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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Sarah Gillespie

Czech it out: leave Prague and Bohemia behind to discover a Moravian rhapsody

Olomouc is in the Czech Republic’s less frequented eastern region of Moravia.
Olomouc is in the Czech Republic’s less frequented eastern region of Moravia. Photograph: PR

A chorus of giggles breaks out in the corridor outside the compartment. There’s a stag party on board the train, and the stag has been dared by his mates to ask two young women if he can take a selfie with them.

So far, so stereotypical, except I’m on a Czech train, the stag party is Czech, not British, and our destination is not Prague but Olomouc, a city in Moravia, the Czech Republic’s less-visited, easterly region.

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