5 FUNNY THINGS ABOUT CZECH CULTURE (That are illegal in the US)
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- čas přidán 8. 05. 2024
- There are so many funny things about Czech culture, but some of my favorites are totally illegal in the US! In this video, I'll talk about 5 things that would get you arrested in the United States, that you are free to do in Czech Republic!
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These are only some of the funny things about Czech culture (or maybe funny only in comparison to the United States??) Have you ever noticed something strange about Czech culture, or American culture?? Let me know in the comments below!
id be carful with oversimplification.. there is more to whiping, girls do fight back(pouring cold water at guys, etc), drinking in public is allowed but some places even in prague do have it forbidden.. graffity are illegal, lenons wall is just ugly stuff for tourists
@@marekprazak youtubers... the simpler and more shocking the more views
For me is kids protection in US crazy, kids almost can't go alone to the school and from the school. And 19y boy with 18y girl is rape
That easter whiping is tradition
@@Desperoro czcams.com/video/P7YrN8Q2PDU/video.html
..."Leave your pomlázky at home".... nemůžu XD
Xd
@@natyistherobloxdude4800 no jo, pomlázky, pointa?
@@studenapolivka5652 omg I love your name xD
I live in ČR for my whole life, but I never saw anyone left stroller outside café/restaurant :) :) :)
We have an infant. It is recommended by doctors to leave him in a stroller on a balcony. Even when it is snowing. Just keep an eye on him and check if he is not cold.
I live here and saw it only once. The mother was sitting having coffee with a view of the baby outside. Maybe this is a historic tradition that is now dying :)
Exactly! This is certainly not usual
it happens. but probably in smaller cities. (pretty common in Přerov for example).
Jakub Menoušek I've only lived in Prague for about 2.5 years, and I've seen this about three times.
American speaking to a czech friend: how many beers did u Drink today
Czech: yes
well im from czechia
@@ShivterShivtik25 já taky
that’s actually pretty accurate
You’re kinda making it sound like we’re crazy
Just making generalizations for the sake of humor. If you watch some of my videos about Americans, you'd think WE were even more crazy!😜
Just making generalizations for the sake of humor. If you watch some of my videos about Americans, you'd think WE were even more crazy!😜
Just making generalizations for the sake of humor. If you watch some of my videos about Americans, you'd think WE were even more crazy!😜
Wait, you mean we aren't? :o
@@DreamPrague Your generalizations end up looking like disinformation.
Czech Republic is NOT only Prague! You are talking only about Prague. There are more beautiful places and cities, not so crowded, not so expensive and also with many historical monumens. And finaly as a Czech I can say people living in Prague are far different from other (normal) people living in the Czech Republic 😃 What you can see in Prague is not typical Czech Republic 😉
Prague is definitely the most chaotics city in Czech
I live in Prag 31 year's and this comment is true.
I was in prague twice (se školou)
@@danko4362 Have you ever been in Brno? =D
Přesně, jako třeba takové České Budějovice (Budějce) :-) krásné město a jsme tu úplně jiní než v Praze :-D :-D
Woow, I've never seen anyone leaving their kids outside in a stroller alone in the Czech Republic. However, as for the Easter whipping, there should also be said that the women are usually waiting for that and that it's only a symbolical act. Noone's whipping someone bloody and even the women themselves believe that it keeps them young and fresh. It's a silly tradition nonetheless.
Thanks for your comment Michaela. I appreciate the symbolism of the pomlazka now, but I remember the first time my Czech students told me, I thought they were pulling my leg!😂
@@DreamPrague On the other hand, especially young boys really take the opportunity to "legally" beat the girls, and they do it really properly :-D. It should also be said that many women, especially in the cities (incl. me) absolutely hate this tradition and find it quite stupid - and some men too:-D. Every American I met is truly shocked by it, that's true :-)
@@Tangerinka410 I mean, in the old days, it used to be a good way how to tell your crush that you like him. Girls would giveaway colored eggs and if you'd get a red one, that ment she likes you. And as the "whipping" should be only symbolical, if someone really overdoes it, you know he isn't a relationship material (and you probably don't open the doors for him next time).
@@mrkv4k aha, this made me laugh...."not relationship material" 😂😜
That easter beating looks like Roman tradition for Saturnalia
I would like to explain right here. What is the tradition "pomlázka"
1.) It is a truly old tradition associated with Easter, but mainly with the celebration of spring.
2.) This is a caroling ritual something like the US "Halloween", but mostly designed for teenagers and adults. It serves to acquaint people more closely (violence is not present here). Word comes from "pomladit" (
to make young) and „mlází“ (a newly grown stick) , the young of the stick "pomlázka" is simbolically transferred to the woman.
3.) A woman always agrees to practice ritual. If you experienced a "pomlázku" in Prague probably had nothing to do with tradition. In tradition, Men do rituals and transmits a rhyme or chant. Subsequently, the woman determines what reward a man deserves according to how she feels and treated her.
4.) Next, the woman presents gifts. Decorated eggs symbol of life and abundance. And puts a ribbon on the man's "pomlázku" , the color of the ribbon sometimes reflects what a woman feels to a man. such a first hint in public ;-) . subsequently men drink one shot of alcohol which a woman spills mostly an older woman from a caroling house.
5.) A man must knit a "pomlázka" by hand, not buy it. A woman must decorate the gifts handwritten, not buy them. For these reasons, in large cities you will not encounter the traditional ritual. Believe that in smaller towns and villages where people know each other, this ritual celebrates in joy.
I hope everyone understands that they can't come to our country and whip women, even on this day. That would be criminal. We are a country of tradition, in no way violence.
excuse my non-English :-)
Btw if the man comes after 12:00 woman is alowed to wipe him too.
