Ahoj Monday! 5 tips for the week ahead in Czechia

From October 12-15, Signal Festival will feature 20 light-based installations across various venues in Prague, the largest gallery zone in the event's history, as well as works by renowned Czech artist Jan Kalab and Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.

A special ticket will grant spectators access to seven installations in the new gallery zone, including pieces by Spanish studio Playmodes and Norwegian-Portuguese collaborative Entangled Others.

Immerse yourself in innovation at the eighth edition of the Czech Republic's biggest event dedicated to innovation and artificial intelligence. Czech Innovation Week takes place from October 9-15, with an Innovation Fair featuring dozens of projects in Prague as well as accompanying events across the country. Czech President Petr Pavel will kick off this year's Innovation Week on Monday night in Prague.

The largest retrospective of architecture in Czechia and Slovakia in over 50 years, which takes place at the Prague Castle Riding School, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the establishment of both countries.

Featuring over 500 important architectural works, spanning from the late 19th century to the present, it will showcase the changing physical appearance of cities and landscapes over the past 150 years. The exhibition runs from October 10 through the end of November.

On October 12, 1988, underground publishers of material banned by the state (collectively known as samizdat) wrote an open letter condemning the imprisonment of Christian activist Ivan Polanský.

Earlier this year, the Czech government approved an amendment to celebrate October 12 as a culturally significant day honoring samizdat publishers. Samizdat Day is already celebrated as a culturally important date in Slovakia.

The 20th edition of Prague's Indian Film Festival will take place at Kino Světozor from October 12 to 14, and includes screenings with both Czech and English subtitles.

This year's festival includes the 2023 Hindi legal drama Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway, about the real-life case surrounding an Indian family whose two children were taken away by Norway's Barnevernet social service.