The Havel market closed in September. In 800 years, the epidemic and the ban on the sale of souvenirs have ruined iROZHLAS
It has been in operation since 1232, but at the moment it is empty. The Havel Market Square in the center of Prague closed at the end of September – it was limited by a new version of the market rules and the coronary crisis. The operator is now deciding what to do next with the marketplace, negotiations with the city district and the municipality are being postponed. “We believe that the future of the market will start again,” a councilor from Prague 1 told Radiožurnál.
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“I will serve about ten customers, on average 50 crowns per one,” some vendors described the day before the Havel market closed. It ended at the end of September after about eight years of operation.
Listen to Vojtěch Tomášek’s report on the fate of the Prague Havel Market
“It gradually became the most important marketplace in Prague. In the 16th century, it supplied almost the whole of Prague, ”explains the current market operator František Soukup for Radiožurnál.
Revenues were also significantly reduced by the coronary crisis, but the sellers complained mainly about the amendment of the Decree on the Market Rules. It has significantly reduced the range they can sell – it has banned souvenirs. “We are left with only flowers, which for the last twenty years have only been a decoration. We primarily focused on souvenirs, “explained one of the saleswomen.
In addition, the market operator stated that he learned of the change only after the decree came into force. It is published by the municipality, but the content is proposed by the city district. When the decree changed, the current council handed over the document to the municipality after the previous representation, without major modifications.
“We believe that the future of the market will start again, in a form that will be current and move Prague somewhere,” ensure Councilor Karel Grabein Procházka (YES), who hopes to find a compromise.
“Reasonable mix”
The Prague City Hall also deals with the Havel Market Square. The sale of souvenirs would not have to be in conflict with the concept of sales in the city center. “Havel’s marketplace should be a sensible mix. We can’t just want things in this place that will be for the locals, “says Jan Chabr (United Forces for Prague), Prague councilor and chairman of the property commission.
However, the operator František Soukup came up with such a vision several years ago. He offered it to both the municipality and the city district, but according to him, no one has yet commented on it. The city district wants to change that now.
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„S vizí jsem se seznámil a domluvili jsme se, že bude prezentována komisi obchodu a služeb,“ uvedl radní Procházka.
Vedení Prahy 1 chce podle něj diskutovat i o sortimentu, nevyloučil ani povolení prodeje suvenýrů, které jsou podle prodejců potřeba pro kompenzaci tržeb. „Záleží na tom, jaký suvenýr. Pokud to bude něco, co reprezentuje Prahu a Česko, například ukázka tradičního řemesla, tak by to tam klidně mohlo být,“ dodává Procházka.
Se suvenýry počítá i Soukupova vize, tržiště chce ale rozšířit i o další sortiment. „Nový druh stánků spojuje požadavky hygieny na prodej farmářských produktů, nebalených potravin a dalšího zboží, které v současnosti nemůžeme takto prodávat,“ říká.
Jestli se podaří tržiště takto proměnit a obnovit prodej, by mohlo být jasnější po jednání provozovatele s magistrátem a vedením městské části. To se ale kvůli nouzovému stavu odkládá – zatím na začátek listopadu.
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