Things we don't do that SHOCK tourists (cultural differences)

[@magdalenabrazdova637]

Czechs would never ask how are you after saying hi to a stranger or without the intention of actually knowing the truth

[@kurtcsk]

I found it weird in USA :)

[@ADAtrips]

Do Czechs have any “throwaway “ phrases? By the way . When I am given that I respond “ Do you want to know?” When they respond with a yes, I tell them. Since I am disabled 🤔🌴

[@user-et9wo4fl1x]

noone except US people would

[@monikav9962]

Neither Slovaks

[@paulsven7923]

It is the same in all english speaking countries

[@ch3rt.]

Czechs would never consider a situation so serious, that you can't joke about it (with a really dark humor). In really, really serious situations we just wait for 2 days or something before making a joke.

[@samyeru]

Soooooo true xD

[@jannespor8178]

2 days? 2 minutes!

[@ajsl4865]

who would waaaiiiit? its better to joke straight away

[@vojtechmoonroot8636]

2 days? I can't imagine anything so serious for us to wait two entire days.

[@Simon-lt6fe]

Here in the UK, humour is used as a coping mechanism so the worse something is, the more likely you are to hear jokes about it

[@mtsvec]

Czechs would never drink a beer before Na Zdarvi and eye contact.

[@Nixx0912]

Oh it's the same with French

[@Nobunag]

in Germany as well

[@denisabartosova2983]

if someone is not looking in the eyes we says "voči vole". So kind

[@lahtin3n]

@@denisabartosova2983 Never heard that. Only heard "oči pičo". Even kinder.

[@lune281]

Plus you need to say voči pičo

[@Olifantenstaart]

Czechs would never buy a Soviet hat

[@Straca6]

To by jste se divili😂

[@user-et9wo4fl1x]

no sane person would

[@dimal8068]

how's the store owner gets them then if not buying?😂

[@true227]

because all the soviet hats were bought by Slovaks

[@tupolewposting2733]

@@dimal8068 To sell to dumb tourists

[@lecem]

Czechs would never finish a board game after the first person wins. They stay there until the last person finishes the round.

[@Pehmokettu]

Here in Finland that is common also. Everyone is interested who is the last person and not who won the game first.

[@Green__one]

My 9-year-old is like that as well, but it's certainly not common around here otherwise!

[@rolux4853]

That’s completely normal in Germany too. Why ruin the other people’s game just because someone won? It’s not about winning, it’s about having fun.

[@strixcz]

I mean most board games are actually _finished_ once there is a single winner 😅🤷‍♂

[@belisarian6429]

@@strixcz Not sure about that, if it is game for multiple people then lot of them dont end after first win

[@SalterThe]

You have actually missed at least one occasion when we, Czechs, do go visit old town square. When your friends from abroad (or from Brno) are visiting the you and you are "showing" them the city, while you are secretly discovering it at the same time because you actually wasn't there since you were little kid on the school trip :D

[@beth12svist]

There's at least one museum where interesting exhibitions might take place, so if you're into art, especially old art... Also there actually are services happening in the churches, and the churches do have their congregations, however small they might be in the grand scheme of things. And of course when passing through it on our way somewhere else because, well, we're Czech, we walk. And I've heard from Prague friends that they might go there to check out the Christmas tree when it's put up. They probably won't buy anything from the stalls, but they do want to see the tree.

[@SalterThe]

@@beth12svist All jokes aside... (Becouse this was mainly a joke in a first place) I would be really interesting to know how many czech people goes to the churche services in center of Prague. Czechia is one of the most atheistic countires in the world (together with Estonia if I am not mistaken). So "native" czechs would very rarly go there. Similarly there wont be that many Czech people interested in old art in gallery/museum, in the center of Prague. I am not saying they dont exist, but still we are speak real minority. With the walking through... yeah few Czechs may, if they have anything really close on each side of the square. Otherwise you choose a path, even if its slightly longer, that doesnt go through centrum. So only relevant point, is the last one. And yes, many czechs goes there to "check the tree" and then run away. I was debating to include this occasion myself, but it would kind kill the point... so...

[@beth12svist]

@@SalterThe Well, as it happens, I know someone who goes to one of the churches, or at least I know they did a couple years ago. As I said - it's a minority in the grand scheme of things (of Czechia the agnostic country), but on the other hand I felt it worth pointing out, pointing out that the churches are still churches, not just tourist amusement parks.

[@beth12svist]

@@SalterThe P.S. I don't know how to find out how many members the congregation at Sv. Mikuláš has, but they have a normal website with service times and other events and notices of things to come and contacts for the ministers. Of which they have two, so it can't be a small congregation. And since the church is Církev československá husitská, I think the number of foreigners in its ranks won't be very high. 🙂

[@ThomasMershon]

Czechs would never leave a restaurant or store without saying goodbye (nashledanou) or something similar to the people that work there. It may not be directly at anyone in particular, but when walking out the door, they will always say goodbye out-loud.

[@Nixx0912]

I tought that's normal thing you do everywher.

[@michaelaamii]

I'm Czech and sometimes I don’t do it (when nobody's around or the store is bigger I don't). I worry I would be perceived as rude if I don't say goodbye but I feel awkward saying it.

[@Pidalin]

@@Nixx0912 I thought it too before I started traveling, but in a lot of countries (maybe even most of them), they don't say hello and goodbye at all. When I visited Latvia (where most of workers are russians) and I was greeting everywhere, they were watching me like if I was an idiot.

[@vitezslavnovak2077]

​@@PidalinLike the Crocodile Dundee, greeting every person in the street in America, huh? 😅

[@BichaelStevens]

@@Nixx0912 we dont - latvia

[@labradachig1976]

Czechs would never approach strangers with "How you doin'?"

[@Esgiformmoon]

Yeah bcs we are not Joye from Friends :D

[@ncspcrew2566]

because its creepy

[@stanhady5697]

Apparently "Jak se máte" doesn't exist anymore.

[@Anolaana]

It doesn't czech out!

[@NerielMi]

​@@stanhady5697 It does, but you use it mostly with people that you see more than once, or when you know that you have something in common, i.e. cashier at your local store, unknown coworker from another department etc. But "Jak se máte?" is a conversation starter, and a lot of czechs dont start conversations with strangers. Some people do, but it's not common. Usually the communication with strangers is polite but very "to the point", which is also what we tend to expect from others. The politeness is how we create friendly environment, but it may be hard to see the friendliness in it for people who are used to more engaging conversations with sterangers

[@IndigoSolution]

If my fiancée's parents are the average Czechs, I would say, "Czechs would never fail to offer you beer and coffee in that order when entertaining."

[@simonspacek3670]

That is pretty accurate. "Hi, would you like beer, coffee, tea, lemonade, anything?" is pretty much my common greeting when someone comes to visit.

[@superslash7254]

I think that's all of eastern europe. I thought my wife's family were trying to get me drunk.

[@beth12svist]

​@@superslash7254 Not unless Germany is also Eastern Europe. A friend from NZ was visiting Europe last year; me & Czechia were her last stop and she, a non-drinker, regaled me with tales of her German friend's father's increasing exasperation at her thwarting all his hospitality overtures by turning down all the alcohol. Did not compute. 😀

[@kraftirnalp2687]

Czechs would never order trdelník with ice cream :D

[@rostislavsnyta6429]

🤣

[@jirikadlec7796]

Some would, trust me... :D Even though one might be offended by "Staročeské tradiční", people still like the flavours and textures :D

[@magdalenabrazdova637]

@@kraftirnalp2687 i doubt they would order a trdelník at all

[@HONESTGUIDE]

It's changing. I feel we lost the battle 💔

[@rostislavsnyta6429]

@@HONESTGUIDE 😯

[@apophisstr6719]

Wearing shoes at home is probably one of the wildest and vilest things I've heard US/Canadian people do as an Asian, imagine being okay to have countless people and animal's residue of poop and piss everywhere in your house.

