In the footsteps of famous personalities

We would like to introduce a number of personalities who were born in the Beskydy and Wallachia regions and became famous not only in the Czech Republic, but all over the world.

We will introduce them through a fictitious conversation between a teacher and her pupils. We will also visit the places where they lived and live (Libor Uher), where they experienced the happy as well as the painful moments of their lives. We will visit exhibits about these persons and we‘re sure that everyone will leave these trips with some new interesting facts as well as some pleasant memories thanks to the accompanying program. We‘ll learn about the places where Leoš Janáček used to go when he was composing his music for The Cunning Little Vixen, and read about where he lived,

what were his habits and what he loved. We‘ll go to the places where Petr Bezruč spent his time and where the philosopher Sigmund Freud, a contemporary of Albert Einstein, spent part of his childhood. Basically, we‘ll follow the footsteps of famous personalities from this region.

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Learn about the places connected to the lives of these famous people. When visiting them, you might feel the same mood or feelings or experience the same thing they did...

First trip: Going to Lysá hora with Petr Bezruč and Libor Uher

Head to Staré Hamry, which can be reached by the regular bike-bus. Scale Gruň by foot, where you can see Bezruč‘s school and the biggest treasure of Gruň – a wooden church dedicated to Virgin Mary. From there, continue to the top of Lysá hora, which offers a beautiful view – you can even see the High Tatra mountains sometimes. There, you might be lucky and meet the mountaineer Libor Uher, who was the second Czech ever to scale the second highest mountain in the world – K2. From Lysá hora, follow the footsteps of Petr Bezruč to the town of Ostravice. You‘ll reach Petr Bezruč‘s Cabin, which houses a museum dedicated to him.

Second trip: Leoš Janáček‘s Hukvaldy and Sigmund Freud‘s Příbor

Learn about the life of Leoš Janáček and visit his home in the town of Hukvaldy. From there, walk to the local enclosure with its hundred-years-old beeches, where you can see herds of mouflons or bucks. You‘ll pass the statue of the Cunning Little Vixen and reach Hukvaldy castle. On the way back, visit the museum dedicated to the aforementioned composer. You can then take a car or bike to Příbor, the birthplace of Sigmund Freud. Before visiting his museum, you certainly shouldn‘t resist sitting on the bronze bench in the shape of an ottoman. You can even freshen up at the local swimming pool on warm days.

Third trip: The region of birth of Jiří Raška, near the mythical Radhošť mountain and the majestic Radegast

Take a trip to the top of the ski jumping platforms in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. When looking down from the tower of the platform, you‘ll realize how much

courage Jiří Raška must have had to jump. You can then proceed by visiting the Museum of Frenštát pod Radhoštěm with an exhibit of the life of local

Wallachs as well as those who moved to the United States. Albín Polášek, the sculptor and author of the statue of Radegast in Pustevny, was one of those. You can see the statue in person, if you continue to Trojanovice and then to Pustevny by the cable railway. Here you can take a walk around the statue of Radegast and get to the holy mountain of Radhošť with a statue of Cyril and Method and a chapel. You can then descend the mountain with unpowered scooters, and conclude your trip by testing your skill in the largest rope center in the Czech Republic.

Fourth trip: Zátopek and Burian – examples of a will to win and the world of fantasy

We start in Kopřivnice and follow the steps of Emil Zátopek, the phenomenal runner, sportsman and a person who became a paragon of human willpower. Nobody else in the world could do what he did. There‘s an exhibit about him in the Tatra technical museum. The museum also has the most complete collection dedicated to the Tatra vehicle factory – adults might recall their childhood memories with these trucks. Next, „Moravian Bethlehem“ – a popular nickname for Štramberk, the city of Zdeněk Burian – will welcome you with open arms. Every Czech knows his drawings in the ever-popular books about mammoth hunters or native Americans. You can also explore the cave of Šipka, which inspired him about how our ancestors could have lived. In his museum, you can see the environment he lived and worked in. Be sure not to forget to climb the more than two hundred stairs of the Trúba watchtower and try the well-known „Štramberk Ears“. You can finish your trip by taking a walk through the picturesque streets of the city, rimmed with original wooden timbering.

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