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Cinema: New Releases in English (Sep 27th-Oct 3rd)
From Thursday, September 27th through Wednesday, October 3rd, there are undubbed versions of fantasy blockbuster Stardust at Slovansk dům and Anděl, and an English-subtitled version of the new Czech comedy Gympl at Anděl.Both movie theaters are also still showing the undubbed English-language version of Ratatouille.Palace Cinemas Slovansk důmNa přkopě 22, Prague 1Stardust13:4016:2019:1022:00Ratatouille14:1016:4519:2021:50Village Cinemas AndělRadlick 3179/1E, [...] Read more..
ZFK presents MSFF
Here again are the venues for this weekends Manhattan Short Film FestivalFRIDAY 28/9 FROM 19:30 - SCREENING START 21:00MAD, Plaska 5, Prague 5 MAPorKaravan Seraj, Masarykovo nabrezi 22/239www.karavanseraj.cz MAPSATURDAY 29/9Karavan Seraj, Masarykovo nabrezi 22/239www.karavanseraj.cz MAPSUNDAY 30/9wrap party - Skutecnost, Francouzska 76,130 00 Praha 3www.skutecnost.czHope to see you there.ZFK Read more..
A few selected videos from my recent playlists
About a month ago I got an email from a friend who said something to the essence of ‘I have no idea what the music you’re playing sounds like, but judging from the names it sounds pretty exotic.’ So following the lead of folks like Matt Welch, who’s been doing some wonderful video blogging for [...] Read more..
Neo-Nazis to March in the Jewish Quarter
Neo-Nazis have been given permission to march through Prague’s Jewish Quarter on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.An organization calling itself Mlad nrodn demokrat (Young National Democrats) successfully applied for the right to march through Josefov on Saturday, November 10th, supposedly protesting the occupation of Iraq.One of the march’s organizers, however, is known neo-Nazi activist Erik Sedlček, [...] Read more..
Critical Mass Ride
Well, for anybody who was there, you know how much fun it was! This was the biggest Critical Mass ride I’ve ever been on and one of the most fun. Even without the stop at Vinohradske Vinobrane it was awesome. By my estimates there were more than 2000 people riding, but [...] Read more..
Radio 1 Setlist, 22 September 2007
Back from South Africa, where I managed to pick up a couple of really nice CDs from local bands I managed to see at the Highway Africa conference, including Nia’s “First Breath.” But the absolute standout for me this week was the cover of the Beatles’ “Golden Slumber” by a Brazilian/French singer named Bia. Also [...] Read more..
The fairest of the seasons
I remember as a nervous eighteen-year-old being packed off to Oxford for myvery first term with the reassurance of my parents that I couldn't be goingat a better time - that autumn there was the fairest of the seasons. Iremain institutionalized to such an extent that I still, some years on,associate the autumn with the start of the new school year. The leavesstart falling and I sharpen my pencils, buck-up my ideas and dust-off mysatchel... or something like that. Read more..
Kinoautomat: Interactive Cinema
Cool! Svetozor has revived an interactive movie from the late 60’s; a choose-your-own-adventure for the cinema. In specially constructed voting system, the audience members can change the trajectory of the film at several key moments by pressing red or green buttons: the majority vote would be carried out by the projection control room.The [...] Read more..
Ratatouille in English (Sep 20th-26th)
From Thursday, September 20th through Wednesday, September 26th, the Pixar film is showing in English at the following times:Palace Cinemas Slovansk důmNa přkopě 22, Prague 113:4516:2019:0021:30Village Cinemas AndělRadlick 3179/1E, Prague 5Saturday & Sunday Only: 11:0013:2015:4018:0020:20Prague TV Cinema Listings Read more..
The true taste of summer
I regard myself as having quite a refined taste for food, but for mesummer, at least the Czech one, is connected with a very basic, perhapsslightly lowbrow, taste, and that's the taste of a burt, a small thicksausage for grilling. Read more..
Letter from Prague 8.19.2007
Journalism has plenty of perks- free meals, free rides, meeting interestingpeople and "being where the action is" as they say. Some time agoI went to interview an elite team of fire-fighters - the kind who get senton international aid missions abroad. Of course, when they are not servingon special missions they are simply members of the Prague 2 fire brigadewho might get called to bring a frightened kitten down from a tree. Read more..