[@ADAtrips]

Here in Hawaii it is understood that you take shoes off. And we do not have much poo-piss on the street. 😂 🌴🌴Aloha

[@rudypoeschek2814]

in canada we are know for taking our shoes off dont confuse us with americans we are also know to be more quite and polite on public transit

[@martinmrazek4768]

Its not just american /Canadian iits British also. Actually it come from them. They wearing shoes at home and they lay down shoes on sofa or bed.

[@apophisstr6719]

@@martinmrazek4768 By the gods...

[@bobp5523]

I’m American and live in the US, and most of my friends do not wear our outdoor shoes inside. We wear indoor slippers and even bring them with us when visiting.

[@kurtcsk]

Czechs would never admit the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia could be dangerous... ;)

[@Smortn]

Cause they are not. 🤣

[@Pidalin]

to tam máte blbě značený

[@vitezslavnovak2077]

With good sandals with warm socks are Tatras utterly OK.😅

[@kronos458]

Because they don't have experience in high mountains nor the seaside.

[@Pidalin]

@@kronos458 no, it's because to tam maj blbě značený 😀

[@alexandermieske797]

Knedlíčky without sauce, dry fried cheese and a non-alcoholic beer all at 10.30 a.m. Janek, the real KZbin hero! 😀

[@xkatiexxx]

Czechs would never say the Czech Republic is Eastern Europe 😀 Also, they would never admit there’s better beer than Czech beer!

[@mariia-platonova]

💯

[@AdriLaivaeDosi]

If there was, we'll tell :-D. What if there isn't

[@mas0n321]

because there is not 😉

[@christopherbruckner4532]

I disagree. I had this discussion with many Czechs, Poles, and just yesterday with a Slovak, and most of them either don't care or even prefer Eastern Europe. "Central Europe" wasn't a thing before the 1990s and it's mostly the younger generations who cry about it on social media to get rid of the Poor Eastern Europe and Russia stereotypes

[@l4kr]

Why? They could say it's the "most developed country in Eastern Europe" which sounds badass if you ask me

[@milanvans9586]

After having lived in Prague for a couple of years. the one thing i miss the most is when I'm sitting outside on a teras or beer garden, as Czechs would never leave your beer glass empty. Now when sitting somewhere I get annoyed when it takes to long. I'm so used to that part of Czech culture that not having it annoys me to death.

[@PiotrHulewicz]

Ještě jedno? :)

[@Digger513]

US guy here and don't like wearing shoes in my house. And when I met my Czech lady, was happy to find we had that in common

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

There is something so incredibly relaxing when coming home and taking off your shoes. Your feet can breathe, there is longer any obstruction, just pure freedom for your toes and ankles to move. Even better if you also take off your socks and get rid of that band at the top.

[@Traumglanz]

Czechs would never leave a guests stomach empty.

[@0nu_]

czechs are like hobbits :D

[@vikingursigurdsson]

Swedes would

[@wernerlindorfer3693]

In Austria we also order stuff like cheese or meat in deka(gramms). Everytime I visit Germany I forget and they just look confused :D

[@wookie2222]

Yes, stop austrianing around and learn German! 😂 (Just kidding!)

[@Smortn]

Probably the time well spend in Austrian-Hungary Empire pays off 🤣

[@takanobaierun]

Also there are no kangaroos in Germany, that must be confusing for you too.

[@Pidalin]

I thought it's a habit from communism time, but maybe it's from Austria-Hungary. I studied technical high school and using dekagrams and centiliters was totally banned by some teachers and I would never use it in normal life, it's just older people thing. Recently I remember that my sister was cooking following some translated american recipe and they used centiliters for no reason, we were very confused by that, because everything is in mililiters or liters, rarely in deciliters. Centiliter was again just unit that was used for little alcohol glass during communism. Ofcourse we should be able to recalculate it to mililiters, but when you are like 15+ years from school, you have to think about it to do it correctly. 😀

[@wernerleinberger9847]

Yes it’s the Fleischsalat/ Vlassy salad thing. 😊

[@Rudron1]

Czechs would never give up on Královec and beerstream to other countries.

[@AdriLaivaeDosi]

No ... really ... there was never actually a King of Bohemia. But it was named in honor of the Czech king Přemysl Otakar II. The paradox is that people do not remember the Czech cities that actually existed in the given area. For example, Wroclaw. ;-)

[@Rudron1]

@@AdriLaivaeDosi little bit different but yeah. It was castle that templars created in honor of the Bohemian King Přemysl Otakar II. Later getting city rights. They named it like this because year before he lead czech crusade against Pagan Prusia and specifically because of Battle of Rudava (I don't know if it has any translation to English, in Czech it is Bitva u Rudavy).

[@miroslavbuchar2559]

@@AdriLaivaeDosi and who cares? 102 % of Kralovec population wants to join Czech republic.

[@MrToradragon]

@@AdriLaivaeDosi Vratislava and Kladsko are far away from the Baltic shores, and it was part of Lands of the Bohemian Crown until mid of 18th century.

[@_SMOT_]

já se proště musím kouknout, jak to ten janek vysvětluje těm turistům :D

[@user-kp6ld5xd7w]

take jsem cech

[@mewosh_]

It's probably surprising for foreigners (mostly Americans) that in European old city centers supermarkets are often underground and you have to take a escalator...

[@lak1796]

We're thousands of kilometres apart, but I'm Indonesian and it's very common here too! Usually at the same level with underground parking or transit tunnel to train.

[@paulsolovyovsky1702]

not surprising, same as any urban center with high population. If you go to Manhattan you would see the same thing. On the other hand if you're in other parts of the country where there's plenty of space that's a different story.

[@JoshSampson-bb2cw]

It's probably surprising for foreigners (mostly Europeans) that in America you can actually walk around with a pocket knife and won't get arrested. They actually trust you here. You're actually trusted enough to walk outside with a fork!!!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And if not underground, they're integrated. Many of the houses have businesses at the ground and living space above it. In Most cases those are still traditional things like hairdressers, ice cafes, kiosks, etc. But in some cases there is a full super market there.

[@richardaubrecht2822]

@@JoshSampson-bb2cw You are confusing Europe with Britain.

[@Shutter_Priority]

Here in Spain we consider a waste even buying the 2 liter water bottle packs. The most common thing is to buy the 5 liters or 8 liters bottles.

[@HONESTGUIDE]

Wow, didn't know that! Thanks!!

[@LuaanTi]

I think the 1-2l bottles are a relic of the older glass bottles. You probably wouldn't want to buy water in a 8l _glass_ bottle. And thankfully, you can still buy water in glass bottles even today :) Also, we usually don't buy _still_ water - tap water is usually just as good if not better, with none of the plastic and water waste. For carbonated, you don't want to have it open too long, so smaller bottles make sense. When we're somewhere with no potable water, we also buy the 8l bottles or even bigger.

