In the heart of Prague lie restaurants Cali Brothers, Burrito Loco, Agave, and Bohemia Bagel. These establishments all have one thing in common, and it’s Scott Kelly and his partner Glenn Spicker. After interviewing Scott we got some insight into the inner workings of these establishments and how they came to be. Scott always knew he wanted to be a chef and went to culinary school in New York where he worked before relocating to Los Angeles. Originally from California, he set roots in Prague “over 20 years ago” when he was on a trip through Europe. “I didn’t move here, I was just traveling,” he said, also adding “I was probably traveling for a year and a half, and just came to visit and came back and found a job,” and the rest is history. “It just clicked, everything came together,” is his reply when asked why he moved to Prague. On his first day in Prague, he landed housing and a job. Scott has lived in the same neighborhood and hasn’t been out of work since relocating. “From there I found other cooking jobs, I was a chef in Palffy palace for a while,” he added. When asked...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! Aya Watanabe was born in Hokkaido, Japan, and started dancing at the age of four after seeing her very first ballet performance. She has performed on stages all over the world, including in Colombia, the USA, Japan, Germany, and other countries. In 2005, she joined the Roxey Ballet in New Jersey. Since 2009, she has been with the Czech National Ballet currently under the direction of Filip Barankiewicz, wherein in the 2015/16 season, she was named a demi-soloist and in the 2016/17 season a soloist. Aya is a foreigner who might live next door. 1. Why did you decide to move, and how long have you been living in Prague? I applied to take a part in The Czech National Ballet’s public audition in 2009, after I received an invitation to attend I flew from New York where I was a freelancer. At the audition there are over a hundred dancers, the competition was quite high, especially, I’m not Czech, not European.. an Asian. But very weirdly somehow I felt like I belonged in this place. I hoped so much that I will come back to this...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! Claudia Bratosin is a cake designer from Romania. She started as an autodidact, and then she attended several workshops in different countries (Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Portugal). At the end of 2018, she moved to Prague to start and follow her dream. All her cakes are different, unique, and personalized on customers’ wishes. Claudia is a foreigner who might live next door. 1. Why did you decide to move, and how long have you been living in Prague? I have a big passion for cakes. Everything started ten years ago. I used to bake for my friends and colleagues, but in 2018 I decided to make a business from my passion, so I moved to Prague. 2. Your very first impression after relocation. What had surprised you the most? Once I arrived in Prague, I felt lost. I thought that this city is way too big for me. Actually, I lost myself many times in the city. Viva GPS! Here I’ve been surprised by people. They didn’t refuse to speak in English with me anymore. The people from Prague are more open to communicating with foreigners and I...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! Gordon Cowan first came to Prague in 1990 and now runs the oldest Irish bar in the city. He is a foreigner who might live next door. 1. Why did you decide to move, and how long have you been living in Prague? I first came to Prague in 1990 as part of a four-man team to fit out offices for a company called United Distillers. It was a nine-week contract, but to fulfill this we had to work seven days a week. Our only socializing in those early days was in the British embassy social club which operated on Friday nights, where I met many other expats that had moved to Prague, and it was through these contacts that I decided to stay and see if I could continue with building work. Fortunately, I was able to do that and even invested in gastronomy, over the years I’ve had numerous bars and restaurants, with the current one being the James Joyce Irish Bar in Prague 1. 2. Your very first impression after the relocation. What had surprised you the most? After relocating here permanently my first...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! Lucía is currently working at Wunderman Thompson Prague as Global Category Manager. She is a foreigner who might live next door. 1. Why did you decide to move, and how long have you been living in Prague? Well, at the beginning of 2009, I knew I wanted to do a Film Directing program in Europe, but I didn’t know where. At that point in my life, I had graduated from university, I had worked for a year as a TV Producer for a nationally broadcasted ‘fashion emergency/wellness’ type of reality show, and I had worked in several feature films in the Production and Directing departments. While I was doing my research, I found some interesting film programs in Spain and France, and it was my dad who ran into Prague Film School’s website. It was a two-semester program, one about general filmmaking basics and one focused on specialization, and it offered the possibility of a scholarship. It all sounded very interesting, and when I Googled Prague to see where this program was taking place, I remember being blown away by the beautiful pictures. At the beginning of...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! Ricky LA is a Prague-based musician and songwriter, kicking off his music career with the release of his debut EP called Island Boy. He is a foreigner who might live next door. We can see that you are passionate about what you do. Also, your music reflects your positive view on life. What got you into music and who or what influenced and inspired you? It was my parents who introduced me to music. My dad was playing bass guitar in a band. He taught me how to play the guitar when I was young, and everything started from there. My mum was really into listening to music, mainly American music, and that shaped my interest. When I was given the guitar, I tried to play some chords, and I didn’t like it to be honest. It was part of the education for me. But over the years, I became to love to play the guitar. I mainly enjoyed playing together with other people. Then I said, okay, let’s try to go a bit further and so I did. So yeah, it was my parents who...