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Polish fastener supplier lures Prague residents with beer tours

Polish fastener supplier lures Prague residents with beer tours

Sceptics will smile slyly. After all, to lure the citizens of a country where brewing beer has long been a matter of national pride is a controversial idea. Nevertheless, the outskirts of Warsaw prove to be quite hospitable to beer lovers.

Beer Festival begins in Pilsen

This year the festival will be held from July 31 to August 1 and promises to be one of the most exciting beer events of the summer.
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Exhibition of unique photographs of Vaclav Havel opened in Prague

Photo exhibition dedicated to the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, was opened in Prague today. From June 25 to July 6 its visitors will be able to see unique photos provided by the journalistic agency ČTK. On these photos Vaclav Havel appears not only as a president, but as a vibrant, eccentric and temperamental personality.

Czech castle invites for wine tasting

Wine fair, where will be presented the best products of Czech and Moravian wineries, will be opened at 9 am on May 26 in the castle courtyard.

Gastronomy festival will be held in Prague

Fine frog legs, fragrant Uygur herbs, fancy ravioli stuffed with pineapple, delicate shrimps, fragrant Sicilian cannoli, exotic fried ground beetles, eco delicacies, as well as beer, wine, coffee and fresh juices – residents and guests of the Czech capital will be able to taste all this and much more during the gastronomy festival Prague Food Festival 2012, which will be held in late May in Prague.

Beer Festival begins in Prague

Amber-golden drink with a thick cap of soft froth sparkling in the sun and a scent of fragrant hops and caramel malt. What could be better than ice-cold beer in a sweaty glass on a hot May day? Only a real beer festival, which will be held soon in Prague!

Prague Spring 2012 will take place in the Czech capital

One of the most prestigious international festivals of classical music in Europe Prague Spring 2012 will begin on May 12 in the Czech capital.

CodeMode fashion festival will be held in Prague

The history of the festival began in Prague in April 2006 as an attempt to unite creative young people. Since then the festival has been significantly changed, preserving however fashion as the main theme supplemented by a lot of new directions. In the future the festival organizers plan to create a community of young creative artists with fresh inspiring atmosphere of contemporary fashion.

Karlovy Vary will open the season

On the first Saturday of May the popular resort of Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic will hold the traditional opening ceremony of the tourist season. The fest will begin on May 5 in the morning, when the ambassador of the Vatican and the apostolic nuncio in the Czech Republic Giuseppe Leanza will bless all 12 healing springs in Karlovy Vary. After that he will say the mass in the ancient church of St. Mary Magdalene.

A gold medal in Havel’s honor will be created in the Czech Republic

Official coining of medals will take place in Jablonec nad Nisou next week and will be attended by the widow of the late Dagmar Havlova.

Jazz festival will be held in Brno

Lovers of good beer, Czech cuisine and excellent jazz music will certainly get great pleasure from visiting jazz festival, which will be held during the warm April days in the city of Czech Brno.
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Prague will host Motocykl international bike exhibition

The traditional annual Motocykl international exhibition will be held in early March in Prague.

The famous exhibition of plastinated bodies The Human Body will be held in Prague

One of the most controversial exhibitions of human body, the exhibition that causes a storm of different reviews around the world, The Human Body exhibition will be held in Prague in the Výstavišti Praha - Holešovice exhibition hall.

Prague is waiting for the Bohemian Carnival

Madness of the European February carnivals will come to the Czech capital. One of the most vibrant festivals of the year - Bohemian Festival Carnevale Prague - will be held from 10 to 21 February in the Golden Prague.
Prague, airport

Prague airport would be renamed in honor of Vaclav Havel

The Czech Republic has launched a campaign on renaming the Prague Ruzyne international airport in honor of the first Czech president Vaclav Havel.

Grand Restaurant Festival 2012 will take place in 20 cities of the Czech Republic

Current Grand Restaurant Festival 2012 will be the largest ever. In this culinary festival will take part 12 regions of the Czech Republic and more than 60 top restaurants of the country, where will be presented nearly 200 best dishes from famous chefs.

The women convent in Prague was turned into a restaurant

In the center of Prague on the border of the Old and New Town was opened a new restaurant Il Convento, which is translated from Latin as monastery. The feature of this restaurant is that it is really located in a building belonging to the monastery of female monastic order of the Ursulines.

