Have you ever had your own vision of Prague city? Is it romantic for you? Or sad? Or crazy? Or even ruthless? The exhibition Living in Prague presented three artists’ works, which would be open until the end of August. Cozy and bright place of the House of National Minorities was a great choice for the exhibition. The sunlight wades through a glass wall, emphasizing paintings of Silvia Vezzuto, Prague based Italian artist, who sees the city as a space for “magical” opportunities. “She also brought her friends Mike Köppe from Germany and Assem Al-Sabban from Saudi Arabia to be the authors of the exhibition” Jakub Stedron, director of the House of National Minorities said. Vezzuto believes that everybody can draw and she tries to create opportunities for everyone. “It is in her Italian nature to be open and invite people to enjoy painting”, Köppe says. Vezzuto’s paintings are very colorful and diverse. They illustrate joy, love, passion, happiness, positivity, and great views of the city only emphasize the uniqueness and beauty of Praguers’ daily life. “If you are angry and not satisfied and then if you go after the sunset around the Prague Castle and go down and see...
The first part of the long-awaited revitalization of the Prague riverfront area called Náplavka is coming to completion, making it one of the most attractive public embankments in Europe. In autumn 2019, nineteen vaults on the Rašín and Hořejší Embankments will be put into use. The masterplan of the Prague riverfront area includes a number of architectural interventions that will gradually encompass the vast riverfront area, almost 4 km in length. It is envisioned as a consistent whole, comprising a balanced architectural framework, established cultural and social content, and other program layers, as well as variable elements such as floating facilities, temporary installations and events. The stone part of the design is based on the vaults in the riverside wall; the floating part, on the large floating facilities (boat terminals, floating baths and floating toilets). Floating Pool The aim of the project is to restore the tradition of river baths through a modern badeschiff-type floating pool with complementary facilities complying with contemporary requirements. The location of the baths echoes the historical placement of swimming pools along the Vltava embankment, with their specific connection to the Rašín embankment. The swimming pool belongs to the river “realm”, while the floating facility follows...
By the end of September, there will be a campaign on the streets of Prague focusing on the rules that tourists in the capital must adhere to. Carried out by Prague City Tourism in cooperation with the night mayor Jan Štern, it will draw attention to the behaviour of tourists in the most problematic locations of the Czech capital. The campaign reportedly builds on previous surveys that show that over 70 percent of tourists come to Prague for the first time and therefore do not know the rules that apply there. Thus, with visual prompts tourists will be reminded of the fact that silence is maintained after 10 pm and a ban on drinking alcohol on the streets is in place. They will also learn that they can be fined up to EUR 400 for disturbing the night peace. This will make it so that Prague ceases to be perceived as a city where everything is allowed, believes Petr Slepička, Director of Prague City Tourism. Hence, tourists will see outdoor advertising in front of the Main Station, bus 119 stops in the direction of the airport or in the most problematic locations. It will be accompanied by a survey that...
Prague is a city filled with hidden gems, many of which harbor dark secrets. One such site is Dům U Zlaté Studně or ‘The House at the Golden Well.’ Today the building stands as a proud example of Prague’s rich cultural and artistic history, with its magnificent gardens and intricate frescoes. The name of the House at the Golden Well is derived from an old legend about the building. According to the legend, the well located beneath the building held hidden gold. The water in the well, which was located in the cellar, was rumored to have a strange golden glow and people believed that gold was hidden there. A housemaid named Ľubomíra was cleaning in the basement and she bent over to look down the well and get a better glimpse of the golden glow. But she slipped on the wet floor and fell down the well. Her desperate cries for help went unheard and she drowned in the well. After she was found, the law required that the well be cleaned. Cholera and plagues were common during this time and, therefore, the well had to be emptied and thoroughly cleaned to prevent disease. It is believed that the master of the...
If medals were given out for consuming beer, the Czechs would have been wearing gold around their necks for the past 48 years. Since 1971, we have been sitting on top of the tree of the European ranking for the foamy beverage consumption. The Czech Beer and Malt Association (CSPS) drew attention to this fact during yesterday’s International Beer Day. “With 141 liters per capita, Czechs are at the top of the pan-European beer consumption chart. We came to the forefront in 1971 with a consumption of 160 liters; the highest consumption of beer (167 liters) was registered in 1992,” says Martina Ferancová, Executive Director of ČSPS. Last year was a record for breweries. The total production of Czech beer reached 21.3 million hectoliters. Czech breweries produced a record 21.3 million hectoliters of beer last year, an increase of 4.7 percent on 2017. The main driver of that increase was a jump in exports, though domestic consumption was also up on the previous year. On the other hand, consumption of draft beer is decreasing in the Czech Republic. The reason for this observed decline can be found specifically in the anti-smoking law, which had a negative impact on the market. Anti-smoking law according has...
