Prague Art Deco Architecture – The French Connection It should come as no surprise that “Arts Decoratifs” should become popular first in Paris but to be fair to Belgium the origin was in Brussels and as an individual art form it was simply known as “Art Deco” by 1925. Of course the style of Decorative … Read More
Prague Cubism Architecture – Not Just Cubes In chronological order, Cubism should directly follow Art Nouveau but in reality they ran side by side for 10 years or so. Prague Cubism was a very short lived era starting in 1911 and finishing in Prague in 1925 but wow it left some really original exteriors and … Read More
UBER Prague Taxi Service If you’re coming to Prague and you’re thinking about using a taxi then UBER may be on your mind. Well, lets start with “Is UBER in Prague?”, the answer to that is yes so if you’ve got the app on your phone then it’s exactly the same as anywhere else. In … Read More
The Prague Marathon – A RunCzech Event There are a number of Races throughout the year in different cities in the Czech Republic. The 26.2 mile (42Km) Prague Marathon is usually in the first week of May and is organised by RunCzech. It’s scheduled to be an early-May event i.e. first or second weekend in … Read More
The Other Slavia Prague Team The reason I included “Football” in the title is because in Prague, Slavia would also be an Ice Hockey Club and in fact both do play their matches in the same complex. Remember that the Slavia Prague website does not sell tickets direct and instead uses a site at http://www.ticketportal.cz. … Read More
The Prague Three Day Travel Pass You’re probably deciding whether or not you’ll need to use Prague Public Transport and then whether you’ll need the 1 month ticket (from a DPP Office) or the long-term Litacka (for minimum 1 month), the Prague three day travel pass or single tickets. This page deals with the Prague … Read More
Prague Winter – Fishing on a Frozen Pond This is a managed Carp pond. You can find hundreds of these scattered around the outskirts of Prague and regionally in Czech. Back in October/November when the weather was not yet freezing, the pond was largely drained so that the bred carp could be more easily caught … Read More
Prague Population Fun Statistics and Trends There are a tremendous amount of people who live and work in Prague but who were not born here, myself included. Historically the Prague population started increasing with the arrival of the railways in the mid-19th Century so there are probably only 10% of the current Prague population that … Read More
The Best Time to Visit Prague – Spring Everybody will have a “Best Time to Visit Prague” whether it’s for the weather, open-air concerts, Opera season, Christmas or New Year. It comes down to a simple choice i.e. September/October or April/May but for me it has to be Spring. Spring is usually compressed into March … Read More
Prague Apps That I Recommend Now that European data-roaming charges are going down then more and more people are using apps during their trip to Prague. Here I mention the main Prague apps that I use or have used. Many of these apps require location settings to be enabled so before using you may be … Read More