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One of the country's most popular ski-resorts, Harrachov, which has only 1730 inhabitants and is just about five minutes away from the Polish border. Situated some 650 metres above sea level in Northern Bohemia, Harrachov's main profit comes from tourism. There are over ten ski lifts and 8 trails in the area and lit slopes make it possible to ski in the evening. Conditions for both downhill and cross-country skiing are favourable and one can even find ski-jumps, where some World Cups take place.

Ten years after the split of Czechoslovakia, there are an estimated half a million Slovaks here in the Czech Republic. To find out just why so many Slovaks choose to live, study and work in the Czech Republic, I first spoke to Marek Vozar, who is from Kosice and studies at the Prague School of Economics.

Hello and thanks for tuning in to another edition of Spotlight, today on the North Moravian city of Ostrava, which is the third largest in the Czech Republic.I am currently standing on one of the city's main bridges over the Ostravice River, dividing the city into Ostrava in Moravia and Ostrava in Silesia...

"And Professor Reisky liked swing, traditional jazz. And he ordered this kind of music, and he asked me for a dance. I was a little bit shocked, because the baron, the owner of the castle, was asking me!" As she stands in the middle of the ballroom of Vilemov Castle in eastern Bohemia, Vladimira Rubenstein reflects on the evening when she met the castle's owner, the late Professor Vladimir Reisky, in that same place...

Hello and welcome to Spotlight - this time from the Wooden Hamlet of the Wallachian Open-Air Museum in the resort town - Roznov pod Radhostem in North Moravia. The Wooden Hamlet is a museum of traditional wooden architecture, showcasing Wallachian houses, farms and workplaces of the 18th to 20th centuries that have been brought here piece by piece from around the Beskydy mountain region. It also houses two Wallachian-style pubs that serve traditional Wallachian food and drinks. I am currently in one of them, the "Pub on the last Penny", having

The days of autumn are upon us now here in the Czech Republic but today's Spotlight takes us back to the days of summer, specifically a mild day in late August. The location is southern Bohemia, the town of Strakonice, with a history and ancient castle that go back to the 2nd half of the 12th century. Outside the castle walls a medieval fair is taking place.

Rising like a futuristic space ship above the old working class quarter of Zizkov, is one of Prague's most interesting, if controversial, buildings - Zizkov TV tower. The TV tower is, at 216 metres, the tallest building in the city, and they say on a clear day it can be seen from a full 100 kilometres away. Often regarded as a relic of the communist era, Zizkov TV tower wasn't actually completed until ten years ago, in 1992.

Almost two months ago the Prague district of Karlin was seen on TV screens around the world, when the worst floods to hit the Czech Republic in hundreds of years put the district two or three metres under water. No other district of Prague suffered as much during the floods, and local people are still having to get by without shops, restaurants or public transport. Two houses in Karlin collapsed and others had to be demolished due to the structural damage caused by the floods. Some unfortunate residents are still awaiting a decision on the fate

If you were to hold a competition for the world's most musical mountain village, then I think the little community of Paseky nad Jizerou in north eastern Bohemia would be a pretty strong candidate. That's where we're travelling in today's show.

The picturesque town of Cesky Krumlov in south Bohemia is built on the Vltava river, which was an important trade route from the Early Middle Ages. After severe flooding over a hundred years ago, the residents of the town created flood defences, which - sadly - were not enough to withstand the rising Vltava, when, in the middle of August, the Czech Republic was hit by the worst floods in centuries.