Read all about it! - The Prague free-newspaper boom
When I last lived in Prague a couple of years ago, it was common to find,in the corner of each and every metro station, a stand for the freenewspaper Metro. This stand would almost always be apologetically tuckedaway somewhere, and more often than not, quite empty of newspapers. But inmy absence, it seems that free newspapers have launched a major offensiveon this city. Read more..
Horse chestnuts are here, so say good-bye to the summer
Coming out of my house the other day, I noticed with horror that the horsechestnut tree in our street was heavy with spiky green balls. Not thatthere is anything strange about that. It's just that conkers always remindme autumn is here once again and I start thinking about all those things Iwanted to do during the summer but somehow haven't found the time to do so. Read more..
Spring, summer, burcak, winter
On the rainy days of early September, when summer is just gone for anotheryear and the bleak, cold months of winter are approaching, people dwell ondarkest thoughts and their hearts sink into melancholy. But there is oneregion in the Czech Republic where locals look forward to the beginning ofautumn more than any other time of the year. Read more..
Foamies
These are just a few of my favorites from the styrofoam-art decorations around town. Poor guy lost his “T”. Nice public service message though.I’d kind of seen them but didn’t really know how many there were. Don’t be grossed out by this one. Look closely, see the brains turning into [...] Read more..
MSFF07 POSTER
ZFK poster campaign about to hit Prague Trams & Metro (download) Read more..
Ratatouille in English
Pixar’s latest animated delight is released here tomorrow (Thursday, September 13th), and in its opening week there are English-language screenings at two Prague cinemas:Palace Cinemas Slovansk důmNa přkopě 22, Prague 112:1514:4517:2020:0022:30Village Cinemas AndělRadlick 3179/1E, Prague 5Saturday & Sunday Only: 11:0013:2015:4018:0020:20Bon apptit!Prague TV Cinema Listings Read more..
A Short Cut to Mushrooms
Back when I was in my early teens one of my favourite books was J.R.R.Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which I must have read at least a dozen times.Along with more adventurous passages, one of my favourite chapters was"A Short Cut to Mushrooms" - in which the hobbits make their wayacross Farmer Maggot's fields and the greediness of hobbits' love ofmushrooms is described. That description, I've always felt, would also fitwell for mushroom lovers in the Czech Republic, including myself. Mushroompicking here has a long tradition and is something of a national pastime. Read more..
BMI? Maybe?
The Manchester Evening News’s David Ottewell discovers the joys of Ruzyně’s departure lounge:“I truly believe that if Dante had ever been stuck at Prague airport waiting six hours for a budget flight, he would have felt the need to update the Divine Comedy with a new tenth circle of hell.”Link Read more..
Bur?k
It comes out a little foamy and a lot cloudy, very similar to how warm water, sugar and yeast look at the start of making bread. I’m giving you priceless gems here.This is the glass I drank it out of, at U Sudu. What? Yes darlings, it was gone before [...] Read more..
Czech riot cops bust up annual techno music festival
Czech riot cops bust up annual techno music festival
Czech police used water cannon and tear gas Saturday to disperse an annual gathering of thousands of techno music fans known as the CzechTek party.
Some 5,000 fans from the Czech Republic and other European countries arrived Friday night for the festival of electronic dance music, which this year was held in a meadow in Mlynec, a village about 130 kilometres west of Prague.
On Saturday afternoon, about 1,000 riot police broke up the festival after complaints revellers had illegally entered land outside the zone approved for the event, police spokeswoman Jolana Cihova said.
Police used water cannon and tear gas against the crowd. Cihova said the force was necessary to persuade the revellers to leave the festival, which usually lasts a week.
Several people, including two police officers, were injured, Cihova said, without giving details. Police detained a French citizen who allegedly tried to hit officers with his car, she said.
Posted: Wednesday 3rd August 2005, 12:49 AM
Theatre with English subtitles in Prague
Theatre with English subtitles in Prague ...
Švandovo Theatre has introduced a pioneering innovation to enable English-speaking theatregoers to visit its performances being played in Czech. This innovation is the projecting of simultaneous subtitles. In Prague subtitles are used in other theatres, but only for opera performances. The subtitles are projected onto a special screen that is hung under the stage portal to avoid disturbing the theatre stage itself. This means of presenting translation is used in theatres all around the world.
Švandovo Theatre has chosen to subtitle five plays from its repertoire: The Tempest by Shakespeare, Martin McDonagh’s Lieutenant of Inishmore, Tartuffe by Molière, The Marriage by Gogol and Killer Joe by Tracy Letts.