Drought continued in all areas of the Czech Republic as soil drought has spread and currently affects three-quarters of the country, according to a statement released by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) on Thursday. The previous week was characterized by a higher temperature, which intensified mainly the evaporation from the soil and watercourses. Statistics from the institution showed that it was four degrees Celsius warmer than the average for the period, but only about a third of the normal amount of rain fell. Drought spread to 75 percent of the country’s territory from 64 percent in the previous week, as shown by drying and dying of vegetation. According to the institute, conifers are the most affected species. Some wildwood species, such as birch, hazel, sycamore, cherry, hornbeam, start to turn yellow prematurely. For watercourses, the water authorities begin to gradually regulate the pumping of water. Significant rain (from local storms) occurred at the weekend, but its impact was only short-termed. The groundwater level did not change much compared to the previous week and remained strongly below normal. According to hydrologists, no improvement is expected in August. Author: red
In the ’30s, there used to be happy crowds, sportsmen and many parties here. Now it’s a jungle taking over a place that used to be a pool and the only thing visible is the devastated diving tower. And everybody knows Bazén Barrandov was here. I have seen the diving tower many times from a train or a car, and when I finally got here, I was really surprised. The pool used to be really big and deep (of course because of the tower) and even if there are wild plants and basically jungle all over the place today, you can still feel the old glory. This place used to be a top spot for the high society of the ’30s in Czechoslovakia. At the top of the hill, there used to be a nice restaurant called Barrandovské terasy and there used to be swimming competitions held in Bazén Barrandov, so many people used to come here for a trip from Prague, for a coffee or a bite or to watch the competition or just for a swim. After WW2, the glory of the pool slowly died, the water was too cold and it was too far away for everyday...
The Czech Republic had by far the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union in June, at just 1.9 percent. Next was Germany with a rate of 3.1 percent. According to Eurostat, all of the countries of emerging Europe boasted unemployment rates lower than the EU average of 6.3 percent, except Latvia, where 6.5 percent were unemployed. The region’s best performers aside from the Czech Republic were Hungary (3.4 percent), Poland (3.8 percent) and Romania (4 percent). Greece had the highest unemployment in the EU, at 17.6 percent. In the last decade, the highest annual unemployment rate in the EU was seen in 2013 (10.9%). Youth unemployment rate — under-25s — fell in both the EU28 and EA19. The EU28 has 3.17 million young unemployed persons, of whom 2.25 million were in the EA19. “In June 2019, the youth unemployment rate was 14.1% in the EU28 and 15.4% in the euro area, compared with 15.2% and 17%, respectively, on June 2018,” Eurostat said. Meanwhile, the preliminary flash estimate for July 2019 showed euro area annual inflation at 1.1% downed from 1.3% in the previous month, it said.
This year’s Prague Pride will parade through Prague Center on Saturday the 10th of August. The route will stay the same as previous years, with the starting point at Václavské Náměstí to Letná. The approximate number of participants is 30 thousand people celebrating the lives of the LGBTQIA+ community. For the first time, the Petřín Tower will be lit in rainbow colors. The LGBTQ pride flag is about to fly Prague City Hall, too. 2019 is an iconic and historic year for SAGE and the LGBT community as it marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, known as the birth of the modern LGBT movement. The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community against a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. They are widely considered to constitute the most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States. The carnival parade will go from Václavské Náměstí through the street Na Příkopě to náměstí Republiky, from there it will continue through Revoluční, Řásnovka, and Klášterská to Dvořákovo nábřeží. The parádě will walk through náměstí Curieových to...
Find this small boho paradise on the island in the middle of Prague. From June to September, you can enjoy live music, various outdoor activities, and great coffee and food. You can relax under the shades of the trees and quietly observe the life on the Vltava river with a view to Charles Bridge and National Theatre. It’s a real paradise that will take you far away from your everyday reality. Cocovan This oasis of peace is a great project of one couple, Baronka and David. In previous years, they run a successful Camp Žižkov and popular Coffee Corner. However, they had to close the business in 2016. So, they bought a retro van from 1969 and reconstructed it for mobile café in a bohemian style. Name CoCo Van refers to their previous COffee COrner. They traveled with Cocovan to various festivals, and they became so popular with their boho concept, so they received an offer from Malostranská beseda who is responsible for this area, to run a program for a whole island in the same vibes. In summer 2018, Cocovan finally parked to Střelecký Ostrov. Baronka with David created a permanent boho paradise for all visitors searching for a...
President Milos Zeman will leave for another part of his summer holiday on Thursday, from which he will come back in mid-August, spending the time mostly at the presidential chateau in Lany, central Bohemia, his spokesman Jiri Ovcacek said. The holiday is to begin on August 1 and will last “approximately until mid-August,” Ovcacek said. Zeman already took holiday in late June, early July this summer when he stayed in his house in Nove Veseli, south Moravia, after visiting the Vysocina Region. He interrupted his holiday because of the dispute around the replacement of the culture minister. Early in May, Mr. Babiš and the Social Democrats requested the removal Mr. Staněk, whom they accused of being ineffective. At the same time, they asked to replace him with the Social Democrats’ pick Michal Šmarda. The delay led the Social Democrats to threaten to leave the government coalition. President Zeman thanked Mr. Staněk for his good work and for having unveiled corruption in the field of culture but has not so far agreed to make any new appointment, saying he would decide on Staněk’s successor in mid-August. Author: red
After the exciting group phase and ranking matches, the CEE Cup came to a close today with the much anticipated Final match between last year’s winners, Palmeiras, and the home team of Sparta Prague. The Brazilians sailed through Group B with ease, winning all three games. As for the Czechs, the road to Dolicek was slightly more complicated. At the 50th, Palmeiras broke through when Gabriel Goes let off a shot from outside the box, which was somehow picked up by Fabricio, who scored an easy goal up close. The Brazilians found their second and winning goal at the 85th, and what a fantastic goal at that. Rian Roberto let off a powerful shot from the right-hand side against which Benada was unable to do anything. In the last five minutes, plus in the six added as overtime, things began to get heated once more, with many spats breaking out here and there, but the final whistle brought an end to all that. The 9th edition of the CEE Cup truly was a success for every football lover out there. The level and quality of all the teams involved was simply spectacular, with the cherry on top that was the...
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