@@geryl1545 depends on thre region, it varies what the women do and when to men.
V našem městě je tradice že chodí koldovat i holky:D
Exactly. Well said Kratas. Plus, if a woman doesn't want to be part of this tradition she doesn't have to be. It doesn't mean that on Easter men are free to whip women. If you dont like it you're simply not part of it.
@@Karolina-sq6di
It's true...but for example me...I hate this tradition and I don't want celebrate this day, but my father, brother and somerhimes my mother say: you must...(and I live in town...and I am 15)
For me it is humiliating for women and I don't uderstand this tradition and I am from the Czech Republic...and sorry but...you get smash from some boy (and with pomlázka it's painfull) and than you must give him eggs and vodka?...I repeat again ...I don't understand this tradition.
(Sorry for my english)
6:20 - there are some spots where it's legal, but that doesn't mean you can spray everywhere you want! 🕊️
Also, it's not a public property. It's privately owned wall that was ment just for this purpouse.
yep, there's whole movie about it Vejška / Prague cans
Ironically, the country that invented "Ahoy" has never had access to sea.
I don't understand why are people still speaking about this, do you think ships can float only on sea? Czech Republic is known for old river boating tradition and ofcourse ahoj comes from Austrian-Hungary times where Czech people were sailors in Austrian fleet because we had mechanics and people who can operate steam ships so Czechs were on ships very often. We already had steam river connection between cities when other countries were experimenting with that so use Czechs for new steam ships was logical. There were also Croatians and such nations with experiences from sea so in combination with Czech steam engine specialits it worked good I guess.
Hahaha good one.
@@Pidalin jo jasně, to kždýho totiž hned napadne, povol svěrač :)
@@MrMajsterixx Já jenom nechápu jak lidi na západ od nás přišli na to že se tak můžou zdravit jenom lidi na moři, ono totiž vubec nedává smysl aby na sebe na moři při těch vzdálenostech někdo něco křičel, naproti tomu na řece když jede loď pár metrů od tebe to dává smysl.
search for Josef Ressel...
Here is some interesting things about our Czech Republic:
Do you know, sugar cubes are from Czechia?
Czechia is one of the best countries in the hokey.
Do you think, nano technology is from USA, China, or some this state with good technology? No, nano techology is too from Czechia.
Czechia is in central europe, so, we dont have sea? Nope, we have sea. We own piece of shipyard and sea in Germany.
Do you know, Prague Castle is the biggest castle complex on the world?
From Czechia is famous composer Bedřich Smetana. One of is symphony: New world symphony; was played in television when Armstrong stand on moon.
Czechia is famous for best beer on the world.
Czechia is one of the biggest consumer of poppy. Poppy cakes is traditional food, mainly on countrysides.
Strong explosive called Semtex is from Czechia.
In the second world war was Prague one of the least damaged city, because Hitler wanted to make Prague the cultural center of Europe.
When did Gagarin step on Moon??
@@RosovaEva fixed :D
Cool. Anyway, it was the 'New world symphony' from Antonín Dvořák 😉😂
Proč si tu teď píšete anglicky? Jinak super fakty .
These are all great, and I'll definitely try to talk about them in future videos. Thank you!
I was hoping to come and work in Prague as a male prostitute yet you seemed to be implying only female prostitutes could get a Czech visa. Can you clarify please?
"Look at these soviet prostitutes!" - Bald
😂😅😄
To be fair, male prostitutes earn only a fraction of their female counterparts. If you want to be making top dollar (well, top Koruna?), I suggest you take a short stop in Thailand
The sex tourist spoke up
:-DDD
Neznám nikoho kdo by nechal svoje dítě před restaurací (bydlím v Praze) tohle bych úplně nedávala jako příklad. Myslím že kdyby to někdo nahlásil, taky by se to řešilo.
A graffiti nejsou legální. Jsou speciální místa kde to je legální. Ale jinak ne, hrozí pokuta atp.
Prostituce je nelegální, ale policie to neřeší.
Obecne prostituce neni nelegalni, ale zalezi na okolnostech. Vice napr. www.poradna-rr.cz/o-sexbyznysu/legislativa-a-sexbyznys-v-cr/
Dovolím si oponovat, prostituce v ČR nelegální není, nicméně není ani legální, prostě je ve vakuu. Neexistuje žádná legislativa, která by prostituci zakazovala, proto policisté za prostituci nikoho zatknout nemohou ani jej nemohou pokutovat. Kde není zákaz nemůže být ani trest. Jediné, co upravuje prostituci nebo spíše jen její provádění v této zemi jsou obecní vyhlášky, kde ti obec může zakázat provádět prostituci na určitém veřejném území (aby se třeba prostitutka nabízela své služby u silnice atd.) nicméně obec nemůže prostitutce zakázat si klienta pozvat do privátu nebo hotelu čili nemůže zakázat prostituci jako takovou. Trestné je až to, když ty jako osoba nabízíš lidem služby jiných prostitutek, tedy je paseš, nebo jsi majitel escort služeb a samozřejmě taky bordelů. Myslím, že se tomu říká kuplířství a za to už jdeš do vězení natvrdo . Proti těmto lidem policisté nezasahují často jednoduše proto, že je to hluboké podsvětí a to jako řadoví policista řešit opravdu nechceš.
Prostituce, pokud je součástí night klubů je legální v ČR
My jsme nechávali spící dítě v kočárku běžně. Podmínkou je samozřejmě, že je na kočár z restaurace vidět
@@lenkakomarkova6155 Máš to dobře nastudované, je vidět, že v tom máš letitou praxi :D
The whipping is symbolic, not real, just to clarify...