[@BrimfulEmptiness]

After having worked in Sevilla over summer 20 years ago: That's basically because you will sweat out that 8 litres over the course of a single day without having to see the toilet. ;D

[@strixcz]

@@LuaanTi The thing is, unless the glass bottle gets reused, it's actually _less_ environmently friendly than the plastic one. It's a common myth that glass is always better. Well, it's not. The only time (a single use) glass bottle is actually better is when thrown out in a nature - the plastic will dissolve into microplastics over time, polluting the soil/water while glass does nothing. But if you recycle them both, the glass bottle takes much more energy and material to manufacture and recycle...

[@LuaanTi]

@@strixcz If you only look at the energy cost, yes. But that's exactly what the oil industry desperately wants you to compare, because it's the only thing where they can ever possibly come out on top environmentally. Producing a single plastic bottle is cheaper than producing a single glass bottle. But everything else tells a different story. The vast majority of plastic bottles are produced from oil, gas and coal. The vast majority is not recycled. And even when they are, the recycled products usually aren't recyclable. Even if you don't throw the bottle away in nature... it will most likely end up in a landfill. Not a big improvement. They also can't really be reused much. The cheapness of course has the massive dark side we see today - glass being expensive is kind of a good thing, because it always encouraged a circular economy. Plastic bottles almost eliminated that. Even ignoring that glass bottles can outright be reused dozens of times without any safety issues, we produce ridiculously more plastic bottles than we ever did glass ones. Plastic bottles encourage waste on a massive scale from both the producers and the consumers; that's what they were always designed to do anyway. And did any of those savings get passed onto the customers? Of course not :P

[@johnd9000]

I used to wear shoes in my house too... then I married a wonderful lady from CZ and now I don't wear outside shoes in the house anymore... no, no, no :)

[@martinmrazek4768]

Welcome. Now you are human being.

[@jurajhablak3424]

I would never think to bring all that dirt, dog pee, dog shits into my home on my shoes. And I cannot imagine how unhealthy for my feet it would be in shoes 24/7.

[@ccmarcum]

As an American visitor, I was offered slippers of woven cloth and various alternatives when I went as a guest. But it creeped me out to think of other people's feet having been in them before. I wouldn't waant to wear a teeshirt that countless other's had worn ,before, unwashed, or use a comb or hairbrush that had been sitting around a bathroom. nd what about parties? Do people take off their shoes? At what point is a social affair fancy enough that you'd keep on your high-heeled shoes? Wedding reception? Ugh. I don't walk in dirty places. You get far more germs handling money, opening doors in public places, or in public transportation. And a study was made of door handles and traces of urine were often found. Yikes.

[@thomaschek_cz]

I believe every normal human being is taking their outside shoes off at home .... I believe it is only US movies nonsense .... I know, every motel there has a carpet and I would never touch it with bare foot;-DD In here we mostly have hard floors so it is clean even in cheap motels .... but at home .... come one .... someone really go with their outside shoes full of dog shit to their sofa or even bed??? And even more importantly, shoes are not comfortable, it is relieve to take your legs from shoes when home .... and overall, number 1 reason people wear shoes outside is not to get dirt and other crap on their feet, so wearing it inside is just stupid ..... I have few americans in my team and all of them taking their shoes off at home .... so I believe US people wearing shoes at home is just urban legend (at least I hope so!) based on hollywood movies;)

[@max2themax]

@@ccmarcum House slippers get washed from time to time too but most people wear socks so they shouldn't really get dirty from other people. You can also just walk around in your own socks if that's a problem. If you have a larger gathering of people shoes usually stay on. Sometimes people will let you have shoes on even as a single visitor. However, everyone mostly insists on taking their shoes off out of politeness. It's not like a hard rule that never gets broken... it's more like the less I walk around in outside shoes, the better. Do you not enjoy just taking your shoes off at home after a long day? Like... why would I keep my feet trapped and sweaty in my shoes at home? Why would I voluntarily bring more dust and dirt home? Do you just sit around on the couch with outside shoes? Do you go to the bathroom in outside shoes? TO me, taking shoes off is the best for me because I am more comfortable and have less to clean.

[@whuzzzup]

Don't throw bottles with deposit on them in the trash bin in case you don't care about the deposit. You put it next to it on the floor so that poorer people can easily collect them without having to reach into the bin.

[@24wallachian]

Yes. Poorer people... or.... People like me who are not poor and yet like to collect them just for fun. In Germany I make on average extra 55 dollars per month collecting bottles and cans. 🙃

[@neilhunt2708]

We dont have the deposits on plastic bottles like in some other European countries. I have seen tourists trying to use the beer bottle return machines to try and return plastic water bottles 🤣🤣🤣

[@neilhunt2708]

@@24wallachian I actually had a crazy business idea. Not sure if its the same now, but with exchange rates at the time the deposit on glass bottles in Germany was like 2kc, here its 3kc. So a hair brained scheme was thought up to get bottles in Germany and return them here. The idea was abandoned once we sobered up.

[@baph0met]

​@@neilhunt2708Fuel costs and packaging would make you lose money.

[@georgeholly5489]

​@@neilhunt2708It doesn't work. I tried to return Czech cans along with Germans and the machine doesn't take them.

[@agloval]

I remember trying to order dumplings to my fried cheese, and the waiter just looked at me and said, "no we do not eat it together, order fries"

[@realharo]

To be fair, some people do eat it in a bun, like a burger (syr v housce), but that's more of a street food thing.

[@dom1310df]

British ex-tourist (thanks covid) here. When I travelled we rounded up the bill and bought big water bottles, but there were several surprises in the video, especially the dumplings. I'm jealous of the Spitfire sculptures though. I want one on my local Tesco in Stoke-on-Trent, where Spitfire designer R. J. Mitchell was born.

[@martinmrazek4768]

I am one of those fuc...ing foreigner (how you call us) living in Cambs, and believe me this kind of art czech's don't like it

[@fidricfidra9404]

I believe it is much more sansfull place for them.

[@Kumanosuke]

As a German it's so odd that in English basically everything is a "dumpling". In Bavaria we have Knödel (same word as Knedlík basically) and that's a dumpling, but so are Gyoza? That's a completely different thing.

[@markmyers5881]

You can say "dumpling" for filled Asian-style dumplings, but there are other names too, such as potstickers.

[@lannifincoris6482]

Same for me. Knödel und Klöße, are very different from dumplings. Dumplings are asian filled "Teigtaschen" so a Pelemi is more a dumpling for me than Knedlik..

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@lannifincoris6482 And Knödel and Klöße aren't the same thing either.

[@SlavicCelery]

I think there's a whole lot of beautiful dumplings across the world. And NONE of them get ALL the respect/love they deserve. I'm pretty sure that's fair. They all get a lot, but they all deserve more. Because dumplings are the food equivalent of a hug.

[@BCThunderthud]

@@lannifincoris6482 In English "dumpling" originally meant things like Klöße, then we applied it to the Asian varieties because they're similar shapes. And now they're far more popular, maybe that's why it's confusing.

[@DeathInTheSnow]

Czechs would never put sushi in the sušička.

[@piotres7358]

I was in the Czech Republic for a friend's bachelor party, at one point I joined a group of Czechs and we were having so much fun that I realized that I was Czech and I had fun with these guys until the end of the party. Now my friends say that I am 50% Czech and sometimes I even write in Czech during chat XD

[@SalterThe]

Czechs would never answer the question "Jak se máš" (How are you) by saying "Mám se dobře" (I am fine). Typical Czech answer to this question is naming all things that went wrong in your life in last month at least following by something like "ahhh.. but I am still living... so Ok I guess" If we are in reaaaaally good mood, our answer is "Could be worse". Don't expect anything more positive than that. (Also, don't ask Czech people how they are, unless you really care. As mentioned, they will list EVERYTHING they have had to deal with! :D )

[@simonspacek3670]

"Mohlo by být hůř (could be worse)", "no, pořád žiju (eh, still alive)", "to víš... (you know...)" are neutral. "Mohlo by být líp (could be better)", "Bylo líp (it was better)", "napřed pivo (beer first)..." means really bad. "Nemůžu si stěžovat (I cannot complain)" (with really sad face), "Bylo hůř (It used to be rough)", "Jde to (hard to translate this one. Literally "it goes", but it means that nothing feels stuck)" means good.

