Copies? Not a big deal because things wear out, erode, and fall into disrepair. I’m glad that people value their heritage enough to repair and replace them as needed.

@FidesAla

Жыл бұрын

This is true. If you go to Japan, you’ll see a lot of new wood at historic sites, like castles and temples. The sites are still being used and restored. Also, in Japan, things tend to get destroyed by earthquakes, so they have to be rebuilt. “Fake” is such a rude term.

@ratdad48

9 ай бұрын

Why go? Fake everything!

@murphydouglas

9 ай бұрын

@@ratdad48 if you view such facilities as “fake” you should not visit them. I’m guessing the locals won’t miss your judgmental attitude.

@ratdad48

9 ай бұрын

@@murphydouglas Title of this video. These tourist spots are fake! Of course time takes it's toll on artifacts and need to be repaired/replaced. Understandable. However, if the artifacts are completely or even partially (restored) to the point that they are unrecognizable from the original design or intent of the builder/artist, like add to or take away details that made it exceptional to begin with, then to me it's fake.

@murphydouglas

9 ай бұрын

@@ratdad48 Give it a rest, rat! If you think it’s fake, just don’t go.

Trdelník is originally a Transylvanian-Hungarian Szekely dessert (Kürtőskalács) influenced by German settlers who popularised using leavened sweetened pastry dough. Popularised across the Austro-Hungarian empire in the 19th Century by the spread of regional cookbooks via the nobility, but was already present in the Slovak-Czech border region, where the name Trdelník comes from. Hope this helps 👍

@wernerleinberger9847

Жыл бұрын

I think this is a very good explanation. Think also on Siebenbürgen/ Transsylvania. It was also a part of Austro-Hungaria (on the Hungarian Part/ Cisleithania).

@gabriellevanbreugel1303

Жыл бұрын

Köszönöm just needed this commend

@John-pn4rt

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking I didn’t know there was a desert in Hungary and what does pastry dough have to do with it, then realised there’s an ‘s’ missing from dessert!

@gabriellevanbreugel1303

Жыл бұрын

@@John-pn4rt sorry that not everyones first language is english

@John-pn4rt

Жыл бұрын

@@gabriellevanbreugel1303 I was being slightly tongue in cheek in that one letter can change the word completely!

In Belgium we have our famous Manneke Pis statue which is also a fake one. Fun story, the statue was so often stolen that they didn’t know if the so called original statue they have in a museum in Brussels was even the real one. After a research of 5 years, they finally came to the conclusion in 2020 that the one in the museum was the real one. The statue was stolen often during war by soldiers, as student pranks and even to collect money for a good cause.

I love this because it proves people can still make beautiful things, even if they are copies sometimes

We are just back from Prague having spent a week there. We found your channel a few weeks before and it helped us immensely. Thank you so much from Scotland :)

Yes, yes, yes!!! Make this stream! In December, when I will be visiting Prague for the fifth time, I will follow every step in your guides!!! Waiting for this.

Trdelník is popular in Transylvania too, where it's called "kürtos", short from its Hungarian name "kürtoskalacs", the 2nd part of the name being "koláč" 😀. So I would say it's traditional as long as it's plain. Perfect on cold weather with hot wine - svařák. However the versions filled with ice creams, fruit and Nutella are not traditional. And if you eat one after a full Czech meal of goulash or pork with sauerkraut and dumplings... God help your stomach.

@yo5947

Жыл бұрын

Its been eaten here for a while, there has been imigration from todays Romania in the 17th century (there are still traces today) and we have a Czech coockbook from the 19th century whre it was described as popular cheap pastry, I dont understand this strange puritanism Janek has with this one, its less traditional than Goulash, but it still has history and a lot of our foods are imported. Sure its super touristy and they overplay the traditionional value but its been eaten here for ceturies and ive been eating it since I was a kid during winter markets, far away from tourists.

