The town has fallen into a horrible state of disrepair. Such a shame because it is beautiful and really old. Also an importantly historic place.
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Beautiful and very sad. Jachymov used to be a major silver-mining town - the "Joachims-taler" was the forerunner of the silver dollar. Of course, silver ore occurs together with uranium ore...
Pioneer Prague expat. Here since 1990. Used to live in CSSR in the 70s and 80s.
Opened first expat bar in Prague in 1992 and today runs Bukowski's in Zizkov. This site is an addendum to my soon to be released book called: "Prague Unplugged, the left skank of the 90s." Owned: Jo's Bar, Jo's Garage, Repre Club, Cafe Nouveau, Martini Bar, Thirsty Dog and the Iron Door.
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Beautiful and very sad. Jachymov used to be a major silver-mining town - the "Joachims-taler" was the forerunner of the silver dollar. Of course, silver ore occurs together with uranium ore...
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