Mikolas Josef this year not only added another qualification to the list but also the best Czech result so far – 6th place with 281 points. In 2016 Gabriela Gunčíková ended 25th with 41 points. Josef, who performed the song Lie to Me, was only the second Czech singer to reach the final of the Eurovision and achieved the highest ever placing for a Czech artist. For the 60th anniversary in 2015, Česká Televize announced their comeback to the Eurovision Song Contest, which was very happily received by the Czech Eurovision fans. The entry was chosen completely internally, both the artist and the song. It was a duo Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta with a dramatic duet called Hope Never Dies. In the end, the duo took 13th place in the second semifinal with 33 points and even though they did not qualify, it was the country’s best result at the time. That seemed like the boost that the Czech Republic needed, and for Eurovision 2016 they also approached foreign composers when the internal selection process began. As a result, they chose Swedish/Irish team with the song I Stand for which they got Gabriela Gunčíková, who studied and worked in the USA recently. In...
UP Festival will take over Výstaviště Holešovice from May 11 to 13, providing its participants with an endless supply of techno, minimal and house. Created ‘with the sole purpose of driving the already rich artistically culture into new realms’ and to ‘create new opportunities and help shine a light on one of the most beautiful countries in Europe’, UP really does offer something pretty special. Ricardo Villalobos, Praslesh and Sonja Moonear will headline the Indoor Stage on Friday night with Ellen Allien the standout name on Saturday’s nighttime bill. The main stage for Saturday daytime is stacked. Apollonia, Ion Ludwig (Live), Ferro and Joao Maria will all play alongside Varhat who will go back-to-back with Janeret. Sunday’s main stage lineup includes Barac, Spacetravel, Gescu and Topper. With 4 stages and more than 50 artists showcasing their passion, their talent, their ideas, UP Festival is a place where every musician can strip out of their fears and experiment, showcase, introduce their true artistic being and a place where our audience can get lost in light and sound. Tickets can be bought on the festival’s official website and goout.cz. They include full festival passes and tickets only for Friday night or Saturday daytime events. Further information can be found...
For bike commuters, Copenhagen is still the city to wish you lived in. A new ranking of over 100 global cities puts the famously bike-friendly Danish capital at the top of the 2017 Copenhagenize Index. The index measures 13 different criteria for each city, from infrastructure like bike lanes, racks, or bike share programs, to the political and cultural climate for cyclists and the percentage of commuters using bikes instead of cars. 1. Copenhagen, Denmark You`ve probably thought it was going to be Amsterdam again, but surprise, surprise: Copenhagen made it to the first place this year! Over the past few years, Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark has benefited from the multiple investments in a new infrastructure and innovative solutions. Bicycle rental: Rarely you will find a person living in Copenhagen that does not own a bike. However, due to the big amount of tourists, many bike rental agencies have been opened and are ready to serve you. Copenhagen City Bike, Baisikeli, Velorbis, Christiani Cykler, beCopenhagen are just a part of the agencies that offer bike rental. The price of the rental is great, like for example, Copenhagen City Bike offers a one-hour rental for just $3, and some bikes even have GPS! 2. Amsterdam,...
Englishman Neil Smith is behind the rebirth of a distinctive and iconic Czech scooter from the 1950s and 1960s – the Čezeta. The new version is electric and the project has just benefitted from the biggest Czech crowdfunding ever. We interviewed Neil, the sole Director of Čezeta, who recently gave a presentation to around 30 private investors. It was its first round of funding and Neil hopes to raise investment to expand manufacturing the capacity of his factory in Prostejov. •In a previous interview, you said that “we are at the beginning of a revolution in the production of motorcycles”. What do you mean exactly? It’s from all the new technologies that are coming into use now: electric power, internet-connectivity and 3d printing. They are each disruptive, but coming together at one time creates a massive opportunity for new manufacturers to shape our businesses to take advantage of the changes and compete with old manufacturers who have a lot more work to adapt their current business models to these new possibilities. •Cezeta is quite expensive: why people should buy it? It’s not really expensive at all, in fact it is cheaper than similar specification electric motorbikes from BMW and Zero, which are mass-produced....