Learn more about Švandovo Theatre...
Posted: Tuesday 2nd August 2005, 1:01 AM
Charles University of Prague / Univerzita Karlova
The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest and most prestigious Czech university and among the oldest universities in Europe, being founded in 1340s (for the exact year, see below). In Germany it is often seen as the oldest German university (Karlsuniversität) due to its multiethnic origins and history.
History
Most Czech sources since at least the 19th century - encyclopedias, general histories, materials of the University itself - offer 1348 as the year of the founding of the university. On April 7 of that year, Charles I, the King of Bohemia (later known as Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor) issued a Golden Bull (transcription of the Latin original) granting its privileges. One may however also see the papal bull of pope Clement VI on January 26 of the previous year (1347) as primary, as for the foundation of any other Church institution, with the King's later bull only exempting it from secular authority; it is possible that an anticlerical shift in the 19th century is to be seen as an explanation for 1348 usually being seen as the founding year.
Based on the model of the University of Bologna and the University of Paris, the university was opened in 1349 and sanctioned by king Charles I in 1349.
Archbishop Arnost of Pardubice took an active part in the foundation by obliging the clergy to contribute. The lectures were held in the colleges, of which the oldest was named for the king the Carolinum. The university was sectioned into Czech, Bavarian, Saxon and Polish parts called nations.
In 1403 the university forbade its members to follow the teachings of Wycliff, but his doctrine continued to gain in popularity. Jan Hus had translated Wycliff's Trialogus into the Czech language. He was dean and rector of the university. The other nations of the university declared their support for the side of pope Gregory XII. Hus knew how to make use of king Wenceslaus' opposition to Gregory. By the decree of Kutná Hora (Dekret Kutnohorský in Czech) in 1409, Hus and the Czech nation had three votes in all affairs of the university, while only a single vote was for all the other nations combined where before each nation had one vote. The result of this was the emigration of the German professors and students to the University of Leipzig in May 1409. The Prague university lost the largest part of its students and the faculty. From then on the university declined to a merely national institution with a very low status. For decades no degrees were given and only the faculty of arts remained. Emperor Sigismund, son of Charles IV, took what was left into his personal property and some progress was made, and again later under emperor Rudolph II, when he took up residence in Prague. The emperor Ferdinand I called the Jesuits to Prague and they opened an academy. Soon they took over, were expelled 1618 - 1621, but by 1622 they had a predominant influence over the emperor. An Imperial decree gave the Jesuits supreme control over the entire school system of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. The last four professors at the Carolinum now resigned and all of the Carolinum and nine colleges went to the Jesuits. The right of handing out degrees, of holding chancellorships and of appointing the secular professors was also granted to the Jesuits.
Cardinal Ernst, Count von Harrach actively opposed this union of power and prevented the drawing up of the Golden Bull for the confirmation of this grant. Cardinal Ernst funded the Collegium Adalbertinum and in 1638 emperor Ferdinand III limited the teaching monopoly enjoyed by the Jesuits. He took from them the rights, properties and archives of the Carolinum making the university once more independent under an imperial protector. During the last years of the Thirty Years' War the Charles Bridge in Prague was courageously defended by students of the Carolinum and Clementinum.
The dilapidated Carolinum was rebuilt in 1718 at the expense of the state. Since 1650 those who received any degrees took an oath to maintain the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin, renewed annually. The rebuilding and the bureaucratic reforms of universities of Austria in 1752 and 1754 deprived the university of many of its former privileges.
(date 1806?) For the first time Protestants were allowed and soon after Jews. The university funded an additional Czech professorship. By 1863 out of 187 lecture courses 22 were held in Czech, the remainder in German. The Czechs were not satisfied. Consequently after long negotiations the Carolo-Ferdinandea was divided into a German and a Czech Charles-Ferdinand University by a law of 1882. Each section was entirely independent of the other, only the aula and the library were used in common. By 1909 the Czech students at the Czech Charles-Ferdinand University (Karlo-Ferdinandova univerzita) numbered 4,300 students and the students at the German Charles-Ferdinand University (Karl-Ferdinand Universität) numbered 1,800. The two institutions continued to operate independently until 1939.
During the World War II Nazi occupation, on November 17, 1939, after the burial of a student shot in earlier October 28 demonstrations, Czech part of the university, as well as all other higher-education institutions in Czechoslovakia, was closed down by force; many of its students and teachers were imprisoned in concentration camps and several student leaders executed. On the other hand, the German part of the institution proclaimed itself a university of Reich and was abolished after the liberation in 1945.
