Currency
by Ste00
If you just don't know it is the Czech Krona (Crown)....
Now don;t hold me to this if it doesn't work in your favour!! :-)
Mates took currency out at various places in the UK before we went, including at the airport and all got around 25k to the £... Internet at the time stated 29+k to the £....
I held my ground and got it from a cash machine at Prague airport and got 29.2k to the £ and at a highstreet branch at got over 31k to the £....... and that is after comission etc..
But I think it depends on who you bank with in the UK...
Lesser Town
by micas_pt
The Lesser Town is the neighbourhood situated in-between the left bank of River Vlatva and the Castle. Its most important sights and locations are: Nerudova Street, which connects St. Charles Bridge to the Castle neighbourhood; the Lesser Town Square where is situated the outstanding St Nicholas Church; Kampa Island and also Petrin Hill.
"Prague Spring"
by kris-t
The always lively intellectual world of Prague, however, suffered under the totalitarian regime, in spite of the rather careful program of rebuilding and caring of the damaged monuments after World War II. In the 4th Czechoslovakian Writers' Congress held in the city in 1967 they took a strong position against the regime. This spurred the new secretary of Communist Party, Alexander Dubchek to proclaim a new deal in his city and country's life, starting the short-lived season of the "socialism with a human face". It was the Prague Spring, which aimed to the renovation of institutions in a democratic way. Soviet Union and the other Warsaw Pact reacted occupying Czechoslovakia and the capital in August 1968, suppressing under tanks' tracks any attempt of renovation.
And - that was a Soviet Union goverment, not people.
Check the current weather to know what to pack!
by Zuzka
The previsions for the next days can be found on the Meteopress website. This is a Czech website, but icons are comprehensible for everybody. In the first line (in the middle of the page) you will see 8 days previsions for the Czech republic, in the line below you can choose the city - Prague (Praha), Brno, Ostrava etc.
Stromovka Park
by ettenaj
This beautiful park extends from Letna Hill to the river, on the south-west side of the park is an old hunting lodge, originallly dating from the 15th century, but rebuilt in neo-gothic style in 1804, which now houses the newspapers and periodicals dept of the National Museum. OPening times Tuesday to Saturday inclusive