100 Years of Trams on Wenceslas Square

Today we are taking a trip through history and looking at trams on Wenceslas Square. Why a trip through history? Because these days, you only see two trams at the square, and they act as a café, mainly for the tourists. The two historic Křižík trams serving as a cafe have been located roughly in...

History, NOSTALGIA

February 18, 2020

Photo Lens: Marc Riboud’s Prague

Marc Riboud was born in 1923 in Saint-Genis-Laval near Lyon. In 1937, at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, he took his first photos using a small vest pocket Kodak given to him by his father for his 14th birthday. In 1944, he joined the resistance in the Vercors. From 1945 – 1948 he studied engineering...

CULTURE, Photography

January 26, 2020

Time Travel to Jihlava in 1982

Let’s travel back in time to 1982 in the city of Jihlava. Why am I sharing these with you today? Because I am an old photography fan from way back when and when I came across these I just knew I had to share them here. These photographs of Jihlava are interesting in that you...

CULTURE, Photography

November 8, 2019

Photographs of The Prague Spring by Josef Koudelka

In the August of 1968, crowds of Soviet tanks rolled into the shining capital of Prague, marking the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. This historical event, which would change the lives of the Czech people for years to come, has come to be known as The Prague Spring. During the invasion, one young man took to...

CULTURE, Photography

April 22, 2019

Depeche Mode Exploring Prague in 1988

Last week we wrote about the Historical Depeche Mode Concert in the CSSR . After the famous concert, Depeche Mode returned to Prague with their photographer Anton Corbijn and he took this series of beautiful photographs. Yes, Depeche Mode, back in the CSSR. The photographic style of Anton Corbijn is instantly recognizable. His images of...

LIFESTYLE, Music, Photography

July 25, 2018

Photo Lens: Prague in Monochrome

Prague is a picturesque city, to say the least. Its baroque skyline and misty weather conditions make it ideal for a portrait anytime of day, down any street. Its faces and personalities are equally as enchanting and unique – you only have to take a look in our archive to find that some of the...

CULTURE, Photography

July 4, 2018

The Photographic Works of Jiří Všetečka

Jiří Všetečka was a Czech documentary-style photographer, born on October 12, 1937 in the city of Prague. In school he enjoyed math, physics, and music, playing both the piano as well as the violin. His love of photography didn’t start until his 20s when he took his first photos on a friends camera which merely...

CULTURE, Photography

June 27, 2018

A Glance at Czech Beauty Paulina Porizkova

Paulina Porizkova is a Czech model, author, actress, and feminist. Born on April 9th, 1965 in the city of Prostějov, Czech Republic. She was the first child of her parents, Anna and Jiří Pořízek. Paulinas parent were strong anticommunists and when the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 they fled to Sweden on a motorbike, leaving...

Fashion, PEOPLE, Women

April 30, 2018

The Face of Prague – Beautiful Images from 75 Years Ago

If you are an old friend and supporter of this site, you know that I love old documents, photographs, books, records and ephemera in general. More so, I love sharing my discoveries with you, the readers. That is precisely why I was inspired to share The Face of Prague – Beautiful Images from 75 Years Ago....

CULTURE, History, Photography

August 13, 2017

Czech Woodstock | Slovak Woodstock | Music and the Communist Regime

Amazingly, it did happen. A (Československý) Czech Woodstock or (Slovenský) Slovak Woodstock was actually called the Koncerty mladosti, or the Concert (Festival) of Youth. But this was 1976, 1977 and Czechoslovakia was under communist rule. In fact, at the time it was regarded as a satellite state of the Soviet Union. And we all know that the...

ENTERTAINMENT, Music, Time Warp

August 11, 2017

Autographed Portraits of Czech Photographer Jiří Jiroutek

Today we are looking at the Autographed Portraits of Czech Photographer Jiří Jiroutek. Jiří Jiroutek was born on March 21, 1967, in Louny. He is a contemporary Czech photographer currently residing in Liberec. He studied at the Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava (1994). He has been living and working as...

CULTURE, Photography

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April 24, 2017

Czech Children of the Early 20th Century

We came across a selection of old photographs of Czech children of the early 20th Century, most likely dressing up for school or church. As I browsed the photographs I wondered what kinds of lives these children went on to have. Note the selection of props and toys that some have. I especially like the sibling photos which fascinate...

NOSTALGIA, Time Warp

January 19, 2017

Photo Lens: Stanislav Tereba

Born in the early winter of 1938, Stanislav Tereba is a Czech photojournalist. Tereba started his career young and apprenticed as a photographer. He began taking photographs in 1956 when he worked as a photographer and lab technician. In 1990, Tereba officially started to work as a photojournalist for Večerník Praha, a daily newspaper sold on the streets...

CULTURE, Photography

January 12, 2017

Photo Lens: Winter Wonderlands

During our research for another post, we accidently stumbled across a true winter wonderland. These snowy landscapes have been captured by a talented Czech photographer and we immediately emailed him for permission to share his beautiful work. He agreed and as a result we can invite you to come along and join us on a tour...

CULTURE, Photography

December 16, 2016

Vánoční Sen aka The Christmas Dream

The Christmas Dream or in Czech, Vánoční sen, is a Czechoslovakian animated stop-motion short film from 1945 created by Karel Zeman and Bořivoj Zeman, also known as the Zeman Brothers. This wonderful short film was Karel Zeman’s first experiment in combining live-action footage with stop-motion animation, a process he continued to explore in his later feature films,...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

December 14, 2016

Flashback to Christmas In Prague

Flashback to 1937, 1964 and 1965 and what Christmas time looked like in Prague. We begin our glimpse into the past with Christmas trees. Fortunately, the narrator explains in this short video that shows the tree chosen for Old Towne Square. Well, this year it didn’t snow, but it looked foggy and chilly nonetheless. And...

CULTURE, Holidays