Kakna's Prague

departure

2009-11-26T22:28:00.003+01:00

I really didn't want to do it too fast, but things are almost never as we plan them. I still haven't finished packing my bags, but I'm leaving Prague tomorrow morning for Paris. For good, or almost, this time. So I have to tell you this is probably the last post on my Prague's photoblog. I will definitely come back to Prague, I will have to anyway in the near future, at least to finish moving everything - I am really not able to pack my life in 2 bags- but ... Prague is moving very fast, and today was full of "last time". I will love Prague for-ever-and-ever, for all its sides, but I'm pretty sure it will never be my Prague anymore.

Keep checking, a Kakna's Paris will probably come out soon, hope to see you there :)

edit: the Paris blog is up and running. http://kaknaparis.blogspot.com

K.

paved road

2009-11-25T17:41:00.001+01:00

Promenade on the riverside, reserved to pedestrians and bikes... They've done quite a nice job down there.

seven to eleven

2009-11-23T15:14:00.001+01:00

In Masarykovo nadrazi, the very central train station.

Karlin - autumn

2009-11-12T23:09:00.002+01:00

quiet waters

2009-11-11T18:08:00.001+01:00

Forgotten corners of Liben, where not much is going on

beer at every corner

2009-11-08T22:36:00.002+01:00

contemporary sculpture

2009-11-07T19:53:00.003+01:00

Imposing scaffolding surrounding the sculpture on Palackeho namesti

clin d'oeil

2009-11-06T16:36:00.002+01:00

We had a sunny day yesterday, however, it didn't last long. Today the white-but-no-snow skies were back. I like these creamy rounded shapes on the blue sky, it makes me think of Barcelona, for some reason :)

good or not

2009-11-04T15:10:00.002+01:00

This picture could also have done well for the doorways theme day. Oh well, too late.

theme day : doorways

2009-11-01T19:32:00.001+01:00

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

seasonal

2009-10-31T18:37:00.001+01:00

Yesterday and today were really cold...time to squat the tea rooms again!

heights

2009-10-30T18:27:00.002+01:00

See the buildings in the background? That's one of Prague's outskirts dense residential districts. People live in prefab buildings there, but they must have a nice view

1985?

2009-10-29T23:08:00.002+01:00

I didn't have to go very far to find that grocery shop window. It's in Karlin, on one of the main streets. And yes, I took the picture recently :)

not your regular goulash

2009-10-25T14:54:00.002+01:00

Fallow deer meat and bacon dumplings... not your regular light lunch either, but once in a while, everybody needs comfort food :)

oasis

2009-10-23T15:27:00.001+02:00

Off Wenceslas square, in the very center of the city, get the best teas of the world... head to Dobra Cajovna

and...back

2009-10-22T09:50:00.002+02:00

I'm back in the city again, although probably not for a very long time. After more than 10 days of almost nothing done with my camera, the blue skies encouraged me to take it out yesterday on my way from the airport.

coffee time

2009-10-08T23:34:00.001+02:00

These new cafe-in-malls do their best to make it comfortable... I'm not sure they manage, I don't know, somehow I'm just allergic to these places.

perfect day

2009-10-07T23:05:00.001+02:00

I really had plenty of things today. But come on, 25°C outside, and such a sunshine in October? I headed for the zoo. Where else.

giant bin

2009-10-05T22:22:00.002+02:00

Once in a while, empty containers are placed for a day on the street, so anybody can throw out what they want to get rid of and can't be put in the regular bin. It can also be a good occasion to furnish a flat for free if you're not against a bit of renovation :)

golden moment

2009-10-04T10:37:00.002+02:00

When the sunset finds its way through the winding streets to hit the goldsmith's sign

dawn

2009-10-02T11:44:00.001+02:00

Opening one's eyes at dawn, somewhere in New Town

fire tongues

2009-09-29T20:11:00.003+02:00

...or that's how it looks, somehow. Abbey Na Slovanech (or Emmaus) in Prague 2, whose church was badly destroyed during an air raid at the end of the Second World War. The renovation started in 1946, and the new western facade look was found through an architectural competition won by Frantisek M. Cerny who used shell plates of reinforced concrete.

