Public Holidays

January 1 - New year´s day

Moving - Easter Monday

May 1 - Labor Day

May 8 - Statutory holiday - Day of Liberation from Nazism (1945)

July 5 - Statutory holiday - Day of the Slavonic prophets of faith -
            Cyril and Method

July 6 - Statutory holiday - Master Jan Hus (1415)

October 28 - Statutory holiday - Day of the establishment of the                     independent Czechoslovak state (1918)

December 24 - Christmas Eve

December 25 - 1st Christmas day

December 26 - 2nd Christmas day

Czech Music

It is said about the Czechs that "Every Czech is a musician." This widespread saying is almost true as the Czech nation has been linked with music since long before the Middle Ages. Music, above all the arts, made the Czech nation famous. It played an important role in the history of the nobility, churches and cloisters, towns and villages. Music also played a part in political and religious events in the country - Hussite and Protestant Reformation or national revival. It was and it continues to be a part of everyday life for the Czech people.