Although the university began to develop rapidly again after 1945, it did not enjoy academic freedom for long. After the communist putsch in 1948, the newly forming regime started to arrange purges and repress all forms of disagreement with the official ideology, and continued to do so for the next four decades, with the most painful wave of purges during the "normalization" period in the beginning of the 1970s. Such state lasted until the "Velvet revolution" in 1989, initiated by several peaceful student demonstrations, bringing a final collapse to the communist regime. New representatives recruiting from independent academic community were set in January 1990.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_University
Posted: Thursday 9th July 2005, 12:41 AM
External links
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See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague
Posted: Thursday 3rd March 2005, 12:41 AM
Historical population
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Historical population
Old Town Hall (
Staroměstská radnice)
- 1230: cca 3-4,000 inhabitants 1
- 1370: cca 40,000 2
- 1600: cca 60,000 2
- 1804: 76,000
- 1837: 105,500
- 1850: 118,400 (157,200 incl. suburbs)
- 1880: 162,300 (314,400 incl. suburbs)
- 1900: 201,600 (514,300 incl. suburbs)
- 1925: 718,300
- 1950: 931,500
- 1980: 1,182,800
- 1998: 1,193,300
- 2001: 1,169,100
Notes:
- 1 Staré město only
- 2 Staré město, Nové město, Malá Strana and Hradčany quarters
- Numbers beside other years denote the population of Prague within the administrative border of the city at that time (and
population including present suburbs in parentheses).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague
Posted: Wednesday 2nd March 2005, 12:29 AM
Culture, Economy, Colleges and universities, Transportation, Miscellaneous
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Culture
Prague is a traditional cultural center, hosting many theaters (including National Theatre), opera houses, concert halls,
galleries and music clubs.
Charles Bridge and Hradčany
Economy
Prague is the wealthiest city in Central and Eastern Europe, and wealthier than many in Western Europe, with a per-capita GDP (PPP) of EUR 31,369, which is at 149% of the European Union average.
Colleges and universities
The city contains 8 universities and colleges including:
- Charles University founded in 1348
- Czech Technical University (ČVUT) founded in 1707
- University of Economics (VŠE)
Transportation
Public transport infrastructure consists of three metro lines, as well as tramway lines and buses.
Prague is served by Ruzyne International Airport, which is the hub of the flag carrier, CSA Czech Airlines.
Miscellaneous
Prague is also the site of most important offices and institutions of the Czech Republic, including the President, the Government and both houses of the Parliament.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague
Posted: Tuesday 1st March 2005, 12:07 AM
Sights - popular tourist destination
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Sights
Prague is a popular tourist destination. There are lots of old buildings, many with beautiful murals on them. It contains one of the world's most pristine and varied collections of architecture, from Art Nouveau to Baroque, Cubist, Gothic, Neo-Classical and ultra-modern. Some of its many tourist attractions are:
The astronomical clock in the Old-Town Square of Prague
- Staré Město
- various places connected to Franz Kafka
- Malá Strana
- Hradčany with the Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral
- the Charles Bridge
- the Lennon Wall
- Old Town Square and the Astronomical Clock
- Jewish Town
- Wenceslas Square
- National Museum
- Vyšehrad castle
- TV Tower with observation deck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague
Posted: Monday 28th February 2005, 12:00 AM
Prague soon became the seat of the kings of Bohemia
Founded in the latter part of the 9th century, Prague soon became the seat of the kings of Bohemia, some of whom later reigned also as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. The city flourished during the 14th century reign of Charles IV, who ordered the building of the New City, the Charles Bridge, Saint Vitus Cathedral, the oldest gothic cathedral in central Europe and actually inside the Castle, and the Charles University, the oldest university in central Europe north of the Alps. Prague was then the third-largest city in Europe.
View over Prague from the Klementinum tower, where a meteorological and astronomical observatory was located.
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View over Prague from the Klementinum tower, where a meteorological and astronomical observatory was located.
The four independent boroughs that had formerly constituted Prague were eventually proclaimed a single city in 1784. Those four cities were Hradčany (the Castle District, west and north of the Castle), Malá Strana (the Lesser Town, south of the Castle), Staré Město (the Old Town, on the east bank opposite the Castle) and Nové Město (the New Town, further south and east). The city underwent further expansion with the annexation of Josefov in 1850 and Vyšehrad in 1883, and at the beginning of 1922, another 37 municipalities were incorporated, raising the city's population to 676,000. Most of the city's 50,000 Jews died in the Nazi genocide of World War II.
