Holešovice, the surroundings of the O2 Arena, and the industrial zone in Šterboholy. These spots glow red in the temperature image from June 18th taken from the International Space Station. The sun heats surfaces to more than 45 degrees. What exactly does the picture show? What are its pitfalls? How can photovoltaic panels improve the situation? Landscape planning specialist Michael Pondelíček from the Prague Institute of Planning and Development answered all this and more. Could you describe what the June 18 image taken from the International Space Station shows? It shows what the temperature conditions are in Prague in instantaneous temperatures. So it shows the current temperatures in the given places. Since it was a warm day, we can therefore conclude that the image shows us an instantaneous temperature map. It is a simple idea of how the city is doing thermally on a normal day. We can also see white or dark red places on it where the temperature is around 50 degrees Celsius. And also the blue or green areas which are cooler and where the temperature drops to 30 degrees Celsius. Yes. The main one is the cooling corridor in Prague, which is the Vltava and its...
The Prague 1 district is the most flooded with shared scooters in the entire city, on which tourists also endanger pedestrians on the sidewalks. The management of the town hall is preparing several steps to regulate their movement in the center. So far, there is a debate about the introduction of zones in frequented places, where the motor of the scooters will be turned off and it will not be possible to continue with them. “From our point of view, electric scooters are just a tourist attraction that serves drunken alcoholic tourists to organize races. We have many cases where pedestrians have been injured. We take it as someone privatizing public space for their business,” says the mayor of Prague 1, Petr Hejma (STAN). According to him, the city district is trying to get rid of the scooters in the same way that the municipality succeeded in the case of segways. In 2016, the city adopted their regulation in the conservation area and in other places with a high concentration of pedestrians. For now, however, the Prague 1 City Hall is trying to agree on certain restrictions with the largest operators of scooters, Lime and Bolt. “Discarded scooters are especially...
Meteorologists have warned of an upcoming heatwave that is expected to bring temperature highs of 36 degrees Celsius midweek. People have been warned to increase their intake of liquids, not to spend too much time outdoors and not forget proper protection. Young children, the elderly and people with chronic diseases should stay out of the sun. Monday, July 18 should be sunny and dry with day temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius. During the day the air heats up to 26-30 degrees Celsius. On Tuesday, weather forecasters promise clear and dry weather with daytime temperatures ranging from 28 to 33 degrees Celsius. On Wednesday it will be sunny again, but in the evening there will be occasional rains or thunderstorms. Maximum daily temperatures range from 32 to 36 degrees Celsius. On Thursday, the weather will not change, with day temperatures reaching 31 degrees Celsius. Friday is sunny again with day temperatures ranging between 25-30 degrees Celsius. On Saturday, forecasters predict a variable cloud cover with local precipitation. Daily temperatures range from 28 to 32 degrees Celsius. The sky will be cloudy on Sunday. High probability of rain and thunderstorms with day temperatures between 26 and 30 degrees Celsius.
If your day doesn’t start until you’re up to speed on the latest headlines, then let us introduce you to our new morning fix. Meteorologists have warned of an upcoming heatwave in the coming week that is expected to bring temperature highs of 34 degrees Celsius midweek. . A tourist from the Czech Republic died in Austria’s highest mountain, the Grossglockner, the APA news agency reported on Sunday, citing police sources. The man reportedly fell from a height of 300 meters. The Prague district of Holešovice, the vicinity of the O2 arena and the industrial zone in Šterboholy are the hottest places in the Czech capital, according to thermal photos taken from space. In these areas rooftops and surfaces heat up to more than 45 degrees Celsius. As part of the 100th anniversary of Lower Austria, the cross-border exhibition SILVA Artis will take place at the Gallery of the Austrian Cultural Forum in Prague and in the Ambit of the Franciscan Monastery. The exhibition will run until 22 September. The Chamber of Deputies approved on Wednesday legislation that would limit film incentives to a maximum of CZK 150 million for a project per year, the Czech...