@praghezagotica396

Жыл бұрын

@@yo5947 Yes I agree, I've been living in Prague for 30 years and have always enjoyed it during winter months, it's great with a hot drink. There is a difference in the pastry, the Romanian one being closer to the dough from Vánočka (traditional Christmas bun) but it's been here forever, absolutely true. I don't remember when the "chimney cake" craze started. Trdelnik is excellent hot, I would never eat it cold. I guess it makes business sense to use the cold unsold pastries so what better way than to fill it with ice cream or some special yogurt, (so I heard, to this day I have never eaten a filled trdelnik), add fruit or Nutella and triple the price! When the weather gets cold I always look for a traditional trdelnik, if possible not one from the touristy spots, maybe Janek can find one.

@userinthemiddleofnowhere

Жыл бұрын

Κυρτό σκάλα it's also a Greek world

@GlossaME

Жыл бұрын

Hungarians stole most of their "culture" from neighbouring countries. So, that kurtos is probably "borrowed" as well.

@ZakkWyldeman

Жыл бұрын

Hungarian wikipedia site is much more detailed. First mention of Chimney cake is a manuscript from heidelberg around 1450. "In the 16th century, the development of the cake family was divided into three branches. The first branch includes those cakes in which a strip of dough similar to the one above, rolled up in the shape of a helix on a drum, has been preserved. These include the Székely-Hungarian chimney-cake (kürtöskalács), trdelnik from Szakolca and the essentially identical Czech-Moravian trdlo/trdelnice/trdelnik, as well as "kürtösfánk" (or chimney dougnut fried in oil)."

I’m visiting for two weeks (16th visit) early November. I love Prague but there are so many beautiful places to visit outside the capital. Olomouc is my hidden gem of a city, keep it quiet.

just home from Prague, what a beautiful city. We found your videos to be so, informative, useful with advice and ideas, while also witty and entertaining. Thanks to you we searched for and found a paternoster lift (great fun!) ate at a workers canteen (not so much fun, the food was a bit grim but we enjoyed the experience!) and avoided using ATMs. We kept an eye out for you hoping to see you in person to say thanks but no luck - so I`ll say it now, many thanks from an Irish family, we had a wonderful time in your city and felt better informed and prepared by watching your channel, keep up the great work!

Going to be there in a week and I have learned so much about Prague from this channel. Thank you for all the helpful videos, maybe I'll bump into you on the Charles Bridge and thank you in person.

I went to Budapest and hardly found a Kürtőskalács stand there! I think the Czechs have stolen it and the Hungarians did not care!!

@9wowable

Жыл бұрын

Tbf most regional capital areas I go to, there is always a Kürtőskalács sellers in booths outside stores like Tesco.

@ckramer1385

Жыл бұрын

you didn't look too hard. one right in front of Nyugati train station

@auadisian

Жыл бұрын

@@ckramer1385 I went there and it was closed... It was around 7pm

@auadisian

Жыл бұрын

@@9wowable what about Budapest, especially touristic areas?

@9wowable

Жыл бұрын

@@auadisian I’ve only been to the airport and the main train station in Budapest, there was a kürtőskalács vendor outside the station last time I was there. My local town centre is full of them though. Wouldn’t know about the touristy areas 🤷🏻‍♂️

I love the historical livestreams! Bring it on! I remember the waterfront walk one, it was great!

I don’t think it matters if something is a replica/ copy, most older sites do need updating, or maintenance; we expect sites to be kept well maintained. I spent a wonderful time in Praha earlier this year. For me soaking in the feeling of a beautiful place that comes with the history of the place, (particularly when the place s so different from my own home in regional Australia) was the most important thing.

for Trdelnik you have to go to Transylvania (to Szekely land as its even called Szekely Cake in Romanian aka Colac secuiesc) as it got to Skalica city from there and then from Skalica to Czechia....in Skalica they started to roll it into walnuts etc. what was not common before it got there....

@CodeRipple

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know what you are talking about. In Romanian it’s called ‘curtos’

@Simi822

Жыл бұрын

@@CodeRipple "curtos" is slang from Kurtoskalacs in Ardeal, officially its called as I written...even in Bucharest it was under that name....

Your channel is one of the biggest reasons for my future visit to Prague. So excited to visit Prague soon, hopefully early of January.