rush hour

2009-09-27T22:34:00.002+02:00

Saturday night, peak hour in this cafe in the center

central park

2009-09-25T19:07:00.001+02:00

In Zizkov, the big real estate operation Central Park, almost ready to move in...

on my way

2009-09-24T15:11:00.000+02:00

On my way from lunch, Prague 1

wooden insides

2009-09-23T23:25:00.004+02:00

I missed the European Heritage Days this year. It was last weekend, and I completely forgot about it. Two or three years ago, I went to visit the wooden church in Liben, on Zenklova street (Kostel sv. Vojtěcha), built in 1905. The interior was really amazing...

postcard

2009-09-22T19:35:00.002+02:00

We're so lucky to have such a nice weather this late in September! 26°C this afternoon, really unbelievable.

so natural

2009-09-21T22:06:00.001+02:00

One of these older cars that aren't around so much anymore...

small and hidden

2009-09-20T19:57:00.002+02:00

Evening in a small bar in Prague 7 - enter the hostel, walk in the corridor, open the door on your right, go down the stairs... here you are, take a beer and wait for the concert to start.

sunset silhouettes

2009-09-19T23:44:00.001+02:00

I just love it

topless

2009-09-16T22:44:00.002+02:00

Topless service in this restaurant between 7pm and 11pm :)

deja-vu

2009-09-14T20:58:00.002+02:00

Already when I took the picture, I was thinking about this other one. Same skies, same impressions, but in Old Town with the peaks of Tyn church.

evening suns

2009-09-13T21:11:00.002+02:00

Night falls pretty early now again, and around 19h45 it's alreay quite dark. Not a bad thing, it helps seing things one didn't notice before, no matter how large they can be - in my case, this new (?) hotel downtown, in a courtyard behind Tyn church.

heads

2009-09-12T23:35:00.000+02:00

descente

2009-09-10T22:40:00.002+02:00

Yesterday was probably the last beer-on-letna-evening we could get this season... well it's been a long one, let's not complain

trying hard

2009-09-09T23:11:00.000+02:00

to make it easier for the growing number of riders in Prague...

stones and trees

2009-08-24T22:13:00.002+02:00

I took this one months ago at the Olsanka cemetary, which is an unexpected nice place where to wander, actually...
And I'm leaving tomorrow again for two weeks, so don't expect anything new here until then... In the meantime, you can always check what's going on through facebook or flickr.

night on the bridge

2009-08-23T23:42:00.000+02:00

Not just any bridge. Charles bridge.

night star

2009-08-22T19:38:00.001+02:00

Night in Radost FX club, for a change

renovated train station

2009-08-21T17:03:00.003+02:00

I thought nadrazi Vrsovice was deserted until I stopped by yesterday to take some pictures, and found out it's actually all renovated...As I read later, the 19th-century building's renovation took place between 2002 and october 2008.

the one on Karlovo namesti

2009-08-18T22:02:00.002+02:00

new era at florenc

2009-08-17T23:09:00.002+02:00

Prague has a new bus station building! It's nicely glazed, with lots of screens showing departure and arrival times, everything is also written in english, there's a helpdesk, toilets, and things you can buy to eat... a whole new world in Florenc, those who went through the former place will know what I mean.

Karlin series - 12

2009-08-16T20:26:00.003+02:00

If you missed my other posts onKarlin, a poorly-known district along the river, and adjacent to the Old Town, you can click here:
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mind travel

2009-08-15T18:59:00.002+02:00

This courtyard of Prague's old town really made me feel like in Spain

and up again

2009-08-14T21:08:00.001+02:00

Coming back to street level from the river banks, reserved to pedestrians, cycles and swans

inside out

2009-08-06T21:19:00.000+02:00

what belongs to the cafe and what to the street behind the glass?

gallery bar

2009-08-05T18:06:00.002+02:00

Above Roxy not far from Old Town square, the NoD space has been renovated recently, and still offers a wide range of "activities" in the evenings

neighbours

2009-08-04T23:50:00.002+02:00

Two of the buildings around Jungmannovo namesti in the center, bathed in the sunset of an otherwise pretty grey day...

