red Bata

Last one for this year... Bata building on Wenceslas square, where the main festivities tonight take place.

warm tea break

In a čajovna again... Really, it's too cold to stay outside, and being at home the whole day can get boring...

shelter

During these cold winter days, there is no better place than a warm and fragrant cajovna (tea place) to spend the end of the afternoon.

obvious and easy

There is a few buildings so well lit as the Theatre of the Estates at night in Prague... well then it makes it stand out and facilitate our photo cravings :)

anges gardiens

On Charles Bridge

black and gold

Grey during the day, the glass facade of the Laterna Magika turns golden at night

christmas boredom

I'm fed up with Christmas already. If only the weather wasn't so grey at least... sun or snow, please something!

christmas special 2 : the food

the carps! At D-7, these big blue plastic bowls appear in the streets, together with their vendors and a "table" where they're killed and cut at the buyer's request. Or they can also be taken home alive, where, according to the legend, they'd be put in the house's bathtub until their time comes, on the evening of december 24th...

wooden umbrellas

Under the "umbrellas" pf the 70's shopping centre Kotva on namesti republiky

christmas special 1 : decorate

So everybody should have his jmelí by now...we can get it natural, golden or silver, to decorate our interiors for the holidays.

lit

The building i photographed here looks better at 8 in the morning from the tram

just a post office

What I love about Prague is that one gets to see and be in beautiful places in the daily routine... here a glimpse of the main post office, on Jindrisska street in New Town. It is open almost 24 hours a day ( with a break from midnight to 2am). Could be practical.

offbeat

Some passages are really deserted... even when they are right in the center. This one goes from Vaclavske namesti ( Wenceslas square) but is empty most of the time...

lost in time

New Town, december 2008. Or december 1982?

dr

old pink

Aaaaah these facades in Old Town...

strange ways

The Olsanka cemetary, at the limit of Vinohrady... of course the fogs adds a gloomy note, but it's quite a pleasant way to cross this part of the city, among the trees and sculptures.

blue cut

These days, around 4.30 pm...

skittle game

Going for a game...

dark

bar interior again... I post a lot of dark or interior pictures these days, but with the night falling at 15h45, it's hard to do otherwise...and it's the perfect season to go deep down for the evenings.

answer

Thanks to those who have participated yesterday... i see not many were inspired... and that there aren't many supporters of vegetarian food around!
Because it was actually a picture of the beautiful vault inside Lehka Hlava, a vegetarian restaurant opened 2-3 years ago in the heart of Prague 2, in Borsov street, which you see above. This space used to be my very favourite place in the world when it housed a cajovna, now I go there only every now and then, but the brunch on Sunday was really good :)

p.s. i'll come back to the "cajovnas", or tea places, soon...

let's play

Guess where this picture was taken...as a clue, you have the right to know that it has been taken today, around 1:30 pm.

star gate

Sometimes I really have the impression to be in a cinema decor for a 70's sci-fi movie...

drinks

Nice evening yesterday, in one of these "2 storey club/bar" Prague is rich of...

after

Just after a concert, in Roxy, Old Town's famous club, on the premises of a former cinema.

foreign

Some french writing on this Old Town facade...

theme day : Circles/Spheres

Lights in the newly opened cafe-extension to the (in)famous Cross club in Holesovice
Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

metro lights, repeated

This one reminds of a picture I posted some time ago, but the large number of neon lights some metro stations is always impressive

sweet and warm

A new cukrarna (patisserie + tea room, sort of) opened on Vodickova. I don't know if it's really good or if everybody is still going there to try it out, but it's always full in the late afternoons.

useless lights

Every building got its Christmas decorations by now. I have the impression they are more modest than last year... tant mieux.
Here Obecni Dum, which wouldnt even need any, if you ask me.

open doors

Vodickova, close to Wenceslas square.

meat

Display of dried ham at the entrance of an upper-scale restaurant in Vinohrady... dinner was very good :)

twilight zizkov

Yet another picture featuring the TV tower, recently photographed by Honza as well.

waiting

View from the windows of Tesco department store... until something big is built there, which is expected, given that it's quite a big empty and misused space right in the center of the city.

first snow

First snow this morning! Not much, just enough to make you smile when you get up and open the curtains...

black and white

Micro-passageway between the squares Jungmannovo and Wenceslas

Tesla

Tesla stained-glass window, in reality a pretty big one in Svetozor's passageway. I am still buying Tesla light bulbs, even if they're more "hungry" on energy than some other brands...I guess I must already feel the nostalgia of something that will disappear soon :)

steel n'glass

Prague has now more than her share of glazed tall office buildings... This one is off Libensky most, in Holesovice

corner shop

Naive-looking sign for this shop in Holesovice, selling "paper and toys"

weapons everywhere

These are the magazines one can find at the local grocery store... I was quite sad and worried when I saw this " Weapons" magazine there.

nation's pride(s)

During reconstruction on the square Krizovnicke, just at the entrance of Charles Bridge, the church behind our beloved Charles IV has been covered with a giant advert...offering a perfect czech overview :]

waiting

Waiting for the metro in the evening is so much better with a camera in hand... one can wait up to 10 minutes at night...

retro cafe

Retro style cafe tonight...

Kaaba, Vinohrady

souvenirs

One more former industrial hall converted into a entertainment place... La Fabrika hosts mostly theatre plays, and other parties sometimes. I was there for the first time one of these last Saturdays, I liked the place...

carrot

Yes, it's a cartoonish carrot that decorates this gate in Kampa.

update on the drawings

Somebody really interested in the wall paintings I already mentionned. They are still clean of "unofficial" graffiti, nice.

deep down

Catching a late metro at Jiriho z Podebrad

another misty morning

And no, it's not the same day as the first picture! It's not even cold, around 8-12 degrees C°... it's just humid. The views are really great at night with that fog, but I can't seem to be able to make any nice pictures at these moments.

a romantic one

From this Sunday's afternoon walk...

passage

The way from Zizkov to Prague 2, around Hlavni Nadrazi, isn't the nicest one. It's a big crossroads with bridges for cars, trains, and multiple streets under, with tramway tracks and no space to walk along. brrr.

misty morning

Perfect autumn weather... mist in the morning, fog in the evening. Or the inverse.