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Current AffairsLarge 3D model of Prague goes on display at Anděl shopping mall
Before the computer age, Prague city planners used a large 3D model of the
capital to see what new buildings, roads and other features would look like
in the given environment. But 10 years ago, the model was replaced by
digital technologies; now it has been put to a new use. With new
interactive features, the model has gone on display in one of the city’s
shopping malls. More
PanoramaPrague’s Railroad Kingdom planning railway model of Czech Republic
Located under a shopping centre in the Smíchov district of Prague, the
Království železnic, or Railroad Kingdom, today features a number of
model railway layouts on an area of 115 square metres. When it is
completed, however, it will measure over 1000 square metres and be home to
a kind of railway model of the Czech Republic.
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Two Czech woodcarvers are making a nativity scene for the Pope. Hate
waiting at airports? Prague’s Ruzyne Airport offers passengers an
exhibition of modern art on the premises! And, a small village in north
Bohemia gets its own astronomical clock. Find out more in Magazine with
Daniela Lazarova
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Czech ScienceOld Prague to come to life in 3D computer model
Looking at old photos of quaint parts of downtown Prague that were
demolished at the turn of the 19th century to make way for fashionable
apartment blocks, one easily gets nostalgic. But thanks to modern
technologies, one day soon it will be possible to walk through the streets
and lanes of the old Jewish quarter of Prague - but of course, only in
virtual reality.
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The Czech Republic boasts the only stone guitar in the world. Czech fashion
designers fight for a place in the sun. And -why have Czechs sent a barrel
of their best beer to Brussels? Find out more in Magazine with Daniela
Lazarova.
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The town of Lostice has its own "monarch" who feeds on smelly
cheese, a school full of bats attracts zoologists from around Europe and
Harry Potter summer camps are this year's hit among Czech school kids.
Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Czechs in HistoryAntonin Langweil - a man who built his own Prague
In today's Czechs in History we are going to look at Antonin Langweil and
his unique paper model of Prague. The model, on a scale of 1:480, takes up
an area of two-by-two metres and shows the city as it looked 150 years ago.
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