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Prague Airport recorded a 6% increase in the number of checked-in passengers from July to September 2019, a total of 5,812,597 travelers.

August was the busiest month, while Prague Airport recorded the highest year-on-year increase in the number of passengers in September. Most passengers in this period were heading to London, the busiest destination followed by Moscow and Paris. As a holiday destination, most flights were to Antalya, Burgas, and Barcelona.

The number of checked-in passengers on flights to holiday destinations also increased, a total of 1,685,727 passengers, which is 8.8% more than last year.

Prague Airport also saw an increase in the number of passengers handled on flights to a total of 15 long-distance destinations. From July to September, 464,969 passengers used these routes, 12% more than last year, and the most significant increase was recorded by routes to North America by 28.7%.

While the number of passengers handled increased year-on-year at Prague Airport, in the case of air movements, the airport experienced the opposite. The most significant decline was recorded in August by -1.5%. In July, August, and September, the number of air movements dropped by 1.0% year-on-year.

The airport’s excellent operating results are due to newly opened air connections, increasing flights to existing destinations and continually expanding the capacity on existing routes.

The railway line between Prague’s Smíchov and Řepy is rightly considered the most beautiful in the capital territory.

The trains have run since 1872, and because of its profile and the surrounding natural sceneries, the railway soon earned the sign of Prague Semmering, according to the Austrian mountain railways registered on the UNESCO list. Leading it to be protected as a cultural monument.

You can ride between the Praha-Smíchov and Hostivice stations or enjoy a sightseeing tour from Smíchov to Smíchov this Saturday, October 19th.

From the Smíchov railway station, the train goes to the Prokop Valley. The canyon in it reaches depths of up to 70 meters and it was created by erosion during the last million of years.

From Hostivice to Smíchov, the train runs along the route of the former Buštěhrad line which exceeds altitude difference of 150 meters. Thanks to its profile, the surrounding natural scenery, and two historical viaducts, the track has earned the name “Prague Semmering” according to the well-known Austrian mountain railway.

The final section of the journey allows you to admire the legendary Vyšehrad rock and the plain of Pankrác with modern buildings. From the railway bridge across the Vltava river, you will also be delighted with the city’s spectacular skyline crowned by the majestic Prague Castle

Timetable:

Station	1.ride	2. ride
Praha-Smíchov	10:25	14:16
Praha-Řeporyje	10:40	14:31
Rudná u Prahy	10:49–10:52	14:40–14:49
Hostivice	11:05–11:07	15:02–15:06
Praha-Zličín	11:13–11:22	15:12–15:22
Praha-Smíchov sev. n.	11:43–11:51	15:43–15:56
Praha-Smíchov	12:04	16:08

Tickets:

Sightseeing tour

adults 250 CZK
passengers 6-18 and over 65 years 150 CZK

Praha-Smíchov – Hostivice/ Hostivice – Praha-Smíchov

• adults 140 CZK
• passengers 6-18 and over 65 years 80 CZK

You can make a reservation for groups of at least 20 people by email at [email protected]. Advance sale of the travel documents is started 30 days before the ride. Travel documents can be purchased at all ČD ticket offices.

Find more information here

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FOOD RUNNER – Street Bistro Asia

Located at Korunní 23 Prague 2, Street Bistro Asia serves fresh Japanese cuisine in a cosy, clean and simple setting, with modern design and friendly staff. This little and intimate space offers classic Japanese dishes, meticulously prepared by their chefs, always with fresh ingredients.

Open Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. you can have traditional Japanese street food straight to your home or office. Street Bistro Asia offers a selection of typical Japanese dishes such as ramen, rice, noodles, salads, and eventually, sushi.

As it is a small place, they have started their own company called Food Runner, which will be just for the delivery and will have their own drivers around Prague so that you can easily have a taste of the exceptional food they offer. You will be able to order take-away for a business lunch, a special event or simply a meal shared with friends and family.

