Weather in Prague. On the second Advent weekend, the capital was covered in snow
Snow cover in the streets of Prague always provokes a wave of mostly positive reactions. After all, it does not happen so often that the Prague panoramas cover a white blanket, which also lasted for more than a few hours. The snowy center of Prague has its unusual charm, everything is suddenly clean and quiet, so the perfect time to enjoy the Christmas atmosphere.
Although the government has ordered the closure of the largest market in the Old Town Square, in some places markets have remained. The Roof of the Lantern will also offer an exceptional spectacle of snowy Prague, which has turned into a Christmas forest and on Sunday there will be a Santa Claus gift. “On Sunday, you will meet rare guests on the Roof of the Lantern – Nicholas, an angel and a devil! From 16:30 to 20:00, they will give praises and reprimands to all good and naughty creatures, “the organizers on Facebook attract.
However, snowy Prague does not only offer beautiful photos and a Christmas atmosphere, lovers of drifting at this time usually occupy the Strahov car park. While this might seem like an unnecessary and dangerous pastime, In this way, they also gain experience in how to control the driver in difficult conditions, which can often pay off on snowy roads.
Traffic complications
Unfortunately, even the streets of Prague usually do not avoid traffic accidents during the snow, often even the public transport bus ends up in a scarp. This also happened during Saturday morning in K Pazderkám Street, fortunately the accident was not serious. However, the number of complications with transport, especially the suburban between Prague and the Central Bohemian Region, is increasing.
For some people, snow has complicated travel by public transport. Prague Transport Company and Ropid reported in the morning that city and suburban buses had problems for example, on the western edge of the town – in the Kopanina area, on the hill on Juliska, on the climb from Sedlec to Suchdol or in the direction of Roztoky. Some sections are passable even at the opposite end of the metropolis, in Klánovice or in the north between Ládví and Bulovka. During the morning, with a few exceptions, the roads are gradually being cleaned and traffic resumed according to timetables.
A number of bus stops in the capital have been temporarily closed due to snow. Twhat some trains are blocked, they do not leave, for example, from Masaryk railway station in the direction of Čelákovice. There is also a restriction at the Prague-Vysočany railway station
The infested snow set off after 07:00 to clear all 71 spreaders for cleaning the most important streets and more than 50 pieces of smaller equipment for cleaning side streets and sidewalks
“The main roads are passable, only in some places there can be remnants of wet melting snow or only wet,” said Barbora Lišková, spokeswoman for the Technical Administration of Roads (TSK). OFNo major accident has taken place in the streets of the capital yet.
The white blanket covered Prague Aktu.cz
Snow covered Prague
Author: Blesk: David Malík – CNCenter AS