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A 48-year-old man hid in a Prague restaurant, only to devour an incredible amount of food, according to news reporting: six baked geese, weighing about five kilograms each, three ducks, a four liter jar...
A new crowdfunding project seeks to open a café where you pay by time spent at the place, rather than for what you consume. “Africa Café” is a particularly ambitious project in a land...
“Siesta” is a funny name for a restaurant that is open during lunch time and the whole afternoon – let alone using a Spanish word for a pizzeria.
It seems to be a by-product of the “large pig-killing ceremony”, just like the blood soup “prdelačka”. (The meaning of “prdel” is explained here.) source (5 Dec 2014)
The consumer electronics store Alza sells a bag that you may not be able to fully appreciate if you don’t understand some words of Czech. So here we go: “Svíčková” is one of the...
Christmas is moving closer, and like in most parts of Europe it’s indeed “Christmas”, not “the Season” or other names that are considered politically correct in other places. While observing this Pagan-turned-Christian event, the...
The soup bar Dobrá Polévka (‘Good Soup’) has gained dubious fame after they have published four photos of their dishes on their Facebook page1 that visitors have ridiculed as being over-decorated with parsley. The...
When I was still working as a journalist I have had several encounters with the infamous Pigeon Squadron. Journalists and organizers of press conferences in Prague alike fear the raids of this informal group...
If you work in a morgue, you may have experienced drowned people as something that doesn’t look quite yummy. Thanks to Czech black humor, however, the same name is applied to a dish: a...
The 6 Weirdest Hotels in the Czech Republic Searching for a special hotel in the Czech Republic? Wh... 207 views 
Breathtaking: The Czech Grand Canyon Are you afraid of heights?
This is the... 201 views 
The Dead Horse: Upside Down In the centre of Prague, right at the Wenceslas Square... 59 views 
Video: Man Goes Shopping in Prague 4 – (Almost) Naked On Tuesday, the Prague police received a call about a m... 26 views 
Online Short-Term Baby Rental Not all couples who would be good parents are lucky to ... 21 views 
Air Raid Sirens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbrmSrlEwtk
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Japanese Tea House in Prague Built in May 2008 on a hillside between the Prague quar... 12 views 
Recycling Bin (Mostly) Full of Air I always wonder why so many people fail to understand t... 12 views 
7 Weird Facts About Kafka 1. Kafka was a vegetarian and took interest in gardenin... 10 views 
The Peeing Statues In the courtyard of the Hergetova cihelna (now housing ... 9 views 
Visit the most important places in Kafka’s Prague in your own speed.
Walk through post-industrial Prague with explanations automatically triggered when you reach interesting places.
You will find a beer garden with a perfect view over the old town, Europe’s oldest wooden carousel, the place where the first Czech electric tramway was launched and streets full of garden restaurants. You’ll learn where the world’s largest Stalin statue was located and why many buildings on our way had to be reinforced with wooden beams.
