Stairs under Hlavkuv bridge

I put this place near Vltavska metro station in my top ten list of places in Prague I would rather not be visiting at night.

+ one thing I'd like to share. Do you know Annie Leibovitz? I bet lot of you do. There's an interesting interview with her (the link goes to my favorite blog of Chase Jarvis in case you'd ask). Also, Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens is a great movie. I'm buying a DVD as Christmas gift for myself :)

Hidden garden with sculptures

And it's hidden on Libensky island. With ten or more of them on this little place where nobody goes to. I still wonder why they are here. It took me nine years to look over that wall and find them. Big mystery for me.

What else is Libensky island known for? They sell a lot of second-hand cars and second-hand furniture here. I fell in love with a table and sooo comfy chairs... that cost more than you (or I at least) can imagine.

When it's cold outside you should go to a hot club

Here's a snapshot from Obcanska plovarna (which is actually better in summer as it is right at the river). If you look carefully you can see a girl holding microphone. That's Agata Hanychova - our own Czech version of Paris Hilton girl. Now you know just one more thing about Czech Republic that your friends don't know. For sure :)

There's also the newest club in Prague called Prdel. At Zitna street very close to Charles square. And to improve your Czech skills even more, you can click here to find out what Prdel actually means in our language. (Sorry I didn't warn you.)

The third fact for today's post is that all good clubs and restaurants in Prague are already fully booked for Christmas parties. Well, this goes from the last week on.

TV Tower

I guess there wasn't a TV Tower post for a while :)
Taken about two weeks ago.

Shoes in Holesovice

Shoes on a walk in Holesovice.

(I was originally looking for DOX but got lost.)

Foggy morning and closed Hard-de-core

View on Jindrisska tower from Senovazne square (... while eating Saturday breakfast on a bench). And the Hard-de-core store I was going to visit was closed. Maybe you'll be luckier if you go there. This is one of my Christmas gifts inspiration stores :)

PS: For those looking for design shops in Prague. These are pretty much close to each other:
www.modernista.cz
www.naoko.cz
www.qubus.cz

Empty shopping centers

... but only at night.

... and there's a lot of sun, too

This one is from Friday morning. Almost idyllic weather. Maybe to much idyllic for December. Did I mention that we wait for the snow?

Christmas in Prague

Just want to let you know that Prague is ready for Christmas and absolutely crowded during the day (in spite of this 2 or 3 am photo).

Now we wait only for the snow :)

Zizkov TV Tower got blue

... for World Diabetes Day on 14th November.

(Although it looks more violet in this photo.)

Petrin

Petrin hill and Petrin lookout tower. Especially the tower has an interesting history which I am going to tell you first time I have a little more time :)

Just watching

Havelska for the second time

Inspired by myself I wanted to have this one on film, too :)

PS: I've just read a comic strip at one Slovak web about advertising. Lady in it saying: I love Christmas... Snow, gifts, holiday songs... The best 10 weeks in a year. Well, that exactly explains the randomness of my posts in these days. The moving and not having internet connection is only icing on the cake. But it will get better :) Cheers from Teplice

Prague Metro survey

We had a big Prague Metro survey today. When you entered the station you got a special ticket and you gave it back at your end station. You can imagine all the trains full with people holding their special ticket in front of them :)

Last time this kind of survey happened was when we were young boys. So after the school we traveled all stations like crazy getting and returning the tickets everywhere having fun that there will be some weird results after final counting. But I guess the people doing the "counting" didn't care at all :)

imagine

One of the more famous walls in Prague.

Prvni republika

Grand opening of new fashion shop Prvni republika. They sell Noa Noa clothes here. Does anybody of you know Noa Noa? This is the first store in Czech republic to sell these wonderful clothes. And there were a lot of wonderful people involved, too :)

TV tower

... and this is where I live now. Still in Prague (to answer that question). With a view on Zizkov TV tower.

Reznicka

I lived here for a little over a year... and will miss it a lot.

November Theme Day: Books

Back of one special bookstore. Do you want more books? See all these links:

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

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Tickets for sale

This is basically all you need to know when buying tickets in Prague. Property of Narodni trida metro station.

Saturday breakfast

Breakfast in a park? Why not :) Kakna discovered this cute little park first so big thanks to her! This one is from last week when we still had at least a bit of sunshine in Prague. It's so cold now.

Prumyslovy palac at Holesovice exhibition grounds

Fire destroyed the left wing last week. And people keep coming here to see it. This one is from Saturday before they started the cleaning. It's kinda sad. I remember so many exhibitions here including few of our own. I think they will use the central part and the right wing now. Until they build the left wing again. Yes, that is their plan. Wonder how it will look like.