[@SalterThe]

@@simonspacek3670 And you forgot "Mám se skvěle / výborně" (I am doing great) which means either they are on drugs, or you are supposed to call madhouse :D

[@CzechMirco]

This is not entirely true. We actually may say the equivalent of "Pretty good, actually" (usually "Hele, (docela) dobrý") IF and ONLY IF something very positive happened very recently and we are still pumped up about it. But then of course we feel obliged to tell you all about it.

[@simonspacek3670]

@@CzechMirco "Pretty good, actually" in Czech means "I won a lottery and inherited a brewery from uncle I secretly hated" or something like that.

[@kassemir]

I feel like some of these are more like "Europeans would never". Like, I feel like having a return system with pay back on bottles is very common across all of Europe.

[@vladnikitin2566]

As someone that worked security for Maj while it was under reconstruction & stationed at the Tesco corner, I can confirm most people asked about Tesco opening and not about the massive moving sculptures above lol

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Janek believes in culture shock therapy. I like that.

[@Cevan131]

Also in my country we say deka instead of grams, we say grams only for drugs :D

[@fixcz]

I think I could guess your country if you would say deka for drugs :D.

[@MrFugiban]

Same with "deka" in Poland, especially when you buy cheese or meat, no one says "200 grams", but "20 deka". Also many people says it wrong like "deko", probably thinking it's similar to "kilo". Perhaps it's something common for us from Austro-Hungarian times?

[@Pidalin]

As a person with technical education and person who doesn't remember communism, I would never use dekagrams. Only older people do it here in Czechia. In school, dekagram was banned unit for us, only mm and m was allowed in most of technical subjects. Now when I work as a CNC programmer, I absolutely understand why it was banned, because it's so confusing, everything is in mm on machines, but people who don't have technical education use only cm so you have to always recalculate everything, it's simple, but when you have to recalculate 500 numbers, you will definitely do a mistake. When I draw a technical drawing, I would never use anything other than mm, so when I get a drawing from someone else and there is 15 and next to it it's 3, I am really confused and that moron ofcourse meaned 15 mm and 3 cm, people should be punished for this messs.

[@MrFugiban]

@@Pidalin No, no, no 😂 Deka only concerns grocery shopping. :)

[@matyasbrabec]

Someone in the comments wrote that it's the same in Austria, so it probably is a relict from Austro-Hungarian times :D

[@emanuele6]

This is very interesting. In Italy, people would also not say "200 grammi", but they would not use decagrammes either; they would say "2 etti" (two hectogrammes) or "2 etti e mezzo" (2 hectogrammes and a half) for 250g, so talk in units of 100g instead of 10g.

[@vitezslavnovak2077]

I'm sure you are right. In old times nobody used grams, because gram is too small to be practical. Will you ever buy two grams of butter and five grams of salami?

[@johnd9000]

I finally get to return the language lesson favor! You cannot use the word 'explained' to describe the process of leaning like that. The correct phrasing would be 'The tour guides TAUGHT the tourists how to read the clock.', or 'We were never TAUGHT that at school'. If you want to use the word explained, it could be done like this: 'The tour guides explained to the tourist how to read the clock', or 'It was never explained to us at school.'.

[@Kagekozo]

About escalator etiquette, in Deutschland, they follow the same etiquette. (for that matter, stairs too.) And by the way, you tourists (mostly Americans) don't pay attention to this, most of them will politely say "Entschuldigung.. ( Sie blockieren den Weg.)" Meaning "excuse me (you are blocking the way)". And just to give you a heads up, if you are carting a small luggage, put it in front of you so that it doesn't block the left side. I've been using my own bags for grocery since I've visited Europe back in 2000. ( And still am, last one was 2023) I'm Japanese, so no shoes in the house. 😉 Germans do not smile at stranger, either. 😆 Interesting Czech cultural facts. Thank you for sharing. 👍

[@markmyers5881]

You may only be noticing the tourists who don't follow that rule. The ones who do follow the rules, you may not realize are tourists.

[@BCThunderthud]

In the US it varies by city, but then you still have the problem with tourists.

[@kenneththomsen8503]

When I was a kid, we always went camping down through Europe (I'm from Denmark).. Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary. One thing I remember very clearly from Czech Republic was my parent's faces when they had Czech beer the first time.. Now I'm an adult, and know more about beer myself, and I know that you can always get great beer when you look into smaller breweries etc. But Czech beer, even the famous brands like Staropramen and Urquell are great beers! Oh and... even though it's not the best beer you can find on the market, don't forget where Budweiser a.k.a. Budvar was born..

[@meghanaanupam5372]

Czechs would never start a meal without saying "Dobrou Chuť. Czechs would never enter a bus/shop without saying "Dobrý den".

[@strixcz]

I do agree with the shop (and wishing others to enjoy their meal) but not the bus. Actually most Czechs completely ignore the bus/tram drivers (and other passengers). This was one of the differences I noticed during my (over 2 years) stay in Ireland - that most people say hi/goodbye to the driver when getting on/off (it's kind of unavoidable on getting on since you can only board through the front door and the driver checks/sells the tickets - but most people still say goodbye out loud when getting off, even through the rear doors).

[@ToastbackWhale]

The intro makes me think how awkward it’d be to just sit in a restaurant and film a video out loud with other people just hanging out and eating ☠️ I’m sure you used to it but I couldn’t 😂

[@ADAtrips]

I do too, but I talk in quiet tones. It just sounds like a conversation with a friend. Do you converse with friends while out? Honest Guide often talks with a camera and it looks like they are talking to their friend that is there. 🌴🌴Aloha

[@VoodooMcVee]

Well, he's talking in English, so people probably just think he's just another one of those loud tourists and don't take any further notice 😄

[@ADAtrips]

@@VoodooMcVee HAHA There are some of that kind around. Question: Do CZechs talk while out with friends?

[@belisarian6429]

I am sure he could not do it at the start of the channel, these are skills that can be taught and honed, so you can learn it too if you want.

[@blbezcc]

​@@VoodooMcVee they have the same video in Czech, but in Czechia they're famous and people like them, so nobody cares.

[@nickk6556]

Czechs would never eat without a dobrou chuť

[@24wallachian]

Disagree. As a Czech, I only learnt to always say 'dobrou chut' after I moved to Germany. At home, we never do it.

[@nickk6556]

@@24wallachian Interesting! I'm American with a Czech fiancee, and I've only spent about a year here in total. In America, it's pretty uncommon to say "enjoy your meal," regardless of social context. My experience living in Brno is that it's totally blasphemous not to say "dobrou chuť" before eating. In the US, it's akin to eating your food before the host sits at the table. That's just been my experience though

[@24wallachian]

@@nickk6556 I guess it's one of those things that differs from region to region, or even from family to family. All I know is that in my family, when food lands on the table, we just start eating. I only experienced in Germany that a German woman actually got insulted that I did not wish her 'Guten Appetit.' It apparently did not even occur to her that since I'm from Czech Republic and new in Germany, I might have different habits.

