The Czech Association of Breweries and Malthouses is trying to get Czech beer culture added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the head of the association František Šámal announced on Friday. The Czech-Moravian Association of Mini-Brewers has also joined the initiative. Thus far, the association has proposed listing Czech beer culture on the regional level. The next step will be to secure a listing on the national level. “I have been active in the brewing industry for a relatively long time and I believe that our beer culture will eventually be included on the UNESCO list. However, there is still a long way to go. If all goes well, the entry at a national level could take place at the turn of next year and at the global level in 2026,” said Šámal. In the application, the Association of Breweries and Malthouses states that “the Czech beer is a symbol of national pride”. It includes a presentation of brewing from its beginning to the present day, describing the characteristics and principles of beer production and individual professions and occupations associated with it. In 2016, Belgian beer and Belgian beer culture respectively were added to the UNESCO list of Intangible...
Czech street art artist Dmitrij Proškin (ChemiS) launched a charitable sale of printouts of his last mural. The mural features a young girl sheltering iconic soft toy characters of various nations, including the USA’s Mickey Mouse, France’s Obelix, the Czech Republic’s Little Mole, the German’s bee Maya, Polish Leolek and Bolek, Finnish Moomins, French Obelix, and the British Gromit, under a Ukrainian flag. The message, Proskin says, is that Ukraine is currently protecting the rest of the world from “disaster.” The print in A3+ format with the autograph of the author costs 2500 CZK. All the money raised will be used to help Ukrainian children. The author will choose a specific charity program in the next weeks. To purchase the print you need to write to the artist through personal messages on Facebook or Instagram. ChemiS is one of the Czech Republic’s most renowned street artists and has created murals across the world. In 2011 he created a mural of Vaclav Havel, shortly after the president’s death, and in 2018 one of the country’s first president, T.G. Masaryk, on the centenary of the birth of Czechoslovakia.
When the Czecho-Slovak Republic was established in 1918 it was spelled with the hyphen, but in 1921 the government renamed the country Czechoslovakia. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, the country was known as the Czechoslovak Republic (from the end of World War II to 1960) and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (from 1960 until the fall of communism nearly three decades later). Following the Velvet Revolution and the collapse of communist rule at the end of 1989, the country initially moved towards reinstating its hyphen-less interwar name: “Czechoslovakia” or “the Czechoslovak Republic”. But Slovaks rejected the solution on the grounds it gave more importance to the Czechs and, calling for greater equality within the federation, demanded the hyphen be reinstated. The “Great Hyphen Debate” erupted in Czechoslovakia’s Parliament on March 29, 1990. Deputies rejected various proposals for a name to replace the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in the post-communist era. Slovak insistence on their national identity being enshrined in a hyphenated form of Czecho-Slovakia led to 12 hours of discussion and backroom discussion before the final formula was agreed. The president, Vaclav Havel, had warned deputies that the country would become a laughing stock unless it quickly resolved the Great Hyphen...
The Prague Easter Markets combine Christian traditions with ancient celebrations of spring, and they are truly joyous occasions, packed with beautiful handicrafts, mouth-watering food, enticing activities and the superb chance to experience Czech culture like a local. The markets are centered around Wenceslas Square and Old Town Square, and they feature upward of 150 dressed stalls each year. You will also find smaller ones at náměstí Republiky, Prague Castle and Kampa Island. Each is a feast for the eyes, with the squares joyously decorated with spring blooms, colourful ribbons, lights and birch tree branches. Easter Markets in Old Town Square The markets feature wooden stalls decorated with the bright colours of spring, flowers, ribbons, and ornaments of animal babies. They are stocked with handicraft products such as embroidered lace, wooden toys, ceramics, scented candles, puppets, and Easter eggs. Food lovers can taste meat skewers, steaks, grilled sausages, homemade cheese, gingerbread, marzipan, Czech Easter specialties such as mazance (Easter sweat bread), and more. Opening time (from 2. 4. to 24. 4) stands 10:00–22:00 refreshment 10:00–24:00 Easter Markets náměstí Republiky In front of the Palladium shopping centre and opposite the Municipal House you will find stalls with a wide range of Easter products...
Prague City reported that the Municipal Library (MKP) has opened a completely self-service library kiosk in Černý Most Centre. According to the capital, the new kiosk is the first of its kind in the country and is the result of MKP’s work to introduce RFID technology to its services. The library’s new self-service branch will have longer working hours, operating from 9 am to 9 pm every day. During these times, readers can sit in the 29-square-metre space, leaf through texts, and borrow or return books. At the moment, the kiosk has a collection featuring over 1,000 titles, which are predominantly adult fiction, children’s books, and popular science literature. Although one can enter the space, select a title, and borrow a book all on their own, they can still access support when they need it. More specifically, the City of Prague explains that the human element will still be necessary as librarians will need to look after the collection and the readers. Nevertheless, they will not always be present on site as they will only work at the branch on Mondays from 1 pm to 5 pm. If one requires assistance outside of these hours, they can receive support online every weekday from 9 am to 7 pm or on...
