From ghosts to hoaxes, the city has some oddities in stone and metal Prague has more than its fair share of odd statues on public view. Some contemporary ones were designed to make the viewer ponder, ...

Willow rods, rattles other strange traditions mark the ‘great night’ of Velikonoce For many women in the Czech Republic, the Easter season, known as Velikonoce, is not their favorite time. Easter ...

Whether you have just burst onto the cooking scene or you have been in it for a while, there is a good chance that you have heard mention of an instant pot. There is a lot of hype surrounding this ...

Whilst the Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria visited the Czech capital at least twelve times, only once was he accompanied by his spouse, the legendary Empress Elisabeth. As well as being Emperor of ...

A legendary work returns to Prague More than 350 years after it was looted from Prague by the Swedish Army during the Thirty Years’ War, a famous medieval text will return to its native land, though ...

Since 2005, the Foundation for Development of Ukraine—also known as the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation after its founder—has played a prominent role in Ukraine. Its work has been especially noticeable in ...

The famous writer moved around and changed jobs a lot during his brief life Writer Franz Kafka lived almost his entire life in Prague, and the city often made an appearances in his stories and novels.

Traces of the devil, unsolvable mysteries and the roots of a hateful hoax can be found in stone Among the names for Prague is the Magic City, and not without reason. Places connected to legends are ...

The oldest bridge in Prague has a few tales to tell from its long history Lucie Turnerová from the Charles Bridge Museum and boat company Prague Venice helped us get to know a bit about the history of ...

Curiosity – the desire to explore, understand, know – is a central trait of our species and a powerful drive in our behavior. Or to put it more simply, we humans are curious by nature. It’s this ...

The 71st edition of the Miss World beauty pageant concluded with the crowning of Krystyna Pyszková from the Czech Republic as the new queen. According to the official social media accounts of the ...

As of January 2025, Olympic coach Jamie Main will become the Director of Swimming at Repton School. This prestigious day and boarding school in the Derbyshire village of the same name has an ...