Ostrava

An industrial city in the north-east of the Czech republic.

Biggest producer of black coal in the country.

Used to have the nickname "steel heart" of the country.
It has the largest town hall in the whole country - Nová radnice (the new town hall).
It is famous for Stodolní street, which is flooded with Polaks all the time, Colours Of Ostrava , the famous music festival and FC Baník Ostrava - the not so succesful soccer team with a MASSIVE fanbase. Basically if you're Ostravak and not a Chachar (Baník's fan)...what's wrong with you?
Overall Ostrava is quite beautiful, it does have it's flaws but it's my home and I can't imagine living somewhere else in the Czech republic than here.

A: "I heard y'all are suffocating because of the smog in Ostrava, that must be horrible!"
B: "Steel city, steel lungs, I'm just used to it."

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Baník

FC Baník Ostrava.
Ostrava's soccer team, formerly SK Slezská Ostrava
Fans are called Chachaři.
The club was founded in 1922 as SK Slezská Ostrava, when 20 activists signed the establishment treaty in the U Dubu restaurant. The signatories were mostly poor coal miners from the Kamenec coal mining settlement in Ostrava.

The club is loved by it's fans, who lovingly call it "Baníček".
Many famous Czech soccer players started in Baník, for example Milan Baroš, Marek Jankulovski, Peter Drozd, Martin Raška, Jan Laštůvka or Václav Svěrkoš.
The home-field of Baník used to be Stará Střelnice (till the 50s), then the well known Bazaly , but due to it's bad condition the club has moved to the city stadium in Vítkovice.

Wife: Kde jdeš? (Where are you going?)
Husband: Na Baník. (To see Baník play.)

chachar

The fan of FC Baník Ostrava.
Plural is Chachaři

My dad is a die-hard Chachar