Prague suffered from serious flooding in August 2002, with parts of the city having to be evacuated. The floods caused a lot of damage, but fortunately no major landmarks (such as the Charles Bridge) were destroyed. Affected parts of the city (including the subway system with more than 15 stations disabled) were being under intensive repairs during the two subsequent years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague
Posted: Sunday 27th February 2005, 12:11 AM
Prague - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in central Bohemia, it is home to approximately 1.2 million inhabitants. (It can be derived from jobs statistics, however, that additional 300,000 work there without having registered as residents.)
Nicknames for Prague have included "city of a hundred spires", "the golden city", "the Paris of the Twenties in the Nineties", the "mother of all cities", and "the heart of Europe". Since 1992, the historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of world heritage sites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague
Posted: Saturday 26th February 2005, 12:00 AM
Vegetarian restaurants - guide
Dominated by the hilltop castle, Prague offers delightful sightseeing with quaint old squares, warm sunshine and the slinkiest local accents in Europe. With plenty of cheap hostels and bars, it’s every inch a party town and magnet for backpackers and thousands of resident Yappies (Young Americans in Prague) enjoying a bargain gap year. Vegans beware, in the Czech Republic the four food groups are sausages, cheese, ice-cream and beer. Thus my soft voiced Slovak companion and I appreciated all the more Prague’s well stocked veggie oases.
http://www.vegetarianguides.co.uk/samples/czechyourveggies.shtml
Posted: Friday 25th February 2005, 12:16 AM
New diet blog about healthy macrobiotic lifestyle
I have started my new weblog.
Macrobiotic is very complex and powerful energetic system. Many illnesses could be healed by eating the whole grains, legumes and vegetables. It's not accident that the most healthful people are Japanes. Their food is low on fat with plenty of vegetables in the form of traditional miso soup and lot of fish and ofcourse the main meal is the rice. Check out my blog and read something about macrobiotic, it's not a woodoo teaching, it's very logical and many medicine researches are opening their doors to this timeless system. It can save your life in the future. Drugs, complicated surgeries and irradiations are no the way to go as you will or you already had realised.
Posted: Thursday 10th February 2005, 12:40 AM
Let's Play Golf in Czech - Prague Golf Tours
Let's Play Golf in Czech - Prague Golf Tours
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Posted: Saturday 29th January 2005, 12:15 AM
The state rooms of the Prague Castle you cannot visit
The state rooms of the Prague Castle you cannot visit
The state rooms are used for the official reception of visitors to the President of the Czech Republic and social occasions for
invited guests. Twice a year they are thrown open to the public for one day (the Prague Castle Administration gives information as to dates in the press.
Other rooms in Prague Castle are closed to the public, being used by the Office or the President of the Czech Republic, the Administration of Prague Castle and the other institutions.
Some rooms in Prague Castle are used as exhibition or concert halls. They are open only on these occasions, after the purchase of a special ticket. This applies to: the Imperial Stable, the Theresian Wing of the Old Royal Palace, the Supreme Burgrave's House, the Royal Summer Palace, the Ball Game Hall in the Royal Garden, the Riding School of Prague Castle.
The National Gallery exhibits collections of old Bohemian art in St. George's Convent, and there are museum exhibitions in
the Lobkovicz Palace and the Supreme Burgrave's House.
For more information find the Guideline for visitors.
Posted: Sunday 6th February 2005, 12:36 AM
Object in the Prague Castle - Changing of the Guard
Object in the Prague Castle - Changing of the Guard
The interiors of the historic monuments are accessible to view with the ticket of Prague Castle Administration.
The gardens of Prague Castle: daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (free entrance).
Object in the Prague Castle
The Old Royal Palace, the St. Vitus' Cathedral - the historical part (the choir, crypt and tower), the basilica of St. George, the Mihulka ramparts, the Golden Lane are part of sighseeing tour of the Prague Castle.
The most of the monuments are accessible for the wheel-chairs.(St. Vitus Cathedral (the main entrance), Old Royal Palace (Vladislav Hall), St. George Basilica, Prague Castle Gallery, Royal Summer Palace, Ball-game Hall, Imperial Stables, Spanish Hall, Rudolph's Gallery from the Broad Corridor, the Gardens of the Prague Castle, WC near St. Vitus Cathedral.)
