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The Czech Republic, where I'm from, is a land of tourism, hiking and coming up with various systems to improve and gamify them. We are quite active Geocachers, heavily use the Czech Hiking Markers System, and we have a plenty of different collectables to grab at interesting destinations, among other things.


Some of said collectables include:

Turistické známky (Memory Stamps) – thick wooden medals engraved with a laser, similar to the smaller tokens we use as personalized collectables in Geocaching (the "Czech Wood Geocoins")

Turistické vizitky (Wandercards) – sticker "visiting cards", to be collected into a specialized diary

Turistická razítka (rubber stamps) – self-explanatory, non-commercial, non-centralized rubber stamp imprints of various designs. You can collect them in any diary you want.

Turistické magnetky (magnets) – many varieties exist, some non-centralized, some centralized. The family fridge is probably the most popular place to display them.

Pohlednice (postcards) – self-explanatory. There's also a line of collectable postcards named "pidifrk".

And more...


As long as I have places to visit I do like the rare trip, and when I take it, I make sure to grab rubber stamps prints and Wandercards. The stamps are wonderful on their own (free, creative, fun – you never know what design you'll run into), while the Wandercards give me a commercial complement that's pretty to look at and rather easy to store. Also, I find their "reward system" to be the most interesting.