Wonderful Prague

How to get to Prague? The Czech Christmas Mass, popularly known as "Rybovka", is a purely Czech phenomenon. Without it, it is impossible to imagine the Christmas holidays, and the performance of Rybovka gathers many listeners and performers in churches and concert halls these days. Written "Fish" more than two centuries ago, a simple Czech teacher Jakub Jan Ryba. The name of Pisces is associated with the town of Rozhmital-Pod-Treshmushin in Central Bohemia, where he lived from 1788 until the tragic finale of his life. There in 1796 his “Czech Christmas Mass” was born. It is not by chance called the Czech language - after all, it is one of the first liturgical works created in the Czech language. As the composer himself emphasized, "psalms in Latin do not benefit the faith, neither those who sing, nor those who listen." The difficult financial situation of a large family, illness and depression led to a sad end - in 1815. Yakub Ryba committed sui...

How to get to Prague? In the Czech Switzerland introduced a ban on moving outside the "tourist trails" The ban will be valid until the end of November. The reason was the drought and the threat of forest fires. People usually have to walk along selected tourist routes only in the first zone of the National Park. At present, due to drought, this restriction covers almost the entire territory of Czech Switzerland. At the request of the park administration, authorities have banned entry to forests outside the marked paths. According to experts, the situation will not improve in the near future. The forests in Czech Switzerland are now dry as ever. According to hydrometeorologists, soil saturation with water is less than 10%. “Despite the cold snap, droughts are still going on in the forests, and even if there is some precipitation, last year’s dry foliage can easily catch fire,” explained the reasons why the administration of the National Park asked for a ban, its repres...

How to get to Prague? Travel from Russia to the Czech Republic decreased by 5%. In the Czech Republic summed up the incoming tourist traffic for the third quarter. A total of 7.4 million tourists stayed in Czech hotels, boarding houses, and campgrounds, which is 5.7% more than in the third quarter of last year. The number of overnight stays also increased by 4.3% and amounted to 20.6 million. Thus, even in the main season, the Czech Republic shows a tendency to increase tourist traffic, - reported in the Czech Statistical Office. It has become more both foreign and its tourists. 7.5% more Czechs in the third quarter of this year traveled around their country compared to the same period last year. The increase in foreign tourists was 3.6%. Among foreigners, by tradition, the most guests come to the Czech Republic from Germany - 589 thousand people. The Germans made up one fifth of the total number of guests of Czech hotels (by 2.6% more than in the third quarter of last yea...

How to get to Prague?        Creating a sewer was the greatest creation of man. Sounds, probably, a little pathetic for some kind of hole for draining waste products?        In fact, the presence of sewage and its quality is a very clear marker of the development of society.        It is difficult to imagine what a city is without a sewer system. Such stories are often embodied in film and literature: a stinky city, toilet balconies and the plague.        In medieval cities, for example, sewage was only conditional. Rather, it was just a small segment of the plums, which removed sewage from the house for a few meters. Further, this beauty stank and decomposed on the street among the people.        The Czech Republic understands this issue, because in Prague there is the coolest museum of sewage ... First things first.        The first mention of sewage...

How to get to Prague?        Almost every third tourist in Prague chooses to stay in private accommodation, for example, through Airbnb, and not in a hotel. Some hotels for this reason have already had to close.        In 2012, 845 hotels operated in Prague, last year their number was reduced to 787. The Czech Statistical Office prepared this information.        In different categories of hotels, however, the statistics differ. Thus, the five-star hotels in the Czech capital has increased by 4 (total - 46). The situation is similar with 4-star hotels. But hotels with the number of stars of three or less are now less.        The Association of Hotels and Restaurants of the Czech Republic commented on the statistics as follows: the situation will change soon, because this year several new projects were implemented, and several renovations were carried out. Next year it is also planned to implement ...