Czech Curiosities: Out of the Ordinary in the Czech Republic

Have you ever wondered what Hungarian goulash is doing in the Czech Republic? Would you like to know where one of Europe’s largest museums dedicated to washing machines is located? And how about the several places in this quiet, often-overlooked little country where you are welcome to come on over and look for the long-lost treasure no one else has been able to find?

You hold the answers to these and dozens of other vital questions crucial to modern life and everlasting happiness right here in your hands, in Czech Curiosities. Packed with almost 100 myths, legends, quirky facts, traditional stories, and just a little wry humour, this handy guide to the inscrutable land sometimes called “Absurdistan” will tell you things you never knew you’d want to know about the Czech Republic.

Czech Curiosities collects in one colourful volume the favourite old stories contributed by real Czechs employed in local tourism offices across the country. It makes the perfect travelling companion for anyone interested in Czechobilia, and for all Czech visitors, whether they travel to this amazing and fascinating land by plane, train, bus, car - or armchair.