Jak kde a jak u koho ;-)
no, nerekla bych, po tom, co jsem jednou prisla domu s krvavymi pruhy na stehnech :D
to vysvětluj ožralým puberťákům když jdou k malý holčičce :D
asi netřeba říkat že od tý doby velikonoce nenávidím :D
@@Animsaj1000 jejdaa
tak asi dávat bacha jestli jsou dotyční před dveřma opilí xDDD
@@CryBite na to uz je pro mě trochu pozdě, už jsem na tuhle tradici dávno rezignovala, řeším to tak, že buď jdu ke kamarádce a nebo celý dopoledne prospím 😂
Speaking as a Czech I wouldn’t be so sure about that leaving your child outside on the street in a stroller. I have never seen anyone doing that in Prague or outside. It is more likely to see a dog waiting for his owner outside a shop or a pub.
Prague is not whole republic
My mom used to do this
I was talking about Prague and outside the Prague as I mentioned, but I agree with the fact that behavior of people in Prague is different than people living in a countryside. It depens how far from a big city you go I think. But still, I dont think that these days would responsible parents leave their kids outside any restaurant on its own at all.
Nikdy jsem se nesetkala s tím, že by někdo nechal kočárek před restaurací. Vím, že se to dříve dělávalo třeba před obchody, ale ty doby jsou dávno pryč. Každý se dnes bojí...
Yeah, I live in the Czech republic my whole life and leaving your child out side a restaurant is not that common, I saw it a few times but be fair I not from Prague so maybe its just a Prague thing...
I think you're probably right, it's more common in some Northern countries. But I've seen it a handful of times in Czech republic and I was absolutely shocked!😜
moraváci takovy pičoviny nedělaj :D
I live in Prague all my life and I never saw it🤔 This behavior is very irresponsible, especially in Prague
As a Czech I found it way funnier the way you explained our Easter xD
4:10 Right now it is not allowed everywhere. It depends on the city's laws. So it is better to check it.
I guess it exists at least one more thing. In Czech Republic you can leave your childern under 15 alone at home without to call any nanny. It's not a criminal act at all but you keep your full responsibility for all things that can happen. The kids do something bad or something happens to them. (Fire, injury, etc.)
Hi Rizek. When I was a kid, (much younger than 15) my parents would leave me to babysit my younger brothers and sister. But I think Americans in this day and age wouldn't do it - everyone's afraid to leave their children for a second!
@@DreamPrague Understood.
@@DreamPrague Watching on younger brothers or sisters is absolutely normal here, if you are 12 you can survive few hours without parents without problem. Also if kids are playing outside somewhere on other corner of city there are no parents.
I have never seen anyone leaving their kid in the stroller outside a restaurant, but I have seen strollers with kids alone under their house's windows, which is apparently pretty common though I was shocked too.
My stepmother is Canadian and her mother used to leave her outside as a baby. I only discovered that after I made this video!
It does happen, but not usually in vilages. Also not very often
@@ceraff4 It happens in villages amd towns all over the country. I've seen it in at least 10 or 15 different towns and villages around the place.
Funny, witty and interestingly open for discussions. Congratulations from a fellow foreign citizen of Prague! ;)
Thanks for the encouragement, Matteo!
Alcohol is from 18 not from 21 as in America. :)
Buying alcohol is from 18, but consuming it has no age restriction.
@@bremCZ haha jenže zákon zakazuje pití alkoholu nezletilým, takže vaše tvrzení není správné
@@samyeru My claim is correct.
There is no age limit for private alcohol consumption in almost all of Europe.
In England the age limit is 5 years old.
Slovakia has a comsumption age but Czech doesn't along with most countries.
@@bremCZ dobře když tvrdíte, že vaše tvrzení je správné tak mi to prosím ukažte ve sbírce zákonů, určitě to můžete dokázat velmi snadno ne?
@@samyeru You want me to show you that a law doesn't exist?
There is no restriction. How can I show you something that doesn't exist?
How about you go looking for the law that exists restricting it and let us know how that goes.
3:26
Yea I know it. Its Easter. In Czech velikonoce. Its Just an traditional and its for fun, it doesnt Hurt with pomlázka
Try to tell it to my father
@@alzbetadostalova2040 lol 😅
First couple runs may hurt. The more ribbons the stronger aerodynamic slowdown and damping.
In here some wear skirts, you can't beat them through. But super tight jeans damp nothing...
I like your sense of humor, very funny video. I'm Czech and I live in US in Michigan over 20 years now. Every time I watch your videos I miss my country. You definitely earned my subscription. Well done Lady. :)
omg! i just found out your channel and im speechless! amazing work! Your editing skills are creative and so is the content! btw not sure if someone mentioned already but i guess you meant the word “živnostňák” instead of živnostensý (list) :)
Thanks Adam! Glad you enjoy it. Hmm, I was told “živnostník”... is that incorrect?
Dream Prague “živnostník”. is someone(a person) who is working somehow like a “freelancer” or is running his business. however you said “živnostenský” which can be used only together with “živnostenský list”. I am not very educated in business english so I am not sure how to describe it and translate :( sorry!
actually, you used the words correctly in one sentence but at the timing 9:35 you said just “živnostensky” and you forgot to add “list” to the word :)
This lady misunderstanding a lot of thinks about Czech republic
Yeah that's what i thought
She is i think she doesntknow czech republic isnt only prague
Things* pls write it correctly before talking
In Denmark, it is pretty normal to leave the stroller with baby in front of the restaurant. My daughter-in-law left my granddaughter in stroller just across the street because there was shade over there. And we all went to the restaurant.