[@vitezslavnovak2077]

​@@24wallachianNothing to be proud of.

[@mariezurkova3446]

@@24wallachian Já se bez "Dobré chuti" také obejdu. Mně bude chutnat i tak a pokud to nebude k jídlu, ani "Dobrá chuť" mi nepomůže 😀.

[@user-od5wp7pc2y]

Czechs would never put ice cube in a beer As Taiwanese, we love putting ice cube in any kind of beer, and I did it with my Czech boyfriend in Czech last time, we almost break up….🤣🤣

[@MrKennymkkormik]

Ice cube to the beer.. Bože 🤣🤣

[@Marek940127]

Slovak would NEVER order fried cheese with rice! She probably wanted to mention some nation and first thing she thought of was Slovakia...

[@vitezslavnovak2077]

I believe they can do such a thing. At least 50% of Slovaks admire the bad midget from Kremlin. That's even worse than fried cheese with rice and ketchup.

[@alihorda]

Well I was in Slovakia and it is a thing. Also in many other European countries. It usually has tartar sauce or some jam as well. Good stuff

[@lubomirholik3104]

Maybe someone from Bratislava is ordering fried cheese with rice, similarly people from Bratislava love schnitzel with rice, too. :D It was a cultural shock for me and I was Slovak. :D

[@user-oh9pj2wo4g]

Actually they very much would, i talked about it with my Slovakian colleague because i like it and i usually get weird stares, but apparently in Slovakia its normal and common.

[@dudoklasovity2093]

Czechs would never put ketchup on Svickova :-D I've seen tourist do that! The waiter couldn't believe his eyes LOL

[@simonspacek3670]

When you really want "rajská" :D

[@LucianelaV]

@@simonspacek3670Jako v Comebacku z koprovky 😂.

[@PokerAttack21]

A beer without a head or that lacks head retention is either a bad beer and/or it's in a dirty glass.

[@rakido7388]

A beer with that much head is only about half a pint of actual beer :-D Most pubs will allow you to choose how much head you want on your pint, including none at all.

[@highks496]

@@rakido7388 In Germany beer glasses have a check mark for 0.5 l with enough room for a good crown of foam. You expect to get beer up to the mark and foam to the brim. I think one of the reasons they changed to glass mugs at Oktoberfest instead of the traditional Steins was that too many people complained they were getting ripped off with too much foam and only half the amount of beer. Now with glass mugs, you can see right away if you get what you paid for. Ordering a beer without foam would be very weird though and I guess most businesses would refuse to do so.

[@bluemountain-vh2ik]

Czechs (generally) do not like to kiss other people. It is very difficult to meet Czechs in the streets (bus stops, etc.) as they usually don´t like to talk to strangers. That was my experience living there for some years.

[@24wallachian]

Yep, as a Czech woman, I'm not into that kissing thing at all.

[@AdriLaivaeDosi]

yes, we don't kiss, it's intimate, we hug when you like to see someone, but we also don't let a stranger into our space, we protect ourselves. Like in Sinful Dance... it's my space, it's your space, if we let you in, it means something. We shake hands with strangers as much as possible, and when we really want to show that we don't like them, we don't even shake hands.

[@bluemountain-vh2ik]

I am from a Latin American country. I saw two sisters meeting after 3-4 months of not seeing each other, and they shook hands. That's weird for me.

[@Pidalin]

@@bluemountain-vh2ik I see my mom after 3 months and I just say hi because I am not from south America and we all communicate on social media or sometimes call each other, so why hanging and kissing? You people act like if you returned from prison after 20 years or something. 😀 Also, from family, only your grandma and more rarely your mom are allowed to kiss you, definitely not your sister or your cousin, that would be weird here.

[@JokeeGA5]

I find it odd, but my family is kissy. Like, I haven't seen my cousin in years (since I live in the US) and I got a hug and a cheek kiss. Like, not like kiss kiss but a Gorbachev kiss.

[@RefreshThisPage]

Not only an honest guide but Minister of foreign affairs! Polak tutaj, robisz świetną robotę!

[@takanobaierun]

That video is universal for Central Europe. And how could it be not.

[@BrimfulEmptiness]

Yeah, totally agree from a German point of view and the perfect explanation why I love visting the CR: reasonable people. ;D

[@Eric-nu3wh]

ahh yes the "wait to be seated " ill explain this it has to do with tipping and how waiters have assigned sections they try to even out the flow to make it "fair"

[@LednacekZ]

Ah the good old USA, where the customer is supposed to pay the waiting staff instead of the employer

[@baph0met]

​@@LednacekZThey aren't supposed to, the customers just keep doing it cause of social pressure, some waiters even prefer it. If customers stop paying the employers will pay instead.

[@samtremblaybelzile]

@@baph0met I don't understand what you mean. If customers don't tip, the employers still pay the minimum wage for a job with tips, which in most cases is not a living wage. Employers don't look at how many tips you got and decide whether they should pay you more to compensate.

[@baph0met]

@@samtremblaybelzile Supply and demand. Workers right now work because big portion of their paycheck is from tips. When the tips disappear their real wages will drop and they will either go on a strike or switch to a different job, altering the supply which will raise demand, which will raise the price of the labour until it finds an equilibrium.

[@samtremblaybelzile]

@@baph0met That only works if there aren't millions spent on lobbying to convince the population that labor regulations interfere with efficiency and innovation and hurt the economy.

[@endreudvaros6150]

A weird thing I see in American movies is drinking beer from a bottle in a bar. Someone could introduce them to the beer glass and the jug. This is also something that Czechs would never do, at least not the generation not influenced by Netflix and Hollywood.

[@markmyers5881]

It's not just the US that does that. In warm weather, if you pour beer into a room-temperature glass, it will warm up.

[@endreudvaros6150]

@@markmyers5881 How warm is the weather in a bar there? 😀

[@BrimfulEmptiness]

@@markmyers5881 Why is the glass room temperature in the first place? In hotter European countries, they often serve beer in an iced glass. ;D

[@markmyers5881]

@@BrimfulEmptiness Ordinary drinking glasses are kept at room temperature because they're used for all kinds of drinks, not just beer. Mugs might be chilled, but a bottle of beer won't fill a mug. At home a lot of people drink beer from the bottle to avoid dirtying a glass.

[@markmyers5881]

@@BrimfulEmptiness In hotter countries where the tap water isn't safe to drink, drinking beer from a frosted glass is risky.

[@Far1988]

I see a Netty bag, I click like! I visited Karolina in her little show room and loved every second of it. They're so well made and I always have one in my car, backpack, at work, everywhere!

[@Optopolis]

In the US, you are also supposed to stand on the right and walk on the left when using escalators. However, lots of people don't do that.

[@TheIrisCZ]

Many, especially older or out-of-town people, still don't do that. Every time my father visits Prague, I have to specifically tell him to stand on one side and not hold both of the railings as if he couldn't walk or stand without support.

[@gelber_kaktus]

not just there, in the London tube, you are insisted to do it, in german train stations, you have to do it (it's stated in the station usage policy)

[@katrinabryce]

Same in the UK, and in Osaka. In the rest of Japan, you stand on the left and walk on the right.

[@walkir2662]

Same in Gemany, but people have no manners.

[@fidricfidra9404]

In Prague you don´t have a choice. There are many people going at work and so on, so they just fix you, no matter what.

[@overvieweffect9034]

not teaching about the astronomical clock is such a missed opportunity to teach some basic astronomy to students, while still teaching about the czech culture

[@janC16]

It depends on the school you go to, I went there with my class, we had also been in the back room to see the tech.

