Month: July 2020
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Open House Prague 2020 in summer. I offer Pragovka and a tour of Štenc’s house
The organizers have prepared a number of walks and tours of objects from the program for eager visitors in the summer months. “As the festival could not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic in May, we decided to respond to the great interest of the people and prepare several tours and walks of the…
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Prague will not lose Rembrandt. One of the most anticipated exhibitions of the year is moving to September Culture
Self-portrait with two circles, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, No. 1665-1669. photo: The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood House, London “With the help of Rembrandt’s other works, as well as the work of his contemporaries and followers (Jan Lievens, Gerrit Dou, Ferdinand Bol, Govaert Flinck and Christopher Paudiss), the exhibition will try to bring closer the inner…
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Prague wants to rework the traffic light. The criteria are not objective, says Hrib
According to Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřiba (Pirates), the criteria for color coding the regions in the so-called traffic light are not objective. The representatives of Prague are annoyed that some points are not based on exact numbers. By Friday, Prague will send an initiative to the Ministry of Health for the ministry to consider revising…
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Bar worshiping Žufánka, the best dill in Prague and rockets. Why Hotel Yalta will shine again
In mid-January, we wrote about the new unique Gallery 44 restaurant, where you could enjoy a new fine dining menu in the 12th-century cellar, surrounded by art, prepared by a different guest chef. Six months and everything is different. Today, a sad message is already shining on the door of the company in Karlov 44:…
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Bubeneč: The most expensive house in the Czech Republic is for sale for half a billion
The villa is sold by Julia Romaněnková, the wife of the former representative of the Russian petrochemical giant Lukoil. The land on which the villa stands was bought by Romaněnková ten years ago. At that time, however, stood the house of the painter Karel Svolinský, built at the turn of the 60s and 70s. Romaněnková…
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Prague discussed the situation with coronavirus: Veils in public transport will return (probably) in September
“We must allow the climatic conditions to allow it, we will start wearing veils in trams and buses,” says Zdeňka Jágrová, director of the Hygiene Station of the Capital City of Prague, at a press conference on Thursday. However, when asked by journalists, she did not specify what the weather must be like. Will the…
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Crobliha or cronut Prague: Lukáš Vašek fry a mix of croissants and donuts
That once, basically, he leaves his former job and throws his zest into an industry that was foreign to him AND unknown, Lukáš did not even dream of that. But that’s exactly how it happened. “I originally did geoinformatics in an international corporation. But I had a feeling four years ago burnout. I wanted to…
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Architecture for all. The Open House Prague Festival will open over seventy buildings
Architectural festival Prague Open Day will take place this year at an alternative date, at the beginning of September. In the first six days of this month’s festival will open 73 normally inaccessible buildings and premises and also offers an accompanying program that consists of guided walks and debates on urban architecture. Visitors can once…
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Mushroom: Prague is not more infected than other regions, I do not trust the data of the Ministry of Health iROZHLAS
“Prague has no more infected per 100,000 inhabitants than other regions,” encourages Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates) in response to the inclusion of the capital in the yellow, the second most risky category in terms of the spread of coronavirus. Hřib also reminded that the creation of the traffic light in the Chamber of Deputies…
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New colors of public transport? The designer is threatening a lawsuit
“It simply came to our notice then. He will fundamentally change my work with new colors, but no one has turned to me for it, “Kotas complains. Prague has announced a non-public contract for a new color scheme. Its winner should be known within a few days. However, pictures of the planned redesign of public…