Interesting Facts about Czech Republic

Amazing Facts about Czech Republic:

• The Czech Republic is No. 2 in investment incentives and No. 3 in investment in telecommunications among 60 leading economies.

• The Czech Republic boasts an extraordinarily high number of cultural monuments. Over 2,000 preserved castles and chateaux are open to the public (more per square mile than any other country in the world) and represent an important part of national cultural heritage, in terms of their number and their historical and artistic value. The Czech Republic is the birthplace of many well-known people, notably Antonin Dvorak and Madeleine Albright.

• The Czech Republic has the largest number of incoming tourists per capita, with Prague being the most visited city. Many popular spas exist in the Czech Republic, which have been frequented by numerous renowned personalities, including such European cultural giants as Goethe, Schiller, Chopin, Beethoven, and Wagner.

• The Czech Republic is the number one beer-brewing nation in the world and can lay claim to many “beer firsts”: first in per capita beer consumption, first beer museum in the world, first beer brewing textbook, first Pilsener, first Budweiser, and first president to have written an absurdist play based on his experiences working in a Czech beer brewery in 1974 (Vaclav Havel – Audience).