Poniklá (Czech Republic) (AFP) – Sparkling with colourful glitter, the small glassware shop in the Czech mountains lights up a grim, foggy day, as Christmas shoppers stream in to the constant chime of ...

The handmade production of blown glass beads into Christmas tree decorations in Poniklá, Czech Republic, earned the craft a place on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage last year. But ...

Walking into the Petrick gallery at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, visitors are surrounded by glittering jewels, colorful beads and elaborate costumes. The 'Art of Accessories” display, ...

They come to buy blown-glass beaded decorations including stars, angels, snowmen, Santa Clauses or cribs made by a small company in Ponikla, a village in the northern Czech Republic. The "handmade ...