Mikuláš, known around the world as St. Nicholas Day, is celebrated on the 5th of December and signifies the start of Christmas for Czech people. Going back to the 14th Century, the legend of Mikulas tells that children are to be rewarded for being good and sent to the devil for being bad. It is a charming tradition that brings together people young and old in a festive frenzy of costumes, delicious sweet treats, and festive performances. It is a time of gift-giving, celebration, community, and charity. Children are rewarded if they have been good but if not, they will go into the Devil’s sack! During this time, the streets will be filled with Christmas joy and incredible costumes. So where are the best places to catch the Christmas cheer? Mikuláš Rides Through Prague There will be a Saturday night steam train ride around Prague for all the children that cannot wait until Christmas day. The train will be adorned with decorations and will depart from Prague’s Smíchov railway station at 8:56 am, 12:56 pm, and at 4:56 pm. It will take a scenic route through the Prokop Valley to Hostivice and back to the station via Prague’s Semmering. Not...
Sales of Christmas and New Year’s Eve package tours are 20 percent lower than in 2019 so far, the Czech News Agency reported on Sunday, citing the Association of Travel Agencies of the Czech Republic. Over the past seven days, 2 171 Ukrainian refugees received temporary protection visas in Czechia, which is 117 fewer than the previous week. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Czech state has granted a total of 465,058 of these special visas This year Prague saw one of its warmest autumns in the past 248 years, the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute reported. Between the start of September and end of November, Prague’s Klementinum recorded an average temperature of 11.5 degrees Celsius, among the eight percent warmest autumns since records began back in 1775. The city of Prague launched its first regular trolleybus service in half a century on Saturday. The new line is running from Palmovka through Prosek and Letňany to Čakovice-Miškovice. It is the first trolleybus serving the district of Letňany since 1954. While one in ten Czechs borrowed money for Christmas shopping last year, only three percent of people surveyed by the Czech Banking Association (CBA) and Ipsos are...
Most of the city’s vehicles are passenger cars. They account for 970,755 of the city’s fleet. If we include trucks, we get to a figure of 1,200,000 vehicles. In just the short period of ten years between 1990 and 2000, the number of cars in Prague doubled. “The car is space-consuming, especially with the growing demand for larger SUVs. Every parked car requires a 12.5 m² parking space. That’s a lot when you consider that 20 parking spaces can be the built-up area of a small apartment building,” states on Twitter the Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib. “Besides, you have to remember that one space in a modern parking house costs around CZK 1 million to build,” he added. Konečně se po volbách můžeme bavit o dopravě věcně na základě faktů, ne ideologie. Pojďme na to: V Praze je teď přes 970 000 osobních aut, což se blíží počtu obyvatel hlavního města. Navíc pokud bychom započítali i nákladní vozidla, dostaneme se na číslo 1 200 000 aut. (1/9) 🧵 pic.twitter.com/v4oPgEACud — Zdeněk Hřib (@ZdenekHrib) December 2, 2022 Number of passenger cars in the Czech Republic The number of cars on Czech roads exceeded 5.7 million last year, according to data released by...
This upcoming Christmas season there is a new chef in town. These raw snacks can be a “healthy variation of Christmas cookies” says Lenka, who prepares them daily. Lenka set up her business with the hope of pursuing her dream and making people happy one bite at a time. She has gained experience on how to twist vegan and gluten-free bio ingredients into mouth-watering delights by observing and giving `green ‘to healthy eating and active lifestyle for the past several years. She also gets inspired by the Czech culture by using traditional ingredients as well as incorporating other exotic flavors. There’s also a whole new list of goodies this year: including some “raw slices such as the amazingly looking and tempting lemon and pineapple flavored one”. If you are looking more for a “festive selection” there are new “Christmas flavors including apple cinnamon or apricot, ginger & tumeric” that give customers feelings of warmth with every bite. If you love healthy foods Lenka also has several types of Granola in handy classy bags or clear beautiful glass jars available in different sizes with Christmas wrapping. These raw delights will be featured throughout the festive season at Dejvice, Malostranska, Karlin, and...
