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
Wren Kitchens have conducted research on 25 European countries, in order to discover the best and worst places to raise a family. Considering a variety of factors that affect the modern family in each country, the We Are Family Index takes into account: the maternity/paternity leave, the cost of living, property prices and the cost of childcare. Each of these factors has then been analyzed and combined to result in an overall ranking. Figures show that Greece, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic top the chart with affordable property prices, cost of living and childcare fees. Switzerland ranks in last place overall – with research showing it came bottom of the pile in terms of paternity leave, childcare fees and the cost of living. The United Kingdom doesn’t even make it into the Top 10 – ranked in 16th place, with some of the worst mortgages vs. income prices, and has also been ranked as the second most expensive country for childcare fees. In terms of paid maternity leave, Greece has the best offering – whereas Sweden and Portugal have fallen short, landing in places 24th and 25th. Author: red
The situation looks grim for Libeňský most (Libeň Bridge). The Prague City Council supports demolishing the bridge down to its support pillars, which would be reused for a new bridge. The demolition must still be confirmed by 65-member Prague Assembly, which will discuss the issue April 26. The proposal for demolition was agreed to by seven of the 11 members of the City Council. Those from ANO and ČSSD supported the demolition. Members of the Three-Party Coalition (Greens, KDU-ČSL and STAN) opposed it. In the Assembly, the opposition parties TOP 09 and ODS are expected to join ANO and ČSSD in support the demolition. Read the full article here (Prague.tv)
This weekend is the festival Majales, (translated from Latin as “May”) which marks the Czech student celebration for the arrival of May and hedonism of student life. Over the past years growing up into the biggest Czech festival and is organized in Prague, Brno and Hradec Králové. Majáles is launched by the ceremony of building Májka maypole, which starts the “Month of students”. Everything culminates with the main celebration day with Majales Parade and final Majales Open-air festival. Majales also became influential in the development of counter culture in the Czech Republic after the communist censorship of the early 1950s. A famous year was 1965, when beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg visited this city and found himself elected the ‘King of May’ by the students of Prague. He was then deported for allegedly corrupting the city’s youth with his poetry he wrote for the festival. In the 1980s and 1990s, the festival continued to flourish in popularity and culture, with the former president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus becoming the first King of spring after the revolution. Today, the “month of students’’ kicks off with the Majales Parade and building the Majka maypole and is enjoyed by 20,000 students. ARTISTS: RYBIČKY 48 TOMÁŠ KLUS...
-How was born the project and what’s your current plan? GIUDI: For 4 years I was a frontwoman in a pop-rock band, it was an amazing time and gave me a lot of experiences, but musically I grew up in a different direction than the rest of the band. I had a need to express how I perceive music and feel myself. INUDE: Inude was born in the South of Italy in 2014 by an idea of Giacomo and Flavio and Francesco joined us later. We played together since we were young and now we are working hard on our new album that is almost done. -Tell us some stories from your past gigs in Europe, especially the ones in the Czech Republic. GIUDI: As this new project, my first gig was on the boat on Moldova, then I sang for example in the old iron factory in Ostrava, in Clam-Gallais Palace as a part of the Prague Fashion week. On may I am going to Berlin make a concert in one Pop Up Gallery Space, the audience will hear the whole concert only through the headphones, I am looking forward to this unique concept and for the feedback what...
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)
Czech economic sentiment strengthened in April to the highest level in nearly ten years, survey data from the Czech Statistical Office showed Tuesday. The economic sentiment indicator rose to 15.8 in April from 15.3 in the previous month. Moreover, this was the highest score since May 2008, when it marked the same 15.8. At the same time, the consumer confidence index weakened to 10.0 in April from 10.3 in March. The survey revealed that consumers were slightly more afraid of a decrease in the overall economic situation over the next twelve months, while worries about their financial standing almost unchanged compared to March. The business confidence index improved to 17.2 in April from 16.5 in the preceding month. Author: red
A long-delayed hotel project at Old Town Square that seemed to be canceled now looks like it is going to happen. Prague City Hall in December 2017 said it was terminating the contract with a company that plans to join eight buildings near Old Town Square, but it is now set to reverse its decision. The company Akroterion has rented four houses from the city since 1996 and owns four others. The planned five-star hotel with approximately100 rooms will be called U Sixtů, after one of the buildings, In addition to At the Sixth House, the project included houses called At the Stone Bird, At the Hungarian Crown, At the Unicorn, At the White Horse, At the Black Sun, At the Stone Lamb, and At the White Wolf. The buildings are on Celetná, Železná, and Kamzíkova streets. As part of the compromise, 20 luxury flats will be added to the complex. Read the full article here (Prague.tv)
Yesterday evening Prague police arrested at the Terminal 1 the group of seven men, suspected of the Saturday attack at Quadrio. The attack took place at seven o’clock in the evening on Vladislavova Street, where seven men came and wanted to drink their alcohol. The waiter got into a conflict with the suspects after he brought to their attention that they were not permitted to consume alcohol they had brought with them into the garden [on the patio]. The group of seven men then attacked restaurant personnel and knocked one waiter down, where they beat him with fists and repeatedly kicked him. When the victim was lying on the ground unconscious, they fled from there onto tram number 14 and rode away in the direction of the Charles Square, the police spokesman recounted. The waiter ended up in the hospital in the intensive care unit in a very serious condition and had to undergo a head surgery. The culprits could face up to ten years in jail for grievous bodily harm and disturbing the peace. Here the full video of the attack. Author: red
Before the technological revolutions that seemingly shrunk the world, Prague, like many other industrial cities, relied on its own local time. To determine high noon, the city used a shadow cast by a Marian column that fell directly upon the meridian of 14°25’17″ East each day. This occurred from 1652 to 1918, from when the meridian was set into the stones to when the Marian column was torn down by a mob in 1918 during a demonstration against the Habsburg Monarchy. Though the column has been gone for nearly a century, the meridian line is still visible. Keep an eye out for a thin brass strip flanked by plaques on either side, written in Latin and Czech. Loosely translated into English, they say, “Meridian, according to which time in Prague was determined.” They were placed alongside the time strip in the 1990s. Though the meridian is no longer a marker of high noon, it’s a subtle reminder of a time when the sun’s shadow was a vital tool in tracking the hours within a day. Author: red
The dispute started when the waiter warned the group men they could not consume their own alcohol. The attack took place at seven o’clock in the evening on Vladislavova Street, where seven men came and wanted to drink their alcohol. “A group of seven men attacked the staff of the restaurant, one waiter landed on the ground and kicked him with his fists and kicked him in.” According to him, the men then escaped to the tram number 14 in the direction of Karlovo náměstí, and the injured man ended up in the hospital in the intensive care unit in a very serious condition and had to undergo a head surgery. “Therefore, we ask the receptionist and all other witnesses, if they can see or know where they might be, to contact the emergency line 158,” said in a statement the spokesperson of Prague police. Here the full video Author: red
The Prague Transport Company (DPP) is modernizing another 65 T3 trams on partially low-floor wagons, which will then deploy on night lines. Modernization should be estimated at 455 million crowns. It is the second wave of modernization of the legendary T3 trams, produced in the 1960s and 90s of the last century in the ČKD Tatra in Prague. Applying to night-time connections is related to the DPP commitment to introduce barrier-free night transport. At the same time, night traffic is unlikely to have such high bargaining demands as to deny the fact that trams are low-floor only partially. The length of the tram network is 142.4 km in Prague, with about 52 percent of the tracks running along its own tramway. Trams carry over 360 million passengers each year. Author: red
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