Burnt-out Mascot Alzák
In a recent video the mascot of the consumer electronics shop Alza.cz named Alzák is shown walking around totally exhausted, looking a lot like a desperate homeless man. As reported by A2larm, this is...
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100 Years, 2 Blogs: Celebrate With Us
In co-operation with PraguePig.com, Weird Things in Prague – that’s us – is celebrating 100 years since the foundation of Czechoslovakia, in 1918. We are excited to be offering some extremely attractive giveaways to...
Deal of the Week: 9 Hellers Off
Bargain-hunters should rush to the Centrum Krakov shopping mall in Prague 8-Bohnice, where Bambule is offering this whopping discount on toy toasters. That’s right: 9 hellers off! A saving, at current rates, of 0.0035...
Prague TV Tower Is Actually A Rocket
This video is already three years old but currently going viral again in social media: The Prague TV tower in Žižkov is “on the run”, launched into space. Best watched in full screen!
Poullet Beef Burgers
Something you don’t eat every day: “Poullet Beef” burgers. Is this going to be some kind of beef from a poulet? Nope. It is trhané maso z hovězího krku and therefore pulled beef. I...
The Day I Met Methuselah
On my way home I overtook that old man who was walking at quite a remarkable speed. Then I noticed his shirt. It says “paměť národa”, literally: “Memory of the nation”. It clearly refers...
After-Election One-Way Air Tickets On Sale For Young Czechs
The website happyfly.cz has reacted to the re-election of president Zeman earlier today with offering cheap air tickets from the Czech Republic to the world.
“Accessible” Way to the Metro – Longest Diversion Ever?
If you travel by wheelchair or with a pram and want do get on the Prague metro at the station Vltavská, you will have to count with a diversion that looks really ridiculous on...
Camel Balls, Extra Sour And Liquid Filled
It’s Halloween, somebody rings at your door, you open and see a bunch of kids shouting: “Trick or treat!” So what do you give them? Tricks? Treats? Or both?
The Star Wars Robot R2-D2 in Prague
If you are a Star Wars fan and live in Prague, you probably don’t want to miss this: Unknown street artists have turned a bomb shelter in the park Folimanka into the robot R2-D2...
Taking the Train or the Pram?
What does this sign tell us? A) How to get to the trains and the prams. B) Which way to take when you drive your locomotive or push a pram.
The Café Where Your Drinks Come on a Hand Hoist
This weird thing is not directly situated in Prague. Count with a 35- to 60-minute bus or train ride out of town. But it’s worth it. Chances are that you have never seen anything...
Piano and Bookcase in a Park
The park Heraldovy sady in the Prague quarter Vršovice is really beautiful, full of fine old trees and surrounded by picturesque facades, just like many other Prague parks. When you walk around the central lawn,...
5.5 Years Weird Things in Prague
Darn, I missed it: The milestone anniversary. Never mind. Now I’m celebrating 5.5 years of this blog. It is a weird number for a weird blog about a weird city.
Breathtaking: The Czech Grand Canyon
Are you afraid of heights? This is the most breathtaking landscape I have ever seen in the Czech Republic!
