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 …
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Young Czechs are moving to surroundings of the big cities
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 …
Read More »Underground station Nádraží Veleslavín will get escalators worth of 33 milion
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 …
Read More »The Cheapest Tourist Metropolis in Europe? Yes, That Is Prague
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 …
Read More »People Keep Getting Lost in Prague and Brno
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 …
Read More »Prague Will Test Electric Buses Charged by Trolley Lines; the Winter Will Put Them to the Test
Trolleys will return to Prague in their modern version, at least temporarily. As part of the testing of electric buses, the Public Transit Company wants to try charging them through trolley lines during operation, which could extend their operation time. A kilometer of trolley lines will be built in the …
Read More »Prague Limits Segway Use in the Streets Again; the Ban Spreads East
Tourists will not be allowed to roam even more streets of Prague on Segways. The council approved the expansion of the Segway-free zone on the east all the way up to Prague 10. The whole of Prague 2 will also be included. So far, Segways were not allowed in the …
Read More »Minimum Wage in the Czech Republic to Rise Above the Region Average
The minimum wage in the Czech Republic will be slightly above the average of Central and Eastern Europe when it increases from 11,000 to 12,200 CZK in 2018. The region average is about 12,038 CZK (461 EUR). In the Ukraine, the minimum wage is less than 3000 CZK, while in …
Read More »No exceptions: Alternative taxi services, Uber and co., will be regulated in the Czech Republic
While some people compare the fight against alternative taxi services to the movement for destroying machines in the 19th century, others see an attempt to skip the rules in this business model. The members of the Board for Business sent a clear signal on Wednesday that they don’t want to …
Read More »Czechs are moving to the country from cities that are too expensive for them
The average price of a new apartment in Prague has climbed up to 75,791 CZK per square metre during the second quarter of 2017. That is 15% more than in the same period last year, when a new apartment cost 65,992 CZK per metre on average. This also impacted the …
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