5 Fun Facts To Impress Your Friends in Prague
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
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Me casually walking on the streets of Prague with my travel buddy: ..so let me tell you something about these tiles
About the Prague mosaic: that's how I know that many films that are supposed to be set in Paris, London, Vienna, even Florence... were actually shot in Prague. Just by looking at the pavement.
That is true, also lamp posts are a good giveaway sometimes
Fun fact: The Czech name "Honza" for "Jan" comes from the German version of the Name "John" - "Johannes". It takes the second part of the Name "Hannes" and czechifies it into "Honza"
And the "Pepa" for "Josef" comes from Italian "Giuseppe" --> "Seppe" --> "Peppe" --> "Pepa".
@@jozef_chocholacek and Tonda from Anton, how it comes?
@@jozef_chocholacek Ah... didn't know that. Thank you :)
@@boriskapchits7727 I don't know this one for sure, but most probably a calque from Tony for Antonio. The "-da" is relatively common suffix for male nicknames/diminutives ("Jenda" for "Jan", "Čenda" for "Čeněk", etc.), "Ton" from "Tony" + "-da" suffix to make it a diminutive.
Well, if we get even dipper into it, John comes from Johanan, of hebrew origin, it is built, as many names from the bible, from an action preceeded or followed by the name of the deity, Jo-hanan, god, gave mercy. But this practice was common to other cultures of the region, for example, Hannibal has the same structure, hani is mercy and baal is the name of the deity.
So, Honza and Hannibal is basically the same name.
Yes, I AM here from the Czech version to watch you explain name days.
Same 😂
Thank you both 💛💛💛
Me2 :)
Same
Fun fact concerning the house numbering - numbering of the houses on each individual street in Prague is based on their location towards Vltava river. So in the streets which are paralel to Vltava, the house numbers follow the stream of the river (from south to north). In the streets which are horizontal to Vltava, the numbers start on the end of the street which is closer to Vltava and go up. That way, you can easily find out whether you are going in the right direction since the city center is generaly along Vltava
Prague citizens get confused in Vienna as tourists: Vienna counts from the center outward. The numbers on one side are alsway odd, the other side even. It can happen, that one side has: 1,3,5,...57,59, and the other side, lacking buildings has 2, 4, loooong pause, 6, end of street.. If they try to walk there, it can get really far. :-)
So does this mean that on an East/West street in Holešovice, the low numbers are on the east and increase as you go west, whereas in Karlín and Troja they run in the opposite direction?
This is only for old streets (city centre). New streets are often numbered from where they were branched from a major street. Not sure when this changed but many streets from the 1920s already don't follow this rule.
@@skoniramont Weird, this is the same in Prague, the left side of a street has odd numbers and the right side even numbers and I had a friend living in number 120 which was opposite to number 35. It's really common around the world, the same system is used in Australia and New Zealand as well.
@@stensoft This rule (odd and even numbers on each side) was set by for Morava by its governorate in 1867 - but orientation numbers are not mandatory so U can not find them anywhere. E.g. in Praha - Letňany there are none.
guy is singlehandedly bringing people to Prague
Very interesting how the houses were referenced with a landmark. This must have been a common thing in the past in Europe. I have a friend who lives in a house near London, UK, that's called "cobwebs." It was the mailing address too.
In the UK you can call your building/house whatever you want, it has nothing to do with history
@@brake_4_cake But the system of house signs, I believe, absolutely is why pubs and other old shops would be named with descriptive names/"at the sign of...". So it did work that way at least to a degree in Britain as well.
Fun fact about Amsterdam. It also used similar house signs. Mostly for shops and businesses though. The reason for that is that people couldn’t read at the time. Yet they wanted to use the services (like shoemaker, butcher etc€ as well. So they had pictograms
thats not about Amsterdam thats about the whole europe
Clever idea. I wish it was this way today. It would train our senses in a different way.
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They call, "The Rising Sun..."
All I need is picture of Janeks face printed on a T shirt ... the scammers won't touch me 🤣😎
Or they will recognize Janek's face and will touch you and touch you very hard. :-D
Ahoi from Germany :)
The "Stolpersteine" are also very common here in Germany and are pronounced "Sh-doll-pair-shdien" (Štolperšdayn) which means stumbling blocks.
I took tons of pictures of the sidewalk patterns loved all the designs
In Hungary, we also have namedays. (And Goulash!!)
I believe goulash originates in Hungary? :)
Ok Janek, I came from czech version to see how you explained "name day". Simply simple no plot twist. Good job :) Now I am wondering why you didn't mention and send us to the czech version. :D cheers!
same here, i came for proof of our name days :) my friends in UK find it interesting and cute :)
So close to that million subscribers! So excited to have seen you guys grow over the years.