I went to Prague earlier this year and posted a story in Instagram saying "traditional food" for the Trdelnik as a joke and a Romanian friend was very quick to correct me and tell the story about how it is something for tourists. It was very good and I was touristing around 🤷

Thanks for the great information Janek and Honza! Well done!

I'm in Prague now, and it's really funny and useful to learn all this! Love this channel😊

Hi Janek and Honza, I visited Prague last week and want to thank you for the info I learned from you. It was very helpful. Even met other fans in Wine bar "Na skleničku". Was disappointed that your book is sold out, visited many book stores. Please let us know when it is available again. For the next time.

So love these videos :) I can't travel so I live vicariously through other people's existence. Praha is so beautiful and you and Honza make it better for everyone :) Please stay safe when exposing exchange fraudsters and keep on showing amazing things about Praha that your average guide book would gloss over. Much love from a fellow slavic country of Slovenia. :) Stay awesome, both of you, and I hope you are well!

@Cain1250

Жыл бұрын

I travelled Slovenia in April, it is a beautiful country!

I enjoy your humor. Thank you for making me smile!

The part about Charles Bridge is outstanding. Very interesting subject!

i love your love for prague and czech republic, makes me want to go there, thanks for these kinds of videos!!!

Love this channel! Thank you!!

I lived in Prague in 2003 to study and it’s interesting to me the things like the chimney cake and cars which were not even very present. Not to say that it’s not a traditional Czech dish but it definitely wasn’t a common or popular thing at that time. Great vids, really makes me want to go back. I looked on google and apparently the pub we used to eat most of our meals at is even still there.

Trdelnik is really good but I just tried it once. After I saw your video I stopped buying it and drank more pivo instead 🍻

@siriusczech

Жыл бұрын

You can make your own Trdelník with Janek´s help (Covid lockdown has made him do a video recipe on this channel :D )

@Ashley-my7vy

Жыл бұрын

@@siriusczech I saw :) i might try it !

@ElchiKing

Жыл бұрын

I had one in Budapest, so I'm fine, right?

As always great informations, 😊thank you!!

Hi guys, I’m currently in Prague for the first time with my Fiancee. I was supposed to be proposing to her in January but because of covid uncertainty I ended up cancelling and proposing in Cornwall, UK. Currently here to give her a ‘proper’ proposal, possibly on Charles Bridge (if we can ever find a quiet space). In any case, thank you so much for your vids. They really helped introduce us to the city and we have tried a number of your recomendations 😉

@ondrejmrhac9687

Жыл бұрын

Charles Bridge is quiet in the early morning hours. Don't forget to text us if she said yes, good luck!

We are on our way to Prague next week. Can't wait. Just trying to distil down all the great things you have shown us for our visit. Cheers!

@rogersneed

Жыл бұрын

If you can, eat at Cafe Slavia (it's next to the National Theater)--trust me, you won't regret it, especially, if you get the svickova !

@EarnshawUK

Жыл бұрын

@@rogersneed Thank you! I will put it on my list. Cheers.

@1982lalaland

Жыл бұрын

@@EarnshawUK and find a paternoster lift, look for the honest guide video about it, we had great fun with it!

@EarnshawUK

Жыл бұрын

@@1982lalaland Hi. I like Paternoster lifts. Salford University used to have some. They were good for moving a lot of people from floor to flor quickly provided the people were nimble enough!. I will keep an eye out for them. They are indeed fun. Thank you.

Fun fact (not only) for tourists - a COPY in EN has two meanings (and thus different translations); 1 - Kopie = as what Janek said, when you copy something (you know, copypasta :D) 2 - Výtisk = printout. This creates a massive headache with anyone learning with Windows on PC, because it is asking you "how many copies you want to print out" and usually is shortened to a one word "Copy/copies". In CZ the right word would be "Výtisků" as in "Kolik výtisků/kolikrát chcete vytisknout", but in 99,9% your print window will show word like "kopií" with numbers behind it, which implies a question of "how many copies do you want to make AFTER printing out originals" and nonability to set this number to zero can usually feels strange, same as when you are printing sets of things and you need to have 5 pieces, so 1 original and 4 copies for other people (like with paperworks etc.) Bonus quote for SW fans - in SW Republic Commando, when one of your squadmates gets frequently incapacitated, some other Clone commando will say "maybe 07 is a copy .. of copy, of a copy of a copy ...?" :D

Such a beautiful city! Experience enhanced by an honest guide.

