Exploring Ostrava: The Industrial Heart of the Czech Republic

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What I found surprised me. I returned to Ostrava, Czech Republic to see the traces of my family's past, how the city has changed since deindustrialization began, and the lingering reminders of its communist past. What do we bring with us into the future? Join me as I walk through the city, through old steelworks that are now festival grounds for Beats for Love and Colours of Ostrava, and so much more.
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@braunventures Год назад

Edit: The Tuzex location was not quite right, it was a couple of blocks behind that building, in downtown. In hindsight we probably could have asked any grandpa on the street instead of googling it 😂

@LukasBizon 4 месяца назад

yeah, on that corner was quite good bookstore where people were standing endless queues to bought some books

@edwardklecka9908 4 месяца назад

Enjoyed your videos , my parents took groups from Texas to Czech Republic from 1960s to 2006. I visited also many times my last trip was 2019.love it.

@braunventures 4 месяца назад

Thats awesome! I have heard there is a big Czech American community in Texas and that kolache are abundant 😀, judging by your last name you must know this well! Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching

@MaduUdeh 3 месяца назад

Now this that capital C content. I love this - thank you for sharing this part of yourself with the internet. It’s really beautiful to watch

@braunventures 3 месяца назад

Thank you for watching and for your kind words!

@anabordovsky7189 Год назад

So impressive ! Uncle was delighted with how you played it all and you brought it closer to us better than we would have done it ;)

@braunventures Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@hoonaticbloggs5402 Месяц назад

Interesting video. I’m English and My wife is Czech. I first went to Czech in 1997. She is from Silesia too. Near Bruntal. Her grandma has some crazy stories. It has changed a lot in the 25 years .

@braunventures Месяц назад

It sure has. Thanks for watching!

@Magnus858 5 месяцев назад

Underrated city. It's cleaning up quickly, hopefully the council can make it attractive enough to stop people moving away.

@wacky3314 3 месяца назад

It has at least one of best infrastructure of czech cities so if people invest there more it could become popular again.

@stylovore Год назад

Trevor, you've done the city, our extended family, and personally my childhood extremely proud. Thank you for this gift.

@braunventures Год назад

Thanks Pat, means a lot ❤️

@sevcaczech5961 Месяц назад

Great video. Love it

@braunventures Месяц назад

Thank you!

@Kanty19 Год назад

❤ 🇨🇿 lovely trip

@maxxx1069 Месяц назад

Thanks for the great video, because our story is not identical, but similar... My mother is from Ostrava, but then moved to Austria, but I always spent my childhood holidays in Ostrava by my grandparents (after more than 50 years, absolutely nothing has changed in the house and that is great for me). Now I am 45 years old, live in Austria, but I love Ostrava more than any other place in the world and visit the city on average every month for 4 to 5 days (a little easier from Austria than from the USA 😉). But I have to admit, though, that I miss the "old" Ostrava with all the old, red trolley buses 😀and the communist flair...

@braunventures Месяц назад

That is great to hear. There aren't many people who see Ostrava as their home away from home, so I'm happy to hear I'm not alone!

@irismelis 2 месяца назад

Was there in '96(my dad lived in Valašské Meziříčí back then, I was born and raised in the Netherlands and I visited him regularly in the nineties) and it was grim, dirty and it felt poor, especially the housing blocks where the Roma lived(the conditions they lived in were shocking to my spoiled western european soul). Walked around in the city to find a flee market kind of thing we heard was cool, don't think we found it eventually, it still was an interesting day. Really nice to revisit Ostrava this way and see it in a better light.

@braunventures 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the comment. It still has its tough areas and neighborhoods, but things are looking up I think. The grit of the people is still core to Ostrava's DNA.

@UrbanSheng 6 месяцев назад

Hi, could you recommend some place to visit?

@braunventures 6 месяцев назад

Hi! The cafe at the top of the Bolt Tower gives you a cool view of the city, in the summer months grabbing a drink by the river is great. I also like Kavarna Pant, which is a bookstore and cafe.

@UrbanSheng 6 месяцев назад

@@braunventures Thanks