Great video as always Jenn!!! 👍
In Poland, we pour a lot of water on girls on Easter Monday and sometimes beat with hazelnuts :)
We do same thing with that water, but I think it's not that common, I mean not everybody's does it
in Slovakia we both whip and douse them with water.. the more and icier the better :D
we do that too in czechia!
There are still legal graffiti places in Prague like Barrandovský most.
Great videos! 🙂
Hi Jen, just to clarify "expressing yourself on Lennon wall". They reconstructed the Lennon wall during autumn 2019 and it has been prohibited to spray or write anything there since that time. They reopened the Wall in November and it is an outside gallery for artists with permission. So just to let you know.
:DDD love the part with "pomlázka" try go to "slovensko" they use water :D
Dtto at eastern Moravia
We use both+sometimes perfumes
We use water too 🤦♂️
V nějakých vesnicích je tradice, že po 12. hodině jakmile potká žena/dívka nějakého muže/chlapce u dveří/vrat do domu může ho polít studenou vodou
@@janam288 ještě kdyby někdo po té dvanácté přišel. Já vždycky doufám, že si vyzkouším, jaké to je polít mužské osazenstvo vodou. Bohužel si dávají pozor a chodí opravdu jen do dvanácti hodin😅
We can even carry guns for self protection, which is something unthinkable in most countries, except USA (Most US states, to be exact).
No jo... Jsme DIVNÍ. ale miluju SVOU zemi🖤
Plot twist: KAŽDEJ je divnej, jen každej trochu jinak.
Jako jo ale mám takovej pocit že naše vláda bude za chvilku jenom cirkus
No me to pripada ze oni jsou divní. Tradice s poukázkou vůbec nevysvetlila. A zbytek je dobře jak je. Ono je toho mnohem víc jako zavirani parků při západu slunka.
Zákaz vstupu do lesu. Jenom na vyznačenem místě. Zákaz taboraku, kde ti na hlavou létají helikoptéry a monitorují situaci.
Převoz třeba potravin i s alkoholem v automobilu někde v kabině. Pouze v oddelenem zavazadlovém prostoru. A to nemluvím o CRT ve školách a celkovém potírání křesťanů..
A mnohem víc.. Radši nebudu pokračovat protože to ani nemá cenu..
Entertaining and action-like. I love it!
Nechat stát kočárek před restaurací je spíše extrém.
1) At 18 years old I still haven't seen a stroller with a baby in it outside of the restaurant while parents were having lunch
2) Easter is a Czech tradition, which is, to be fair, pretty old, but still. And it's not like you beat up a woman...
3) No comment there, yes, we can drink outside CZE-USA 1:0
4) I don't know why you chose Lennon wall, which doesn't represent city's view of graffiti, since it was a unique project in Czech Republic. What we have though are so called free walls, where you can paint graffiti legally, because it's usually some unused building or wall surrounding an unused building hidden away from people who don't seek it. It's done this way to keep people from painting graffiti in the city and damaging property
5) Again, no comment here.
I get that it's for the sake of the joke that you generalise, but still kinda makes me mad 😂
One important thing concerning that easter tradition... it is very old tradition, which originates from time before christianity came here. When our forefathers have their own religion and traditions. The pomlazka is made of young twigs The fresh new young twigs that growth the same spring. And the original form of that tradition was a spring ritual. The whiping wasn't meant to be the actual whiping with the force... But through the act of whiping with thous young and flexibel twigs entwined together to pass on the girls the youth, freshness, health of those twigs. When the christianity came, the tradition of that ritual merged with other easter things. Most people today have no idea of the original meaning and all what is in their minds... is the wiping. But the original meaning of it is quite spiritual.
As for the "reward"... it was meant to be a decorated egg. Kraslice. The alcohol involvement was just... well... to show how good was the last harvest. And with a wish for the next one to be taht good as well. But as before... in these days... in their minds is just the alcohol. At first figuratively, then literally.
I enjoy drinking in riegrovy sady. the best place to drink there is on the top of the hill where you have nice view on prague castle and city center. ':)
Hi Jen! Another great video :)
I just would like to extend a bit the part about Easter tradition. I absolutely understand how sort of savage it can appear to any observer from different part of the world :) But here's a bit deeper connection with our roots, and even a lot of Czechs and Slovaks doesn't realise that today. The tradition goes hundereds years back to pagan times, when your life goal was not nice car and well paid job, but to have a babies and therefore a family that have better chance to survive and help each other. The maternity was highly celebrated and praised.
So, the other thing that should be said is that the whipping part should be gentle and purely symbolic, because that's what Easter is all about. Easter was there, as we all know :), way before christians and was celebrated as the spring fest, where everything comes to life after the winter. And "pomlázka" (or mrskačka or žíla if you are Moravian) is supposed to be made of young and green twigs full of spring sap and by the "hiting" your loved one with this multiplied twigs you were trying to make the power of green twigs go over to your wife or other women, to sort of bless them with that green power :) And obviously the hits are pointed to their back and pelvis area, because of the wish that you can become a healhy mother with a healthy child :)
God I really hope it makes sense :D
And even when traditional reward for that ritual really is a shot of moonshine in these days :D more traditional reward is an decorated egg, a symbol of a new life. So, even if most of the people seems to be focusing on the beating part, it's a bit more interesting than that :)
Thanks for your detailed explanation! Perhaps my parents will say that I don't have children because they didn't whip me enough when I was young! 😂🤓😜 No, but seriously, I think this tradition is shocking only when you first hear about it. It's not at all violent, it's just a funny thing to tell Americans.