They aim to accommodate all tastes and budgets. The offer consists of a large variety of soups, hot dishes including rice and noodles, and delicious desserts. Vegetarian meals are also available on the menu.

Photo: Lucie Macháčková/Prague Morning

If you are searching for tasty and mouthwatering Japanese cuisine Street Bistro Asia has very affordable prices and yummy food. The offer is fresh, fast, healthy and delicious. You choose, have it on their welcoming and cosy interior, or delivered to your office or your home. The menu features an excellent selection of Japanese dishes, appetizers such as laksa, a traditional Singapore soup with noodles, prawns and chicken garnished with fresh chilli and lime, mains like sake teriyaki (a delicately fried salmon fillet in teriyaki sauce served with rice and a slice of lemon), or if you fancy something sweet you can go for a dessert such as coco loco, fried vegan coconut bowls served with vanilla sugar and strawberry puree.

You will be satisfied with any dish ordered at Street Bistro Asia, and you will happily return or order online for their fresh and creative Japanese cuisine. Highly recommend the ramen, tasty and healthy but filling, especially the veggie (noodle soup with an intense broth with umami taste filled with ramen wheat noodles, turmeric egg, steamed vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, edamame, green onions and fresh chilli). Also, the Tori teriyaki sandwich, a juicy fried chicken in panko, with homemade teriyaki sauce served on a bun with teriyaki mayo.

They don’t charge extra money for the take-away boxes, but they take care of nature, so they choose their packaging according to that and hope you recycle it correctly.

They include drinks such as MAMA LEMONADES – 100% natural lemonades, and they come with ginger, passionfruit, orange, lemon and rose flavor.

Enjoy an authentic Japanese culinary experience in Prague and a great variety of dishes to ensure you will not get bored with their fantastic offer.

Street Bistro Asia is on UberEats!

Photo: Lucie Macháčková/Prague Morning

Photo: Lucie Macháčková/Prague Morning

If we are thinking about what we can do for living a healthier lifestyle the first expected change should obviously occur to our food habits and thereafter naturally the second most important element is to add some activity to our daily schedule.

As I am not a big fan of classic gyms, I always try to combine fun with a great workout at the same time. That’s why I look for an activity I can easily do both alone, or with a group of friends.

Recently my friends dragged me into a bouldering studio. Climbing in the studio always looked to be fun and very easy activity. I was sure I could do it without any problems. But the opposite was the truth.

Climbing is a 100% full-body workout. As you might think you work just your upper body, you actually putting in stress also your lower body, legs, shoulders, arms and of course your back.

While you are making a great workout, you easily burn around 700 calories just by one session.

But be prepared, climbing without proper muscle preparation can be challenging. I highly recommend getting into the shape before you kick off your climbing seasons. Build slowly strength in your core and arms and of course, warm-up before every climbing is a must. In that way, you can prevent any risk of injuring yourself while climbing and actually enjoy and see the progress you make.

Climbing has loads of pluses to convince you to start it:

full body workout
burns calories
make your body flexible
build up your muscles
de-stress your mind
you can do it with your friends
progress is measurable
you can meet new people
boost brain function

And many more reasons. You don’t believe me? Try it on your own skin. Here are top places where to boulder in Prague.

Climbing Centre SmichOff
Křížová 1018/6, 150 00 Prague 5 – Smíchov

Boulder Bar
U Výstaviště 230/11, 170 00 Prague 7 – Holešovice

Lokal Blok Bouldering
Náměstí 14. října 2173/10, Prague 5 – Smíchov

UltraAnt Climbing Club
Týnská 17, 101 00 – Staré Město

Mammut Climbing Center
Bubenská 1536/43, Prague 7 – Holešovice

You can even buy passes to Lokal Block and Ultraant by visiting our GoFit’s page!

By Tony O.

Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” taps into the myth of Hollywood in Los Angeles in the mid-late 60s as an idyllic oasis, but it likely was as he shows it for the hippest filmmakers, the grooviest bands and their groupies, etc. The LA bands of that era and its milieu are thus still influential and most obviously in the group Allah-Las, from LA of course, as carriers of the torch.

