The Last Woman Hanged Every now and again I have to wait at a tram stop called Strossmayerovo namesti (Holešovice district) to take the short one stop journey to the Vltavska metro station. It’s a popular stop at the bottom of a hill named after a lady called Milada Horakova. I was researching a completely … Read More
Chefparade Wow, I just read that Chefparade has been in operation for 18 years. When I think of all the “cooking class” options that have come and gone over the years, Chefparade has outlasted and adapted very well. So on this post I thought I would describe what to expect if you book an experience … Read More
Holešovice Market Holešovice Market (pronounced like hol-lesh-oh-vitser), the site of a former royal slaughterhouse, celebrates 130 years in 2025. As well as the history there are some good reasons to visit for both locals and tourists alike. It contains a wide range of commercial activities including parcel pickup, self-storage, cooking lessons, DIY shop, garden centre, … Read More
Ryszard Siwiec Memorial There is a memorial in Prague to a man who protested about the Communist Totalitarian regime and specifically the August 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. A man called Ryszard Siwiec who died for his cause. A “grey man” as he described himself. The thing is….. he wasn’t Czech and he didn’t die in … Read More
Prague Streets – Elisky Krasnohorske A road typical for the area, Elisky Krasnohorske street is largely residential with a commercial ground floor. It takes it’s name from a famous Czech woman who opened the first state grammar school (high school) in Central Europe for girls on September 15th 1890 and who fought for women’s emancipation. … Read More
Zelezarstvi – Ironmongers Outside the city there is a ring of commercial areas where you’ll find a variety of superstores and there’s always a huge DIY centre like Bauhaus or Hornbach for buying homeware or bits and pieces for fixing things. But what about the centre of town? In town you’d go to an old … Read More
Book Review – To the Castle and Back To the Castle and Back is Vaclav Havel’s semi-autobiographical work originally published in Czech in 2006 with the title “Please be Brief” and translated to English along with the new title “To the Castle and Back” by Paul Wilson in 2007. Vaclav Havel served three Presidential terms … Read More
Restaurant Zvonice Some of the quirkiest restaurants in the city are largely hidden from view. In this case you can see this restaurant from hundreds of metres away, you just don’t realise it’s a restaurant because it’s built into a bell tower. In Czech bell is “zvon” hence the name of the Restaurant Zvonice meaning … Read More
ST Giles Church The ST Giles Church in Prague’s Old Town is fairly easy to walk past but it’s got a history and even a few quirky facts associated with it. So let’s dive in. The 13th Century ST Giles Church A Catholic Order called the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint … Read More
Jachymov Work Camp When you meet a Czech communist nowadays and you try to engage in some discussion about what the Czech communists did to non-communist Czechs in the 1950s there’s often this defence about “not everybody was executed, many only went to work camps”. Let’s take a look at one of those places, specifically … Read More