The Czechs likes to highlight:
1) Various skills, habits and characteristic
products and current trends, that no one else does nor produces,
2) Various stuff that
Czechs brought fame to abroad,
3) Things that are currently
"in" and "cool" in the Czech Republic.
Among these typical Czech products and characteristics belong e.g.:
Typical export products:
· Wooden toys
· Semtex (A plastic explosive)
· Semtex (A taurine-containing energy drink)
· Guns (e.g. CZ-6.35,
CZ-75, CZ-85, Skorpion...)
· Bohemia Crystal (e.g. Crystalex...)
· Steel (e.g.
Poldi Kladno, Vítkovice Steel...)
· Fabrics and tapestry (e.g. Centrotex, Textilana...)
· Cars (e.g. Škoda,
Tatra...)
· Motorbikes (e.g.
Java...)
· Airplanes (e.g.
Albatros in Aero Vodochody, Turbulet in Let Kunovice...)
· Versatile type pen (Versatilka, Versatille, Crayon, Krayon)
Typical habits and characteristics:
· Mushrooming & Blackberries picking
· Cottaging & Farm-housing (Chataření a chalupaření)
· Tourist routes marking (mostly forestal) (Turistické
značení)
Culture:
· Spejbl, Hurvinek & Manicka (Puppet-show)
· Jára da Cimrman
· The Good Soldier Švejk
· Otto's encyclopedia
· Anglicism (Poangličťování češtiny, anglikanizace)
· Robot, tractor, big-beat (Words with a Czech origin)
· Otto Wichterle (Contact lenses)
· Jaroslav Heyrovský
· Karel Gott, Věra Bílá...
Sports that we are good at:
· Hockey
· Football
· Decathlon (Desetiboj)
· Cross country skiing (Lyžování na běžkách)
Typical beverages:
· Beer (Pilsner Urquell, Gambrinus, Staropramen,
Kozel, Budweisser Budvar...)
· Becherovka
· Slivovitz
· Rum (Tuzemák)
· Absinth
Typical dishes:
· Fried Cheese with tartar sauce and fries (Smažák s hranolkami)
· White mould cheese „Hermelín“ (Camembert-type cheese)
(Nakládaný hermelín)
· Sausages pickled in vinegar (Utopenci)
· Home-made brawn with onion and vinegar (Tlačenka s cibulí)
· Spicy sausage with pickled cucumber and mustard (Čabajka)
· Stuffed beef roll with cucumber, egg and gammon, rice (Španělský ptáček)
· Tartar steak from sirloin with traditional garnish, toast, garlic
(Tatarák)
· Roasted pork, bohemian bun-dumplings (bread dumplings) and cabbage
(Vepřo-knedlo-zelo)
· Soup with liver dumplings (Polévka s játrovými knedlíčky)
