June 1888: founding of Czech Hiking Club by Vojtěch Náprstek

The Czech Hiking Club was born 135 years ago in June 1888, established by a group of travel enthusiasts. Its chairman, Vojtěch Náprstek, came up with a unique hiking trail network that serves tourists and hikers to this day.

Today the unique network of hiking trails is over 43 000 kilometers (or 25 000 miles) long. The trails are very well marked out and regularly maintained by members of the Czech Hiking Club. The marking system is easy to understand and unified around the country. Ski enthusiasts have a special network of ski trails more than 4,000 kilometers long.

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