📰 WEEKEND NEWS RECAP
- See the concrete park above Prague's Vltavská metro station through June 23 before it makes way for the construction of a new concert hall.
- A record number of Czech supermarkets participated in this year's spring Food Drive over the weekend.
- Ageless Czech hockey star Jaromír Jágr confirmed to reporters that he plans to return for the 2023-24 hockey season.
- The city of Prague has officially acquired the Karlín Barracks from the Czech state, which is looking forward to a bright future.
- Four Czechs remain in war-torn Sudan as officials attempt to evacuate them from the country.
- Prague has launched its first-ever historical bus line, which joins two nostalgic tram lines in the city center.
✔️TO DO THIS WEEK
- April 24|Indie legends Yo La Tengo play at Prague's Meet Factory to promote their latest album.
- April 26|The Chernobyl disaster occurred on this date in 1986. A recent study suggested that increased Czech cancer rates resulted from the nuclear incident.
- April 27|Take part in a night charity run at Výstaviště organized by Světluška, which aids the blind and visually impaired.
- April 28|The English-language play Jack's Cake, written by one of the cast members of the original The Office, premieres at Prague's Divadlo Kolowrat.
- April 30|Czech author Jaroslav Hašek, best known for creating The Good Soldier Švejk, was born on this date in 1883.
- April 30|Tonight is Witches Night (Čarodějnice), when bonfires around the country are lit in a celebration that dates back to pagan roots.
📺 WHAT TO STREAM THIS WEEK
Arvéd, which won the 2023 Czech Film Critics' Award and was nominated for a Czech Lion for Best Picture, is now streaming on HBO Max.
The film follows real-life occultist Jiří Arvéd Smíchovský who cooperated with the Nazis during WWII and later the communist regime in attempts to realize his goals.
📻 LISTEN ON YOUR MORNING COMMUTE
British Ambassador to the Czech Republic Matt Field was the guest on the latest episode of Radio Prague's Prague Talk.
The new ambassador discusses Czech-British relations, learning Czech, his experience in Prague so far and much more:
☕ YOUR MORNING CUP
Oh Deer Bakery has four locations throughout Prague, and serves up some delicious coffee to go with their trademark croissant-doughnut creation cronuts.