations”
Prague, Czech Republic – It was back in 2013. An undergrad student from Paris, I had freshly landed in PragueContinue Reading
5 things Poles do better than anyone else
Warsaw, Poland – In this third episode of our series on Central European countries’ most remarkable – or deplorable –Continue Reading
5 things Slovaks do better than anyone else
Bratislava, Slovakia – After listing the Czech Republic’s most resounding achievements, the time has come to take a closer lookContinue Reading
5 things Czechs do better than anyone else
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic tops the charts in a number of areas: some are pretty intuitive, othersContinue Reading
Travel tips #2: Presov, a hidden gem in eastern Slovakia
Presov, Slovakia – Every month, Kafkadesk dispatches some of its writers to explore Central Europe and give you new ideasContinue Reading
5 Must-See Czechoslovak movies from the 1960’s
Prague, Czech Republic – One of the most lasting impacts of the liberalisation of Czechoslovakia‘s society in the 1960’s, commonlyContinue Reading
Travel tips #1: Kutna Hora, Bohemia’s silver town
Kutna Hora, Czech Republic – Every month, Kafkadesk dispatches some of its writers to explore Central Europe and give youContinue Reading
Interview: “The quality of life in Prague is hard to find elsewhere”
Prague, Czech Republic – Robin and Kamila met in Prague in 2010. He was a French Erasmus student, discovering forContinue Reading
Interview: “There are many different ways to be Catholic in Poland”
Warsaw, Poland – It wasn’t in her native Poland that I met Ala Budzyńska, a philosophy and Polish literature studentContinue Reading