A Czech artist is hiring families to spend the summer in one of the country’s busiest tourist destinations as part of a new project exploring displacement and the changing face of mass tourism. Český Krumlov is one of the Czech Republic’s most visited destinations: with 13,000 inhabitants – this city is visited by around two million tourists every year. Brno-based artist Kateřina Šedá is searching for “normal people” to spend three months living rent-free in the centre of Český Krumlov. Participants will be paid to carry out their everyday activities in the historic city centre, which has seen many residents forced out to the suburbs amid growing waves of visitors. “I will offer residents starter apartments, which are usually provided to young families and the socially excluded. I’m also offering them jobs on the basis of what Krumlov most needs – and that is the pursuit of normal life. They will do this in the centre during the high tourist season and we’ll pay them for it,” said the artist. Šedá says that the project — titled UNES-CO — doesn’t criticise the tourism industry, but seeks solutions to calm tensions between locals and visitors by inviting tourists to pause and experience the town like a native. The application, in Czech, is here Author:...
It’s that time of year again, the days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer, restaurants are dusting off their terraces, and baseball is returning to Prague. You heard right, this Saturday and Sunday (March 31– April 1) will be the home opener for two of three Prague teams that play in the Czech Baseball League. Kotlářka will host their crosstown rivals, Prague Eagles, while the Tempo Titans will play last years newly promoted, Třebíč Nuclears. Famed Czech model/actress Martina Hekerová is even scheduled to be singing the national anthem for the Kotlářka/Eagles game at Stadium Markéta. It is sure to be a fun time had for all. Read the full article here (Prague.tv)
Meat products such as ham sausages, canned foods, sausages are comprised mainly of meat substitutes in the Czech Republic. One-fifth of the products received an inadequate mark. “We tested a total of 88 samples, 21 of them scrawled. The reasons for the lack of stamps were in all cases the same – non-compliance with the declared values, ie deceiving customers with untrue data on the packaging, and failure to meet the requirements of valid legislation,” said Hana Hoffmann, editor-in-chief of dTest. The consumer usually consumes less meat than he thinks or a substitute in the Czech Republic. The actual meat content tends to be 20 percent. “The biggest difference between what you get and you want is shared in Tesco Herkules, which lacks 20 percent of the meat. Interestingly, the fact that quite often the producers don’t keep the declaration at 16 percent, like Krahulík, Masokombinát Polička, Tesco ham and Pork Luncheon Meat Guding,” said Hoffmann. Using meat-substitutes instead of meat shows non-compliance with the minimum content of pure muscle proteins and the presence of foreign proteins. This is the second common problem. Proven presence of foreign proteins has tainted ham sausages. Several times poultry protein was discovered and the consumer was unaware since labels have been misleading. Such...
Prague has given a green light to more projects to promote energy savings in urban structures. City Hall approved a subsidy to modernize the main air ventilation in the shafts of the Metro A, B and C lines and an upgrade of the escalators at the Palmovka station. The Prague Public Transport Company (DPP) will replace obsolete facilities for safer and more economical ones that are energy efficient. DPP is asking for a total of Kč 109.6 million for both projects. The costs of the modernization will be co-financed from the Operational Program Prague — the Pole of Growth of the Czech Republic (OP PPR). DPP applied for a subsidy for the modernization of air-conditioning equipment and lighting in metro stations. Read the full article here (Prague.tv)
The Prague Mayor’s Office and the US Embassy in the Czech Republic will cooperate in offering internship opportunities to Roma students. This was stated in a memorandum signed on Tuesday in Prague by representatives of both bodies. The scholarship holders at the City Hall could address the issue of greater integration of the Roma minority into the mainstream society and the situation of the Roma in the different neighbourhoods of the Czech capital. The US Embassy in Prague will offer educational courses to young Roma. These will include language classes and various other disciplines. Author: red
The restoration of Prague’s Rašínovo nábřeží embankment will begin in mid-April. Prague City Hall approved the changes last year, but the renovation works were delayed due to administrative and technical reasons. The waterfront on the opposite side of the river at Smíchov is also being renovated. The revitalisation will mainly concern the renovation of 12 rooms set into the stone walls, under the upper-level street. Some of them will be turned into public cafes and galleries featuring glass entrances. New benches and trash containers will be placed along the promenade as well. Around 2010, Náplavka was transformed from peaceful footpaths with pleasant views into a buzzing alternative social hotspot. Farmers markets, sports events, open boats and cultural activities are among the list of things Náplavka have been host to. In recent years, however, locals feel the space has lost some of its alternative charm as it has become more commercialized, with an influx of beer tents marketed to tourists. Author: red