We have "street art walls" in my city that you can grafitti on. Kopřivnice
V Kopru jsou 3 zdi na to 😂 nebo ještě jinde? Bo já vím jen že u Alšovky jsou.
@@martinhromocuk8631 Hej u Alšovky 3 na hřišti, 2 u maleho hřißště a pak 3 další u toho chodníku a vím, že hich je víc jinde, ale teď z hlavy neřeknu.
@@stickjackstudiocz6852 Kde bydlíš vlastně? Bo je docela velká šance že jsme se viděli někdy. 😁. Ale stejně kdo sprejuje legálně? V Kopru to nikdo neřeší....tady řeší jen to že jezdíme freeride na schodech ale ty smažky za žabou to už ne.
@@martinhromocuk8631 Na Šustaly.
I've been to US for work for a bit and i had a huge cultural shock. Apparently it's like "illegal" to just walk there. Apparently Americans just don't walk. Like at all and if you do it's like weird. Also there is nowhere to walk either. Everything is private property and people take their private property waaaay too seriously. Your only choices are park the size of a Barbie pool that is if you can even find any or alongside the road but THAT'S WEIRD and suspicious apparently. I kid you not a police car stopped by me and the officer asked me what I'm doing here where am i going and i was like i just wanted to go for a walk T^T
I don't think he got it because he checked all my papers carefully, insisted to take me back to my place and cautioned me not to walk around alone.
It was the most bizarre experience of my life.
I am from the Midwest in U.S. People here walk alot, and in all weather. There are many trails and walkpaths not far from roadways. Yes, some people walk beside the roads when there are no sidewalks. I saw that in Czech Republic too when we were traveling at the edge of cities or in the countryside. I've heard jokes about how people don't walk in California. Is that where you were visiting? I'll have to stay away from there too. Sorry you had a bad experience when you were trying to enjoy the outdoors on foot.
Where I stayed in the States (the North East of metro Denver), many years ago, I would have to drive 20 miles to any place actually worth of taking a stroll.
At first, I tried to walk a bit around the residential area where I lived. Nobody stopped me, but it did feel awkward, and also quite pointless, as a 10-minute walk would only get me to another street looking exactly the same like ours.
There was one path along a creek. I tried that one once. After a few hundred meters, I noticed some shack in the bushes in the distance, with two loose dogs nearby watching me curiously. I preferred to turn back.
Soon, I gave up such attempts at walking around, and I would “go for a ride” instead, like a good American would.
Also, during my first months there, if I parked at one store and there were other stores in the area, I would try to walk to the other stores, even across an intersection. Eventually, I would give this folly up too, and I would just drive from one store to the next, even just across the same parking lot, like everyone else would.
Needless to say, I gained 9 kg in my six months there…
@@marekj1100 Haha i see you truly adapted the culture thought 9kg is quite fine :D
I was forced to rent a car as well after few atempts at getting places by public transport, which is very sparse over at Alabama idk how its in other states. One time when i wanted to go on a trip to Birmingham by bus but it was so late i had to abandon the trip altogether. Afterward a lady in a grocery laughed at me and told me it's normal.
One of the many reasons why i wouldnt be able to live over there. I hate driving ^^;
I can imagine it! This comment really made me laugh, but I know unfortunately, I know it's true!
It also might not have been safe in the area. So he might have been doing his best to protect you - not to limit you.
I'm DYING!😂😂😂 your humour Is just DELICIOUS😅🙏👌
When you talked about the Easter, ,,whip'' sounds so crazy... We are no maniacs. But... yes.
Good points, we had great fun watching your video! Although I have never seen parents leaving their kids in a stroller for more than a minute or two... What about "public urination"? At least according to TV series/movies it seems to be a big deal in the US, while it is mostly tolerated in Czech Republic :-D
Yes, that's a great one. I will have to include that one in a later video!
It is tolerated, but it's not like sober person will urinate anywhere on the street if at all.
Pomlázka is one of our traditions, which belongs to Easter. But our men don't think of it as beating or something, don't worry!😉
Easter is my favourite holiday. I usually whip my mom and sister so much, that cotton starts to grow in my backyard. 😂
Love your channel
3:10
No Its only a tradition lmao
Don't know if someone already mentioned it, cuz I'm kinda late, buut since you have been living in Prague for a long time you noticed we have a bit of a graffiti/tagging problem - used to be much worse. Prague is a city that doesen't want to supress artists, so there are many places you can make legal graffiti art! "The legal graffiti walls" is what we call them. It's usually bridges, concrete walls around train tracks, stuff like that. Also the cities in CR actually value graffiti art - you can go ahead and submit a project to a local town hall. If it is approved, the city will pay for the paint in exchange for the free work. I am currently working on a bus stop in a city near Prague. The artist is allowed to sign their work and just be proud of their art :))
Dream Prague, resp. Jen, neuveriteľne sa bavím na tvojich videách, prosím o mnoho ďalších 😁
You are cute with your sharp mind observing some Prague's habits...and brave to share with others...Czech"s American's..
Other nations living among Czechs...but it doesn't make you Czech/Bohemian....many Moravian'-s and Czech's you are interwiewing...
Only after you raise your children you will see the results of your education
I've never seen anyone leaving his own child outside of a restaurant in the Czech Republic. And I live here my whole life.
And here's also a map of places, where you cannot drink in public in Prague. It's pretty much everywhere. www.praha.eu/jnp/cz/o_meste/zivot_v_praze/bezpecnost/mapa_kde_je_v_praze_zakazano_pit_alkohol.html
Yeah I was also thinking that “public” drinking was not really permitted. Especially the night time.
