August 21, 2007

A modern room with a safe built especially for this event will soon have a new tenant. A famous book called the Devil´s bible, known worldwide as Codex Gigas, the most precious treasure of Swedish national library is coming to Prague for a limited time . It will be exposed in Klementinum since September...  

After paying maximum of 80CZK, you get a chance to see two exhibitions of very different kind. The first, called Encounters, introduces two contemporary Czech artists: Rudolf Reidlbauch and Milan Vácha. Reidlbauch’s paintings are nature- oriented, dominated by green or blue, usually dark tones,...  

Prague will be presented as Paris. At least in a new film by Christophe Barratier who made his Edith Piaf also in Prague. One of the main characters will be played by famous French actor Pierre Richard. Besides Prague’s interiors the film will show several places in Prague, such as Lucerna Palac or Prague’s Opera.  

Prague Public Transport Company plans to equip many tram and bus stops with electronic information boards giving information about up-to-date connections. Travellers will know when exactly their tram or bus comes and therefore they can plan their time better, for example they will know they have time to buy a newspaper. Such information boards are already in Barrandov and in Malostranska stop.  

Every year on August 21, the Czech Republic commemorates a sad anniversary. In 1968, the back then Czechoslovakia was invaded. The unthinkable became reality. It was a shock of such a dimension that many could not believe it. Heck, we were being occupied by our liberator! At the end of the World War II,...  

Due to the tram service disruption in Letenska street, several trams in Prague will be rerouted. It refers to lines no. 12, 20, 22, 23 and 57. The disruption will last from the morning 22nd August until the morning 2nd September 2007.  

Big sight seeing day today. We visited Prague Castle first. I don't know how we'll see anything more spectacular than this. It looks like a postcard. I kept telling Nicole it wasn't real even as I looked at it with my own eyes. The inside of the Castle cathedral was just as great as the exterior. Inside the...