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The District Court for Prague 1 handed down punishments to fourteen defendants in a case concerning the operation of nightclubs in Ve Smečkách Street. For pimps, the court imposed conditional and pecuniary punishments, the highest of which reaches five million crowns. The judgment is not final. According to the court …

Most tourists don’t know that is it possible to make a complaint about bad or inedible food in a restaurant. But even here you are basically concluding a contract, which must be fulfilled. And if not, you have every right to say something. In cooperation with the consumer organization dTest, …

A typical Prague flat that is currently being offered for sale is located in a sparsely-populated area or a residential area on the outskirts of Prague, and is located 17 minutes by car from the centre and 33 minutes by public transport from the centre. The closest greenery is located …

Prague’s astronomical clock will be functioning on Monday for the last time before its planned repair. The clock will be disassembled at around nine. “After the clock stops, we’ll need to mark each piece, write everything down and start the disassembly process. The clock is a very delicate machine, so …

Taxis and exchange offices. Two services foreigners only rarely find kind words about after they return from a holiday in Prague. But while taxis are ripping customers off illegally, the exchange offices are offering unfavorable exchange rates or a high fee totally legally. On Wednesday, two Prague female police officers …

Even though the lamplighter profession doesn’t exist anymore, we can still find some enthusiasts of gas lighting. In Prague, there lives probably the tallest lamplighter in the world. At 4 pm during the advent time, Jan Žákovec appears at Charles Bridge and then lights up the lamps the manually. Stature …

The ratio of yound people in the Czech population continuously declines. In 2001 the people, who were 29 years old and younger, account for 39,1 per cent of the population. 15 years later the ratio is only 31,6 percent. This corresponds to the loss of the number of citizens aged …

In 2015, the new underground station Nadraží Veleslavín was opened, from where the passengers can get by bus to Václav Havel Airport. Opening was connected with huge surprise, as no exit had escalator. People had to carry heavy luggage to the stairs. Even porters didn’t solve the problem. Finally, the …

Do you find Prague extremely overpriced? That is not the case. Prague is still one of the cheapest European metropolises in the tourist charts. When a Czech person goes for a walk around the Charles Bridge or the Old Town Square, he usually rolls his eyes at the prices, which …

Foreigner, don’t come to Prague and Brno without a map and a guide book! Almost thirty years from the collapse of the border between the West and the East, directional signs are still mostly in Czech. Brno plans on changing that by the end of the year, Prague will hopefully …