About Hana

Hana grew up in Brno, studied architecture at KASK in Ghent, and stayed — which is usually how the best people end up here. She works in Ghent's urban regeneration office now, which means she understands the city physically: its bones, its layers, the decisions that made it what it is. There is a Czech quality to her honesty that takes some people by surprise at first — she will tell you what she thinks about the food, the city, the exhibition — but it is never unkind, and it is always worth hearing. She knows every good restaurant in Ghent and has opinions about each, which makes her the ideal company for a proper dinner. She speaks Czech, English, Dutch, and German, and carries herself with the unpretentious elegance of someone who does not need to be impressive. Evenings with Hana feel like being with someone who has genuinely decided to enjoy herself, which is contagious. She is warm, she is funny in the dry way that requires intelligence, and she leaves you with the impression that you were the most interesting thing in the room.

Where Hana travels