Dzięki Janek za opowieści o Pradze i nie tylko, fajnie byłoby mieć Cie za przewodnika :)
7:40 same thing goes on in Hungary, but the reason why that the calendar days are connected to the celebration days of certain Saints. Like for example Pope Sylvester I. died at 31th of december, so its the day to celebrat his memory, and this become the nameday for Sylvester.
I think its the same for Czechia :) 31st of december is simply called silvestr
@@radusg3450 as well as in Hungary
Catholics in Germany used to remember the name day. But nowadays I think it is faded away
That is indeed how name days became a thing. They were tied to particular saints. Today, however, thre aevname daysvthat have no connection to Christian saints, like 16 June for the name Zbyněk which is a pre-Christian name and there is no Saint Zbyněk.
Really enjoyed this video as it introduced details that I missed when visiting Prague before. The subway stations are exquisite. I now can’t wait to come back to find these amazing sights myself. And maybe see you guys again whilst we explore the city.
Can't wait for the "Stolperstein" video - I first read about these a few months ago and I believe they are all over Europe
We have several of those here in my hometown in Norway too
You can Google 'Prague Stolpersteine' for more info (add 'mapotic' for a map with the locations of all the stones in Prague).
Austro-Hungarians were big with the house numbering initiative. Ivo Andrić recalls in one of his books how they introduced it in Bosnia. Locals were perplexed. They didn't understand why someone would want to number the buildings. :)
Its actually the deepest Metro station in the EU. At 53m . I found this out by accident when I asked Google how deep it was when I noticed I had been on the damn escalator for over 2 minutes.
The deepest in world is in Kiev, and is double that.
Very surprised to hear that. I always thought Jiřího z Poděbrad was deeper.
Most of these deep stations are located in post soviet countries and satellites as the communist leaders forced to build metros as nuclear shelters in case of a war. Most stations after the revolution are really shallow.
Interesting facts about Prague, and yet another great video! 1st of October is my name day in the Czech Republic! Nice :)
Oh my God, I go to Roesel so often and I have never noticed the facade of the bulding with the three rings :D and the thing about the colours of the A line stations is so cool!
just saw you in Prague, your videos are amazing! i wish other cities had awesome guides like you guys!! keep up!
Hi, I am currently in Prague and I found the ‘seventy with a square (5x5)’. I also saw the BBQ place in the center with line of ppl waiting to get food from that stall. Super excited to be here for one more week to explore your town.
Dobře vysvětlený svátek :D
Great stuff!
Also the paving on the street on Mariánské náměstí has a QR Code made from stones. (Well it was there when I last visited in 2019). It's very cool.
Great video!
Woohoo! March 26th and Spelled correctly, too!! ;-) (Name Day) It's the same date for many other eastern european countries.. January 1st in Spain and July 10th in the USA.
Wait so I actually have the same name root as you two? My name is John in Portuguese and I found out that my name day is also on the 24th of June. So, should I assume that Jan and John are the same?
Exactly, John, Jan, Johannese, Ivan, Ian and Giovanny.:-) Some version of Jan is probably very common in any christian culture be it catholic, orthodox or protestant.
I Really like your videos! even tough I have never been to Prague!
Great fun fact issue. I hope there are many more to come. Small note: I think that it would be a good idea to mention the numbers on the lamp posts across the city as you showed in another episode. This is such a great idea that it should be known to as many people (and city planners) as possible.
It takes talent to turn boring facts into fun interesting facts! Good job fellas!!!
Some really fun facts here. We’d love to return to Prague, it’s such an amazing city! 🍻
Thank you for taking my idea for #2. My Family who lives in a town in Ústecký Kraj did not know that the pictures on buildings were the addresses.
Love the shoes!
Thanks to this channel we have successfully navigated from the airport to delicious food and cheap booze.
Thank you
Very interesting👏🏻👏🏻
Again fantastig video thanks 😊
Thx a lot)
Interesting thanks
Great video as always! Almost 1M subs let’s gooo!
To je nejlepší jak se jim snažíte vysvětlit co je to svátek.
Nice!
House sign is probably one of the coolest things I've learned about Prague.
Might be of interest: German "Stolperstein" means, in a literal sense, a stone causing you to trip, to stumble, 'zu stolpern' over a Stein (rock).
Figuratively, it's something unexpectedly breaking your stride, giving you pause, breaking your pace: the road ain't as easy to walk as you think it is and you better watch your step. To throw 'Stolpersteine' into someone's way is a common saying for trying to actively complicate someone else's progress, like in politics.
In this case, my guess is they're supposed to kick you out of your merry sightseeing trip with a bit of painful history too easily forgotten.
