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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
Prague Valentine’s DayOn the first day of May, everybody in Prague is celebrating the lovers day. For a long, long time, this date is known for couples, kissing under the tree in bloom. All over the world, people think that there is only one day in the year for lovers, but the Czech (especially our poet Karel Hynek Macha, who wrote „May“ in the 19th century) are celebrating this day just like all the Americans do on Valentine’s day.
One of the places, where young couples always go on the 1st of May is Petrin Hill, located in Prague. There is an watchtower (with broadcaster) and a lot of parks with lovely little places under the trees. Walking on the Charles Bridge or on the embankment of Vltava could be really nice, but if you are in love and you want to celebrate the „Prague Valentine’s day,“ you really need to visit Petrin. |
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
The Night of Witches in Prague How did you spend your Night of Witches(called also Philip-Jacob´s night) this year? Prague was celebrating at many places and in many ways. In a small town in the urban district Prague-East one of the biggest Czech bonfires was made. It was more than 20 metres high, made of woodpile, burning for about 2 hours and could be veiwed from a long distance (in kilometres). In the meadows around the center of Prague, there were open air parties with fires, music bands and hundreds of witches flown from all over Prague. |
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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
Kylie Minogue in Prague
Kylie Minogue, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian Grammy and BRIT award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. Before she commenced her career as a pop artist in 1987 she was trying to shine in the soap operas. Signed to a contract by British songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1988, she achieved a string of hit records throughout the world. Her popularity began to decline during the early 1990s, leading her to part company from Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992. During the mid to late 90s, Minogue distanced herself from her earlier work and attempted to establish herself as a credible and independent performer and songwriter. Her projects were widely publicised, but her albums failed to attract a substantial audience and resulted in the lowest sales of her career to date. She returned to popularity as a pop artist in 2000, and became well-known for her elaborate music videos and expensively mounted stage shows.
12th May 2008, O2 Arena, starts 21:00, the tickets are available in www.ticketpro.cz sales network.
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
Crown JewelsI want to invite you to an wonderful exhibition, but you gotta hurry, because it only will be opened for a limited time! Every five years, people from around the globe can see one of the most important Czech national treasure – the Czech Crown Jewels. Totally seven important people of the Czech republic are needed to open the doors to the chamber, where they are stored, including the president (currently Vaclav Klaus) and the mayor of Prague (now Pavel Bem). They are one of the symbols of the Czech state, while the kings ruled our country, they wore them during their leadership. They include the St. Wenceslas Crown of Charles the IV with its case and cushion, the orb with its case, the coronation mantle, an ermine stole, belt and maniple.
Exhibion runs from the 19th to 29th April in Old Royal Palace - Vladislav Hall (Stary kralovsky palac - Vladislavsky sal).
For information visit: www.pis.cz
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
FebiofestOne of the most popular film festivals in our country has already started (28th March) and now it is travelling across various Czech cities. During only one week (ending 4th April) you were able to see 249 movies, which were divided in various genres and themes (like Latin American Panorama, European Masters Cinema, Cool & Crazy etc.). Every genre had its own cinema, but all the halls were in one multiplex cinema called Village Cinemas at Andel (one of Prague’s most famous streets). There were also two small projections in two separate cinemas, but the main event was hosted by Village Cinemas.
When we talk about Febiofest, we could not forget about the Music Fest. The bands were playing at the garages under the cinema and the atmosphere was really „underground.“ The most shining stars were Hypnotix and Mango Gadzi (France). Sometimes the garages were absolutely full and the air was really bad, but it’s the atmosphere, that keeps you there. Of course if you just wanted to chill out a bit and just have fun, there were plenty of opportunities to spend your money for.Febiofest is one of the best places to meet many interesting peoples, friends and enjoy films with limited projections and hear music, that you wouldn’t normally know about.