Love the video I have wondered the streets of Prague and wondered if things were original or copies. Now I know, next time I visit hope to meet you.

I was very fortunate to visit Prague in 2011. I saw the Astronomical Clock Tower up close. Had no idea that the calendar was no longer the original though. You learn something new everyday. :)

We just got back from Prague, it was our first visit and this channel really helped us, especially the airport to Mustek video. A bargain on public transport 🙂

Look for the copy of the earlier St Wenceslas equestrian statue (Baroque era) in Vyšehrad. The original is in the Lapidarium.

Fun fact. St. Václav Statue is not the original one from the square. The original is at Vyšehrad and he is pointed directly to the square as a rememberance

in são paulo there's a local chain that sells trdelník under the name trudel, claiming to be romanian… i suspect it’s one of those dishes that appeared somewhere in time immemorial and spread across a wide area over time

My attitude towards whether something is original or a replica created later is: it's not that important. When in Prague, I went to the Franz Kafka museum, and in that museum there is not a single exhibit that is original: it's all copies. But it's still a great museum and I learned a lot about Kafka and his life. Would it have been a better experience to see the actual diary pages on display? Maybe, but not by much. When I look at the astronomical clock, is it important that it's the exact same one that people have looked at for many years? If it looks the same, and it's in the same place, then that's same enough, isn't it?

I'm afraid to go to Prague. Just to get scammed by FAKE sightseeings 😅

@beth12svist

Жыл бұрын

Lots of real ones, still. It just takes a bit of reasearch these days, unfortunately. And also a lot of looking above the eye level. :D

I'll be in Prague again next week. Can't wait.

czech friends say trdelnik's not traditional as they never saw it as they grew up (and this is for people in their 30's)...

@beth12svist

Жыл бұрын

I'm a Czech in my thirties and I concurr. But I think there are some who say it did have a tradition in small areas of Czechia... but those close to the border with Slovakia, definitely not Prague. :-)

@Pidalin

Жыл бұрын

I am 30 years old originaly from Prague and I saw trdelník for the first time probably already on youtube. 😀 Maybe it was there even earlier, but I never noticed that and I never even tried that, we think about that as typical tourist food which native people just don't buy, definitely not for those prices.

When I traveled to Prague with my high school class our teachers took us to watch the astronomical watch, I think it might have been the year before the replaced it (so 2017 I believe). I will admit that me and a few friends ate Trdelník and original or not it was quite good. Believe we walked on the Charles Bridge but it was during the late evening so, while still beautiful, I wish we had seen it properly during the day too. Only saw the lookout tower from a distance. Hopefully I can visit Prague again in the future and explore more than I did 5 years ago, any chance I can hire you guys as guides? Not only do you know the city well but you seem like amazing people. Great video!

@beth12svist

Жыл бұрын

Charles Bridge during the day is usually so full of tourists that you can't really see it _properly,_ anyway... I once walked across it at around 11 PM, in winter, many many years ago, and I think that was the only time I ever saw it in its entirety. So maybe you were actually lucky to be there in the evening. :-)

@f1lip797

Жыл бұрын

they are not amazing, they are full of shit

@NinaThoren

Жыл бұрын

@@beth12svist It was actually quite dark out and a bunch of people so except the spots that were lit up you couldn't really see much + we walked in a big group so couldn't stay for long and look around like I wanted but someday I will see it again

@beth12svist

Жыл бұрын

@@NinaThoren Yeah, travelling in a big group and especially with school is never conductive to seeing what you want to see...

You Sir, are truly an originál ! :-) Love your show !

I'm going to Prague next week. See you there!

8:37 Starting 2006, DPP built some Tatra T3 replicas called T3R.PLF, which are a bit longer, so they can have a low-floor section in the middle. Of course, they were built to be compatible with the modernised Tatras (same electronic drive, computer and motors).

