Merry Month of March
Photo: The bookshop at the Church of Our Lady of Snows in March 2016
Weather forecast for the month usually shows high pressure but one thing is for sure in that it can get windy. On a sunny day that will make you feel chilly but on an overcast day the windchill will be noticeable especially in the shade. So March doesn't require winter clothing very often but it does require a windproof jacket if you can bring one. Now having said that, it's quite possible for late March to get up to the mid/high 20 degrees celsius level during the day but still chilly in the evenings. This is probably the last month where you'll see hot drinks on the chalk boards so don't forget to check the Six Hot Alcoholic Drinks post. The parks and gardens are still closed so concentrate on Museums, Galleries, Bars and Restaurants.
What's Been Happening on the Sites
NEW! Tours on Wheels Intro to touring the city on bikes, e-bikes, eScooters and Segways
NEW! Prague Bike Tours tells you examples and what to expect.
NEW! Prague eScooter Tours tells you examples and what to expect.
NEW! Prague Segway Tours tells you examples and what to expect.
NEW! Navalis Festival. A relatively unknown single-day May festival
NEW! Kalina Restaurants in Prague. Quick look at the places and meals that I had.
UPDATED Skip the line added Jewish Prague Audio-guide and Prague Zoo options
UPDATED Prague-By-Month events added for March, April , May and June.
UPDATED Prague Fringe dates for 2019 May 24th to June 1st
UPDATED Prague Spring Music Festival edited to view/download the program
UPDATED Prague Food Festival location updated for 2019, awaiting dates
UPDATED Prague Beer Festival to show cancelled (advised by event organiser) but I will add other festival options as I find them.
IN PROGRESS : Prague Towers, Burčák (Early Wine)
Strange Request of the Month: A guy trying to trace his grandfather's WW2 exploits as he travelled from Dunkirk to Czech as part of the CIABG (Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group) and I was able to point him to some good resources.
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I've offered this discount to my tour clients for the last year for those specifically looking for authentic Czech Garnet, Diamond Garnet and Crystal. The shop has now extended the range of the discount so now I'm offering it to any visitors to Livingprague. It covers gold, precious stones, semi-precious stones and cut/engraved crystal. Just click the picture and print the associated voucher. Redeem at the shop (Old Town location).
Livingpraguetours.com
LIVINGPRAGUETOURS at https://www.livingpraguetours.com runs exactly the same tour booking system and carries exactly the same tours as the parent site at livingprague.com. It just gives me a better platform to describe the tours, about me and my tours ethos but regardless of which site you use it's still me and you can read about the whole secure booking process at https://www.livingpraguetours.com/tour-booking-process/.
I'm holding at number 14 out of a total 642 walking tour options in the Trip Advisor rankings. Of the top 10 private tours in Prague ranked by Trip Advisor, I'm currently 5th. More and more people are finding me just with a simple search for Prague Walking Tours.
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In Prague
Masopust
The Czech version of Mardi Gras just with more clothes. Masopust runs until March 6th (Ash Wednesday). Look out for street posters or do a Google "Masopust 2019 Prague" search.
Man's Best Friend
Of the 83,297 registered dogs in Prague the name "Ben" is most popular. This followed by Max, Betty, Bara and Nelly.
Pole Axed
Maybe it's just poor luck with bad food coming from Poland in recent months but right now it's suspect meat. You might see locals avoiding beef for a few weeks.
Red Cross Day
2019 marks the centenary of the Czech part of the International Red Cross starting in Prague. They call it the Czech Red Cross.
New Faces at the Airport
Plans for the development of Prague airport show that a company specialising in Plastic Surgery is looking to be part of it.
Blast from the Past
January saw the most recent archaeological research of what's left of the Judith Bridge. Everybody knows the Charles Bridge but not many know that it's built mainly from stone taken from the Judith Bridge which was located less than 20 metres upstream from the current bridge. Some of the bridge piles are still there.
Lucky Puck
The NHL announced that it's inaugural game of the 2019-20 ice hockey season would be at the Prague O2 Arena in October.
Art Reduction
In 2013 the city passed the "Street Art Decree" which was aimed at registering and controlling the rules around acoustic street busking. This will now be amended to include non-acoustic busking like "spray painted characters", "gravity-defying characters", all kinds of soft animal characters and bubble blowers.
Trivia
Cheers!
The Budvar brewery sold more beer in 2018 than in any year in it's 123 year history.
Seedy Business
A Dutch company is suing the Czech Government for U$108,000,000 because it got ripped off after investing in a fake company in the poppy seed business and they blame the Czechs for not taking any action that may have prevented the loss of money. I guess you should not invest in a seedy business....
In the News
This year marked the 300th anniversary of the first Czech language newspaper in the country. German was the national language at the time and the "Prague Postal Newspaper" was used to promote Slavic thoughts and culture.
It's a Czech Thing
The recent poll about European security found that 89% of respondents felt that the country should defend it's sovereignty at all costs but only 40% thought they would be able to defeat an aggressor on their own.
Going Up!
The number of Czechs on Facebook rose to 5.3 Million (half the population).
Czech Industrial output grew for the 6th year running.
2018 saw the number of tourists in Prague staying in accommodation of some kind reach 21.3 Million.. A 6.4% increase on 2017 and a record.
The estimated number of Female sex workers in the country has held steady at @13,000 but the percentage of them that listed it as their main source of income increased to 82%.
Car workers got an 8.7% wage increase last year meaning that they earn 31% more than the average wage.
Going Down!
Trade surplus down to only 132.7 BILLION Korun, down 22%.
Following the introduction of new gambling laws in 2012, the country now has 75% fewer casinos and 50% less slot machines.
Bye Bye
"Kala", an Indian Elephant aged 34 that was a gift from Vietnam to Czech in the mid 1980s, had to be euthanised
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