Czech and Slovak Folk dance Group, London
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Folk dance groups and organisations
Czech and slovak organisations in the UK
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Folk dance groups and organisations
Society for International Folk dancing
London’s main dance directory: dance classes, organisations, venues, retailers and much more.
International Folk Dancing -
Czech and Slovak organisations in the UK
British Czech and Slovak Association
Central and East European arts agency. London-
Online magazine for Czechs and Slovaks in the UK and Ireland (CZ language only)
Interactive map of the Czech and Slovak Republics, and beyond.
MOS -
An overview of the 13 regions (kraje) and 73 districts (okres) of the Czech Republic.
Folklore Resource (Festivals, events etc)
Czech Republic Official Site: Kroj
Embroidery from the Hana region of Moravia.
East European music in the UK.
Overview of Czech music from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Very reliable music shop with affordable international shipping. Excellent selection of folk music.
Large music store, slightly more expensive.
DVD/ Video/ Music store
Books, Maps, CDs, DVDs. Excellent illustrated book on Sk/Cz national costumes “Slovenske a Ceske Tradicne Kroje”. Affordable and reliable shipping.
Useful database of Czech Folk song lyrics.
Slovak and Czech online translator.
Multilingual dictionary: translations from Czech into various languages.
Slovak dictionary, with diacritics.
A great web utility for adding Czech diacritics -
Learn the Czech names of the months and days of the week
Czech language and culture junction by Dominik Lukeš, with annotated external links
and home-
Concise Czech language guide with features of the language and phonetics, including
a light-
Czech verbs for advanced language students!
Online Czech grammar by Laura Janda and Charles Townsend.
Click the tabs ‘radia’ and ‘televize’ for lists of Czech and Slovak radio and TV stations. You can listen to many of these online if you follow the corresponding weblinks.
Main site of the main Czech TV network.
Listen to live radio broadcasts from various regions of the Czech Republic.
Slovak radio broadcasts by region (click on “Živé vysielanie” for a selection).
www.lahodky.co.uk (in Czech, with opening hours)
www.goeastcafe.net (in English)
Go East Cafe, London-
Authentic Czech and Slovak restaurant in Hampstead, London; with adjoining bar.
Great selection of Czech sweet and savoury recipes.
Clara Myerchin Kresl's recipes
Kolaches, dumplings, hoska (Christmas bread) and more.
Comfort food from Knutson’s Kitchen
Plum dumplings, fruit dumplings, cheese dumplings.
Hungarian sauerkraut and smoked sausage soup.
Click on “vánoční cukroví” for a huge selection of Christmas recipes.
Astray recipes (Czech) (Moravian) (Slovak)
46 Czech, 24 Moravian and 8 Slovak recipes. Sweet and savoury. Particularly good for Moravian Christmas cookies and breads.