Teachers go on strike in the Czech Republic

The bulk of the striker schools are located in Moravia. In the Czech capital of Prague only 40 schools joined the strike. According to the Czech media, among the strikers are kindergarten, primary and special school teachers.

Designer award for sex toys was given in the Czech Republic

The National Student award in the Czech design was given to a student from the town of Usti nad Labem Anna Mareshova for a series of sex toys. Vibrators and other intimate production, which was conceptually designed by Mareshova, were marked by the jury for the perfect combination of style and ingenious technology.

Prague invites all hemp fans to the exhibition Cannafest Prague 2011

This Friday in the Czech capital Prague will begin one of the most unusual festivals in Europe - Cannafest Prague 2011, which will be dedicated to one of the world most famous psychotropic substances, the plant from the Cannabis family, which better known as hemp, marijuana or simply grass.

Coffee Week festival started in Brno

The festival, which is dedicated to one of the most popular drinks - bracing and delicious coffee - will be held in Brno from 1 to 7 October.

Prague will celebrate the Day of St. Vaclav

One of the most beautiful sights of Prague, St. Vaclav Square (Václavské náměstí) for one day in September will become the center of bright and lush celebrations in honor of the most revered historical figure, the faithful Czech prince of an ancient Přemysl clan, the defender and protector of the Czech Republic - St. Vaclav.

Vacations in the Czech Republic: wine festival in Melnik

Thanks to the local climate, as well as the enthusiasm of the Lobkowic noble family, who own the castle from the middle XVIII century to the present day, the town of Mělník and its environs became one of the main centers of wine-making in the Czech Republic.
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Traditional Vinobraní new wine festival is held in the Czech Republic

The first days of September brought to the Czech Republic not only gold leaf fall, but also one of the most beautiful autumn festivals, a symbol of winemaking and autumn grape harvest - Vinobraní.
The festival of delicacies and drinks

In Prague will be held the Food Parade festival - the festival of delicacies and drinks

The best restaurants in Prague, the most famous chefs, the most delicious menu, the greatest wines, the best coffee, excellent Czech beer, cocktails and delicacies from all over the world - all this and much more connoisseurs and amateurs will be able to try at the festival dedicated to food and drink - Food Parade, which will be held in the Czech capital from 17 to 18 of September.

In Prague was held ethnofestival

Is it possible to travel around the world just one day? Get acquainted with new cultures, feel the exotic aromas and flavors cuisines, hear fascinating rhythms of live authentic music of ancient civilizations and see all colors of the world? Soon the opportunity provides for all visitors of ethnofestival «The Colourful Nine», which will be held in Prague, in the Vysočany Park on August 27.
Czech cuisine dish

In the restaurants of Prague and Brno is held fish fesival

Also in the action take part Ristorante Rialto restaurant in Brno and restaurant U koně in central Bohemia. The festival will end on August 15.

Holidays in the Czech Republic: Kutna Hora will be silvered

During the Royal Silvering locals are dressed in old costumes and make performances. On the first day of the holiday is celebrated the arrival of the King Vaclav IV and Queen Zofia of Bavaria to the miners. On a large meadow near Vlaszsky court will be organized a medieval fair, where tourists can buy various souvenirs, handicraft goods and a variety of local delicacies.

Events of the Czech Republic: Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2011

For the 46th time in Karlovy Vary will be awarded the Crystal Globe. From 1 to July 9, 2011 at the famous resort of the Czech Republic will be held annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Czechs protest against demolition works in the center of Prague

Hundreds of protesters gathered on the streets of Prague to protest against plans of the city administration to demolish the old house in Art Nouveau style on Venceslav Square in Prague.
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Polish fastener supplier lures Prague residents with beer tours
Sceptics will smile slyly. After all, to lure the citizens of a country where brewing beer has long been a matter of national pride is a controversial idea. Nevertheless, the outskirts of Warsaw prove to be quite hospitable to beer lovers.
Beer Festival begins in Pilsen
This year the festival will be held from July 31 to August 1 and promises to be one of the most exciting beer events of the summer.
Exhibition of unique photographs of Vaclav Havel opened in Prague
Photo exhibition dedicated to the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, was opened in Prague today. From June 25 to July 6 its visitors will be able to see unique photos provided by the journalistic agency ČTK. On these photos Vaclav Havel appears not only as a president, but as a vibrant, eccentric and temperamental personality.