PS: Here's the same story at Kakna's Prague.

Old Town

In this small street, we used to sit and draw during our art class at elementary school. There wasn't any restaurants then.

Uhelny trh square

... and the big white building is my old elementary school. We had a lovely Saturday in Prague, as you can see. Well, it was a lovely Friday in Bratislava yesterday, too. Hope you're all enjoying the weekend!

Stairs to the lunch

Stairs to the student's eating hall at Dejvice.

I just liked the view

These new houses at Dejvice have a spectacular view. Don't you think?

02 Arena, former Sazka Arena and cheap Velvias

O2 Arena, former Sazka Arena. A place where all the big concerts in Prague happen.

And a quick tip for you in Prague using medium format film cameras. Go to Ultralab in Vladislavova street, ask for box with 50Kc films (I mentioned it here before) and you have a big chance to find medium format Fuji Velvias here. Expiration date is 10/2008 and they are kept in the refrigerator, of course.

Street art at Liben

I think this guy sits here since august or so when there was a graffiti exhibition in Prague streets. Still, he looks really good.

Also, Sunday is the last day of Designblok in Prague and I recommend to visit it. Shame it's impossible for me to go there. Anybody else working on Sunday?

UPDATE: Want to see the newest photos from Prague? Just visit home page :)

Smichovske nadrazi station entry

Svetozor stars

Well, these are the same as KAkNA's. Guess we both sat here :)

Masarykovo train station hall window

Masarykovo train station hall window from that J.Crew video.

Wenceslas square

The photo's without description but since there's so many of you photographing in all the places on the Earth, you might be interested in helping with this ubiquity project. Or, at least, you can view Gonzale's photos.

Staromestska metro station

Waiting. At night it can take up to 10 minutes. And that is a lot of time.

Antiquarian bookshop

Antiquarian bookshop near Masarykovo train station. There's another one on the opposite side of this bookshop-friendly street.

1968

Victims of Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in the summer of 1968. I heard some stories from my older friends and family and it is still beyond my imagination. This is part of the bigger installation to commemorate the invasion in the upper part of Wenceslas square right in front the National Museum.

At Charles bridge

Just under Charles bridge. Lonely Saturday night.

Photo exhibition at and about Wenceslas square

There's a new photo exhibition about Wenceslas square in the lower part of Wenceslas square. With lots of old photos it's quite interesting to see all the changes from the last 50 years. Well worth the visit.

Midnight lonely crossing

Suburbs

Sunday's good for a walk

The biggest advantage of Prague's outskirts is that they don't look like Prague.

Door and film bargains

Elevator door near my photo store close to Narodni trida. It looks very unused. And this is where I usually put the new film in a camera.

The photo store itself is in Vladislavova street and if you're around ask for "the box with 50 Kc films". There are just expired films, all for 50 Kc (that's about 2 Euro), and sometimes you can find a real bargain!

At Berounka river

Well, here's a place I love. I take a long walk here every time I want to clean my head. I bet you have your own places like this, too.

Mercedes

(I think it's pretty obvious I'm a car guy.) I took this at historical cars race at Zbraslav. It's a race up the hill (I guess the correct term is different but you do understand me, right? :) and it's pretty old. The first was there in 1908! We used to climb trees along the up hill road, watch the cars go by and eat apples and peers from the branches when we were young. That was in the nineties not in 1908. You can get the idea of the first races on these three photos I found.


Car-related PS: I accidentally stumbled upon this special screening of Back To The Future movie with more than a dozen of DeLoreans. Now, imagine beaded Back To The Future DeLorean. Wouldn't that be cool? Well, it is. Only at The Lone Beader :)

See you tomorrow

Chameleon made in nature

Prague's ZOO always has great and unique ads. Friend of mine worked on some in the past, too :) Now you're ready to see this chameleon in the city (I admit it was my inspiration).

Tesco windows at Narodni trida

Mustek metro station

iPhone

Yes, we have iPhone in Czech republic. This one is from Telefonica but you can have it from Vodafone and T-Mobile, too.

I wrote it before, I'm a huge Apple fan and think that iPhone is amazing. But I love my Nokia which I charge only twice a week and I don't care if I drop it on the street. You know :) What about you, do you have an iPhone?

Wenceslas square

Next to National museum

I saw this hundred times and didn't realize what a strange building it is. This picture at Kakna's Prague opened my eyes. It really is strange.

Havelska