Love your videos!

Nostalgia for me... Walked through the same roads.... You should have shown the dancing building too😊

Copies on display is common. In the U.S. many people visit the "Constitution" display, which is heavily protected. But come to find out it is a COPY, the real Constitution is hidden away in a vault.

Nikdy nepochopím proč nemůžou na Karlův most poslat třeba tři měšťáky aby to tam hlídali a nikdo tam po ničem nešplhal a nesprejoval.

@praghezagotica396

Жыл бұрын

Karlovu mostu se vyhýbám když je plný turistů, a nejhorší jsou skupiny na elektrokoloběžkách, které mají dokonce zakázáno přes tento most přejíždět, ale stejně to dělají, a to ve velké rychlosti. Jednoho dne k nehodě stejně dojde.

Hey dude, love your content. You've made me want to visit your great city.

Great insight! Thanks!

just a little clarification, the horn cake comes from Transylvania, more precisely Székelyföld. Anyway, the videos are very good!

Thankyou for this great information !! 🍻 nazdravi 😊

You ever think of being a tour guide? I could listen to you all day

You did 'forget' to include the national theater on narodni. Although the original has never been used because it burned down before opening, it can still be regarded as a copy, or rather a remake. Unless i understood it incorrectly from my Czech friends who live in Prague.

i love this channel, also going back to prague because of them! i wonder, can anyone recommend a youtube channel like this (or instagram) but about Budapest?

I'd argue that the original astronomical clock of 1865 was itself a pseudo-medieval artefact.

In German we say also to copy "Kopie"

Had the Tredelnik while in Prague and thanks for note on its origins

Yous are legends in Prague. Helping the tourist from these forginers street gangsters bringing bad name to Prague.

what an amazing episode !! ( pls, as a texan, do one about Kolaches !... or should I say, kolac , koblasnik ? )

Welcome to Warsaw. Our city during WWII was destroyed in ~90% so actually around 90% is copy.

@3rdvoidmen594

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Prague seems to have become the tourist horror that it was in 2019, once again. A real turn-off !

I love your perspective.

Great video, really enjoyed the part about the Charles Bridge, would love to see a live stream of it!! Can't wait to get back to Prague in less than 3 weeks, feel free to gimme a shout if anyone wants to meet up for a pint, always up for meeting new people from different countries!

You only mention the statues on the Charles Bridge. What about the ones up on Vyšehrad? Are they copies too? If so, where are the originals. (Miniatures are on display in the sculpture gallery of the Národní galerie Praha, Veletržní Palác.)

Czech food historiographer Marie Úlehlová-Tilschová wrote about trdelník in her book Česká strava lidová (Czech folk food) from 1945. According to her, it was traditional pastry from Slovácko, area in eastern part of Moravia, next to the Slovak borders. This seems more traditional than Mc Donalds to me :)

@Pidalin

Жыл бұрын

Ofcourse it is someone's tradition, but it is not traditional in Prague and most of Czechs from Bohemia region never even tried it.

@Pidalin

Жыл бұрын

@@luisdanielmesa Czech Republic exists since 1993 and this is more like Slovak or Hungarian thing than Czech.

@wom_Bat

Жыл бұрын

The hamburger has had many names but it dates back to rome and was made popular in the 17th and 18th century buy Hamburg city and their trips to America.

@petrkubena

Жыл бұрын

@@luisdanielmesa Czech (Czechoslovakia) as a republic is only 100 years old. Czech lands and people are here for over a thousand years. So 75 years could be some family tradition, not something we would consider national or even local tradition.

Felt like a mini tour watching this very cool

People respect the art. FFS. Please, parents, teachers, adults of any kind show kids how to behave decently around artwork.

Nice video again, i was there weekend first time. My favorit city in Europe☺️

When i visited Prague a few years ago i ate so many Trdelnik but i just always felt that they're just for tourist.

I would love to see the livestream!