[@LuaanTi]

To be fair, it's more related to astrology rather than modern astronomy. The Sun doesn't _actually_ go around the Earth, after all... :P It's still a cool mechanism, and shows you a lot of useful information, but there isn't really much relevant about "The Sun is in Cancer" (the way it was thousands of years ago to boot). It was inaccurate to actual known astronomy of its day, and it's only getting worse as the centuries go by. If you actually observe the sky, you'll find out "The Sun is in Cancer" a full month _later_ than what the "astronomical" clock would say (and stays there for only 21 days, rather than the 31 asserted by astrology). And yup, we went there with school too, to observe the amazing mechanical apparatus. Not for the astrology :P

[@Viva-Cristo-Rey-]

Danish and Czech have very many thing in common.

[@martintuma9974]

* very much

[@petr2135]

Tak :)

[@beagless]

Such as - for example?

[@jurakratec]

Perhaps impact of the Queen Dagmar (Markéta). ;-)

[@Spacemongerr]

@@beagless Many of the examples in this video is the same for many European countries and would mostly just be a surprise to non-Europeans

[@TheAlgomalo]

I’m from the US and I don’t understand people that buy the huge packs of single use plastic water bottles. I use a stainless steel water bottle and fill it with filtered water from home.

[@zdenekdolezal9646]

Czechs would never left shopping troley in front of supermarket in the middle of parking lot.

[@vitlukas5473]

Because its deposit there: 5 or 10 CZK

[@zdenekdolezal9646]

@@vitlukas5473 Many have key instead of coin that can be pushed out. So no deposit, yet we bring troleys back. In USA some shops tried it and people still left them in the middle of parking spot. Some took it as possibility for homeless to gain some money and some thought it was ment as payment for some a guy that should park them as a job.

[@NatsumiMichi]

@@vitlukas5473 Most people have their handy plastic inserts on the keychain to use instead - but yeah, nobody would leave the cart anywhere with 'even just' 5CZK inside.

[@Pidalin]

@@NatsumiMichi It's not about 5CZK, it's about common sense, we just put it where we took it before.

[@zdenekdolezal9646]

@@vitlukas5473 Many people have fake coins on keychains that can be pulled out right after trolley is free from chain. Yet everybody take them back, even those that do not have coins in them thanks to this. And many do not chain them after, so the cart is quite often free for next person. It is not about the money, it is just good manners, to be decent person not to be an a-hole.

[@Potkanka]

Czechs would never get an Uber to travel around Prague - but you have already covered that in other videos :D

[@baph0met]

Cause everyone uses Bolt

[@TheIrisCZ]

Unless it's 3am and you really don't want to fall asleep on one of the three trams you have to take to get you home, because Metro doesn't run again for 2 more hours.

[@Potkanka]

@@TheIrisCZ I wasn't in that situation often, but I always got some tram. Guess I never was sleepy enough to worry about falling asleep?

[@DBZVelena]

My school in the 90's did a penpal exchange with a school in Louny. This eventually resulted in a trip to your penpal in Louny. This was the one time i tasted those bread dumplings. OMG were they yummy. we also went to visit Prague, which was fun i guess. But i was 13 at the time, so seeing architecture wasn't all that interesting. I'd love to visit again, if only for those dumplings. but alas my finances do not allow it. The bit about money does explain why i had to hide my buying souvenirs while there. My penpal friends fam would pay for everything to the absurd. And I was using money mom had given me to spend on souvenirs. 30 years later, i still have the pottery and glasswork-items i bought. Sitting on a shelf in my living room, a silent reminder of that one lovely trip. I'm from The netherlands.

[@AnnaTichafotograf]

... eat "Loupáček" with mayonaise 😂

[@nikdoznamej7698]

dont count on that :D

[@jirislovacek8577]

no fuj 🤣

[@user-oh9pj2wo4g]

Wthat the actual F? :D

[@paulterpstra6705]

No Czech Christmas without 'Popelka' or any other pohádka

[@happymaker2344]

Same in Germany. We also like the Czech farytail movies.

[@NoahSpurrier]

I remember visiting a food stand outside an ancient site in Sicily. The food stand offered beer ice cream floats. My Italian friend sees this and asks the guy running the food stand, “What’s this? Who orders this?” The guy says, “Germans”.

[@catepons3319]

Czechs would never fail to announce where their athlete ended up, as in "So and so won, and Czech competitor earned beautiful 47th spot." 🙂

[@PradedaCech]

it's the same in most other countries..

[@fromthegamethrone]

The waiting to be seated thing does have a point in some places (I'm from UK) where the person will seat you based on how swamped any waitstaff are in one particular area. Some restaurants basically zone staff to a certain area, and you dont want to put another table on to a staff member who's already serving 8 tables, when another staff member is only serving 2.

[@isx2005]

Such an obvious one, Czechs would never ever, leave a beer unfinished.

[@Pidalin]

I leave it unfinished pretty often, not everyone here is an alcoholic and sometimes you just want to taste it, not drink whole half liter.

[@JokeeGA5]

I would amend this with Czechs would never ever leave a Czech beer unfinished.

[@PavelPechIgy]

Weeell, we like to try new beers and last time in BeerGeek, we stumbled upon one beer of which everyone took a single sip and refused, so we had to return it. 😄

[@Ah0jtadyHanka]

Oh boy you have never seen the table after really long alcoholic night xDD

[@SprávceOhně]

​@@PidalinAre you saying that if you talk about the habits of Czechs, it doesn't work for everyone, but there are exceptions? 😳🫢

[@mikiqex]

Tesco in Máj is legendary, I like it probably the most, but there are actually tons of other supermarkets in downtown Prague. Billa in Quadrio, Albert on Muzeum and Můstek, Lidl next to Hamleys, Albert in Paladium and that's just from top of my head.

[@MrVyse]

In Germany we also would never Leave the Money on the Table. it gets stolen faster than you can see in a Restaurant / Pub. Thats why we pay a waiter directly with a tip

[@stevevasta]

I'm actually glad to hear that the Tesco has reopened. It was handy!

[@ypsilonberlin9228]

At Narodni Station?

[@stevevasta]

@@ypsilonberlin9228 I assume that's the one -- it's the only one I knew when I used to visit there. Of course, you know what happens when you assume....

[@allKnowingCraig]

some of those are just common sense and manners. says more about the American experience,

[@robfriedrich2822]

5:39 Dekagram is also common in Austria. In Germany the pound or Pfund was the measurement and after the decimalization, a pound was defined as 500 grams, so they asked for half a pound (250 g) or quarter a pound (125 g).

[@Pidalin]

Dekagram here in Czechia is something that only older people use, younger people would probably say 250 grams or quater a kilo insteaf of 25 "deka" as older people. Actually I almost forgot that dekagram exist and I am 32. In technical highschool, some teachers even banned using dekagrams and centiliters, they told us that these are forbidden units for us, only older people with no technical education use them.

[@treasurehunter520]

Even the young people use it. I've never heard anyone use the grams. That would be so weird. It aplies only to the supermarkets though. I would never buy 1 deka of weed 😂

[@vitezslavnovak2077]

​@@PidalinFunny. Dekagram is SI system compatible unit exactly like miligram, hectopascal or kilowatt. Only in special cases some units are not used. I remember civil engineering drawings in centimeters, than we switched to milimeters (probably when the traditional bricks were abandoned). And I must say milimeters are sometimes a real pain in ass, when you try to depict the dimensions of a really small room, for example a toilet.

