Exploring Ostrava: The Industrial Heart of the Czech Republic

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Күн бұрын

What I found surprised me. I returned to Ostrava, Czech Republic to see the traces of my family's past, how the city has changed since deindustrialization began, and the lingering reminders of its communist past. What do we bring with us into the future? Join me as I walk through the city, through old steelworks that are now festival grounds for Beats for Love and Colours of Ostrava, and so much more.
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@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Edit: The Tuzex location was not quite right, it was a couple of blocks behind that building, in downtown. In hindsight we probably could have asked any grandpa on the street instead of googling it 😂

@LukasBizon 5 ай бұрын

yeah, on that corner was quite good bookstore where people were standing endless queues to bought some books

@stylovore Жыл бұрын

Trevor, you've done the city, our extended family, and personally my childhood extremely proud. Thank you for this gift.

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Thanks Pat, means a lot ❤️

@anabordovsky7189 Жыл бұрын

So impressive ! Uncle was delighted with how you played it all and you brought it closer to us better than we would have done it ;)

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@giovanniacuto2688 18 күн бұрын

This ticked quite a few boxes for me. In a couple of weeks I shall be visiting Ostrava, my first ever visit to Czech Republic. I will be meeting a Facebook friend. We have been chatting every week for over 3 years now. The steelworks in this video resonated with me. My father was from industrial South Wales and worked in the Port Talbot steelworks in the 1920s which is due to close in the near future. In the 1950s and 60s we used to visit one of his brothers who lived near an abandoned steelworks where my brother and I used to play. At my school in the UK, surprisingly we were learning Russian. it seemed like a language that would be useful in the future. In 1968. I had a friend at university who was one of the Czech exiles. In 2009 I met another 68 exile, a journalist who was contributing pieces to a Czech radio station. Finally in 2011 I met a lady from Ostrava, when we were both living in Turin, Italy (which also bears the scars of de-industralisation). She moved back to Ostrava and I am looking forward to meeting up with her again after more than a decade.

@braunventures 18 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your story, this made my day. I hope your visit to Ostrava is nice and you enjoy your time with your friend. One thing that struck me from your story that I see over and over again when traveling is how much we all have in common, regardless of language or country, like your experience in South Wales. Thanks for watching, and good to hear from you.

@edwardklecka9908 5 ай бұрын

Enjoyed your videos , my parents took groups from Texas to Czech Republic from 1960s to 2006. I visited also many times my last trip was 2019.love it.

@braunventures 5 ай бұрын

Thats awesome! I have heard there is a big Czech American community in Texas and that kolache are abundant 😀, judging by your last name you must know this well! Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching

@UrbanSheng 6 ай бұрын

Hi, could you recommend some place to visit?

@braunventures 6 ай бұрын

Hi! The cafe at the top of the Bolt Tower gives you a cool view of the city, in the summer months grabbing a drink by the river is great. I also like Kavarna Pant, which is a bookstore and cafe.

@UrbanSheng 6 ай бұрын

@@braunventures Thanks

@MaduUdeh 3 ай бұрын

Now this that capital C content. I love this - thank you for sharing this part of yourself with the internet. It’s really beautiful to watch

@braunventures 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your kind words!

@hoonaticbloggs5402 Ай бұрын

Interesting video. I’m English and My wife is Czech. I first went to Czech in 1997. She is from Silesia too. Near Bruntal. Her grandma has some crazy stories. It has changed a lot in the 25 years .

@braunventures Ай бұрын

It sure has. Thanks for watching!

@m.benhart 6 ай бұрын

Skvělé, zajímavé a zároveň i smutné, nostalgické, ale i veselé video. Je hezké, jak se se svou rodinnou historií vypořádáte :-).

@braunventures 6 ай бұрын

Ano, takový je život, jsem rad že jste citeli ty same emoce co jsem citel ja. Dekuji za comment

@sevcaczech5961 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Love it

@braunventures 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Magnus858 6 ай бұрын

Underrated city. It's cleaning up quickly, hopefully the council can make it attractive enough to stop people moving away.

@wacky3314 4 ай бұрын

It has at least one of best infrastructure of czech cities so if people invest there more it could become popular again.

@konty2349 5 ай бұрын

Ou shiet... Avion... moje knajpa! xd Zábřeh forever!

@irismelis 3 ай бұрын

Was there in '96(my dad lived in Valašské Meziříčí back then, I was born and raised in the Netherlands and I visited him regularly in the nineties) and it was grim, dirty and it felt poor, especially the housing blocks where the Roma lived(the conditions they lived in were shocking to my spoiled western european soul). Walked around in the city to find a flee market kind of thing we heard was cool, don't think we found it eventually, it still was an interesting day. Really nice to revisit Ostrava this way and see it in a better light.

@braunventures 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. It still has its tough areas and neighborhoods, but things are looking up I think. The grit of the people is still core to Ostrava's DNA.

@maxxx1069 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video, because our story is not identical, but similar... My mother is from Ostrava, but then moved to Austria, but I always spent my childhood holidays in Ostrava by my grandparents (after more than 50 years, absolutely nothing has changed in the house and that is great for me). Now I am 45 years old, live in Austria, but I love Ostrava more than any other place in the world and visit the city on average every month for 4 to 5 days (a little easier from Austria than from the USA 😉). But I have to admit, though, that I miss the "old" Ostrava with all the old, red trolley buses 😀and the communist flair...

@braunventures 2 ай бұрын

That is great to hear. There aren't many people who see Ostrava as their home away from home, so I'm happy to hear I'm not alone!