UNESCO has decided to include in its representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity the Czech “timber rafting” tradition. The multinational application “Timber Rafting” was made by six countries – Austria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Spain and Germany. The craft, dating back to the 14th century, involves the transport of wood by waterways from areas rich in woodland to those in which it is scarcer. Timber rafting had a long tradition in the Czech lands, ranking among highly respected and recognised, but also dangerous professions. According to most sources, the first historical mention of timber rafting on the Vltava River dates back as far as medieval times. At the time, the biggest source of timber, needed for the construction of houses, was in South and Southwest Bohemia, and the fastest way to deliver the logs to different destinations was the river. Rafting on the Vltava ended after the Second World War when a cascade system of dams was built on the river. The timber rafting tradition received a very positive assessment from experts, who said it demonstrates the close connection of man with nature and the rational use of natural resources, which is fully in line with the European course towards sustainable development....
France’s EDF, South Korea’s KHNP, and U.S.-Canadian group Westinghouse Electric have made initial bids to build a new unit at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany nuclear power plant, Czech utility CEZ said on Wednesday. The Czech Republic has been a strong backer of nuclear energy as a carbon-free power source for the future, unlike European Union neighbours Germany and Austria. Majority of state-owned CEZ, which launched the Dukovany expansion tender in March, said final bids would come in by the end of September 2023. “We expect the contracts to be finalized in 2024,” board member Tomas Pleskac said in a statement. The 1,200 megawatt-unit should be completed in 2036 and help the country replace current Soviet-designed units at Dukovany that will eventually be decommissioned. CEZ plans to build three more nuclear units – on top of the one now planned – at its Dukovany and Temelin nuclear sites, as the country diversifies away from coal. It is also planning to build smaller modular nuclear power plants. Nuclear made up 36% of Czech electricity output in 2021. Candidates from China and Russia were excluded on security grounds, in contrast to Hungary which has chosen Russia’s Rosatom for its nuclear project. Poland picked Westinghouse last month to...
Czechia had the lowest rate of unemployment in the European Union in October, the Czech News Agency reported on Thursday citing Eurostat data. Data from the Czech Statistics Office indicates that unemployment in Czechia lay at 2.1 percent, compared to 2.2 percent in September. The Czech tradition of timber rafting, recognized as part of Czech traditional folk culture, has been added to UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list. The craft, dating back to the 14th century, involves the transport of wood by waterways from areas rich in woodland to those in which it is scarcer. The Chamber of Deputies has approved a bill that will enable Ukrainian soldiers to be trained in Czechia as well as for Czech soldiers to train Ukrainians in other EU member states. The training of Ukrainian troops will take place in the Libavá military zone in Central Moravia. Czechs have fewer books at home than a year ago, but they still read just as often as before, an average of two to three books a month, according to a survey conducted by the Knihobot secondhand bookstore. The survey involved more than 1,800 respondents from all over the Czech Republic. While one in...
Unemployment in the eurozone has dropped to a record low, at 6.5 percent in October, the EU’s Eurostat statistics office said Thursday. The reading — the lowest since Eurostat started compiling jobless figures in April 1998 — was an indicator that the economies of the 19 EU nations using the euro had bounced back after the Covid pandemic. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was markedly less than the 7.3 percent recorded a year ago. Data from the Czech Statistics Office indicates that unemployment in Czechia lay at 2.1 percent, compared to 2.2 percent in September. The country has had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the EU for several years now. Eurostat estimated that, for the entire 27-nation European Union, 12.95 million adults were unemployed in October — or 6.0 percent of the active population — with 10.87 million of them in the eurozone. While all OECD economies, with the exception of former EU member Britain, have recovered to their pre-pandemic size, global headwinds are stalling the recovery. The eurozone is likely to tip towards recession within weeks, according to the European Commission. Inflation is running hot, despite falling back in the latest reading on Wednesday, at 10 percent...