The National Theatre of Prague presents Der Ferne Klang, an opera by Franz Schreker. Though several of Franz Schreker’s nine completed operas were hugely fashionable in his lifetime, none has a secure place in the repertory nowadays. The best known of them was the second to be composed, Der Ferne Klang, whose first performance in 1912 established Schreker alongside Strauss and Schoenberg as one of the leading modernists of his generation. Schreker wrote his own libretto for Der Ferne Klang; it’s the story of an aspiring composer, Fritz, who sacrifices his personal happiness and that of his lover Grete in his lifelong search for the “distant sound” of the opera’s title that he hears within himself. Its mix of eroticism and fairytale magic, combined with a musical style that manages to be both ripely romantic and chromatically expressionist in a score crammed with iridescent orchestral textures, provided the template for the success of several of Schreker’s later operas. For tickets visit the National Theatre’s website About Franz Schreker In the first two decades of the twentieth century, Franz Schreker was considered the most significant German-language opera composer besides Richard Strauss * Der Ferne Klang (The Distant Sound, 1912), Die Gezeichneten (The Marked Ones, 1918) and Der...
Having delayed the announcement of their touring plans a couple of weeks ago, Måneskin are now back with a massive announcement: their first-ever headline world tour! Taking place on both sides of the pond in 2022 and 2023, the band are bringing the Loud Kids Tour to thousands of fans in the coming months, with plenty of venues having since been upgraded from the initial postponed dates to actual arenas. On 14 May 2023, Czech fans could enjoy the show by the Italian quartet in Prague at O2 Arena. “We’re so thrilled to be able to finally tell you that our Loud Kids tour got sooooo much louder, truly worldwide!” announce Måneskin. “The Loud Kids tour gets louder and will actually see our very first headline tour in North America. All our rescheduled European indoor dates have been upgraded due to demand and we’ve added some new ones for all of you who missed the chance to get their tickets. “Of course, it is very difficult to make show announcements while the horrific war in Ukraine goes on and innocent people are suffering. We are devastated for the Ukrainian people and we stand with them in solidarity. And due to the decisions of the people in...
The National Theatre removed the opera The Tsarina’s Slippers by Petr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from the planned repertoire. The information appeared in an internal letter from the head of the opera Per Boy Hansen, explaining that “the Russian aggression in Ukraine and the current Russian war crimes are inadmissible.” “In the current situation, we consider it completely inappropriate to perform Tchaikovsky’s opera The Tsarina’s Slippers and to provide pro-Putin propaganda with any possibility of subsequently exploiting artistic interests to justify criminal intentions in the slightest,” writes the letter addressed to ND internal staff Hansen. According to National Theater spokesperson Tomáš Staňk, the letter was intended only for internal staff. “The change in the dramaturgical program, which has not yet been intended for publication, is an internal matter of the National Theatre,” he adds. Other works by Russian authors that the National Theatre stage has already presented, such as Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot, remain in the repertoire. “We stand on the side of Ukraine and respect the decision of the stagers not to support the narrative of the “Great” Russian Empire,” says Staněk. The final version of the dramaturgical program will be published by the National Theatre on 5 April. The move is the latest...
ChemiS, a Czech street artist with Kazakh roots, has created a new mural in Prague 4 featuring a girl taking shelter under a Ukrainian flag.
Users can learn more about the construction and architects of the capital’s buildings and monuments. Last week, the Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR) unveiled an application with a detailed map of the Czech capital’s historic centre. This map, according to IPR, was developed following an architectural and urban analysis of the city’s monument reserve and contains all the information about its architectural history. Although IPR designed it to make it easier for professionals to care for the monuments in the centre, the map will also benefit the capital’s residents, tourists, and students. Covering an area of 895 hectares, Prague’s historic centre occupies practically the entire centre of the city and is known as one of the largest monumental reserves in the world. IPR’s interactive map (also referred to as the Historic City Centre application) now allows professionals and the general public to get a better understanding of this territory. Search according to design, date of construction, or architect The Historic City Centre application is the first place where historical and current data about the territory and its buildings are collated and put together. There, one can find out anything they want to know about the monuments in the...
The Art for Ukraine contemporary art auction is being jointly organized by four Prague galleries: Bold gallery, Trafo Gallery, the Chemistry gallery, and DOX centre for contemporary art. The auction of works by more than 100 contemporary artists will take place on 19 March 2022, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the SOS Ukraine collection organized by Clověk v Tísni (People in Need). With the support of artists with whom they collaborate they are holding a joint auction of the works of more than 100 contemporary artists, who have decided to contribute their works to support war-torn Ukraine. “Art has many positive functions, and this time around it has united not only gallerists and many artists, but also, we hope, those who support us. This will enable us to support Ukraine as best we know-how, and express our admiration for those who set out to create rather than destroy”, said Blanka Čermáková of Trafo Gallery, one of the co-organisers. The pre-auction exhibition of all the works will take place at Prague’s Bold Gallery at U Měšťanského pivovaru 6, Prague 7. The exhibition will have its official opening on Friday 11 March 2022 starting at 7 pm and...
Prague has been named the most “culturally enriched” city in Europe. Amsterdam, came second, while Dublin took third place. The study completed by Uswitch looked at how many museums, theatres, landmarks and cultural tours each city had per 100,000 residents. Each city was then given a score ranked out of 10. Prague received a score of 9.85. “Renowned for its beauty and culture, Prague is in the first place of the most cultured cities in Europe. A stroll through the city can take you through one of the 200 historical parks on offer and gardens dotted throughout the city. There are also plenty of landmarks to stop by, such as the iconic Dancing House, with almost 15 per 100,000 people,” the results of the study found. “If you want to take in the breathtaking views of the city as well as the calm and fresh atmosphere, opt for one of the cultural tours (nearly three on offer per 100,000 in the city).” The capital beat popular European tourist destinations Rome, Copenhagen, Munich, Budapest, London, Berlin, Milan and Vienna.
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