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Hello and welcome to the Czech villages of Banat
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You may be wondering, Czech villages, they must be somewhere around here. Well, no, they're actually here, thousands of kilometers away in Romania
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Let me introduce them to you. So how did it happen that Czech villages ended up here
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thousand kilometers away from Czech Republic in Romania? Well, here's a brief history lesson for
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you. In the 18th century, the Austrian Empire conquered part of the Balkan Peninsula from the
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Ottoman Empire. The Austrian authorities needed the newly established border to be protected
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and therefore needed the empty landscape to be settled with their people. So they send a message
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to the entire Austrian Empire. Who wants to move here will get land for free, will not have to pay
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taxes for 30 years and will only go to the army for a year instead of the usual eight years
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End of this. Two days. Thousands of Czechs but also Germans, Slovaks, Hungarians went to Banat
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to start new lives and new communities which survived until today You may be wondering how to get here Well it ain easy You gotta fly to Demeshwar and then from there it about five hour ride But you gotta hitchhike There no bus direct bus Or you can
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drive. The best way to move around Banat is obviously walking. These tourist signs, Czech
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tourist signs, will help you. So for example, you can see that the village of Ravenska is 48
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kilometers away. So there's no way we're gonna walk it. Luckily, I have some stock footage from last year
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Each Czech village has a pub, store and a church because I guess what else you need for life
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You guys gotta be careful around here because the nearest hospital is 48 kilometers and this is the nearest ambulance
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You know what they call organic food here in Banat? They just call it food
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Airbnb. In any of the Czech villages, you can sleep with the locals. You want to look for the sign
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or you just want to go to the local pub or store and simply ask
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hi there, can I sleep with someone? The price is set around 350 crowns per person per night
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But I suggest you to go to banat.cz where you'll get more info. It in Czech but I sure you figure it out I guess in your city you call it a water fountain If you get tired of walking in Banat you can obviously call for an Uber horse
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These are plumps, I'm sure you know them, but you don't eat these, you drink these
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What's this in this one? I'd like to give a little. So this is homemade Slibovic right out of the trunk of a Dacia car
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That's a massive shot, dude. Whenever you see a coke bottle, there's never coke in it, trust me
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You really gotta be careful with the local alcohol, see? You guys really gotta be careful with the local alcohol
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The locals will give you shots in the morning, in the evening, whenever they have a chance
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They are more trained than you are. And I a Czech I know how to drink but this shot Ty vole I keep mentioning Czech villages because there many of them there Svat Hlina there Gern there B there Rovensko and there Ajbent where we are right now Each village is totally different and
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each has its own beauty. My personal favorite is Rovensko. As of right now there's a music festival going on in the village of
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A lot of Czechs will show up here, more than a thousand, so if you don't like the crowds, don't come in August
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If you do like to enjoy some great Czech music, then come in August
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The stages here, I mean, we can just call it the Banat Woodstock. So guys, this was a very brief and short introduction to the villages of Banat
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I am not the honest guide of Banat. This guy is, and he runs the website banat.cz, so make sure to check it out
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If you will actually decide to come here, I'll be more than happy. you will be welcomed, but treat the place with respect and you'll have fun
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And of course, I have to teach you a Czech word at the end. But this time it will be a Czech word with the Banat dialect
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So if you must do something, in Czech we say musish. But in Banat, they say musish