If you look closely, these are zones with a higher incidence of problems related to alcohol, playfields for children and some public transport stations. However as long, as your drinking is NOT accompanied with shouting as loud as you humanly can, probably no one would care and vice versa - would you be too loud, Police will go after you even without seeing you emptying a bottle...
@@FalkonNightsdale Once I drank wine in a park with my friend in Prague 6, we were not drunk and we just talked very quietly, even though the police came and gave us a penalty.
Leave your pomlázky at home 😁😁 skvělý video
My mum used to leave me in a baby carriage not because she want to enjoy the beer with calm manner but because she didn´t want me to inhale cigaret smoke. At that times there wasn´t almost any non-smoking pubs in Brno.
A sprejování zdí je nelegální. Je to legální pouze na legálních zdech, které jsou k tomu určené, aby se předešlo vandalismu. :-)
Omg, you really tell that you can spray grafitti anywhere? Omg nonono
I live in prague since I was born and I’ve never seen a left child infront of the restaurant
@@steamedbuns6197 ne, nelžu, je mi 15 a žiju v Praze, a hodně lidi taky říká ze to nikdy neviděli, jinak Velikonoce vůbec o tomhle nejsou, nejdřív si něco o tom zjistěte než začnete něco říkat o Česku jako kdyby jste tam žila cely život. Dont mind to translace this
You’re soooo funny , love it thanx
4:42 Exactly. With my friends, we sometimes jsut buy beer and stroll through our local parks. Its really calming experience.
Hi Jen, I saw some other videos of yours and have to say you're really awesome at grasping the Czech culture, language and all. Seriously, the language...you're great at it!
Just make sure you avoid spreading misconceptions about the local culture. Like:
A) beating women. No, you can't. Easter Monday whipping has to be painless and only of symbolic nature. And it doean't have any punishing motive. Please put it into proper context.
B) Prostitution. Yes, it's great that Czechia has no law against being a prostitute, it's only a crime to be a pimp. Makes sense too, you can sell yourself but you can't sell others. Freedom at its purest. But there is still no opportunity to make it a legal job which covers tour social insurance etc. True what you say about the Pirate party trying to change that, though.
C) Graffiti. Yes, tou can tag the Lennon Wall, but if you try to tag a random highway bridge on the outskirts of Prague, you might end up being beaten up by the cops in the bushes by the road until you confess and then being sentenced to some community work or you do a little time behind bars. Yeah, been there. So don't encourage foreigners to go and try without studying the local system.
Other than that, great job and please keep doing it!
Hi Jen! I just discovered your channel and I’m loving it! I am a Czech living in the U.S. since 2012 and it’s great to see how an American like yourself enjoys living in my home country. I miss it so much! Your Czech is fantastic btw ❤️ Sending love from San Francisco!
I hope you're enjoying SF, you're lucky to live in such a great city! Thanks for watching!
Tak to se máš. SF bylo vždycky moje vysněné místo. I když dneska to prej stojí za velký h*vno. Všude bezdomovci a fetky na ulicích. Jak jsi se tam dostala? :)
Michal Ježek San Francisco je uzasne a krasne mesto. Jsou tady ctvrti kde je hodne bezdomovcu a dusevne nemocni lide a vysoka kriminalita, ale to je v kazdem meste tady v Americe. Bydlim v SF uz 7-8 let v klidne ctvrti u plaze tak jsem si na to vsechno negativni asi uz zvykla. Dostala jsem tady praci tak jsem se prestehovala ze Seattle, WA.
@@anothereero To je paráda, můžu se zeptat? Vy máte zelenou kartu, vízum? Nebo jak jste se tam dostala? Já moc těm věcem nerozumím, ale je to prostě můj sen. Teďka jste mě ještě víc nabrousila na to, abych se tam někdy podíval. :) :D
Michal Ježek Prisla jsem jako aupair a pak zmenila status na jina visa az dokud jsem mohla zazadat o zelenou. Pokud chces na dovolenou, tak si muzes vyridit ESTA a cestovat az 3 mesice. Bezproblemove a levne. USA ma sve silne i slabe stranky. V CR je super vzdelani a zdravotnictvi. V USA business a prilezitosti 🤷🏼♀️
Everyone is drunks at Easter Monday, you’re in Czech Republic, everyone is drinking 😂
U nás na Moravě se plete tatar, nebo žíla. Pomlázka je pro cajzly :-D
V ČR je to pomlázka.A kdyžtak už cajzlY,je tam tvrdý Y (učivo ZŠ)
V Česku se taky nesmí pít na veřejnosti, ale nějak se to tu spíš neřeší. Záleží na místě, třeba na Kampě a v Riegrových sadech se dá sednout s pivem na lavičce, taky záleží na policistovi. Ještě jsem teda neslyšela, že by někoho pokutovali, ale stát se to klidně může. Je to stejný jako s trávou a prostitutkama. Je to zakázaný, ale prostě se to přehlíží.
Jen na některých místech daných vyhláškou, sice jich přibývá.
m.praha2.cz/Obecne-zavazna-vyhlaska-o-zakazu-piti-alkoholu-na-verejnych-prostranstvich
I can’t find the link in how to move to Prague! I have tried a couple of times to get work but never successful. I lived there for one year on a grant to learn the language and want to move back.
The Easter Monday one tho. I remember everyone have the rainbow whips - I kinda wanted one XD
Nová vyhláška, který by mohla začít platit na začátku příštího roku, přinese dvě hlavní změny. Tou první je fakt, že zákaz alkoholu se má nově týkat celé Pražské památkové rezervace, tedy celého území Prahy 1, ale i některých oblastí dalších městských částí.
