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Prague’s Ladronka park offers something for everybody
In today’s Spotlight we don’t have to travel too far. Just a
forty-five-minute tram ride uphill from the centre of Prague takes us to
one of the largest parks in the city. Not long ago, its greenery was
untended and the historic building in the middle of it was inhabited by a
commune of squatters. But after a recent facelift, Ladronka, as the park is
called, now offers something for everybody. More
Czech pilot repeats pioneer flight
2011 marks one hundred years since Jan Kašpar, a Czech aviation pioneer,
made the first long-distance flight from a town in East Bohemia, to the
famous Chuchle racetrack near Prague. Kašpar covered the 120 kilometres in
a retrofitted single-engine monoplane, bought from Louis Bleriot after the
Frenchman’s successful flight over the English Channel. Kašpar’s own
journey from Pardubice to Chuchle was itself ambitious and when he arrived
he was given a heroes’ welcome. This week, in honour of the original
deed, the feat was repeated by another Czech pilot, Petr Mára. Radio
Prague’s Jan Velinger has the details. More
Making dreams come true
Some people dream of travelling around the world, others want to bring the
world to their native village. In this week’s edition of Panorama we meet
three Czechs who have all made their dreams come true. More
There’s no room like the ballroom: Waltzing and other classic dances remain popular among young Czechs
What do teenagers do in their spare time? Cha-cha, fox-trot and waltz might
not be the first things to come to mind, but here in the Czech Republic,
lessons in ballroom dancing are still an important rite of passage for most
adolescents. More
A love of pork, Kafka and yo-yoing
In this week’s edition of Panorama: a taste of country life in Prague –
city hall organizes a pig slaughtering feast on Náměstí Míru. The Czech
capital boasts a unique and costly enterprise -a bridge leading from
nowhere to nowhere, and the European Yo Yo Championship raises the roof at
Prague’s Archa Theatre. More
Magazine
Are you into high heels? Check out the “Chopin” shoe at the footwear
museum in Zlín. Why do some Czechs expect their dogs to turn vegetarian
– and desperate drivers create a map of the worst potholes around the
Czech Republic! Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarová. More
The good, the bad & the ugly in the dragon’s den
I have never been a fan of reality TV and would be hard-pressed to watch
any programme where people try to meet a suitable partner or spend weeks
cooped up in a fishbowl of a room trying to see how they get along. But one
show, which has caught my attention is Den D (translatable as D-Day but
known in English as Dragon’s Den). If you’re familiar with the
programme, you’ll know it’s a show where entrepreneurs try to persuade
investors to put money into their start up businesses. More
Magazine
Last week was the time to check out Prague’s ghosts, lovers of good food
are having a ball, and set your own price: a café owner finds a way to
drum up business. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova. More
Magazine
If there is anything worse than a bad mayor –it is a bad mayor with
literary ambitions. The first ever café for dog-owners opens in the town
of Plzen, west Bohemia, and who’s that on the sofa? Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarová. More
Magazine
A bid to make road junctions in the Czech Republic safer by pitching
cardboard cut-outs of female officers has backfired. With their miniskirts
and high heels the cut-outs have become crash-magnets instead. And, a
student wins a million crowns in the lottery – and tears up the ticket.
Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarová. More
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