Prague authorities will soon announce a tender to find a company that will design and build a cable car between the districts of Podbaba (Prague 6) and Bohnice (Prague 8).

The winner will be announced in August, and the first passengers are going to test the project at the end of 2023.

The new cable car route would have 3 stations – the Podbaba Station, the ZOO and Krakov.

Currently, public transportation connections between these areas are considered insufficient. Podbaba is now connected to Troja, which is the district with the zoo, by a ferry that only runs in the summer season.

The trip from Dejvice to Bohnice would be shortened by almost half an hour, as currently there is not a convenient route linking these areas on opposite sides of the river.

Cable cars would go at 60 seconds intervals. The transport capacity would be 2,000 people per hour, with options to increase the capacity based on seasonal demand to up to 4,000 people per hour.

“We have to come up with an easier connection between Prague 6 and Prague 8 because it does not exist today and that is a disgrace in the year of 2018. We will be able to build the rope course very quickly compared to the tram lines. Our study shows that if we want to offer people a quick connection in the near future, the cable car is the right way to do it.” Says Deputy Mayor and Transport Counsellor Petr Dolínek.

The estimated cost for the construction of this cable car is calculated at around 1-1.5 billion Kč. The only necessary buildings to be constructed are three stations and six pillars.

Considering the stunning views the ride would offer, it could easily become the most popular means of transport in the city.

The 14th year of the International Festival against totalitarianism Mene Tekel will be held from February 24 till March 1, 2020.

Exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, literary meetings, specialized colloquia, meetings with eyewitnesses, autograph sessions, interactive programs for school children, commemoration gatherings and the reconstruction of political trials – all this is being offered by the Mene Tekel.

It provides a forum for a variety of interest, social and generational groups, and the festival is attended by leading personalities from all over the world, such as political prisoners, and the initiators and founders of various museums and memorials.

The project, in cooperation with professional and memory institutions, provides evidence of the illegality of totalitarian regimes. It focuses mainly on recalling the legacy of the victims of Nazism and Communism.

Each year of the festival has its own specific theme, which resonates with the social climate. The George Orwell‘s Memento is the theme of the 2020 year.

The name Mene Tekel refers to the Bible and prophecy about the responsibility of each persons’ responsibility for their actions.

Annually the festival takes place during the week around the historical date of February 25, when the Communist Party took over in Czechoslovakia in 1948.