The Prague Castle Administration publishes information on the programmes in the quarterly "Prague Castle" and in the press.
Do not forget to visit our Information Centre (guided tours etc.)
The Changing of the Guard take place every hour on the hour. At noon it includes a fanfare and the flag ceremony on the
Ist courtyards..
Posted: Saturday 5th February 2005, 12:05 AM
History of Prague Castle - Prince Borivoj of Premyslides
On the basis of archeological research and the oldest written sources it is thought that Prague Castle was founded around the year 880 by Prince Borivoj of the house of Premyslides. The early medieval castle site was fortified with a moat and a rampart of clay and stones. The first walled building was the church of Our Lady. Other churches, dedicated to St. George and St. Vitus, were founded in the first half of the 10th century. From the 10th century Prague Castle was not only the seat of the head of state, the princes and later kings, but also of the highest representative of church, the Prague bishop. The first convent in Bohemia was also founded in the grounds of Prague Castle, a convent next to the church of St. George for the order of Benedictine nuns. The basilica of St. Vitus, built on the site of the original rotunda, was the main castle church since the 11th century, where the relics of the patron saints of the land were kept: SS. Vitus, Wenceslas and Adalbert. And from the 10th century the convent of the Prague church was an important educational and cultural institution.
Posted: Friday 4th February 2005, 12:13 AM
Prague photos, cheap hotels and historical maps
Prague photos, cheap hotels and historical maps
Very beautifull and chill-out mood evoking photos of
nightly Prague. Photographed by Jir� Zral�, very talented man. Keep up the fantastic work and thanks for sharing.
Cheap hotels in Prague
Our cheap hotels in Prague offer comfortable accommodation for both families and couples seeking a weekend break that won�t break the bank.
Interesting website with a good overview of hotels lined up by stars. Have also good tips about eating out and if you are visiting the city for a few days, than their short break in prague article is worth to read.
Historical maps of Prague city.
Located at intersection of ancient trade routes on Vltava river; settlements from Paleolithic, Neolithic & Celtic periods were in the area; later became nucleus for Bohemian state; was brilliant medieval center; declined in 17th cen., but recovered.
Posted: Thursday 3rd February 2005, 1:43 AM
The best pub, club, bar, restaurant, cinema in Prague
The best pub, club, bar, restaurant, cinema in Prague
Are you going to visit Prague and would you ever like to know what are the best places to visit?
The Prague Post website site is listing them all with a brief description.
Best Pub
Best Cafe
Best Cocktail Bar
Best Beer
Best Czech or Slovak Restaurant
Best Pizza and Pasta
Best Asian Restaurant
Best Mexican Restaurant
Best Indian or Pakistani Restaurant
Best Fine Dining Restaurant
Best Business Lunch
Best Place for English-Language Books
Best Place to Take the Kids
Best Tourist attraction
Best Neighborhood
Best Multiplex cinema
Independent cinema
Best Rock Club
Best Jazz Club
Best Dance Club
Best performing arts theater
Best Luxury Hotel
Best Budget Hotel
Best Fitness Center
Best Banking Services
Best Hairdressers
Best Mall
Best Clothes Store
Best Crystal
Best Art Gallery
If you would have voted in this survey you were able to win some pleasant prices like dinner certificates, national theater tickets or state opera tickets. Cast your vote for the next year.
Check the best places of Prague here.
Posted: Wednesday 2nd February 2005, 12:14 AM
TGI Fridays Czech Republic - Prague Restaurants
New TGI Friday restaurant in Prague
Since the opening of the first restaurant in New York City in 1965, T.G.I. Friday`s guests have flocked to each new restaurant to sample its now/legendary menu offerings. Guests savor signature intems such as the Loaded Potato Skins, filled with golden melted cheese and crispy bacon, Spinach Dip, made with zesty Parmesan cheese blended with fresh spinach, artichokes, sauteed onions and peppers, Buffalo Wings made in the traditional upstate New York style, World Famous Friday`s Burgers, served thick and juicy on a fresh bun, Jack Daniel`s Glazed Ribs, Margarita Beef Fajitas, featuring steak marinated in Friday`s exclusive Jose Cuervo margarita sauce then chargrilled and served sizzling ht over grilled onions and peppers, and Friday`s Sundae and Mocha Mud Pie. From New York City to the shores of California, T.G.I. Friday`s restaurants epitomize a fun meeting place for single, adults, couples and families.
