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The late president Václav Havel was honoured by Prague’s Jewish
community on Wednesday during a Chanukah lighting ceremony in Jan Palach
square in the centre of the capital. Jewish leaders, along with diplomats
and the mayor of Prague, said the festival celebrates the same values
Václav Havel always stood up for. More
SpotlightWelcome to Landek Park – the largest museum of mining in the Czech Republic
Two weeks ago in Spotlight we travelled to the centre of Ostrava, the
capital of the Moravian-Silesian region, where a new industrial heritage
site is going to open next year. Today we will stay in the area to visit
Landek Park, the largest museum of mining in the Czech Republic. More
SpotlightThe second life of the Vítkovice ironworks
In today’s Spotlight we travel to the city of Ostrava, the capital of the
Moravian-Silesian region and more precisely to the city’s industrial
centre Vítkovice. Its unusual skyline does not feature skyscrapers and
church towers but rather the tall and imposing structures of extinct blast
furnaces. Instead of demolishing them, Ostrava has decided to preserve its
unique industrial heritage and the whole complex is now being revitalized
and turned into a multipurpose cultural facility. More
SpotlightKolín - more than just a railway junction
Surrounded by railway sidings and industrial estates, it's easy to get the
impression that Kolín is simply a town travellers pass through on the way
from the Czech capital to the nearby tourist-friendly Kutná Hora.
Nevertheless, anyone who gets off the train in Kolín and takes the trouble
to walk the short distance past the factories and business parks to the
city centre will find that it is a place worth visiting. More
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