[@lellab.8179]

In Italy we usually use "etto/etti" which is short for ettogrammo/ettogrammi (hg singular/plural; 1 hg = 100 g, for our US friends).

[@Pidalin]

@@treasurehunter520 Maybe you live in different social buble, I studied technical high school and hear "deka" only from pensioners when they buy cheese. 😀

[@MiriamG-yf1qg]

In Vienna and Munich, people also stand on the right and walk on the left on escalators. I think it's just common in big cities and people who don't live in big cities just don't know that. Thanks to your channel I know now that the Austrian and Czecch words for dumpling are very similar. Where I grew up, we called them "Knedl". I wonder who invented the word...

[@annaroman8399]

About shoes at home, that's not the whole true. We don't wear the "outerwear" shoes at home, we wear "insidewear" shoes. We are not only in the socks, but in the "home shoes"

[@philipcooper8297]

Janku, dnešní slovo by mělo být ''příbor/y'' = ''cutlery'', nikoliv silverware.

[@martinmrazek4768]

Janek je holt z posh family ,kde jedi stribrem na stribre

[@NatsumiMichi]

Obojí znamená příbory, akorát když řekneš silverware, tak s největší pravděpodobností budeš mluvit o nějaký lepší sváteční sadě (ale už dávno ne nutně stříbrný), zatímco cutlery může být i tisíckrát zrecyklovaná plastová lžícovidlička nebo obecně cokoliv, s čím se dá jíst (třeba i hůlky).

[@sparksbet]

@@NatsumiMichi Fwiw at least in the part of America I'm from, we call it silverware even if it's made of plastic. So I bet he picked it up there. "Cutlery" is just treated like a fancier way of saying it.

[@helvete983]

In Scandinavia we have the same deposit system on cans and bottles. It just makes sense plus it keeps the streets cleaner, even if someone does litter someone else will pick the can up and take the deposit back. The dumpling is more like an English dumpling in that it is more bread like and meant to be eaten in a sauce, in the UK we make the dumplings into a ball and cook them in a stew. The "other" dumpling is more Asian in style.

[@wookie2222]

As a German, I would also say that the main special thing about those dumplings is that there is some kind of leavening agent in it, which declares its porous structure. We here also have dumplings and distinguish mostly by what they are made from: potatoes or bread. So, a german 'bread dumpling' carries that name, because it consists of bread, while a czech one is named after its structure and external appearance that's much like a slice of bread.

[@Kim-J312]

Yes, my Czech 🇨🇿 grandmother 👵 would make both bread dumplings and potato 🥔 dumplings. Then put bury it in a cream gravy 😋 . I like the bread ones 😋

[@user-bu3sn6kd5n]

⁠@@Kim-J312Potato dumplings don’t match with cream gravy…they go with spinach and meat, cabbage and meat, etc. But not with cream gravy…

[@saya-mi]

@@wookie2222 Actually, Czech home made bread dumplings do contain bread, too. What's creating the porous structure is yeast.

[@n0rmal953]

4:57 34 € ????? WTF. Even in the most touristy places and mini makets in Paris I’ve never seen that.

[@onkelklaujo]

As a German, a lot of the things mentioned apply to us as well lol

[@d.fenech]

Czechs would never not say "ahoj" back to you when you greet them on a hiking trail, or kayaking down a river.

[@AdriLaivaeDosi]

You have no idea how stupid you actually said.. The word AHOJ.. was created precisely to greet boaters and tourists in the mountains. :-D.. It is quite normal for strangers to greet each other in the mountains when they pass.

[@hopik512]

Hey, leave me alone. Why do you thing I went on a hike?

[@d.fenech]

@@hopik512 to be greeted with "ahoj"

[@IQEGO]

Those are the Czechs that have never left Czech Republic... I hike a lot, in fact I just came back from Italy, and we always greet, usually with the language of country we are in (so in Italy I say Buongiorno). In Czech Republic, it depends where you are, in Krkonoše we say Ahoj, but for example at Šumava, it's a custom to say Dobrý den. And you are correct that most of the people don't respond, which is just rude, ill-mannered and it is a no. 1 thing how to recognize someone who doesn't hike a lot... Also, we say Ahoj on the river when in Canoe. Maybe I am just raised correctly, idk.

[@d.fenech]

@@IQEGO I think you misread me :) I said they would never not say, i.e. they would always say it back :)

[@an_adri46]

luv a big tescox in the middle of a city like prague

[@stevevasta]

More useful than the Sephora. IMO Wenceslas Square did not need a Sephora.

[@josephmorneau1856]

My wife is Czech. We just visited. We both thought the butterfly spitfires were cool. We also went to the Tesco. In my experience, Czechs would never pay to use the bathroom. We also just went to a wedding about an hour and a half outside Prague. I learned that when a Czech asks to do shots with you, you can’t say no.

[@nickvickers3486]

If it's similar to Kazakhstan and Russia, the only way you get out of shots would be to say you're teetotal/recovering alcoholic! Obviously this won't wash if you've already been drinking))

[@jurakratec]

Of course, they would never pay for but bathroom. But they would do to use toilets. ;-)

[@rappers5719]

I'm an Englishman in Greece. The word for clock is the same in Greek. (Ρολόι. Rolói). Also means, watch and calendar. The Greeks are never shy in asking you how much something costs.

[@markstapleton951]

Czech’s would never fail to give up their public transport seat to an elderly person.

[@ADAtrips]

Is that true? What about disabled? I am and frequently given seat in Every country I visit. 🌴🌴Aloha

[@jirikadlec7796]

I use public transport on daily bases and very rarely have I seen someone older stand more than a minute without being offered a seat. About 3 times in last 5 years maybe.

[@Pidalin]

@@ADAtrips We are supposed to leave our seat for - older people, disabled people and pregnant women, sometimes people do it even for little kids, but I don't think it's literally mandatory, it's more like about safety, because little kids do nonsenses when they don't have seat.

[@klausfischer3079]

Not too much difference to Germany…

[@kurtcsk]

We're all Central Europeans. Greetings from Slovakia! :)

[@Rudron1]

Well. Czech Republic is much more influenced with Germany ( would say by Austria more ), than with any country in the east of us. You know that 900 years of shared history is something that 50 years under communism can´t change whole.

[@Smortn]

We share a lot of history - We were under same Emperor for 802 years (Holly Roman Empire) We say, that Austrians are Germans who use Czech accent and we Czechs are Slavs who use Austrian accent.

[@BrimfulEmptiness]

@@Smortn Not to forget that Prague has been the imperial residence of some emperors and was at times the cultural capital of continental Europe. Greetings from Saxony.

[@VieraBoNie]

Czechs would never admit that we have so much in common with Germans...but we definitely do.

[@Geekabibble]

I'm an American and I don't wear shoes at home. Maybe if I'm in and out of my house and just have to run in to grab a drink from inside, but once I'm in, shoes come off. If there's a party we have let people wear their shoes, but when my carpet was new I had special socks people could put on because I didn't want them to track dirt onto the carpet. My mother made me feel bad about making people do that too, lol. I don't know why we don't have guests take their shoes off. I really would rather do that. Now if their shoes are muddy or wet or dirty, then yes people would take off their shoes. Most of the time our shoes look pretty clean, unless we've been hiking in the dirt.

[@baryonyxwalkeri3957]

As a German who has never been to the Czech Republic, I am positively surprised at how much our two peoples have in common. No wearing shoes at home? Czech! Buying six packs of 1,5L water bottles at the discounter? Czech! Return empty bottles to get the deposit back? Czech! Stand on the left on the escalator? Czech! Smile at a stranger? Well... only if they behave well. Hold open a door for you. Ask nicely for directions.