T.G.I. Friday`s restaurants have led the world in casual dining since its earliest days at First Avenue and 63rd Street in New York City. Its red-and-white stripes and bold blue exteriors are a beacon for diners who identify Friday`s restaurants with seven-days-a-week fun. Thirty eight years after the first restaurant opened, Friday`s restaurants are recognized as a classic American bistro. The menu has grown to include trend-setting appetizers, entrée salads, pasta dishes, deli-style sandwiches and chargrilled items such as the Jack Daniel`s Grill and Jack Daniel`s Salmon basted in a special glaze.
T.G.I. Friday`s restaurants, pioneers of the fun, casual dining experience, recently introduced an all-new lineup of World Famous Burgers reflective of American`s love of 100% chargrilled beef served thick and juicy on a fres bun.Soon to be a classic, the World Famous Friday`s Burger features crisp bacon and is smothered in melted Colby cheese. The World Famous Barbecue Burger brings to mind "Old West" campfire meals as the burger is generously topped with Friday`s zesty barbecue sauce, melted Colby ceese and Cajun-battered onion rings. The World Famous Peppercorn Burger is sauteed and pepper crusted with melted Colby cheese, crisp thinly cut onion rings and topped with creamy mayonnaise. Finally, a new burger tradition, the World Famous Mushroom Onion Swiss Burger, features a medley of rich flavors on a single bun. It is topped with sauteed mushrooms, caramelized onions, melted Swiss cheese and mayonnaise.
With locations in 56 countries around the world, Friday`s restaurants also serve dishes that reflect local tastes and customs. Guests in Prague will find dishes such as Blackended Chicken Alfredo, Grilled Chicken Wrapper alongside Friday`s signature menu.
Friday`s innovations, its intoduction of Deli-style salads, Tossed Tomato-Basil Chicken pasta, Margarita Fajitas and Jack Daniel`s Grill items infuse the menu with flavor. Over the years, and in the response to the growing demand for flavorful non-alcoholic beverages, T.G.I. Friday`s restaurants introduced Smoothies and Flings.
The restaurant`s clubby interior wood floors, Tiffany lamps, comfortable wooden chairs and colorful struped tables add to the rich and vibrant spirit of the restaurant. The bar area, with its brass railings and plentiful bar stools, has long been a hangout for patrons who watch Friday`s high-octane bartenders flip bottles with style.
Friday` s restaurants reached icon status in1995 when the popular eatery celebrated 30 years as the world`s favorite gathering place for food, fun and cheer. The same year, T.G.I. Friday`s announced that it had reached $ 1 billion in system-wide revenues and was operating in Australia, Braziol, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Panama, England, Korea and Japan.
"At Friday`s new restaurant, you can sample all-time American favorites that so many of us in Prague enjoy. With a menu chock -full of America`s best meals, Friday`s is the perfect place for a casual lunch, dinner or evening at the bar."
Rostik restaurants, s.r.o. is a licensed frinchisee of TGI Friday`s Inc. Carlson Restaurants Worldwide inc., the parent company of TGI Friday`s Inc., is a world leader in the hospitality, travel and marketing industries. As of July 1, 2002, Carlson restaurants operate , franchise and license 701 T.G.I. Friday`s restaurants in 56 countries. Carlson Restaurants Worldwide is included in the Carlson Hospitality Worldwide Division fo Carlson Companies, Inc.
Praha 1
Na Prikope 27
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Phone Number: 420 221 967 228
Fax Number: 420 221 967 225
TGI Fridays Czech Republic
Posted: Tuesday 1st February 2005, 12:24 AM
Zoological garden of Prague starts traditional night viewings
Zoological garden of Prague starts traditional night viewings
Like for several years, this year have
Prague zoological garden prepared remarkable night viewings for its visitors. Small knots of visitors leaded by professional guide can take a look to privacy of animals and to see what they can't spot at ordinary visit of zoo. Admission to these viewings is 140 crowns for adult and 70 crowns for children.
Viewing, that's starting at 30th July for the first, is beginning at the pen of red pandas, which are moving jauntily on the trees at the night suchlike north american ursons. These are sleeping through the day. Pavilion Africa closely, at which are small animals of African deserts and half-deserts, provide a look at nocturnal and daily aquatics, in the African house visitor enter nightly savanna, where
aardvarks jauntily run around and giraffes rest quietly.