For more information visit: www.febiofest.cz
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
Easter holiday in PragueHave you ever experienced the typical Czech Easter like the one we wrote about last week? If not we invite you to spend the most beautiful spring holiday in Prague! We found for you few possibilities how to get to know our Easter traditions and Easter atmosphere and meet our culture right in the centre of our capital. We hope you will like it!
Probably the first thing you came across in various brochures about Easter in Prague are the Easter markets. They take place right in the centre of Prague on the Wenceslas and Old Town Square, so you can connect them with sightseeing. They bring the atmosphere of coming spring in the Czech metropolis every year. You can see a lot of symbols of Czech Easter in the stalls such as painted Easter eggs, baked Easter lambs and cross buns or typical Easter whipper. You can buy them as a souvenir for your friends and relatives or just for memory of your trip to our country. On the Old Town Square, there will be a stage, where you can admire Czech Easter traditions that are nowadays held almost only in small towns and villages.
The Easter markets runs from the 8th to the 30th March 2008. |
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
Czech Easter HolidayHave you ever experienced the typical Czech Easter? And would you like to know how people in the Czech Republic celebrate it? Let’s get to know the typical Czech traditions, customs and symbols connected with this season and cook a typical Czech Easter meal.
Do you know how a typical Czech Easter week looks like?
It starts on so called Ash Wednesday. The name of this day is derived from a very old habit of villagers. In the morning a sweeper came to the house of the farmer and swept all the chimneys. After this, housewives cleaned stoves and fireplaces. They took out all the ash from their house. It is said that people should not frown on this day; otherwise they will frown every next Wednesday in the next year.
Holy Thursday is attended by the voice of bells that ring for the last time before their “fly to Rome”. People make it up for the voice of rattles and clappers. This day is called “Green Thursday” in Czech because people should eat something green – spinach, cress or nettles. You can use vegetable also as an ingredient to some typical Easter meals such as very popular farcing which is eaten together with chicken and potatoes.
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Friday, 29 February 2008 |
Zoo Prague belongs to the world’s best zoosZoo Prague ranked among the best 10 zoos in the world according to the prestige American Magazine Forbes that is known for publishing charts of all kind. The largest Czech zoo appeared on the 7th place among such zoos like Animal Kingdom in Orlando, USA, Basel Zoo in Switzerland, Beauval Zoo in France, Berlin Zoo in Germany or Bronx Zoo in New York, USA. Petr Fejk, the director of Zoo Prague, says that the chart means a great surprise and success, because it was created without any lobbing of Prague. The zoo prevailed only thanks to its quality and friendly atmosphere. The main criteria for the chart were conditions for animals as well as for visitors, aesthetics, history and reputation. Zoo Prague is very small with its 111 acres and 4600 animals in contrast to the other zoos, but it can be proud of its animal growth and rare species such as young gorillas, dragon lizards and new gavials. If you would like to variegate your stay in Prague, we highly recommend you to visit it!
How to get there: Metro C – Holešovice -> tram 14, 17 – tram station Trojská -> bus 112 – bus station Zoologická zahrada
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
St. Mathew's Fair starts in Prague
Matejská pout (St. Mathew’s Fair) the biggest festival of attraction not only for kids starts today in Prague. Prague Exhibition Ground opens its gates for people of all ages from the 23rd of February 2008 till the 13th April 2008. There are 120 attractions of all kind prepared for everybody who wants to enjoy a lot of fun. You can look forward to traditional merry-go-rounds, bumping cars, chain whirligig, large roller coaster and of course many target ranges. The organisers promise also the possibility to buy the typical refreshment and sweets such as hot dog, roast chicken, gingerbreads, Turkish honey or cotton candy.
Prague Exhibition Ground is opened daily except Monday. You can visit the attractions during the working days from 2 pm to 9 pm and during the weekends from 10 am to 10 pm. The entrance fee to the Exhibition Ground is 10 CZK from Tuesday to Friday and 25 CZK at the weekend. The prices of particular attractions range from 20 CZK up to 200 CZK.