[@katrina3670]

The reason most restaurants seat customers is due to tipping. Each server is assigned certain tables, or a zone, that they wait on, and the host or hostess assigns where the customer sits so they don’t all sit in one servers zone and none in the other zones. It’s to make sure each server has roughly the same number of tables as each other. If you went to a restaurant that asks for you to wait to be seated, then asks you where you want to sit the. It was probably dead at that time and it didn’t matter. But it’s still easier to maintain that rule as business could pick up at any moment. Edited to add: servers tend to find out from the host or hostess if they have customers at their table they need to wait on. If the hostess doesn’t realize you are sitting at a table, they won’t tell the servers, and you may be sitting there for a long time…

[@markmyers5881]

Another reason is that the entire seating area may not be open for dining at all times. The restaurant may close off unused areas.

[@doktoronyx6619]

Chinese tourists do not know pancakes and eat them with salami.

[@Dexxter_slav]

Pancakes with salami. bacon. cheese ect is delicious.

[@wookie2222]

In another life, I would like to become someone who runs one of those tourist mini markets. I would charge 40 Euros for a six pack of water and invent a new 'original czech dish' - the Czechburger: A slice of fried cheese, topped with salami, vlassky salat and ketchup between two dumplings. For about 15 Euros per burger, it would be a bargain. 😂

[@mikiqex]

Not salami, but at home we do pancakes with cheese for dinner. Delicious!

[@pipuk3]

In the US you have to wait to be seated as staff are assigned "sections" and their pay is dependent on tips so if everyone seats themselves in one staff members section then they gonna get the rest underpaid

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

RE: Tesco, They do not accept Clubcards that are issued in its home country in the UK. Admittedly, the products, especially the spirits, are half the price of the 🇬🇧. It wasn't me that tried to use my club card, but someone else-definitely not me.😮

[@ADAtrips]

Czechs Would never come to Hawaii.? At least I have never met one here. If one comes and introduces themselves , I will take them to a ‘locals place’ for lunch. Come on over Honest Guides. 🌴🌴Aloha

Will you take a slovak guy for lunch? ... its almost the same :D

[@AdriLaivaeDosi]

They certainly arrived... and some have certainly arrived there... it is true that it is not the cheapest destination for a Czech, but we are already chatting all over the world.

[@vitlukas5473]

I visited there last year. and czech waitress worken in Hard Rock Cafe Waikiki

[@baph0met]

Hawaii is expensive even for mainland Americans, meeting Czechs in Hawaii would be even rarer than meeting Czechs in Switzerland. It's hella expensive.

[@jantchakonig]

we have "Hawaii" here in cz somtetimes. I mean, it's quite common to say "It's (like) Hawaii" when we want to express that we're relaxed. :)

[@gsuk28]

Czechs would never update their computer system in the post office.

[@RetroGenetic]

Finland also has the "deposit" for most bottles/cans, and most of the time we return those, or leave em in a handy spot for someone who may collect/gather em

[@CZpersi]

The tendency of tourists to dip the dumpling may be caused by superficial similarity of the Czech thick sauces with "Indian" cuisine, where you dip your naan into the Tikka Masala sauce.

[@hundvd_7]

Czechs would never be caught getting sponsored by Tesco

[@robinsebelova7103]

Honest Guide just did.

[@hshshshshshshs8831]

I would really love a video on where you can find the best parižsky and vlašsky šalat in Prague!

[@Smortn]

Not in city center...

[@nataliejanickova6853]

Libeřské lahůdky. There are plenty of their "shops" in the city center, one is really close to Václavské náměstí.

[@hshshshshshshs8831]

@@nataliejanickova6853 Thank you for the tip 😁

[@fixcz]

Kašša from Kladno. Who once tried, never wants anything else. I personally dislike all of the salads from Tesco. From the boxed salads, I think the best are made by Varmuža.

[@maccaster4454]

Czechs would not believe that someone from Slovakia would order fried cheese with rice. If so, the world has gone bananas.

[@oscarlevin5952]

I think you meant to say "If we win the gold medal in ice hockey" because that's the main piece you forgot (gold medal). 😁 It's different from Latvia when they had bronze last year because that was their first ever medal in country's history. But in regards to gold medal for Czechs, it was their first time since 2010. Fun fact 👍

[@ferretyluv]

Anyone who’s using the dumpling like that is under the assumption that it’s Ethiopian injera, which is very dumb. Brits and Americans would never drink a beer that’s half foam. It’s considered a rip off. It’s actually illegal to serve a beer in Britain with that much head.

[@peetee7327]

No matter the foam size, you always get half a litre of beer in CZ

[@AdriLaivaeDosi]

Maybe they cheat in Britain, here, regardless of the foam, you get what you pay for, i.e. the 0.5, 0.4, 0.3... yes, definitely not 2 liters, 3 and the like. Definitely not with straws. If there is no foam, the pub would have real trouble. The foam is actually very important in Czech beer, because it protects the quality of the beer and significantly affects its taste. I recommend foreign tourists to visit the beer museum in Prague near Wenceslas Square. There you will understand why it is really important and what a properly tapped beer looks like and that one should definitely not slurp, which is quite often what tourists do, which is considered a pretty outrageous thing in our country. However..it is interesting to know about the nuances between countries.

[@juliannewarren5466]

Beer glasses in CR have an extra space for the foam, so it's 0,5 l + foam hat. Therefore, no rip off. (Podmíráky existují, ale to je kapitola sama o sobě.)

[@Pidalin]

It's definitely not illegal to serve beer with foam in Britain, law is the same as here in Czechia - when you sell 0.5 L of beer, there has to be 0.5L of beer, the same like here, mark is mostly like 2 inches under the top of glass, so when you get 0.5L of beer and 2 inches of foam, you actually get even more than 0.5L beer, because foam turns to beer later. Some glass can have even more space for foam, sometimes it looks like it's almost half beer and half foam, but you can be sure that there is always 0.5 L of beer, Czech trade inspection is checking it and pub could be fined for it.

[@Darwinek]

​@@peetee7327Not true. I am Czech and I've been ripped off way too many times like this in my life. It's getting better recently but it's still an issue. Czech Trade Inspection does random checks at restaurants, and it's a common violation.

[@ericwallace4734]

Just to add a bit of context for the American waiting to be seated thing: due to the tipping culture each restaurant is divided into sections by table numbers known to the waitstaff and in order to be fair customers are sat in a rotation so that the waiters/servers have a roughly equal number of patrons per shift and so that one section does not fill up too quickly resulting in delayed service or having to give away a table from your section to another server. In busier restaurants it also serves the function of being able to control the flow of food from the kitchen so people do not have to wait overly long to be served if the kitchen is backed up. Definitely their are exclusions to these rules, like fast food places and such but that's the gist of it. Also, you guys rock, love your videos so thank you for such great and entertaining content!

[@David_Baxendale]

Germans are incredibly funny about people eating Pizza or lasagna with chips (generally only possible in a work canteen etc). Had a lot of fun with that one in the past - "404 meal logic not found" 🤣

[@raetica]

Nice to see that deka is something that still connects Austria and Czechia.

[@jurakratec]

I think there are many other things - tipping, system of public transport (schedules, tickets, boarding), not being angry when tourits speak in English instead of trying few German words...). I visit Austria several times a year and feel there like in Czechia.

[@melaniedrogr951]

0:45 i see, so that is why Czechoslovakia broke up.