Czech term for those stones is "kameny zmizelých" which could be translated as "the stones of the disappeared ones". The name was coined by Czech Union of Jewish Students.
It's been such a while since I have seen this channel
Skoro milión!!! Letsgooo
Jooo!!! Dekujeme
Hi Janek, here from India ✨ don't know when I will get a chance to visit Prague... But it surely looks good place✨
The same brother, I wanna visit this beautiful place too... I wanna once in life meet Janek and Honza
@@manasgandhi5017 ya and tell them we used to watch Prague through you and we know you like you are our brother or something 😅😂
I've been here twice - once at the beginning of July, and it was paradise, and once in October when it was cold, dark and rainy - and even then it was still amazing.
@@gaetanomaximus8650 lucky enough to visit a good place twice i guess
My english name is Ondrej and my cz is Ondřej.....so nice :D
Fantastic and so informative. Thanks a LOT! You are beautiful, interesting and impressive.
When you showed us the golden tiles, my OCD went 🚨🚨🚨 when I saw that one light square in a dark square…😱😱😱
We need more facts about the metro!
I was in Prague about 6 years ago on my name day, at least that's what the guide told me. Will have to Google the actual date, but was mid-October.
It would be October 11th, that's the name day for Andrej, which is the Czech equivalent of Andrew
we also have these stolpersteine in austria, did not know they were installed in prague as well
It's quite new innitiative here in Czechia. I think most are not older than 5-7 years. It's a nice gesture but it's also so sad how many we might need in the end. So many people...
@@mortisCZ The first Stolpersteine was laid in Prague on 8th October 2008. Today there are 466 around the city.
4:40 Janek we are still waiting for your video on the Solpersteine. Would be very curious to learn more about it.
Your name is on that clock
People called 彩红:
Hey I love your channel. Why not see if you can interview the Prague CeIIo Quartet. They have filmed in many historical places.
Hello Sir, i love watching your video about Czech Republic. I want to find your last video about Brno that i can't find it. Because i want to rewatch again. I hope you bring back that video again. Thank You Sir.
Been to Prague like 10 times it's better than Paris. Always a great time maybe y'all can do vid about salad Prague
Nice
Can you make a video about the best club's in Prag or a way more in the bigger city's of Czech republic? 💪💯
Thank you for all the helpful tips about Prague 🇨🇿 my trip was successful and I only spent 40 euros thats including hotel, food, transportation, and tour guide. I posted a video of Prague Czech it out!
Hey what do you think about a collaboration video with bald and bankrupt? He lives in Prague. Maybe some mosaics hunt :D
July 9th is my Birthday, easy to remember.
Are you using a new cam? looks good.
I heard of the Stolpersteine before. If i remember correctly you can find them all over Europe.
Correct
Is it safe to come to a visit in the middle of December as we have heard that covid cases are high at the moment
Fun fact: the numbers of the houses are smaller the closer you go to the river. So number 1 is the closest.
Very interesting I looked up my name….it’s 15 September. I was born 19 September. Wow! Great video!!! ~Cara 😊
That's a bit sad you'd probably get only one cake and no bonus sweets on your names day. It's better to have them separated by a few months. Trust me I was quite angry as a child because my names day is just a week before my birthday. :-D Many other children would get a small cake or something on theri names day too but mine are too close. :-D
Už budete mít 1 milion
Didn't know that you have Stolpersteine in the Czech Republic too.
Really hoping for a video about Liberec some day.
@Mellifluously About the area/park, yeah, but not the city itself.
It's probably in all countries in Europe which were under nazi rule during WWII.
Hi! I am planned to visit prague on 18th December 2021 for vacation. Please help me how is the situation now in prague with covid . Is it possible for me to travel or it's going to be lockdown soon
Why didn't you mention Náměstí míru is not only the deepest metro station in Prague, but also in the EU, as you did in the Czech version...?
More fun facts:
About the 2 house numbers system (red and blue)?,
Why there is a lamp burning in the balcony at the nearest house to the Charles Bridge at the Na Kampe street?
lol I forgot my Czech name day was yesterday.
Today is my name day 21st November : Albert / Alberta.. me n my husband were celebrated dinner with special pasta..
Glückwunsch!
Hi, this has nothing to do with the video, but I'm gonna be in czech repubblic next week. I heard that there's no longer stickers to pay highways. So how can I pay them nowdays? Thanks in advance
PANR has tuned in.
My name day is the 19th August!!
Where can I get the book about the sidewalks ?
2:07 ten muž jak tam kouká! :D :D / The man is looking! :D :D
Please, is there some where I can find the Czech sidewalk manual? How do I find this?
