One of Prague's biggest parties -- the annual Pride Parade -- will not take place in August as scheduled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The new statue to Empress Maria Theresa in Prague 6 is the center of controversy. The Town Hall commissioned the statue in 2014 for the price of four million CZK. It is to be unveiled in September and will stand in a new park located between the street Milady Horákové and the bastions of Prague Castle. “It is elegant, majestic, and it will suit on the Powder Bridge (Prašný Most),” says the sculptor Jan Kovářík. “It reminds me of a skittle,” wrote a Czech citizen on Facebook. “Disgusting, wasted money, mannequin,” are other negative reactions to the statue. Some people think the opposite: “Beautiful, modern and with a clean design. Unfortunately, Czechs are stuck in the past and will not appreciate it. ” Looking for a job in Prague? Visit our new job section! Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (May 13, 1717 – November 29,1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She started her 40-year reign when her father, Emperor Charles VI, died in October 1740. As queen of Bohemia, she promulgated institutional, financial, and educational reforms. She developed the modern centralized state and promoted education, judiciary, and financial...
Here are 8 fictional books that will help you see the magic and beauty of Prague through the eyes of some of the most prolific writers of all time.
Every minute of art on the streets is so rare, it can surprise and please. Street theatre festival “Za dveřmi” (Behind the Door) brings a countless number of priceless moments to children and adults, citizens and tourists – because street theatre doesn’t know limits of language or age. The festival will run from July 8 to July 16 and will show off the creations of Czech artistic ensembles as well as groups from Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan and Poland. “Behind the Door” will present among others the world premiere of Teatr Biuro Podroży, Sisus – a Finnish contemporary circus company of five women, Blackout Paradox an acrobatic fire show dancer freely inspired by shamanism and mysticism. Every day of the festival you can join street parades, acrobats, jugglers, and bring the center of Prague to life. “We want to be topical and show new things because street theatre and art in public space should have these qualities. There are twenty performances on the program. I do not deliberately use the word theatre performances because the synthesis of genres without any limits has been a creative phenomenon in recent years, which is proof of free-thinking of creators as well as...
Many churches in Prague, as well as across the Czech Republic, will be open tonight (June 12) for this year's Church Night (Noc kostelů 2020)
The Metronome Festival Prague has released a statement letting fans and customers know that the music event has been postponed to June 17 – 19, 2021. “In reaction to the regulations enacted by the government, we, unfortunately, must confirm that despite our best efforts Metronome Prague will be postponed to June 17–19, 2021. We’re very sorry to have to make this decision, but all possibilities for a date this year have been exhausted,” organizers wrote on the website. “In light of the uncertainty of the situation in three months’ time, we’re facing a case where no one will purchase tickets and therefore we cannot organize the festival in the way we would like. We asked to meet with representatives of the Ministry of Health, but we continue to receive the answer that only 500 people can gather in one place even though we were prepared to accept all possible preventive measures that we proposed that would prevent the potential spread of contagions better than current measures.” Unfortunately, flights from the US are also uncertain, which would prevent the participation of some performers. The good news is that talks with booking agents are positively progressing and more than half have confirmed...
On 14 June, American artist and calligrapher, Susan Loy, will unveil a watercolor painting, so detailed that it took her two years to complete; the painting, titled Czech Flower Alphabet, commemorates Norbert F. Čapek and the Flower Celebration that he introduced to Czech Unitarians in June 1923. Loy will present the painting at the annual Flower Celebration in the newly remodeled Čapek Hall in the Unitaria on Anenská in Prague 1. This event is the culmination of a week-long series of videos to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Čapek’s 3 June birthday. A video, “Flower Connections: An Interview with Calligrapher Susan Loy,” will premier on 12 June and can be viewed via the Czech Unitaria website and later directly on YouTube. canThe 15-minute video records an interview of Susan Loy in her Prague studio, conducted by art historian, Jana Ticha. The interview covers Loy’s connection to Čapek’s Flower Celebration, the research that she conducted in order to plan the watercolor painting, and the technique she used to create the painting. Loy’s 56 x 56 cm watercolor painting includes a Czech flower alphabet, a wreath of thirty-one flower species common to the Czech Republic. Each flower is identified by its Czech...
Simply pass through a huge steam machine making chocolate and you will find yourself on a traditional cocoa plantation in Mexico. The educational and entertaining Chocolate Experience Center, which takes visitors through the process of creating chocolate from plant to completed product, is now opening in Průhonice, close to Prague. The Experience Center introduces visitors to the history of chocolate production—and they can even visit a special room meant for cake throwing. There is also be augmented reality installation and chocolate workshops for families with children or corporate teambuilding events. An investment of more than 200 million crowns by the Czech–Belgian company Chocotopia is behind the creation of the Experience Center. The owners, families Van Belle and Mestdagh, have been preparing the center for two years. “We didn’t want a museum or a boring exhibit full of information,” Henk Mestdagh explained. “We tried to design a program that people couldn’t experience anywhere else.” “We are especially proud of the room meant for cake throwing,” Henk added. “Visitors will make cakes from semi-finished materials that manufacturers would otherwise throw away, and then they can take part in the sweetest battle in the world. We also organize birthday parties where the birthday...
