Top 10 Facts About Czech Republic
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1. The Czech Republic is largely without religion – 59% of the population in fact describe themselves as agnositc or atheist
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| 2. The Czechs drink more beer than any other nation in the world |
3. Two famous names to come from the country are the hockey players Jaromír Jágr and Dominik Hašek
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4. The economy of the Czech Republic is largely fuelled by tourism
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| 5. However the economy is also very industrial and exports automobiles and electrical goods |
| 6. 95% of the land in the Czech is made up of mountain and hills |
| 7. Sugar cubes were invented in Dacice, Czech 1843 |
| 8. The Czech Republic is home to the largest castle in the world – ‘Prague castle’ |
| 9. The country has been part of the EU since 2004 and NATO since 1999 |
| 10. The Czech Republic was previously part of Czechoslovakia along with Slovakia before the ‘Velvet Divorce’ in 1993 which split the country in two |
