Start of Advent illuminates Czech town squares with trees, markets and angelic singing

Town squares all over Czechia have officially opened their festive markets with a rich cultural programme, which in many places will last until 2025. Thousands of people have been to watch the traditional lighting up of Christmas trees. On Prague's Old Town Square, the occasion was complemented by a two-minute animation set to Vltava by Bedřich Smetana.