Prague is issuing 121 million CZK vouchers to boost the cultural sector reopening after the COVID-19 lockdown. The vouchers can be used to buy items and tickets within the tourism, education, sports, leisure and entertainment industries. Anyone who sleeps more than one night in a hotel will receive a voucher from the city to visit, for example, cultural facilities. The campaign will start on July 1. “The project is designed to restart tourism. It is now focused on Czech tourists but we will eventually extend the program to travelers from different countries,” said Councilor Hana Třeštíková (Praha Sobě). “For every night spent in our country, the visitor will receive benefit points, and visit for example Prague zoo, the botanical garden, Planetarium, galleries and museums,” said Třeštíková. The system will be fully operational from 1 July and its end is currently scheduled for 30 September 2020. Institutions supported by Prague City through grants will also be involved. Among them, Třeštíková mentioned Dox and Kampa Museum. Between the start of January and the start of April, 3.1 million tourists were recorded – a fall of 22.2 percent in the same period in 2019. The number of nights paid for in the country’s...
This weekend, June 6 and 7 will take place the Open Gardens Weekend (Víkend otevřených zahrad) around the Czech Republic. It will be possible to visit about 160 gardens and parks throughout the country. Open Gardens Weekend is an event where people have the opportunity to see usually inaccessible gardens, but also get to know their favorite parks in new ways. A number of parks and gardens are organizing rich accompanying programs including guided tours, children’s activities, concerts, etc. The program also takes place in the gardens of Prague Castle. The Palace gardens under Prague Castle are situated on the southern slope of Hradcany hill and are a connection between Prague Castle and Lesser Town. The complex includes five gardens – Ledeburská zahrada, Malá Pálffyovská zahrada and Velká Pálffyovská zahrada, Kolowratská zahrada and Malá Fürstenberská zahrada. They were formed in the 18th century, their decoration was contributed by famous artists of the Czech Baroque period and Early classicism and a number of terraces, pavilions, orangeries and glorietas reminiscent of Italian Renaissance gardens. Tours of the Chateau and Flower Gardens (Podzámecká zahrada and Květná zahrada) will be ready in Kroměříž, the castle in Libochovice and at Vrchotovy Janovice castle you will “get to know” the last Chatelaine Sidonie Nádherná of Borutín. A complete list of open...
Although she is not one of the best-known Czechs in history abroad, Milada Horáková has come to represent the sufferings of a great many people under the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, especially during the 1950s. Milada Horáková was born in Prague on Christmas Day in 1901. After graduating, Milada married Bohuslav Horák, and joined the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party in 1929. She later worked for the City of Prague, and Women’s National Council, preparing legislative proposals supporting women’s rights, such as the equality of women in society and social issues. With the Munich Agreement and Nazi rule, she joined the underground movement. She and Bohuslav were arrested on July 2, 1940; Milada was held in Prague’s Pankrác district for two years before being sent to the concentration camp Terezín. Although the Nazis used brutal interrogation methods, she did not reveal any information. Sentenced to death, then to life imprisonment, she was moved to one prison after another in Germany. In October of 1944, she was tried and sentenced to the death penalty, but a Dresden court changed the decision to eight years’ incarceration. When the US army liberated Horáková, she was in a concentration camp in Germany. In May of...
In this century, coronavirus will mark pretty big time in history and it has already resulted in many changes. In such “big times,” people get creative and come up with a whole new vocabulary that reflects their current reality. Such words can be found in Čeština 2.0. and now also in Vocabulary Miner Project Čestina 2.0 covering a variety of the modern Czech language with its slangs and new words has joined forces with Flashcard app Vocabulary Miner. They are bringing new words not only to Czechs but also to expats in two corona-themed Word lists that can be found in the app under the keywords corona or #sayMoreInCzech. “Language is like a fingerprint of a nation, it consists of everything and everybody,” says Martin Kavka, founder of Čestina 2.0. “Thanks to Martin Kavka, Čeština 2.0. mirrors the spirit of our times. Čeština 2.0 with Flashcard app Vocabulary Miner has created space to #saymore, as our motto goes, and to play with words and one’s imagination. Coronavirus affected everyone so we wanted to include expats because the life of the Czech language touches the lives of half a million foreigners in Czechia, too,” adds Zuzana Pápayová. Czech is playful,...
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