Allah-Las are playing at Lucerna Music Bar for a night of mid-60s LA good vibrations if you seek it.

The LA bands that live on, or at least deserve to live on, include most importantly The Byrds, Love, and Spirit as early and obvious influences of the Allah-Las for that lighter psychedelic rock sound.

The Allah-Las are Miles Michard (vocals, guitar), Matthew Correia (percussion, vocals), Spencer Durham (bass, vocals), and Pedrum Siadatian (lead guitar, vocals), and their self-titled debut album in 2012 best captures the “60’s LA sound,” a laid-back vibe that good Southern California living still may have to offer in its shady labyrinth of smaller houses and cottages in the hills above the sprawling city.

This life is harder to find as developers devour the hills and canyons with McMansions, not to mention Manson and his aftermath there. And so, the Allah-Las have an admirable determination and resilience to maintain an LA sound natural to its roots, and perhaps it should never be retired despite the times.

Three of the four Allah-Las met while working together at Hollywood’s Amoeba Records, which is housed in an architectural gem that has an exterior like a giant Johnny Rockets diner, right on Sunset Boulevard, though this building is soon to be razed due to developers’ plans to build a residential tower.

Their other releases include “Worship the Sun” (2014, Innovative Leisure), and the last two are on the Brooklyn label Mexican Summer: “Calico Review” (2016) and “LAHS” (2019). Of these “Worship the Sun” is closest to their original sound, while the newest one is the most nuanced, perhaps their best.

“LAHS” is still a mellow psychedelic-rock, but it’s a deeper or more introspective sound with twists and turns or with tricks up their sleeve, such as “Royal Blues” which seems like a sly reworking of the melody to Otis Redding’s “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” with an odd exotic chant, original rhymes in English, and an overlapping monologue in French. There is also “Prazer Em Te Conhecer” which is a cover of a Brazilian pop-dance song, but in the hands of the Allah-las, it glides in a weird Americana. The last song on the album, “Pleasure” is sung in Spanish, possibly as a simple nod to their hometown.

Overall, “LAHS” is a rich collection of original songs, neo-psychedelia with an upbeat bounce, as on the trance-groove “Star” or the meandering and breezy “Light Yearly” recalling The Seeds or CSNY, or stretched out jams as by the grand-dad of LA psychedelia, Frank Zappa (“Willie the Pimp”), who else?

They also have original music on the surf film “Self-Discovery of Social Survival.” It’s a cool neo-surf psychedelia where the Allah-Las, among two other experimental groups, created a live score inspired by the waves and award-winning surfers in remote locations. With tracks Mulberry Jam, Raspberry Jam, Blueberry Jam, and Blackberry Jam on the film’s soundtrack, they should play these “jams” too.

Where: Lucerna Music Bar

When: Oct. 19, doors open at 18:00

What will be the fate of the Libeň Bridge? The question, which is already being dealt with by the second Prague management, caused the mayor of Adriana Krnáčová (ANO) to fall apart just before the end.

Deputy Minister Adam Scheinherr is clear: the bridge will not be demolished, it will be repaired and extended, and Prague will pay about two billion crowns. Moreover, the whole area from Palmovka to Holešovice will be closed for two years.

“The entire project will be worth up to two billion crowns. Repairing the bridge alone will be worth half a billion, and we would like to have it done in 2024,” Scheinherr said.

The original design only counted on the repair of the bridge, but the city eventually decided to extend the project. Prague would like to start reconstructing the area from Palmovka to Holešovice at the end of 2021. So, for the next two years, Prague residents will have to prepare for traffic complications. There will be no replacement bridge, as promised by the previous leader.

“The replacement bridge is not much foreseen. A study was made, and such a bridge went up to 350 million crowns. DPP and I are ready to serve public transport, cars do not go there so much,” added the deputy.

According to him, the situation can be partially solved by crossing the footbridge from Holešovice to Karlín. Not done just yet, but by the end of 2021, it is to be finished. “But the trams and cars will not run on it and will serve only for pedestrians,” the deputy explained.

