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Prague is the fifth best destination in the world. TripAdvisor has awarded the prize based on independent travelers’ reviews. In the global ranking, Istanbul is the best, Rome and London follow, and the fourth position went to Beijing, China. The TripAdvisor website collects recommendations and reviews of other travelers from …

Since March, Turkish Airlines will not have a monopoly on the Prague-Istanbul line. The Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines will begin to fly regularly from the capital city to the largest Turkish city. The announced airline will start new direct flights from 30 March. They will fly every Tuesday, Thursday …

Delta Air Lines will resume seasonal direct flights between Vaclav Havel Airport Prague and New York JFK from 23 May 2014. They will fly in cooperation with Air France KLM seven days a week in the summer season. They will use Boeing 767-300s with a capacity of 225 seats on …

Prague ranks among the top ten cities that are ideal for winter holidays. The list was created by the US news channel CNN. Besides the Czech capital, CNN recommends visiting Salzburg in Austria, Tromsö in Norway, Amsterdam, Nagano in Japan, Reykjavik, Berlin, Ottawa, Washington, and Edinburgh in Scotland. According to …

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, will start two lines from Prague Václav Havel airport from April next year. There will be another international connection between Prague and Dublin, which the company had already announced, and a new connection to London Stansted airport. Ryanair thus renews two connections which ran until …

Actress Jennifer Lawrence shocked the whole of America when she announced that she can imagine her wedding only in one place in the world! And what place does she have in mind? Of course – Prague! And what exactly is it in the capital city of the Czech Republic that …

The owner of the Škoda Superb will probably never entrust his car again to a driver service after his experience in April 2013. He called a company, Blue Angel (Modrý Anděl), to get both him and his car home. However, the driver was considerably drunk. The police revealed the truth …

Václav Havel died at the age of 75 on Dec. 18, 2011 after a period of illness. He was Czech playwright and dissident and later president, one of the great men to emerge from the anti-communist revolutions. The author of several anti-communist, absurdist plays (which landed him in jail several …

Prague’s annual Christmas markets are traditionally held in the Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square. This year they will be opened on the 26th November, which is also the beginning of the advent season. At the same time a huge Christmas tree will be erected, which will decorate Prague city …

On 17 August 2011, a taxi driver from Prague and his accomplice robbed a foreigner who refused to pay an overpriced fare. In late May a taxi driver charged a customer 3000 Crowns for a journey from Žluté lázně (near Vyšehrad) to a hotel in Mozartova Street, Prague 5, but …