Virtual tour of Havel’s office to go online

A virtual tour of the Prague office that the late former president Václav Havel used after leaving office in 2003 will be available for viewing as part of a virtual tour online in early April, the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation Vision 97 announced on Monday. The premises in the centre of Prague were furnished and decorated after a design by Havel made in cooperation with architect Bořek Šípek. The rooms remained untouched since Havel´s last stay there, his widow and former First Lady Dagmar Havlová told journalists. The office "witnessed" a number of important meetings and events, she said, “visited by [former] U.S. president Bill Clinton, by the Tibetan spiritual lader, his Holiness Dalai Lama..., Joan Baez, Tom Stoppard, Suzanne Vega, Kofi Annan, Lou Reed, the Škvoreckys and others. There are many valuable objects and presents from our friends from all over the world," the former First Lady said. The virtual entry into the first room will be free, while the tour of the rest of the office will be available for a small fee. The proceeds will be used to finance further development of the project.