From the beginning, the new management of Prague claimed that it did not want the Libeň Bridge to be demolished. It announced a tender for reconstruction.

However, the conditions were very strict and only Pragoprojekt applied (they have not yet met the conditions). TSK canceled the competition.

18 companies are interested

“We wrote it too harshly. I expected companies to be willing to create an international team. Unfortunately, the market is now saturated, especially for construction companies,” Scheinherr said, saying it was his mistake, but he corrected it and now announced a new project aimed at repairing the entire area, and 18 companies have already expressed interest.

“We responded and discussed with the companies all summer. Preliminary market consultations for Design & Build projects have been announced, which means design and build. Companies indicate that they will be interested in such a contract. We want the winner to be selected by June 2020,” added Scheinherr.

Prague must now clearly explain how the project is to be imagined, and according to companies will apply for a new, selective procedure.

Ryanair today announced two new Prague routes to Rhodes and Thessaloniki in Greece, both with a twice-weekly service commencing in March 2020 as part of Ryanair’s Czech Republic Summer 2020 schedule, which will be launched shortly.

The carrier will use Boeing 737-800 for 189 passengers. According to Prague Airport’s estimates, more than 40 thousand passengers could use the service a year in both directions.

Prague consumers and visitors can now book their summer holidays to Rhodes and Thessaloniki as far out as October 2020, flying on the lowest fares and with the greenest/cleanest major airline in Europe, with the lowest CO₂ emissions.

To celebrate the launch of its new Prague routes, Ryanair has launched a seat sale on its European network with fares from just €16.99 (450 Kč) for travel until January 2020, which must be booked by midnight Thursday (17 Oct) only on the Ryanair website.

Ryanair’s Olga Pawlonka said: “Ryanair is pleased to announce two new Prague routes to Rhodes and Thessaloniki, commencing in March, which will both operate twice weekly, as part of our summer 2020 schedule. Customers in Prague can now book flights to Rhodes and Thessaloniki as far out as October 2020.

To celebrate, we are releasing seats for sale on our network from just €16.99 (450 Kč) for travel until January 2020 which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (17 Oct). Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, the biggest and most successful queer film festival in Central and Eastern Europe, will take place in Prague between the 7th and the 14th of November.

It will then continue in Brno until November 22nd. For twenty years, it has brought the best feature films, documentaries and short films with LGBTQ+ topics.

The festival will take place in Lucerna, Světozor, Kino Pilotů and Kino 35. The passes can be purchased in Prague and Brno in the box offices of Světozor, Lucerna and Pilotů cinemas, or online until October 15th, for the price of CZK 590 (you get to see seven films for the price of five) or CZK 120 per screening.

This year’s twentieth edition theme is “Winds of Change” and will be the first time in history there will be an international industry program for all viewers interested in the inner working of the queer film industry. This section is called “Queering the Industry”, and you can attend it either if you are a film professional or a festival visitor. It will consist of several discussions with experts about the current problems and challenges in the film industry, masterclasses of renowned filmmakers, and short films presentations. It will take place in the Patra community centre (Krymská 17) on Saturday, November 9th, and Sunday, November 10th. All events are English friendly, and the admission is free.

This politically activist festival addresses some of the current problems of the queer communities, accentuating solidarity and the necessity to be an active force for fighting equality and recognition in the whole society.

The opening film of the festival will be Adam, an independent American comedy by Rhys Ernst. Based on Ariel Schrag’s novel, this movie is about a teenager who is accidentally perceived as a trans boy.

Another film is And Then We Danced, a Swedish- Georgian compelling drama set among dancers, directed by Levan Akin. It was Sweden’s candidate for an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film. Also, Xavier Dolan’s latest film, Matthias et Maxime, a drama about two friends whose relationship changes with a kiss.

This festival will show you the diversity of artists and arts, stories that people don’t usually hear, the need to be politically active and the beauty of standing up for your rights.