Never seen so few people on the Charles Bridge! When I visited in 2016 I literally couldn't see the stones I was stepping on, it was so crowded.

hi finally new ep

Yes, please to a live stream on the bridge! Whether via Patreon or YT direct. 😁👍🏼👍🏼

Looking forward to seeing that eventual video on trdelník! If there's one question that should absolutely be answered, it's "when did it become a tourist food?" because I feel like at this point folks are growing increasingly unanimous on its origins (a Transylvanian-Hungarian Szekely cake that then spread across the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, reaching Prague through Slovakia and across Moravia; even finding them in Serbia, whether in Vojvodina and down in Belgrade), but something you see way more vaguely discussed is this transition, with only simple statements of it becoming popular in this century. What was the first trdelník place in Prague, was it the one to popularize trdelník as a tourist sweet and if not who was, how did it spread in the city than then beyond to all touristy cities in the country, and so on. I've even seen trdelník stands pop up in non-touristy places now with how steadily normalized they've gotten in the country! Not that I have an issue with that, I personally love the stuff on occasion, even if it isn't traditionally Bohemian, but having the true hidden history of trdelník and its relationship to tourism would be amazing to have, documenting one part of modern Czech tourist/popular culture.

Hey! The Pillar became much more interesting now, it is art and it is made by an artist that do amazing work, and the first idea with the art was to have something nice and not to be the original, so if I go there I will visit all the fake art to look at the craftsmanship, and I wish the city had been written who the current artist are.

When I visited Prague, my tour-guide said Prague was one of the few cities that wasn't damaged in WW2, and that's why there are still so many nice buildings. Did she lie?

Great video sir

Thanks for the tips. Was in Prague from sunday till today. Watch some other vids too, also helpful. What do you think of the ghost/legends tours they do in Prague?

Thanks as always 🤟

as you are the expert on the real Prague, can you tell me where the original cubist lamppost s stored as the one on Jungmannova is a replica. I asked the tourist info in the old town hall. all they did was a Google search, which I had done already. so, do you know where the original is?

I have read somewhere that we (the Swedes) destroyed parts of the Charles bridge during the Thirty Years' War. obviously it has been rebuilt but is it possible to see traces from the old battle ?

I'm happy about all the tourists going to Prague - and will enjoy the more quieter and also nice city Bratislava next year. ;)

Stream, yes! That would be pretty cool :)

@honestguide, Guys, im in prague until september 10th. How can i find you?

Jesus, I freakin love your videos!

I kinda feel like they should make a new copy closer to the original. The "new" one looks less detailed and almost like a lazy re-tread.

Také střecha Prašné brány je z konce 19. století, stejně tak jako střechy Karlštejna, Jindřišské věže... Vlastně skoro všech gotických věží v Praze. Josef Mocker si prostě řekl, že na stavbách střechy vypadají málo goticky, tak je předělal.

The clock and the bridge are good examples of the Ship of Theseus thought experiment.

Please do a live stream about the Charles bridge and their statues, I’m very interested

I don't know if I would classify a repair or a preservation as a "copy". You wouldn't say that your car was a copy if the windshield was damaged and then replaced.

If your investigating the origin also go to Valašsko - my region. Here it is traditional & has been part of the culture since the Vlach colonization in the 1600s. Ondrej Hladky a famous trdelnik baker is using a recipe that has been in his family since they arrived. You insinuate that Moravia is not part of the Czech Republic …

How about the fountains in Olomouc. Or the clock there? When I was there in 2005 they were pretty neat as was the organ in the Church of St. Maurice.

I have been there twice, and you have a great city. I was always at touristic spots. Could hyou please make one film about back street of Prague, where toursits doesnt go.

I’m literally visiting prague just because of this dude while I’m watching his videos on the train

It literally reads " old car" 🤣, I been to Prague twice and the first thing I noticed on the "olds cars" was the dash boards and instrument clusters were from a 90s car, dead giveaway it's a fake.

So if we slowly replace the stones on the Charles bridge one by one and use the originals to build a replica of the Charles bridge somewhere else, which is the original?

As a traveller, thank you, for your knowledge and understanding. Also for standing up to the scammers

The Chimney Cake (kűrtőskalács) is a Hungarian food.