Famous Czech

products

Beer• Czech beer has a long

history and it is known in the whole world

• It is the most popular drink in the Czech Republic

• The first brewery is known to have existed in 993 in Břevnov Monastery

Contact

lenses• From 1952 to 1955

professor Otto Wichterle and his pupil Drahoslav Lím worked on making new type of contact lenses

• They made polymer, which is the basic material for the manufacture of soft contact lenses

Glass• It is one of the most

common czech traditions

• The earliest evidence of glassblowing in Czech Republic was dated in the 11th century

Škoda auto• It is an automobile

manufacture founded in 1895 by Václav Laurin and Václav Klement

• Škoda auto and it's predecessors is one of the five oldest companies producing cars and has an unbroken history

• The origins of what became Škoda Auto go back to the early 1890s