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Thom Yorke has added a slate of tour dates around North America and Europe. He’ll be joined by Nigel Godrich and Tarik Barri for the Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes shows, playing music from across Yorke’s solo catalog. Find the dates below.

Yorke recently released the solo album ANIMA. He also contributed a new song called “Daily Battles” to the soundtrack for Motherless Brooklyn, a film directed by and starring Edward Norton.

Anima is also Yorke’s first number-one album on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. “Associations moving across minimalism and ambient, the electronics of the nineties and early noughties, ‘intelligent dance music’, a hint of trip-hop up to the current club rumbling,” writes Patrik Garaj in the Denník N’s review and continues: “Anima works like a pyramid. You ascend gradually, reach the top and you finish in the created mood. Soon you will most likely realize that you want to remain on top for longer. That is where you find Dawn Chorus, one of the best achievements of York’s whole career. For real.”

The song is also part of the great 15-minute film Anima by Oscar-winning director Paul Thomas Anderson, set in Prague (and the French village of Les Baux-de-Provence), starring Thom’s partner Dajan Roncione.

The trio previously toured together in 2015 following the self-titled release of Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’ debut album and recently embarked on a lengthy North American fall tour. The upcoming run of shows will encompass “work from across Thom’s solo material.”

2020 (Europe Tour)
06-19 Glasgow, Scotland – SEC Hall 3
06-20 Manchester, England – o2 Victoria Warehouse
06-23 London, England – Eventim Apollo
06-24 London, England – Eventim Apollo
07-01 Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
07-01-04 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07-06 Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live
07-09 Milan, Italy – Ippodromo del Galoppo di San Siro
07-11 Trenčín, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival
07-12 Prague, Czech Republic – Forum Karlin
07-13 Berlin, Germany – Max-Schmeling-Halle

Tickets here

Prague citizens will not lose their traditional way of celebrating the arrival of the new year!

The spectacular fireworks show will light up the sky above the Czech capital on January 1st. Further details will be available in early December. The organizers of last year’s fireworks decided together with the association Ohňostroj pro Prahu that they wanted to preserve this tradition for several decades, and at the same time, there will be a campaign ‘I WILL NOT SHOOT’ to prevent uncontrolled amateur firing of pyrotechnics.

“Fireworks have been, are and will be,” says Martin Peter, designer, and choreographer of the last five years fireworks in Prague.” Already during the time of Rudolf II, we were a real European cradle of fireworks, and Prague fireworks have been connecting people for many decades across history,” adds Peter.

According to his words, he does not want to let the popular cultural entertainment disappear only from the whims of the current leadership of Prague, which identifies with the unilateral views of environmental activists. “I get hundreds of questions about this year’s fireworks, and it was the support of our fans and citizens of Prague and the Czech Republic that made me try to save New Year’s fireworks,” says Peter.

Historically, fireworks have been fired from Letna Park, Vitkov, Petrin or the Vltava River, attracting hundreds of thousands of spectators and tourists. The Prague Fireworks and their organization were financed in previous years in cooperation with the Prague City Hall. For the first time, however, everything will be different, according to the director of the Fireworks association in Prague, Jan Šaršoun.

Photo: Veronika Pilařová

“As a fan of New Year’s fireworks, I founded a movement to preserve our cultural traditions, and by this action, I would like to give every citizen the feeling that Prague belongs to the people themselves,” explains Šaršoun. “I believe that people are interested in fireworks, so we leave the financing to their will. Every citizen of Prague, Czech citizen or organization can contribute to our transparent account with any amount and help save a part of our country’s culture.”

This gesture will show if citizens are interested in New Year’s fireworks. “We welcome any support from the public, and we want to thank you in advance for it,” says Šaršoun. “We would like to call on Prague citizens and residents of the Czech Republic to reduce the uncontrolled and dangerous form of firing pyrotechnics in the streets, in the spirit of the campaign I WILL NOT SHOOT, which we are also organizing in the framework of this event.”

