September 11, 2007

Just few weeks ago it was 650 years, when the fundamental stone of the most famous Prague monument – the Charles Bridge – was laid down. It happened exactly on 9 July 1357, at 5:31 AM, during the early morning cockerow. It´s founder and „father“, our most liberal sovereign Charles IV, Czech and...  

Apparently the first lager beer came from the Czech Republic they sure know how to make a fine brew.I currently think my insides are that pickled that I won't need to be imbalmed if I die tomorrow. In fact I feel like death now.After arriving in Prague at 1 am Saturday morning we had one clear mission get...  

Prague will host a very unusual exhibition. Ten large prehistoric lizards made out of scrap metal will be displayed in Andel (metro line B) from 18th to 22th September 2007. People in ten towns in the Czech Republic are now creating prehistoric lizards out of old electric appliances. All ten lizards will be displayed in Prague and visitors of this out-door exhibition will decide about the nicest one.  

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Statue from Charles bridge, originally uploaded by finofilka. Detail from one of the statue  

From 11th to 17th September the Chapel of St Anne’s in the St George’s Convent will be closed. Today and tomorrow the National Gallery in Prague will also close the permanent exhibition in the Kinsky Palace in the Old Town Square, as well as the permanent exhibition of medieval art in the St Agnes of Bohemia Convent.  

Next weekend, on September 15 and 16, we will remind one event that happened in 1620 on a hillside just outside Prague and that every Czech student has learned in detail, the Battle of White Mountain. This battle actually happened in November, but the tradition is to reconstruct it earlier, probably because...  

Neoluxor, the large bookstore in the upper part of Wenceslas Square, and the Municipal Library in Prague organize several meetings with renown writers and famous people. We would like to highlight several for you.