Along the path you will see a pack of
coatis, they are usually sleeping on the lofty trees above the visitor's heads. The promenade continues between ungulate pen, where many people surprise active night liveliness, we can't overlook hyenas, Przewalski´s horse and
cassowaries. Viewing, which takes circa two hours, is ending by the pool of seals and you'll also peek inside the pavilion of penguins.
Night viewings are organized by the Prague Zoo every Friday, Saturday and Sunday of August, from 21, 21.30 and 22 hours. It's nathless necessary enroll at the phone number 296 112 230 or by the email address pr@zoopraha.cz, because the capacity of individual groups is limited.
Posted: Monday 31st January 2005, 12:13 AM
Czech Tourism - multimedia, photos, virtual tours, postcards
Czech Tourism - multimedia, photos, virtual tours, postcards
Czech Tourism have big collection, called Multimedia Gallery, of films from the whole Czech Republic. These videos are guiding you through castles, churches, tips for active holiday, discovering the regions of the Czech Republic or the presenation of spa towns. They are available in many languages.
Other benefits of
Czech Tourism website are e-brochures in pdf format that you can download for free. Once again they guide you through the Prague or Castles & Chateaux and also Czech Mountains.
Photo section is coming next:
| Welcome in the section of photo-gallery. We will guide you here about historic and natural beauties of the Czech Republic. In the high-quality photographs, you can admire the magic beauty of hundred-spires´ Prague as well as the charm of many other places situated all over the country. You have the chance to see the photographs of Czech castles and chateaux, calm spa towns, interesting religious monuments and natural localities. This all is completed by the photographs from active holidays and the snaps of objects related to congress tourism. |
Take virtual tours of your choice: Carlsbad, Golf Course Karlštejn, Holiday Inn Prague Congress Centre, Josefov - Prague Jewish Town, Karlštejn, Litomyšl, Litomyšl Chateau Convention Centre, Luhaèovice, Olomouc, Prague, Prague Congress Centre, Prague Fair Palace, St. Nicolas Church Prague, Velká Amerika.
And at the last you can send beautiful postcards to your friends from there.
Posted: Sunday 30th January 2005, 12:48 AM
Located in the beautiful State of Czech Republic resting in the heart of Europe - Prague
Located in the beautiful State of Czech Republic resting in the heart of Europe, neighbouring with Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland. The Prague Castle is founded around 880 by prince Boøivoj of the Premyslid dynasty. Prague is established.
A popular tourist destination. There are lots of old buildings, many with beautiful murals on them. It contains one of the world's most pristine and varied collections of architecture.
Prague is a traditional cultural center, hosting many theaters (including National Theatre), opera houses, concert halls, galleries and music clubs.
Prague is known for beer and women. Prague is actually one of the nicer cities in the world, so head over and grab a Pilsner Urquell or two and enjoy the view.
Posted: Thursday 27th January 2005, 4:16 AM
Ombudsman Otakar Motejl thinks CzechTek 2005 techno music rave in Mlynec was legal
Ombudsman Otakar Motejl thinks CzechTek 2005 techno music rave in Mlynec was legal
PRAGUE- Ombudsman Otakar Motejl has arrived at the conclusion that police crackdown on participants in the CzechTek 2005 techno music rave in Mlynec, west Bohemia, in late July was legal, according to the final report on the examination carried out by Motejl on his own initiative, Pravo writes.
"Police had enough reasons for carrying out their operation since participants in the rave illegally occupied land plots and there was a danger that the crime of harming others' people property could be committed," the daily quotes from the report.
Ombudsman thinks police crackdown on ravers was legal - press
Motejl completes examination of police action at CzechTek -- press
PRAGUE- Ombudsman Otakar Motejl has completed an examination of the police crack down on the CzechTek techno music rave that took place in Mlynec, west Bohemia, in late July and found mistakes both on the part of the police and the ravers, the Aktualne.cz news server says.
The report to be submitted to Interior Minister Frantisek Bublan and police president Vladislav Husak, says that "the situation was not black and white as each of the sides described it."
Motejl completes examination of police action at CzechTek -- press
Several dozen ravers and police officers were injured during the police operation in which water canons and tear gas were used. Charges have been brought against three participants and another 13 ravers were investigated.
CzechTek analysis finds fault with ravers and police
Posted: Wednesday 30th November 2005, 2:31 AM