“Public support and a commitment to tradition is our driving force. When preparing this year’s event, we proceeded according to legislative options and the only thing that can stop us is the bad weather,” observes Peter with a smile.

The exact location, size of the fireworks, details and its theme will be revealed at the beginning of December. Each citizen has the opportunity to comment and contribute through the website ohnostrojproprahu.cz, where it will be published current information on the upcoming event.

A hundred-year-old weather column, on the corner of Buzulucká Street and Vítězné náměstí in Dejvice, has been restored. It is one of the few surviving columns in Prague.

There were over fifty of them all over the Czech Republic. Another one is located on the pavement next to the Masaryk Railway Station.

One has also been in the Hadovka Dejvice park for several years, and after an agreement with the authorities it was installed there a few years ago by architect Jan Trejbal. Before that, he bought it for 1200 CZK, where the technical monument originally stood.

Meteorological columns have been produced since the second half of the 19th century, and at the beginning of the 20th century the setting in villages, larger villages, and towns became the fashion. The columns were used for weather forecasting plus showing time.

After World War II, the advent of more modern technologies halted the development of these weather stations. Eventually, most of them gradually deteriorated and in many places had them removed completely.

A 1914 technical monument remains on the outskirts of Kulaťák, but in a dysfunctional state. Some time ago, the Czech National Trust (CNT)—a non-profit organization—decided to save this meteorological column in Dejvice.

The reconstruction project was sponsored by Penta Real Estate and the Prague 6 City District. The artificial stone was cleaned and repaired. The locksmiths created new metal parts and the column was fitted with replicas of metrological instruments. On the corner of Buzulucka and Vítězné náměstí, people can learn temperature, humidity or air pressure.

“In the next phase, it will be fitted with an electronic display, which will provide additional supplementary data on both the columns and current air measurements from the Meteorological Institute, such as air pollution. It will complement the data provided by analogue devices,” said Jakub Stárek (ODS), Deputy Mayor of Prague 6.

The renewed post welcomes the revitalization of the area as a suitable revival. One may also find it interesting to compare traditional and modern technologies in the field of meteorology. The city district will take over the post in agreement with the CNT. The district had already painted it with antigraffiti paint from their resources.

“We considered installing touch screens with some practical applications on it, such as in the Town Hall building, but we abandoned the intention. [However], the place is not so busy,” added the deputy mayor.

Photo: Jan Puci

Not only for schoolchildren is September a symbol of new beginnings. This time we will introduce businesses that opened their doors in September, so there is something to look forward to. Whether you are a fan of good beer, quality burgers, or steaks, one thing is sure: in this edition of newly opened businesses, you will find yours.

Červený Jelen

Long-awaited newcomer to Prague, especially for fans of good beer, unique space, and great food. What can you experience? Everything in Červený Jelen is subordinate to take good care of an exclusive Pilsner beer, which is unpasteurized in the tank. It is brought by a special tank directly from the brewery and is the freshest possible beer to taste. The beer stretches to the bar in the shortest way possible, and with the perfect temperature ensured.

Červený Jelen is also unique in its space, which used to be a Baroque palace with a beautiful garden. It symbolizes the return of a calm life to the centre of Prague. Therefore, you will find an interior from the architect team of Stanislava Fialy with many cubist details that follow the work of architect Josefa Gočára.

Address: Hybernská 5, Prague

Dish 2

There are probably a few of you who do not know the renowned Prague burger Dish. The good news is that the company opened a second one in September. What will the new business offer, and where can you find it? The new establishment is located only a short distance far away from the first Dish, in Belgická Street. The restaurant offers an extended non-vegetarian menu, more seating and of course their famous burgers. Open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday to Sunday.

Address: Belgická 26, Prague

Meat Vandals

We will continue with meat and new places of well-known businesses. Not long ago, the Meat Vandals concept settled directly below the Kotva department store. They decided to expand and open a bistro in Myslikova Street. Still, you can look forward to their excellent pulled pork, jerky beef, and famous pastrami.

Address: Myslíkova 29, Prague

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