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Prague’s UNESCO status questioned but authorities play down concerns
Prague’s historic city centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1992. However, membership in the prestigious club could come under threat, at least…
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Cool new spaces aim to keep Prague embankments lively all year round
Prague has a new attraction in the form of 17 circular units – with enormous glass doors – in the walls of riverside embankments on both sides of the Palacký Bridge. The…
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Prague City Hall terminates memorandum with e-scooter operator Lime
Prague City Hall councillors have voted to terminate a memorandum of cooperation with shared e-scooter operator Lime on the grounds that the company is not adhering to the…
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Century-old Prague meteorological column restored to former glory
A meteorological column erected on the Prague square Vítězné náměstí in 1914 has just been restored. It is one of only two remaining such columns in the Czech capital…
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Czech tales from the crypt: mummification as a status symbol
What, apart from blue blood, do Wenceslaus I, Přemysl Otakar II, John of Luxembourg and Charles IV, the first king of Bohemia to become Holy Roman Emperor, have in common…
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Prague’s famous Lennon Wall undergoing transformation
The Lennon Wall, located in a secluded square in Malá Strana near the French embassy, had long been a traditional place where anybody was free to do any type of graffiti…
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Museum of Carriages in Čechy pod Kosířem showcases some exquisite historic gems
The Museum of Carriages in Čechy pod Kosířem is the only one of its kind in the Czech Republic, taking visitors back to the days when horse-drawn carriages were the main…
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Jiřičná creating special installation for Signal light festival held amid Gott mourning
The seventh Signal festival will again bring video mapping and light installations to the streets of Prague, every night from Thursday to Sunday. This year’s edition…
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Museum offers multimedia experience of fires that devastated Prague over centuries
The popularity of disaster movies shows how people are fascinated by catastrophes, natural and otherwise. Now there’s a permanent exhibition by the City of Prague Museum…
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A visit to Chernobyl’s ghost town of Pripyat
Two adventure-loving Czech bikers are fulfilling their dream of discovering the world on their Jawa motorbikes. Michal Franc and Martin Gregor have covered 35 thousand km…
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Klášterec nad Ohří – home of the famous Thun porcelain brand
A rose-coloured porcelain cup and saucer made 225 years ago has pride of place at the Museum of Porcelain in Klášterec nad Ohří. It is the oldest preserved item which was…
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Prague (really) underground: A tour of Emperor Franz Josef’s favourite Bohemian sewer
Just to the right of Prague’s famous mediaeval astronomical clock on Old Town Square, where tourists congregate in droves on the hour to see “The Walk of the Apostles”…
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