Month: May 2017
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Prague is in the world in the number of congresses, guests spend up to three times more than ordinary tourists
The whole of the Czechia lost two positions to 27th place, but Prague remains 11th in the ranking of cities. Prague – Prague last year remained 11th in the international ranking of cities with the largest number of large congresses. The whole of the Czechia lost two positions to 27th place. This follows from the…
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The government provides high-speed rail, a network of high-speed rail costs 650 billion
The government has approved material for the construction of high-speed rail. The network of high-speed railways connecting the Czech railways to the surrounding states is to cost 650 billion crowns. The connections connect Czech agglomerations to Germany in the north via Dresden and in the south via Domažlice. The route from Dresden is to continue…
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Prague found itself under scaffolding. Why are they repairing a number of important monuments now?
Why is there so much repair now? This is also due to the fact that next year we will celebrate 100 years since the establishment of the republic. “It simply came to our notice then. For example, as far as the Old Town Hall is concerned, we really wanted it to be back in that…
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A Russian, an Asian and a Czech tourist traveled to Prague
Apart from Rus, interest in Prague is growing among Asian tourists. The most beautiful picture | photo: Frantiek Vlek, MAFRA The Russian drank 52.3 percent more than Prague last year. Many people travel to the Czech Republic only for spouses, and in case of trouble, they come to Prague, where they admire especially the architecture.…
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The population of Prague is growing, in the metropolis it is not possible to build flats for them
The forecast follows from the strategic plan of the capital, currently the most important document, which outlined the vision according to which the municipality wants to guide the development of Prague in the coming decades. More Praguers 93 thousand According to forecasts, the population should expand the number of Praguers by 2030. 5.5 thousand apartments…
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Prague has always been a city of three nations, Czechs, Germans and Jews, the book shows
The Jewish city reveals the sinful corners of the past The discussion was led by the authors of new books on Jewish Prague This was exactly what was stated at the debate published by NLN, organized on the occasion of this year’s Book World fair in Prague. The fair takes place from 11 to 14…
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Prague has the first suggestions from the Danes on how to calm the highway. He wants to start the changes as soon as possible
Prague politicians and public planners met with Danish urban planner Jan Gehl in Copenhagen this week. He presented them with an analysis that shows the most pressing problems of the north-south highway. He also mentioned several possible adjustments that would calm the busy street. At the end of June, material will be ready for the…
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Prague, these are swindlers, taxi thieves and scouts, to Janko Rube
Help tourists do not always have a slot. It only takes me a second. If, for example, we only dismantled the signposts to the thief taxis on the Main Railway Station, we would save the daily pensions of hundreds of tourists, to the daily Metro Janek Rube. What did the last rogue you came across…
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Hot Lumpfish news! All white calf! Traffic!
People still are off-road driving in Iceland despite strict laws that prohibit it. An abandoned jeep was found in Hellisskógi near Selfoss and locals alerted the authorities. The driver, who was contacted shortly after, admitted to driving off the road and then abandoning the vehicle after he got stuck. As one might imagine, he has…
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The Finnish nuclear power plant detects the tropical cyclone Donna
May 3 at 0224 UTC (May 2 at 10:24 PM EDT) The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) from the NASA-NOAA Finland nuclear power plant satellite took a visible picture of the recently developed tropical storm Donna. Credit: NASA / NOAA The tropical low-pressure area, formerly known as System 99P, organized and evolved into a…