Getting to grips with Czech Culture
It is hard to describe a mentality of one person, and it is almost impossible to characterize a nation. There are always some dogmas and characteristics. Not all Czechs are like described below. It is just a big generalization and therefore don't take it too seriously :).
They said about Czechs:
People in the whole kingdom are habitual drinkers, indulge in a gluttony, superstitious and greedy.
Pope Pius II. (1405-1464)
Nation of the slaves is under the power of dumb and splendid aristocrats. Cavaliers are immoral, women are vicious and nobody cares about the law.
Casanova (1725-1798)
Czechs are the most mature Slavonic nation, that is because there are no such big differences in education as in the east.
L. N. Tolstoy (1829-1910)
What can you do for a nation that refuses to defend itself?
Charles de Gaulle (in 1968 after the invasion of Soviet troops)
Characteristics:
When tourists are asked why are they coming to visit CZ? The answer is: women and beer. It is said that Czechs have the best beer and the most beautiful women in the world. It is also said that they are: peaceful, intelligent, untidy, reserved, greedy, single minded, competitive, unrespectful and that they love culture, black humor and almost everybody here is an intellectual.
How do Czechs are seen by foreigners?
Women are beautiful. But sometimes they are trying too hard to look the same as those models in magazines. Then I feel like I'm meeting "the same faces" all the time. Men don't care a lot about themselves. However younger generation is changing this slowly. Czechs had a lot of famous writers, composers and scientists. They are intelligent. That is true about individuals, not about society as a whole. I like that they respect old and historical things. But when they buy new things, they don't care about design and stuff like that.
A portuguese
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