Dosavadní vyhláška obsahuje pouze výčet jednotlivých ulic, kde se alkoholické nápoje nesmí požívat. To je ale podle zastupitelů pro lidi matoucí a problémy s užíváním alkoholu to pouze přesouvá do okolních ulic, kde zákaz neplatí.
Stačí v ruce držet otevřenou lahev. Nevadí, že jste nepili
Druhou změnou je skutečnost, že nově bude pro udělení pokuty stačit, aby hříšníka policisté nachytali s otevřenou lahví, či jinou nádobou obsahující alkoholický nápoj, třeba kelímkem plným piva. Doteď museli policisté na pijana narazit přímo při požívání nápoje, nebo alespoň získat svědky, kteří by potvrdili, že se napil.
Takovým nešťastníkům navíc hrozí mnohem vyšší pokuta než kdy dřív díky novele přestupkového zákona, která začala platit v červenci. „Strážníci budou moci v rámci příkazu na místě uložit pokutu do výše 10 tisíc korun,“ uvedla Irena Seifertová, mluvčí pražské městské policie.
V případě postoupení přestupku do správního řízení budou mít úředníci dokonce možnost uložit sankci až 100 tisíc korun. Konečná výše pokuty záleží na posouzení strážníků, kteří mohou situaci řešit jen domluvou. Před novelou zákona se přitom pokuta mohla na místě vyšplhat jen do výše 5 tisíc korun, ve správním řízení pak hrozila sankce 30 tisíc korun.
Zajímavý! Děkuji za tuto skvělou informaci. Věřím, že nejhoršími pachateli jsou opilí turisté, ne Češi. Je to ostuda! Děkuji za váš komentář!
Prague is great but the historical center is so uncomfortable place to live. Overcrowded streets are one thing but causing a mess by drinking in the public, leaving broken glasses in the path and shouting and not just occasionally - every day, every night... That causes emigration of locals from the area to further areas. If left unnoticed the effect may unintentionally create an artificial "Disney land" ghost town in the center while leaving the "real" city outside. I'm glad that they are doing something about it. :)
A svoboda se pomalu ztrací .. :) idea státu je shit, vymysleni regulaci nevede nikam jinam nez k totalitě.
@@jmsmilfajt I completely agree with your assessment of Prague 1 as "Disneyland", and it's such a shame. I always want to tell tourists leave the center and explore the other areas of Prague (but then I don't want them to create Disneyland in Prague 3, 4, 5, etc.) Thank you for your comment!
@@MrMajsterixx Chápu co tím myslíte, ale co to je dobrým řešením?
Interesting thing - leaving kids outside in a stroller (even at home, for example on a terrace or on a balcony) is recommended by doctors and CZ has very low infant mortality rate compared to the EU or the rest of the world - lower than Austria, Germany, or even Switzerland or Denmark. USA has almost double the infant mortality rate of CZ.
Interesting, so i looked it up and only these European countries have lower mortality levels (from lowest): Slovenia, Monaco, Iceland, Finland, Norway. Same as Czech R. is then Portugal and Sweden.
Whats interesting is that apart of 2 countries all leave babies out in cold... ❄️ Perhaps there is something to it right.
Btw. If we look the whole world, US is somewhere next to Serbia 55th... 👀
Monsters! :D That made my day :D
You made me happy...I remember lots of those things ;-)
3:45 You are wrong - Alcohol is not a tradition, but modern concept of Easter for adults. The reward for whipping is painted/decorated eggs or color ribbons, but teenagers and adults prefer alcohol instead - that´s a fact.
2:03 jo stará tradice. Běžně před revolucí byly kočárky před obchodem. Téměř nikdo si nedovolí ukrást kočárek
Protože kdo by si dobrovolně bral dítě, že jo. :D A jen tak ho vysypat na ulici by vypadalo podezřele.
Just found your channel. I'm from Czechoslovakia. Left in 1989 3 moths before the red velvet revolution as 12 year old with family to Canada. I'm a Canadian but my heart is always with Czech. 🇨🇦🇨🇿👍
Kdo by čekal, že to v listopadu skončí... Z kama jste?
the first thing about the strollers outside restaurants or stores - that is a pet peeve of mine! i hate when i go to a store and see a stroller and the mom is gossiping inside with a friend.
Jsem rád že nežiji v USA !!!
Jo já taky.
České Velikonoce jsou nejlepší Velikonoce
Where do you get this information about the czech republic? Some of this is absolutely not true and would upset many Czechs
What I miss about Prague, is that in certain bars you can just roll up a spliff and have some beers.
Ahoj.Máš docela vtipný nadhled co se týče Čechů.Děkuji ti.💓
Po tomhle videu jsem rád že jsem čech a Evropan 😁😁
OK, this really sound like its just about Prague but...c´mon its supposed to be about whole ČR isnt it?
Oh goddamnit....the sarcasm is enough to kill an elephant....:))))))
A colleague of mine showed up at the boss'es wife's door to whip her with the pomlazka on the easter monday... only he was working in Germany and she had no idea what was happening. In the end, she let him whip her, as he explained to her it's gonna preserve her youthful appearance. I guess he established a Czech custom in Germany on that day, they made an annual thing in the years to come 🤣
3:42 it's not exactly like you say it is here in Europe we have a lot different standards and people aren't as easily offended by something like in America people in middle Europe just don't think like us women or us men we don't have a lot of stereotypes and people just do what they want to do and don't ask dumb questions so in America it may sound like the worst thing in the world but here it's just a tradition and still I think you were over dramatic with everything you said even if you are from America.
Czech is much better to live than America. I have plans to get Czech citizenship because living where i live now is less and less acceptable, sorry.