How to get there: Metro C – Nádraží Holešovice -> tram 5, 12, 14, 15, 17 – tram station Výstavište
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Tuesday, 19 February 2008 |
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra will have a new conductor
Eliahu Inbal, the world known Israeli conductor, is scheduled to assume to post of principal conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra from the season 2009/2010. He will displace Czech eminent conductor Zdenek Mácal who cooperated with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra till September 2007. Almost 72-year-old Eliahu Inbal was born in Jerusalem where also studied at the Israeli Academy of Music. His successful studies continued at the Conservatoire de Paris in France and then in Netherlands. During his life he has been engaged by many orchestras in the whole music world. We can mention London Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Teatro La Fenice in Venice or Orchestra Nazionale della RAI in Turin. In Aprill 2008, he assumes to the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
Prague will be nothing new for the famous conductor. He has just hosted in FOK Orchestra as well as in the Czech Philharmonic. He plans to hold the typical sound of the most known Czech orchestra that the audience like; he wants to target modern composers including the Czech ones, Bohuslav Martinu and Gustav Mahler. Eliahu Inbal should present with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time in April 2009.
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
Unforgettable experience from Prehistory
Almost everybody sometimes dreamed about seeing the prehistoric world, how people lived and ate. The last wish can come true in one of five prehistoric restaurants in Prague called Pravek, which means Prehistory. The restaurants look like caves and each cave is designed in a different way. One restaurant presents Stone Age, another one is a stalactical cave.
When talking about primeval interior it is necessary to mention the primeval dishes too. You can taste dishes like Donaldosaurus, Mammoth, Pangeasteak, Shaman Feast, Yetti Steak or The Secret of the Primeval. We can recommend you to connect your supper with the right prehistoric party with shaman and his troop. Pravek is surely worth visiting.
Restaurants: Milady Horákové, Prague 7; Nezamyslova 10, Prague 10; Na Belidle 40, Prague 5; Hostivice, Prague-West; Sokolská 60, Prague 2
For more information visit www.pravek.cz
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Monday, 11 February 2008 |
Unique photogallery of PragueHave you never been to Prague and wish to see all the beautiful monuments, picturesque houses and the best known corners of our capital? Or have you already visited it and would you like to bring back the memories of the nice atmosphere there? We can recommend you to visit a large photogallery of the best places in Prague on www.praha.cz/fotogalerie-praha.html. The pictures are divided into six categories that describe the most important historical parts of the city. Let’s take a look round the centre of Prague including Prague Castle, the largest castle in the whole world. Walk through the famous Charles Bridge, explore the magic atmosphere of night Prague and discover the beauty of Prague’s known and unknown corners as well as Prague’s bridges and gardens.
The unique photogallery is a great possibility to see the best of Prague from your own home. Highly recommended!
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Friday, 08 February 2008 |
The Cure for the fourth time in the Czech Republic
The Cure, English rock band formed in 1976, will stop soon in Prague a within present tour to the newest album. It will be already the fourth visit of this rock legend in the Czech Republic. The Cure will visit Prague on the 21st February 2008, just one day after already mentioned Nightwish. Their concert will be held in Sports Arena – Výstavište and will start at 7:00 p.m.
During the thirty-year-long existence, the Cure has become one of the bands that influence the music all over the world. The frontman, guitarist and main songwriter Robert Smith and other members have been rock idols for lots of bands not only in their home England. They have recorded about twenty albums and each of them sounds original and brings something new in their music style. They are often identified with the gothic or alternative rock.
The tickets are available in Ticketpro sales network.
How to get there: Metro C – Nádraží Holešovice -> tram 5, 12, 14, 15, 17 – tram station Výstavište
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Thursday, 07 February 2008 |
Sazka Arena in Prague changes its name
Prague’s arena in Vysocany changes its sponsor and also its official name in these days. Telecommunication operator Telofónica O2 signed a contract with owner of the arena, corporation Bestsport.