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! Kim Grant is a former professional footballer who has been involved in top-level professional football for over 24 years, playing in Europe and Asia. He moved to the Czech Republic 13 years ago and he’s now the Director of Football at Prague Raptors, a multi-cultural, community amateur football club with men’s & ladies teams. The Prague Raptors focuses on inclusivity in football – no matter your race, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs, and has the great goal of reaching the Czech National League by 2027. Kim is a foreigner who might live next door. 1. Why did you decide to move, and how long have you been living in Prague? I’ve been living in the Czech Republic for 13 years or so. Moved to the Czech Republic due to my ex Czech partner, then headed back to England due to being appointed Head Coach, but later returned and I have based mainly the duration of the time in the Vysocina region. I relocated to Prague last year to be part of Prague Raptors Football Club after discussion with the president Mr. Daz Moss after returning to the Czech...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! Icelanders David Arnórsson and Gudbjartur Gudbjartsson teamed up in 2018 to open the popular Artic Bakehouse. Davíd has been a baker since he was about thirteen. He always wanted to get abroad, and together with Gudbajrtur got the idea to start something in Prague. “I came for a visit for a week and on the second day, we decided to do it. I fell so deeply in love with the city that it was a no-brainer for me.” He is a foreigner who might live next door. 1. Why did you decide to move, and how long have you been living in Prague? It was the beginning of 2017. I and my best friend and business partner Gudbjartur Gudbjartsson decided to find a facility with a good location in Prague to open Artic Bakehouse. He already lived in Prague and I was more than ready to move here too. I had been here before and I loved it. In April 2018 we managed to open our first store on Ujezd 11, Artic Bakehouse. 2. Your very first impression after relocation. What had surprised you the most? I’m from Iceland and...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! Adina Agakishieva is the chief pastry chef at a French dessert shop in Prague, called Café Millème. She’s 30 years old, originally from Kyrgyzstan and she moved to Prague in 2007. The secret of her success? Not to give up your dreams, focus on what is really important for you to reach the goals for which the sky is the limit, nothing is free, work hard, be brave and sometimes step outside your comfort zone and take risks, rely on yourself and hope that fortune will smile on you. She is a foreigner who might live next door. 1. Why did you decide to move, and how long have you been living in Prague? First time I’ve visited Prague as a tourist in the summer of 2006. As a teenager I fall in love with the city, it was the first city I’ve visited in Europe. I decided to move to Prague to enter the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University to study Psychology in the Czech language. I moved here in 2007. It was different than Prague nowadays. The mobile phones were without internet connection, without...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! India is the second-largest country in the world in terms of population. One can not imagine the level of competition between the people for better jobs, places in better universities, or even better-living conditions. Sometimes it leads to migration, whether across India or across the globe. Today there are 4165 Indians living in the Czech Republic. Most of these people are very successful. They run their business, they are doctors and engineers. One of these people is Vansh. He came here with a revolutionary idea: to shoot the best Indo-Czech film. He is a foreigner who might live next door. xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá arsenalbóng đá atalantabundesligacầu thủ haalandUEFAevertonfutebol ao vivofutemaxmulticanaisonbetbóng đá world cupbóng đá inter milantin juventusbenzemala ligaclb leicester cityMUman citymessi lionelsalahnapolineymarpsgronaldoserie atottenhamvalenciaAS ROMALeverkusenac milanmbappenapolinewcastleaston villaliverpoolfa cupreal madridpremier leagueAjaxbao bong da247EPLbarcelonabournemouthaff cupasean footballbên lề sân cỏbáo bóng đá mớibóng đá cúp thế giớitin bóng đá ViệtUEFAbáo bóng đá việt namHuyền thoại bóng đágiải ngoại hạng anhSeagametap chi bong da the gioitin bong da lutrận đấu hôm nayviệt nam bóng đátin nong bong daBóng đá nữthể thao 7m24h bóng đábóng đá...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! When one hears the word “migration”, his first association will probably be a massive wave of migrants from third-world countries. However, if a Czech from Brno moves to Prague, he becomes a migrant as well, but a local one. Lidija Kovarik is a very inspiring lady from Croatia living in Prague for 10 years. She is a life and business coach, lover of spirituality, and also a managing director of an Illusion Art Museum in Prague. IntegrON asked her about her experience as an immigrant, how to run a business during COVID, how to understand art, and more. xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá arsenalbóng đá atalantabundesligacầu thủ haalandUEFAevertonfutebol ao vivofutemaxmulticanaisonbetbóng đá world cupbóng đá inter milantin juventusbenzemala ligaclb leicester cityMUman citymessi lionelsalahnapolineymarpsgronaldoserie atottenhamvalenciaAS ROMALeverkusenac milanmbappenapolinewcastleaston villaliverpoolfa cupreal madridpremier leagueAjaxbao bong da247EPLbarcelonabournemouthaff cupasean footballbên lề sân cỏbáo bóng đá mớibóng đá cúp thế giớitin bóng đá ViệtUEFAbáo bóng đá việt namHuyền thoại bóng đágiải ngoại hạng anhSeagametap chi bong da the gioitin bong da lutrận đấu hôm nayviệt nam bóng đátin nong bong daBóng đá nữthể thao 7m24h bóng đábóng đá hôm naythe...
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic number of foreigners in the Czech Republic was on the rise. Today, at the very end of 2020 there are nearly 617 thousand people from all over the world. Each and every person among expats came here for his/her own reasons. But what is important, is the way of these people, their stories. Without them, it is impossible to imagine these people. And it is even harder to understand them. IntegrON project, which was born as an independent youth initiative supported by the European Solidarity Corps, decided to collect these stories and assemble them into a chronicle of migration to the Czech Republic in the 21 century. Why, one might ask. The answer is simple: this is the only way to get to know each other. It is the dialogue, that has no boundaries. IntegrON’s guests are creative people who do art, theater, or music, diplomats, that work in the foreign service representing their cultures and nations, the people, who managed to “conquer” the Czech Republic: they have built an own success in a foreign country, fulfilled their dreams and became those, who they are today. We, Czech and foreigners, are closer than we think....
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