While we can’t wait for Christmas, what about doing something nice for someone else? On December 7th, you can take part in a charity event at Roxy. The aim is to give Christmas gifts to children from orphanages. The concert My Kind of Santa is organized in cooperation with the Organization for Refugee Aid (OPU), featuring Czech rapper Rest and Martin Matys, We Are Domi and The Silver Spoons. Since his first singles as Balkonovka, Rest has established a unique position among the leading Czech rappers during his ten years on the scene. He will be accompanied on the stag by his label mate Ty Nikdy Martin Matys. The line-up of the evening will also be completed by the Czech-Norwegian group We Are Domi led by Dominika Hašková, who represented the Czech Republic at Eurovision this year, and the indie-rock band The Silver Spoons. After a series of successful singles this year, the band has released their anticipated debut Come and Get It. How does it work? Entrance to the concert is free, but visitors are required to bring a toy, which will then be given to the Kralupy nad Vltavou orphanage and to refugee children in the Czech Republic....
Rohlik Group has promoted experienced eCommerce manager and Rohlik CZ CEO Olin Novák to the role of International CEO, with this now being his fourth position within the company. Olin Novák will now oversee the day-to-day running of the individual countries of the entire group. Founder and Rohlik Group CEO Tomáš Čupr will now focus more closely on the development of the group as a whole, including increasing efficiencies, along with specific group-wide projects. Rohlik.cz will be newly led by Martin Beháň as of today. As a first step towards making all markets more efficient, Tomáš Čupr centralised operations from all countries where Rohlik Group operates: “We have arrived at a management structure that allows me to focus on much more strategic and valuable issues for the entire Group. We are already one of the most innovative e-commerce companies in Europe, but all who know me know that I already have another milestone in mind.” On Olin Novak’s promotion, he adds: “Olin and I share the same vision of what food retailing of the future should look like, and over the past four years he has proven that he is a true leader made of the same...
The Czech energy company ČEZ has obtained three tenders for the construction of a new unit at the Dukovany nuclear power station, it said on Wednesday. As expected, offers have been made by the French company EDF, KHNP from South Korea and Westinghouse from North America A large digital clock highlighting impending climate disaster has been installed by a metronome on Prague’s Letná Plain. The eight-metre high numerals of the Climate Clock show how much time remains to avert irreversible change to the Earth’s climate. The Chamber of Deputies has approved a bill that will enable Ukrainian soldiers to be trained in Czechia as well as for Czech soldiers to train Ukrainians in other EU member states. The training of Ukrainian troops will take place in the Libavá military zone in Central Moravia. In January, Innogy will raise electricity prices for roughly one-tenth of its customers. This means that from the beginning of the year, this segment of the customer base will pay the government’s capped electricity prices, while the average household will pay about CZK 500 per month more than they do now. While one in ten Czechs borrowed money for Christmas shopping last year,...
By Abigail Calandra – Anglo-American University Gregor Hildebrandt’s exhibition “A Blink of an Eye and the Years are Behind Us” is the first of a series of solo artist installations at Kunsthalle Prague and the most extensive collection of his work to date. The exhibition of more than 80 works is an archive of Hildebrandt’s personal memories, drawing inspiration from music, film, literature, and architecture to create minimalist and abstract impressionist works. Located in Mala Strana, Kunsthalle is a new art space that seeks to highlight Prague’s multicultural past. The German word “kunsthalle” is representative of laboratories of critical thinking and open dialogue about art and society. Kunsthalle Prague opened its doors in February 2022 with the exhibition “Kinetismus: 100 Years of Electricity in Art” to celebrate the building’s original function as the Zenger Electrical Substation in the 1930s. The Berlin-based artist’s work takes up two of three exhibition spaces, including his well-known works, some lesser-known pieces, and site-specific installations. Hildebrandt seeks to document his own life and art while also placing a special focus on the Berlin art and music scene. The exhibition will also serve as a venue for concerts and re-staged Berlin exhibitions, including a performance by...
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