Present Sazka arena will get a new shape soon. According to press release from Telefónica, O2 logos will be on three roof neon banners and the whole building will have blue lighting thanks to 670 lights, employers will dress new O2 uniforms and two O2 bars will appear inside the building. O2 and Telefónica settled on five-year cooperation and the contract comes into force on the 1st March.
In the arena, there are held concerts, hockey and other sport events. The capacity is more than 17 000 seats; there are 3 restaurants, 6 bars and 2 cafés, 51 skyboxes, 15 sportboxes and 4 partyboxes.
Telefónica O2 is also a general partner of corporation Live Nation that ensure concerts of world known stars, for example U2, Coldplay, Madonna or Rolling Stones.
Hence it is assumed that the Czech Republic can look forward to many new music experience! |
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Tuesday, 05 February 2008 |
Nightwish in PragueFans of a Finnish symphonic/power metal band can look forward to the first individual concert of Nightwish in the Czech Republic. The live show takes place on 20th February 2008 in T-Mobile Arena, Prague (HC Sparta, Prague). Nightwish will come in the typical line-up: Annete Olzon – vocals, Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, Marco Hietala – bass and vocals, Erno “Emppu” Vuorinen – guitar and Jukka Nevalainen – drums. They have prepared a new album “Dark Passion Play” for the tour. The special guest of the show will be Swedish electronic-metal group Pain that wants to present a new album “Psalms of Extinction” to the Czech and Central European public.
Nightwish appeared in 1996, when the first three members (Tuomas Holopainen, Erno Vuorinen and Tarja Turunen) recorded their first acoustic demo song Nightwish. The original band concept was to create acoustic music played around campfires, but they thought their idea over because of Tarja’s strong opera voice. They added metal elements and new members, who have changed during the years. Nightwish recorded several albums. We can name “Angel Fall First”, “Oceanborn”, “Wishmaster”, “Century Child”, “Once” and the last one “Dark Passion Play”.
Tickets for the show of this unique Finnish band are already obtainable at obscure.cz and cost 770 – 899,- CZK
How to get there: Metro C – Nádraží Holešovice -> tram 5, 12, 14, 15, 17 – tram station Výstavište
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Friday, 01 February 2008 |
The first Prague's restaurant is heading for Michelin Star AwardThe capital of the Czech Republic could belong very early to the cities written out in the prestige French gastronomy guide Michelin. World known Scottish chef Gordon Ramsay, famous for his TV series and books about cooking, has opened his 18th restaurant here. It is Ramsay’s first restaurant in continental Europe and he wants to get with it already his thirteen’s Michelin star. It would be the first Michelin star for the Czech Republic. You can find the restaurant Maze in the new five-star hotel Hilton Prague Old Town. Ramsay plans to have the Czech Maze in the Michelin Guide by March. How to get there: Metro B – Námestí Republiky, Tram No. 3, 5, 14, 24, 26 – station Masarykovo nádraží.
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 |
Holiday World Fair in Prague 2008The 17th Central European Tourist Fair will take place soon in the area of the Exhibition Ground Holešovice in Prague. Holiday World is the most important event of its kind in the Czech Republic as well as in the Central Europe. Huge number of exhibitors attracts thousands of visitors every year. You can come across the representatives from many countries from the whole world, such as Austria, Turkey, Cyprus, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Morocco, United Arab Emirates and others.
Holiday World will be held together with the 2nd gastronomy fair Top Gastro 2008 and the 1st annual Golf World Prague from 14th to 17th February 2008 and it will have a fruitful accompanying programme like in the previous years.
How to get there: Tram No. 5, 12, 14, 15, 17 – station Výstavište
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
Hello Worldonce we get used to our new blogging system (and find enough courage to express our thoughts that all the world is waiting for! :), we will let you know the latest news from local Czechs, sitting here at Prague. Wish us a good luck! Your Traveliana Team
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