French market in Kampa until Sunday, July 17, Prague 1 After a year, the French market in Kampa opens again. In addition to great gastronomic experiences, you can also enjoy a musical production and a children’s program. Come and enjoy the true French atmosphere! Festival Behind the Door until Tuesday, July 19, multiple locations Staroměstské náměstí, Mariánské náměstí and Výstaviště in Holešovice will become the scene of various street performances this weekend. The Za dveřmi festival is already organizing its 14th annual event full of acrobats, jugglers and musicians. The program will also include workshops and a theater parade. Open bottle day on the beach Saturday 16 July, 12:00–21:00, Prague 2 Taste the most delicious domestic and foreign wines–including many small family wineries that you will not find anywhere else. Enjoy the event on the banks of the Vltava to the sounds of live music, refreshments and competitions are also available. Admission is free, and a tasting glass with a limited logo for the traditional 100 crowns. Latino street food fest 2022 Saturday, July 16, 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m., Prague 5 Smíchovská embankment will get lively on Saturday with latino street food. And what will they serve you here? Look forward...
On the evening of Thursday, July 14, the lower house of the Czech Parliament approved the bill on the so-called “economical tariff.” This is a program to help residents pay bills for electricity and gas in the new heating season. All the MPs present voted in favor. The program envisages that the state will compensate all household consumers with up to CZK 16,000 for energy costs. In an earlier version, the bill only assisted with electricity and gas, but the deputies added to it also heating. The Government will determine the exact amount of compensation for specific cases by a separate decree. This is expected to take place in early August. Compensation will be provided automatically in the form of a discount. Residents will not have to file an application or additionally ask about it in another way – the energy companies will independently conduct the recalculation and resolve all issues with the state directly. However, compensation will not apply to temporary residences (e.g. cottages) and tariffs that include recharging points for electric vehicles. “People will see the results in their invoices from October 1. The support will be valid for the whole heating season,” stated the Minister of Industry...
by Juliana Zappitell and Taylor Coester Captured Russian military equipment showcased in Prague’s Letna park drew dozens of visitors on Tuesday during the first full day of an exhibit arranged by Ukraine’s government to keep the spotlight on their fight against Moscow. The exhibit, featuring damaged tanks, trucks and other equipment used by Russian forces following the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, underlines how Kyiv has sought to whip up support for their fight and request for more assistance and weapons from western nations. “Be brave like Ukraine. And do not forget that even after 139 days after the beginning of the Russian invasion the fights still do not ease. That is just the reason for the exhibition of destroyed and captured vehicles of the Russians,” Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said in a Facebook post. Five tanks captured by Ukrainian forces — including one damaged in battle and weighing 46.5 tonnes — lined the gravel ground of the park filled with locals riding bikes, walking their dogs and relaxing on the grass. The exhibition was previously displayed in the Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland, and will remain in Prague until July 24th. “The destroyed equipment is a hope for...
Cities face critical challenges on the path to sustainable mobility, yet they also hold the key to action. More than 70% of Europeans live in cities, and urban areas account for around 23% of EU greenhouse gas emissions from transport. At the same time, European cities are home to some of the boldest and most innovative solutions for passenger and freight transit. This year’s edition of the Urban Mobility Days will address these key challenges. From 20 to 22 September, the city of Brno will host the Urban Mobility Days 2022 event. This biennial conference, jointly organised in 2022 by the European Commission, and the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU, is a major event in the urban mobility calendar. Participants will have the change to meet in person, whereas at the same time there will be a virtual option available. “It is a great opportunity for Brno that was involved twice in CIVITAS projects to host Urban Mobility Days 2022 during Czech presidency of the Council of the European Union. We are looking forward to welcome participants in Brno and share successes, experiences and know-how in the field of sustainable urban mobility with the representatives of cities, European politicians and mobility experts,” said Markéta Vaňková, Mayor of...
