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Where on Earth? Week 38: Olomouc, Czech Republic
Congrats goes out to Gadling reader Rick Ludwig for correctly guessing the city in the picture above as Olomouc (ole-uh-moats), Czech Republic. I don't know how you guys do it! If you remember back to Wednesday, I barred one of our readers, oddsocks, from guessing this week because I took this photo from the window of the hostel he owns in Olomouc: Poet's Corner. Being that he probably sees this exact scene on a daily basis, I figured it wouldn't be fair to the rest of you.
If you're in Olomouc and looking for a cozy, colorful place to stay, look no further than the Poet's Corner Hostel. It came highly recommended to me by Gadling writer Brett Atkinson, who visited the hostel while researching and writing Lonely Planet's Czech Republic. Tell them Gadling sent ya!
Oh, and the R.E.M. song that mentions the town? "Disappear":
Lost, invisible, here
Tel Aviv and Agadir,
Taroudant or Olomouc
Before I learned to see
The vanishing point appear
If you're in Olomouc and looking for a cozy, colorful place to stay, look no further than the Poet's Corner Hostel. It came highly recommended to me by Gadling writer Brett Atkinson, who visited the hostel while researching and writing Lonely Planet's Czech Republic. Tell them Gadling sent ya!
Oh, and the R.E.M. song that mentions the town? "Disappear":
Lost, invisible, here
Tel Aviv and Agadir,
Taroudant or Olomouc
Before I learned to see
The vanishing point appear
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Oddsocks Jan 1st 2008 1:10PM
Yeah Wow! I was really surprised that it was solved so quickly too, because it's such a specific angle. I didn't tell, honest!
Maybe you shouldn't have mentioned me by name Justin? If you look back through my old Gadling comments and then Google "Oddsocks Czech Republic", you end up with Olomouc pretty quickly.
Did you recognise the view Rick, or was it good Old-fashioned detective work?
Oddsocks Jan 1st 2008 1:24PM
And thanks for the mention by the way, Mr Glow. We had a good Christmas and New year's, with lots of good guests in the hostel, including quite a few people who have been here before and came back especially to spend the holidays in Olomouc, but January, February and March can be really tough.
There's good skiing nearby and, as you know, loads of good little cafes and bars to hang out in, but travellers just seem to be a bit timid about getting out of the capital cities in the cold weather, which is a pity for them as well as for us...
Thanks again and Happy New Year!!
Oddsocks.