lone player

2009-07-28T20:50:00.002+02:00

Just before sunset, someone decided he would practise the double-bass in the park...

under bridge

2009-07-27T22:23:00.001+02:00

Under Cechuv most

chantier

2009-07-26T10:59:00.002+02:00

A few pavement cubes to lay, and that will be ready. New office (?) building in Karlin, Invalidovna.

beyond expectations

2009-07-24T22:02:00.002+02:00

The promised "marina" still looks like some abandonned docks... I wonder what the new proud owners of these expensive flats think about the view

dominant architecture

2009-07-23T09:12:00.002+02:00

The National Memorial on Vitkov hill... when I was seeing it from far away, I thought it was a huge concrete box. From a closer view it's obvious that it is much more than that, and not even made of concrete.

just behind

2009-07-22T09:10:00.002+02:00

Just behind the overcrowded Castle square, quiet picturesque streets.

french corner

2009-07-20T20:41:00.002+02:00

A bit of France in Prague : the french institute, comprising a cafe, a large cinema and conference room, exhibition spaces, classrooms and a mediatheque

fab light

2009-07-19T23:53:00.000+02:00

One of these evenings on Wenceslas Square...

marina

2009-07-17T02:17:00.002+02:00

The "Prague Marina" project is slowly taking shape in Holesovice...

park life

2009-07-16T08:43:00.000+02:00

art in metro

2009-07-12T21:32:00.002+02:00

Invalidovna station, on the B line... too see another exemple of how art enhances metro stations, see that post

indian food

2009-07-10T20:07:00.001+02:00

or rather - no more food, I was too hungry to wait. At the new indian place opened on Konviktska street

new curves

2009-07-09T22:14:00.003+02:00

Curves for this "lighthouse", an office building that recently (how long can it be... a year? two?) rose up at Libensky most in Holesovice.

open-air passage

2009-07-08T17:30:00.000+02:00

between two streets in the old town

tyn

2009-07-06T11:39:00.002+02:00

The church of Our Lady before Tyn, or the most known church on Old Town square, seen from the summer spot by excellence - Letna park

river banks

2009-07-05T21:36:00.001+02:00

Great view on the river while having a beer..

and still going

2009-07-04T22:30:00.003+02:00

So, today is this blog's 1st anniversary. I knew it was coming pretty soon, and when I checked just now, I was really surprised to see it's exactly today... because of all my trips out of town recently, I almost missed it. But here we are... 281th post, I missed about 80 days, which is a lot.
Anyway a year has already passed, it's July again, summer again, biking time again, and the tv tower is still here. Let's see where this year will lead us.

ps. this is the cyclepath along the river in Karlin

great mix

2009-06-25T16:24:00.002+02:00

Manes house, very nice modern building from 1930, great mix with the former mill tower

Karlin's new face

2009-06-23T21:27:00.001+02:00

Karlin's river shores are slowly being covered by new buildings...

wait made pleasure

2009-06-22T20:15:00.001+02:00

One of the best tram stops in Prague... the one just behind Prague Castle. I don't mind waiting for 10 minutes with that kind of view.

music downstairs

2009-06-12T09:47:00.003+02:00

I've already mentionned it and posted related pictures, in Prague, social life and cultural events are held for the majority underground, litterally. This time at Roxy, concert down the stairs.

long standing protection

2009-06-11T09:32:00.003+02:00

A vaulted passage is always appreciated in the hot sunny days or - like today - rainy ones... Here is the one along Havelska (and its market stalls) in Prague 1

en travaux

2009-06-10T15:44:00.001+02:00

Charles bridge has been undergoing reconstruction for what it seems forever now... but it should be soon over.

pretty late

2009-06-09T12:29:00.001+02:00

I'm not much in Prague this month, so please excuse my sporadic posting... in the meantime you can always check my Flickr gallery, some views from Paris, France should be appearing soon :)

theme day : feet

2009-06-01T16:26:00.003+02:00

I had actually taken this photo when I took this other one, where you should understand whom these feet belong to...
Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

children's house

2009-05-28T23:36:00.002+02:00

Detsky dum - "children's house" on Na Prikope. I passed in this pedestrian street a million times, and just noticed this sign yesterday.