Where are you living now Pitur? We like Czech republic very much too. There are some wonderful things about living in the USA, but the quality of life in Prague perfectly suits us. 😉
Regarding the leaving the baby outside practice, is that really common place in Prague? I lived in Morava for five years and I saw this all the time. But I do not recall ever seeing this in Prague and I was there fairly often. I assumed it was the higher crime rate in Prague as opposed to the more rural areas like where I lived. But yeah being from NYC when I first observed this I was startled.
The funny thing about the prams in front of shops. My father's earliest memory (he was born in 1932 in Cz), was being kidnapped while he was left in front of the shop while his mother went in. He was not in the pram but his younger sister was and he was standing by it, he might have been 2 or so, but a man took him by the hand and led him away. He of course made a scene and tried to cling to railings but eventually the man picked him up and carried him to the train station in Tabor. The man was well dressed and met a woman in a flower dress. However, my dad made a scene and kept crying the woman boarded the train and eventually the man got on just before the train started up and so he was left on the middle of the platform. He was taken by the workers there and eventually his mother sent out her network of relatives and found him - so his memory after that was a rope that was tied to him and his sister's pram.
Regarding the Easter tradition of a willow switch to beat the girls, the boys would chase the girls and try to hit them with the switch and the girls would have to give them an egg. That's how I remember it as a kid. Thanks for the video.
Já jsem teda v životě neviděla aby někdo nechal kočárek s dítětem pred restaurací/obchodem nebo nevim kde :D
@Julie Mašatová myslím si že není. Tohle bylo za socialismu.. Mluví o jednom případu a hned to dává do videa a vypadáme jako šílenci.
Já jsem Čech!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dobře vám tak :-) ... A kurva já taky! ... :-(
What about St Nicolas, angels and devils on Dec. 5th tradition? My American friends were shocked when I told them how we scare our kids 😁. Or a swimming carp in the tub on Christmas eve lol.
I spoke a bit about Mikuláš in my Christmas video czcams.com/video/Pcgmot2c20c/video.html
We scare our kids too on Halloween. My parents were particularly scary and other kids used to leave screaming from our house.
I just thought : ,, did you know that in Czech stork brings baby boys, but baby girls are brought by a crow?.. 😅
I am Czech :D
Me too :O
@@kaktusman1285 omg tolik Čechů xdd
@@ThatBoyKisser to je az k neuvereni ze u videa ktere je o Cesku je tolik Cechu..Jakto ze tu neni tolik Mongolcu a Finu?
@@profik9561 jak to mám vědět xddd.
Ale moje řeč....
oh, I really hope, you only made jokes about Easter tradition :-/ , until now your videos were quite funny, but this is quite weird... after many years in CZ you probably didnt fully understood some traditions and now it seems, that you see Czech guys as violent criminals and shares the though further... O_x
Hi Joseph, Sorry if I offended you. Really I was exaggerating to make a joke. Really, we don't see the Czech Easter tradition as violent at all, but the first time we heard about it, it was shocking! 😳My purpose was only to expose the large differences between our cultures, with a bit of humor.
@@karelpasko2396 Velikonoce is the worst.
@@starlet_nekomiya i dont think so
@@karelpasko2396 Well this is how I see it. But if You like Velikonoce, then it's ok, I just said my opinion.
Really great content, top video!
Hmm, hezká kočka ;) Každopádně video super!
Velice zavádějící video. Nejsem naivní, za spoustu věcí si můžeme sami, a některé tradice jako Pomlázka vypadají dost jinak na venkově, než zmutovaná městská forma. Ale dnes je normální podávat informace cool, a bez celého kontextu, jinak by nebyly lajky. Trapné od vás je ve videu lákat lidi psát na Lennonovu zeď, když jsou tady iniciativy, aby se to vůbec nedělo. Než byla zeď nabílena před pár roky, tak symbolizovala něco, co někdo, kdo nežil v komunismu nepochopí. A pokud žil, a nechápe tu symboliku, tak je ignorant nebo komunista. Praha umírá pod nájezdy turistů, které se kvůli super službě Airbnb nedají regulovat. Tuny močících ožralců, kterým je jedno, co dělají, přišli si tu přece užít rozlučku se svobodou a je jedno, že v domě, kde si pronajali byt bydlí i jiní lidé, kteří ráno vstávají do práce. Proč o tomhle neuděláte video? Trochu edukace pro zahraniční návštěvníky? Víc cool je udělat video o tom, jak si můžete zadarmo popsat zeď - bez kontextu. Pathetic.
to express yourself … there is a loooong area on tram line 17 from behind the Barrandovský bridge to Modřany where you can legally spray on the walls and stops being part of this tram route… Its a few kilometers long area.. The next one also in a hearth of Prague is the tunel walls and walls connecting the tunel around the tram track under "Magistrála" opposite of ministery of agriculture and Těšnov Park - they decided to legalise it because its way cheaper than to re-paint the walls everyday..
my mom told me a fun story. When it was still comunism here in CR and her sister had her first baby at age 20 (that was kinda late back in the days anyway) they didn't know pretty much how to take care of a baby, they were still children themselves, figuring things out, their parents were helping them. Anyway they left the stroller outside of grocery store and then came home and noticed they forget the stroller with the baby (my cousin) infront of the grocery store.... well now we all laugh about it
There are already quite many spots, where You can do legal grafitti. :) For example, check Parukářka park near Olšanské náměstí... Many new artworks are created there every week. It is also interesting, because the park is basically sat on the top of a war bunker and the grafitti artists paint on the concrete wals of the bunker that are peaking out from the grass. :)
Hello beautiful
6:23 there are also public walls where people are allowed to do graffiti. My friend goes to those with her friends.