This year’s June was one of the warmest in the Czech Republic in the last six decades. At the same time, it was rich in precipitation, but there were large regional differences and it rained more in Bohemia than in Moravia. The average monthly air temperature reached 18.7 degrees Celsius last month, which is 2.2 degrees above the so-called normal from 1991 to 2020, meteorologists said on their information website on Tuesday. “We assess June 2022 in the territory of the Czech Republic as strongly above normal in terms of temperature and above normal in terms of precipitation. The average length of sunshine this month was 206 hours,” meteorologists summarized. Czechs experienced the warmest June so far since 1961 in 2019 when the average temperature was 20.7 degrees. Conversely, meteorologists recorded the lowest average temperature for June in 1985, which was only 13 degrees. Also according to measurements in Prague’s Klementinum, where they have been monitoring the weather for almost two and a half centuries, June this year was exceptionally warm. In the historical tables kept since 1775, he ranks fifth. The average monthly temperature reached 22.3 degrees Celsius at the oldest station in the country. In the territory of...
Tábor is an easy day trip from Prague (by train or by bus), and it is a fascinating journey into times past. The city was founded as a commune in 1420, when the Hussite Wars were in full and brutal swing. Two Hussites, Jan Bydlínský of Bydlín and Petr Hromádka of Jistebnice, were the co-founders. They were members of a Hussite faction that came to be known, not surprisingly, as the Taborites. Tábor (which, in Czech, means “camp”) was the place in which legendary Hussite general Jan Žižka trained farm workers to become skilled soldiers, using the brilliant tactic of repurposing farm tools – the tools which the men were used to handling – into weapons of war. Žižka never lost a battle, and the commune thrived. When anyone joined the group at Tábor, that person threw all of his or her worldly goods onto a common heap and went to work for the good of the community. The Taborites steadfastly refused to acknowledge the authority of the King of Bohemia, even though King (and Holy Roman Emperor) Sigismund granted it the status of a royal town in 1437. The town remained unconquered until 1452, when George of Podĕbrady (in...
The area of Revoluční, náměstí Republiky, Na Příkopě, 28. října and Národní streets in the center of Prague is to become a uniform boulevard and shopping street. A two-sided row of trees should be created along the entire length, and trams could run again between Na Perštýně and náměstí Republiky in the future. The study was prepared by the Aoc studio. Designing will begin in the summer, physically the area should gradually begin to change in two years, starting on Revoluční. The project aims to support the expansion of Prague’s main promenade shopping street from the currently defined section of Jungmannovo náměstí – náměstí Republiky to the entire area from Legií Bridge to Štefánikův Bridge. “This is one of the busiest and also the most important cultural and social centers of Prague, however nowadays the space is oversaturated with unsightly advertising, the overwhelming majority overloaded with automobile traffic both in motion and parked cars in the streets. The study offers a solution to all these problems. There will also be a reconstruction of surfaces, repair and addition of new furniture or placement of greenery,” said Deputy Mayor for Territorial Development Petr Hlaváček (TOP 09). The goal of the concept is...
The hill of Vítkov today provides a suggestive panorama of Prague and is particularly known for hosting one of the largest equestrian statues in the world, that of the Hussite leader Jan Žižka. It was here that on 14 July 1420 an important battle took place within the Hussite Wars which saw the armies of the Holy Roman Emperor, Sigismund, opposed the Hussite deployments under the command of Žižka. Sigismund began assembling an army near the Lower Silesian city of Świdnica. The Emperor was joined by German princes as the vast army of crusaders from all parts of Europe crossed the Bohemian border at the beginning of May, captured Hradec Králové and marched on Prague. The siege of the Bohemian capital began on June 12th. Sigismund could count on an army of about 150,000 men who launched the attack on the rebels on 13 July. The armies of the Holy Roman Emperor seized the castles of Vyšehrad and Hradčany, while Jan Žižka kept hold of the most important points in the fortifications of Prague: Vítkov Hill, located on the edge of the city, which was defended by no more than 80 men. The following day, the reorganized Hussite troops attacked enemies...
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