Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:01:04 +0200https://english.radio.cz/bike-heaven-monument-honour-cyclists-rights-activist-and-others-killed-prague-8547778© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalA junction at Prague’s Nábřeží Kapitána Jaroše is set to get an unusual new monument in May, with the installation of a work by the renowned artist Krištof Kintera. Comprising a bicycle with rotating parts attached to a street lamp, Bike to Heaven will serve as a memorial to riders who have been killed in the city, including cyclists’ rights activist Jan Bouchal, who was run over at that very spot in 2006. The monument is being funded by a public collection organised by the civic association Auto*Mat, whose project coordinator Tereza Vohryzková explained the genesis of the idea.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/bouchal_pomnik.jpg?timestamp=1591173676 https://english.radio.cz/bike-heaven-monument-honour-cyclists-rights-activist-and-others-killed-prague-8547778 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9