Andrea, did you find it? I am looking for it too. :D
House of Snakes or is it Slytherin ? Lol. Funny Facts. Very interesting. Our Lighting Poles doesn't have those Number Plates. But it is good to know if you don't know how to pronounce the place even if you try. I never understood that Name Day thing. My Mum is crazy if i forget that.. idk y. So mine is not the 3 rd of November (Christian) it is on the 29 th of October. That is funny cause it is just 2 days before Samhain or Helloween. Haha.
Speaking of house numbers, AFAIK only in CZ and SK there are cities with two house numbers (conscription and orientation).
Would you explain in short plese? I am interested in the both
@@chrisb3489 He got the English a bit wrong, it's "descriptive" rather than "conscription". :-)
There are red numbers (descriptive) and blue numbers (orientation). As far as I know, only the red ones are mandatory everywhere (I remember the house where I grew up used to have both, and then the blue fell off and it wasn't a problem), and they're the ones that started being assigned in the 18th century - so in many places they are kind of indicative of the age of the house because they often get assigned in chronological order regardless of location (but it's not a failproof method of determining the age of a house, just a side effect that mostly only works in small towns - big cities got re-numbered a couple of times). Thus, also, they can run into pretty high numbers.
The orientation numbers are the ones that get assigned in relation to location - thus orientation. I think each city and town has its own rules for how exactly they apply them, but they are supposed to help you find your way, and be applied in a logical manner along the length of streets.
That's the rough description of the differences. Looking at the Czech Wiki page about house numbering, the whole thing is actually mired in changing laws over several centuries, so all of the above technically isn't true - but it's roughly how it works in practice. :-)
@@beth12svist thanks a lot
@@chrisb3489 You're welcome.
I remenber going down that deepest metro elevator for the fist time, got a bit of vertigo, XD
Jsem ohromen!
There is a mosaic with a QR code in the tile that was supposed to give info. The website expired, someone bought it and now you can use it to RickRoll your friends
Seen
Mine is June 21st Alois or Luis in Spanish
Daumen hoch!
I have mixed feelings about this video, but it has some good things, facts. :)
To Honest Guide or any Czech people out there:
I was planning a trip to Prague in the beggining of December but have been told the borders might close due to covid. How likely do you think this is? I'm a bit afraid of booking stuff in advance and not being able to go.
I guess it depends on where you're coming from. I don't believe the borders are closed to everyone, but I would check what vaccination status you need. If you are staying at a hotel, contact them - they can probably help you. Or your embassy in Prague. If you're flying, the travel center at your airport (or in Prague) should be able to give you info.
I don't live in the Czech Republic but I would not come right now. The current COVID incidence nationwide in the Czech Republic is 983. I live just across the German border from the Czech Republic. All of Austria is totally locked down. The German states bordering the Czech Republic are requiring lockdown for everyone once the incidence in an individual county reaches 1000. The border is still open but there are no hotels open, restaurants can only do takeaway, and things like museums are closed. On top of that, the hospitals in Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic are all past their capacity. Patients are being flown out of the region because there is not enough room for them. If you are in an accident or get sick, there is not enough capacity to take care of you. On top of that, only about 60% of the Czech population is vaccinated - one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe.
@@yomintyfresh From where are you?
@@kanady43 Close to the point where Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic meet.
Cause you have absolut wrong information about the state in Czech hospitals.
I was in Prague for the weekend. It's an amazing city with so many things to see. In the other hand I was disappointed from the people. Most of them they were very rude. They didn't say hello or thank you and they kept reminding us that the tip is not included in the price. If I'm not mistaken nowhere in Europe is but they don't keep saying it to you. It's s shame for such a beautiful city.
Czech country Is very different, if someone don't say hello pro thank you, it doesn't mean he's rude (sorry for my english)
Most older people don't speak english even if they work in the service industry. And if you were ever reminded of tipping then you likely were in a tourist trap.
@@any14817 I think it absolutely does mean they're rude, at least the things people say to children would definitely suggest as much :-) - what may differ from other countries is the situations in which we think saying hello or thank you is warranted. (And yes, as indicated, many people don't speak English so they'd only say Dobrý den or Děkuju.)
It took me a very short time to find my name on Orloj clock because my name "Iohanna" has a name day one day later than Jan :D
You should do a video on pet friendly places
Marcus is Marek in Tschech, right?
Just curious, but how do you go from Honza to Jan?
I think the answer is Johhanus.
By being part of a German speaking country (Austria) for several centuries.
Czech - Jan, German - Johann, Latin - Johannes, German - Hannes, German - Hans, Czech - Honza.
I have a Germanic name, so I am probably not on the name calendar :(
My name starts with Ger- (spear), which is also the symbol I use as avatar, but I couldn't find a name related to that.
Which lamppost is 180448? Is that the Honest Lamppost, on the Charles Bridge?
You need to come back to find that out!!! 😃