Žluté lázně is starting a new season on April 30. The waterfront recreation area in the Podolí neighborhood of Prague 4 kicks off 2018 with a kid-friendly Witches Night (Čarodějnice), though this is more of an afternoon event. This is followed by a concert from František Nedvěd and his band Tiebreak. The kid’s day and concert are free.Aside from special events, Žluté lázně on a daily basis has beach volleyball, the Czech invented game football-tennis (nohejball), petanque and table tennis, along with beach relaxation zones, children’s areas, equipment rentals and other facilities. Standard food options on site include grilled snacks, pizza, fries, waffles, ice cream and other treats. A pub with a terrace called Tančírna is also in the enclosed complex. Author: red
There is a tradition in the Czech Republic as well as some other nearby countries of burning an effigy of a witch on a bonfire on April 30. The event is known here as Čarodejnice and in German-speaking countries as Walpurgisnacht. There are so many bonfires that heat-sensitive satellite cameras can detect it from space, all around the Czech-German border and across Bohemia. Several Prague districts organize family-friendly events and there is also a large one at Žluté lázně, followed by an evening concert. In modern times, Čarodejnice has become a family event a bit like Halloween. The next day, May 1, is a national holiday for labor, and more popularly for love. So the witch burning is the prelude to a day usually spent walking in parks and kissing under blossoming cherry trees. Read the full article here (Prague.tv)
The 3rd year of the Prague Candy Festival will take place at Pragovka, from 10 to 19, near to the underground station Kolbenova (line B). You can taste chocolate, cakes, cupcakes, macarons, pralines, muffins, raw desserts, cake pops, biscuits, hot chocolate, ice cream, sweet drinks, coffee and other delicacies. In addition to that, you can be looking forward to accompanying programme, plenty of attractions for both kids and adults, live baking and cake decorating. There will be a unique festival currency, called kendíky („candies“). One kendík = CZK20. You can buy more kendíks at the venue. The entrance fee is CZK350 at pre-sale; CZK400 at the venue. The entrance ticket includes 10 kendíks, a raffle ticket, and the accompanying programme. Children smaller than 130 cm pay no entrance fee. Author: red
In the heart of Prague will appear a new cultural pop-up market called Manifesto, combining design boutiques, bookshops, street food stalls and more, created in the long-awaited space at Prague Masaryk Station. The site will open on June and will remain for about two years. Non-profit reSITE creators have been inspired by similar projects located in world capitals (such as Boxpark in London). Manifesto will feature hip bars, restaurants, ice cream stands, burger joints, as well as booksellers and a design boutique. The temporary market will also have an accompanying cultural program, including screenings, concerts, theatrical presentations, DJs, and more. “We think that Prague deserves a place similar to what you can find in London, Taipei, Lisbon and other big cities,” explains Martin Barry, chief of reSITE, the company behind the project. The main goal is to revitalize the area adjacent to Na Florenci street, close to Masaryk’s railway station. Temporary installation will be inside containers. The land, which now serves as a parking lot mainly for postal vehicles, was bought by Penta group from Czech Railways. Penta plans to build a hotel, which would then be connected to Na Florenci Street by way of planned roofing over Masarykovo nádraží where the main part of...
Spring is here at last and it’s time to get out in the sunshine and see what’s going on in town. The next couple of months have lots happening around the city, not least of which are a number of events of prime gastronomical significance to Prague’s cultural life. On 22 April, Streetfood Festival Holešovice will be held as always at Cross Club and promises to be a cross-continental celebration of international street food. You can taste foreign street food, for example, galettes and pancakes, meatloaf in a bun, hamburgers, pizza, tacos, falafel, sandwiches, soups, as well as sushi or Pho, or improving local street food. Entry is free and the myriad vendors have more-than-reasonable prices. More information on Facebook here Author: red
Paul McNulty, an American living in Divišov, about 40km southeast of Prague, is one of the most highly respected builders working today. Since 1998, more than 200 copies of fortepianos played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, or Frederic Chopin have left the house in the village of Divišov. “Authenticity. There can be no other purpose in replicating these instruments,” said their builder, Paul McNulty, a 64-year-old American of Irish descent. The first pianos, made by Bartolomeo Cristofori about 300 years ago, were named pianoforte or fortepiano (soft-loud or loud-soft) because, unlike the harpsichord, they could play both soft and loud, with the dynamic controlled by the player’s touch. The only other keyboard instrument, with such touch control was the clavichord, whose overall sound was considered too soft for use in concert. His entire house is packed with copies of pianos originally made by Johann Andreas Stein, Jean-Louis Boisselot or Mozart’s piano builder, Anton Walter. McNulty produces between 10 and 15 pianos each year, spending 800 to 6,000 hours on each instrument, whose prices start at 30,000 euros (US$37,043) apiece, lifetime warranty included. McNulty moved to the Czech Republic in 1995 via the Netherlands, in search of quality spruce logs for his instruments....
The Letná Park will host this major beer event, featuring more than 150 different kinds of beer by large, midsize and small Czech breweries. Combine that with traditional Czech meats, charcuterie and freshly baked goods offered by smiling servers wearing traditional folk costumes – a veritable paradise of Bohemian pleasures. The atmosphere of the largest restaurant in Bohemia with 10,000 seats wouldn’t be complete without stylish service in Czech costumes. You will also be pleased by the music performances, weekend afterparty and a tent called Beer Diversity, offering tastes of foreign beers little known in the Czech Republic. The entrance fee to the festival is 100 CZK. The festival area is open every day from 12.00-24.00 and if you want to feel important you could consider a VIP ticket which costs 400 CZK. More info here
China has reclaimed top spot in real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield’s global ranking of the most attractive markets for manufacturing, confirming its status as the sector’s powerhouse. Lithuania is ranked as the world’s second-most attractive destination for manufacturers, a result of having the lowest European labour costs in Europe, standing at 14% below Poland and approximately 30% below Slovakia. The Czech Republic is the eighth most attractive country in the world for manufacturing. Whilst labour costs have increased in recent years, they are still below those further west. Historical ties to Germany and Austria, the region (particularly Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland) has maintained its role as a lower cost location for car manufacturing, which continues to integrate a growing degree of automation Cushman & Wakefield’s “Manufacturing Risk Index 2018” report ranks countries based on a range of risk and cost factors, including political and economic risk, market conditions and labour costs, to provide a comprehensive assessment of the attractiveness of 42 countries worldwide. Here’s the full report Author: red
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