built masses

2009-05-27T21:55:00.002+02:00

The area around Florenc metro somehow lacks some clear layout to be really "understood". It's probably on its way, and started with the reconstruction of Florenc bus station, which is in progress.

all inclusive

2009-05-26T22:04:00.002+02:00

On Stvanice island, the club Face to face changed its name and now offers pretty cheap " all inclusive" parties

bricks

2009-05-25T22:34:00.001+02:00

on the ceiling. Just a normal pizzeria in Karlin ;)

green Karlin

2009-05-24T21:02:00.002+02:00

Just a small square nearby the bigger park of Invalidovna

vecerka

2009-05-22T23:19:00.002+02:00

Sign outside a "vecerka", one of the numerous shops open late in the evening, usually until 11pm to 2am...

zizkov by day

2009-05-20T23:17:00.001+02:00

Zizkov is not only worth visiting at night, for its numerous bars and clubs...it's also very nice by day

downstairs

2009-05-19T22:48:00.002+02:00

I'm sorry about the poor quality of this photo, but with such a low lighting my camera reaches its limits...I still wanted to share this view. Going down from Zizkov.

blue call

2009-05-18T23:21:00.001+02:00

Not a bad idea

the return of Karlin

2009-05-17T22:21:00.001+02:00

because really, there is so much more to see still!

disco people

2009-05-15T21:33:00.001+02:00

ps : Honza then posted a nice day answer to this one

rest

2009-05-14T22:58:00.001+02:00

The other face of the touristic market on Havelska in the Old Town

charm of chimeys

2009-05-13T22:08:00.000+02:00

and red roofs

better by night

2009-05-12T22:19:00.001+02:00

Narodni divadlo ( National theatre) 's entrance arcade

so white

2009-05-11T22:27:00.002+02:00

Only a few buildings are lighten up that way at night in Prague... so when it happens, there's a real attraction.

new beer

2009-05-10T18:39:00.002+02:00

I had the occasion to taste a new beer, Pardal... well a beer always tastes good when drank on the grass under the sun, surrounded by friends and in front of a stage where good music is played :)

old metro

2009-05-08T14:57:00.001+02:00

It's pretty rare to see these old metro trains running now that they've all been replaced by newer ones. It was a pleasure to ride this one again yesterday... i'm probably too nostalgic.

anonymous door

2009-04-29T23:05:00.000+02:00

in Zizkov

back to the city

2009-04-27T22:45:00.002+02:00

for a stroll at the end of the afternoon in Na Prikope, or the main pedestrian street lined with stores in the center

another Sunday, another park

2009-04-26T21:58:00.002+02:00

Today we decided to have our let's-celebrate-Spring picnic in another parc... actually we like to have a little wine with our food and alcohol in Petrin is forbidden, whereas still allowed on Letna :)

mini-city

2009-04-25T23:42:00.001+02:00

painted in the entrance staircase of a pub/restaurant in Prague 2

update

2009-04-24T22:20:00.001+02:00

The "pixel building"'s facade is done. A bit more to do inside and life can start moving in

shadow railing

2009-04-23T23:23:00.000+02:00

on the pavement

health care

2009-04-22T21:53:00.003+02:00

This is where you wait to have an X-ray done (you have to speak to the nurse through that tiny window in the wall). All the health care centers look that dull, even gloomy...I have gotten used to it now, but at the beginning I was very sensitive to the way these places looked... it made me feel even worse.

red lights place

2009-04-21T22:45:00.002+02:00

Prague market is full of suprises. Now one of the biggest halls has just reopened as a brand new upscale asian restaurant with delicous food and -for now at least- affordable prices. It's called Sasazu

not a shelter

2009-04-19T21:25:00.003+02:00

Masarykovo nadrazi, or the Masaryk train station, nearby the main train station in the center, lights still on but gates being closed when I passed by around 1am.

ceiling sun

2009-04-18T22:01:00.001+02:00

In the Narodni divadlo (National Theatre) 's concert room