Emirates on Tuesday announced it will add a second daily flight between Dubai and Prague, after seeing steadily growing passenger numbers on the route. The new Emirates flight will commence from July 1 to meet the increasing demand for both inbound and outbound travel, the airline said in a statement. It added that the second daily flight will be operated by a Boeing 777-300ER with a capacity of 360 seats, boosting inbound tourism through the additional 262,800 seats a year it will provide. Emirates‘ flight EK137 will leave Dubai at 15:30 and arrive in Prague at 19:55. The return flight EK138 will leave Prague at 21:35 and arrive in Dubai at 05:30 the following day. The new flight complements the existing schedule operated by an Emirates A380 which currently departs Dubai at 08:35 as EK139 landing in Prague at 13:00 and returns as EK140 departing Prague at 15:55 landing in Dubai at 23:50 daily. Author: red
The National Gallery of Prague launched “Touching Masterpieces,” a campaign that lets them touch iconic sculptures in virtual space. Created with help from Geometry Prague and NeuroDigital, in collaboration with the Leontinka Foundation for the blind and visually impaired, the virtual reality experience features haptic Avatar VR gloves, specially adapted for this campaign, that let the blind “touch” work like Michelangelo’s David, Venus de Milo and the bust of Nefertiti. Haptic gloves enable you to touch 3-D objects in virtual space. When you reach out to touch something, your sense of depth and texture passes through the unit as vibrating feedback. Multi-frequency technology can stimulate different types of skin cells’ tactile responses, giving the blind a detailed “sense” of the object they’re touching. Author: red
Prague 1 wants to expand the list of places where it is forbidden to drink alcohol in public due to ongoing complaints from local residents about noise. The ban could be extended to Malostranské, Anenské, Dražického, Maltézské and Velkopřevorské náměstí and Nerudova, Karmelitská, Mostecká, Rámová and Bílkova streets. The expansion was approved by the Prague 1 District Council. Read the full article here (Prague.tv)
Visitors to Prague as well as locals should be warned that stores larger than 200 square meters will close on Easter April 1st and on April 2nd. The law came into effect in 2016 and aims to make the Easter period less about commerce and more about the holiday spirit, allowing people to slow down and spend time with their families. The law prohibits sales but does not require the store to be closed, according to some legal experts. All retail shops over 200 square meters must be closed during seven of the most important national holidays on the Czech calendar. New Year’s Day (January 1) Easter Monday Liberation Day (May 8) Czech Statehood Day (September 28) Independent Czechoslovak State Day (October 28) Christmas Day (December 25) St. Stephen’s Day (December 26) Exempted from the new regulation are all shops under 200m, pharmacies and gas stations (thanks for that), and shops located in hospitals, airports, and train stations. As for those, who open their doors in violation of the law? Fines can go up to one million crowns, while repeat offenders risk paying five times that amount. Author: red
The open call was announced to the public by IPR Prague (the Prague Institute of Planning and Development) and Prague City Hall. The open call attempts to revive local transportation stops that lack a coherent visual identity and coherence so that the design proposals should represent the unique character of the city and timeless design. The selected design proposal will expectedly pay utmost care to come up with unique and locally sound ideas for designing the city’s transport shelters and railings. The confirmed deadline for submitting applications is the 18th of April at 3 pm. The technical specifications and all documents regarding the procedures can be seen here. The recent announcement highlights that in addition to the basic functions of transport stops, the new design should come up with creative ideas for easy maintenance, refined forms of timeless design, resistance and clear orientation for passengers. According to Adriana Krnáčová, the mayor of Prague, around 2000 stops in the city will be gradually transformed and the new design for Prague’s public transport shelters and railings will be “sensitive, modern but also tasteful and timeless.” Author: red
Who would be the best Czech barista of the year? That was the question that hundreds of visitors attending the Czech Barista Championship 2018 will ask themselves. The event takes place at Pragovka, art centre in Vysočany that holds exhibitions, concerts, and other cultural events. The two-day final round of 12 competitors will take place on the weekend of 7th and 8th April. Visitors can taste espresso-based drinks and hand-brewed coffee from many local and international roasters. Coffee lectures and discussions will fill the time slots between the competition presentations. One of the greatest highlights is the chance to taste the competition coffees directly from the baristas after their routines. Czech Barista Champion 2017 title was earned by Jan Škeřík, the head-barista at Double B Prague. Last year, competitors were asked to prepare four espresso, four milk-based, and four custom coffee drinks under the scrutiny of an international jury in just a quarter of an hour. Official event on Facebook here Author: red
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