Great video. I learned something new about places I regularly visit like Výtoň. I would just add one notion to 2002 flood: unlike the other big floods mentioned in the video this one happened despite cascade of dams had been built in 20th century which was meant (among others) to protect Prague against big floods. So nobody expected it could get so bad. Yet it did.
@juliewalsh7401Ай бұрын
Ahoj! We are visiting right now and this is probably the most beautiful cities we have seen! Thank you
@BozaCukuranovic3223Ай бұрын
Lived in Andel for around two years, some of the best of my life. I miss Prague, haven't been there in 6 years.
@paultodd7806Ай бұрын
Let’s hope it never floods again like 2002, it was awful to see such a beautiful city be devastated by flood. Great video as always guy’s 😉
@markrandle9905Ай бұрын
Brilliant as always. Made me miss Czech. Been back in the UK a week after 11 weeks in Czech during the summer. Can’t wait to get back
@MENSA.lady2Ай бұрын
Modeled on the Forth Bridge near Edinburgh. Worth a visit, as is the rest of Prague..
@j.k.p.3380Ай бұрын
Was just in Prague a few months ago and I'm so relieved the damage from this flood was not as bad as 2002. This was a great idea for a video!
@billwehrmacher3842Ай бұрын
I love your videos ❤❤❤ I love Prague and visit often but I don't find myself learning much about its history. Please keep making these wonderful tour videos. :)
@frankclareOriginalАй бұрын
That's my neighborhood! Fun learning more about it and seeing you walking along the river where I walk just about every day. :)
@TraintoUkraineАй бұрын
hi from Ukraine, I love Prague and your videos. It is a very interesting video, thank you for sharing the historic facts!
@MrJokerh61Ай бұрын
Hello TraintolUkraine ❤ God bless Ukraine 🇺🇦 from Ireland 🇮🇪 🙏
@davidanalyst671Ай бұрын
Im not tired of the dancing house. I thought it looked familiar because there is a building at MIT in the USA that looks a lot like that. You are a great guide!!!
@iankendrick5282Ай бұрын
Very interesting love prague thanks
@uxb2001Ай бұрын
A great presentation. As a person with a Great Grandfather born in Bohemia this video makes what to visit.
@guillermochan3851Ай бұрын
Currently in Prague, visiting from Costa Rica. Your videos really helped me moving around, thank you! 😁
@chrishutchison5031Ай бұрын
Thanks for the info! I have been worrying about flooding in central Europe. I am glad to see that Prague looks like any damage may be manageable. Great stuff RPG's.
@qwe5qwe566Ай бұрын
Prague was ok this time but several regions in Moravia and Silesia were badly hit.
@chrishutchison5031Ай бұрын
@@qwe5qwe566 thanks
@GiorgeiXАй бұрын
thanks for the video that spans from current situation to the old days. your historical pills are really interesting and I wish you will cover topics dealing with history and art in the future.
@josephranker5716Ай бұрын
You Tube and the world are troubling, thank you for offering me a break.. I get a few minutes of happy things, pretty things and knowledge , thanks.. peace
@michaelkongstedtАй бұрын
Thank you for another fine informative video.
@joerose8403Ай бұрын
I’ve literally just got back from Prague 3 days ago and I’m literally desperate to come back already 😢❤
@Wavy77Ай бұрын
Nice! Last year when we visited Praha we spent an entire day in that area around the old train bridge. First we went to Vysehrad to walk around the castle, then we went to eat at Hostinec na Vytoni (didn't know there was a museum there as well. The duck there is fantastic), then we walked over the bridge to Staropramen and had some beers there...very nice area.
@shane.s-747Ай бұрын
Another good one Valery, your hair, make-up, and outfit were all fantastic as usual. Have a great tomorrow, see ya next time. BBBYYYEEE!!!
@SharingEverydayLifeАй бұрын
I will visit Prague from September 30. I can’t wait to see the beautiful city - Prague.
@MrProfessor47Ай бұрын
You have the best stories about the history of Prague! 👍
@damienriddick35Ай бұрын
Very interesting video. Thanx for sharing.
@zzsender1724Ай бұрын
Excellent Ucitelka and a very interesting tour of Prague - thankyou !! 👍💘🙂
@sandor7594Ай бұрын
It was an interesting video! I'am from Budapest, also the bridges and floods are me interested.
@al20031Ай бұрын
Well researched with great old photos of my beloved Prague ❤
@egmjagАй бұрын
The distant camera shot of some of those buildings highlights their majestic beauty. I’m envious of the people that live in there. I don’t think I could ever get bored or take my surroundings for granted if I walked around there every day.
@a.n.6374Ай бұрын
1:30 Last time I was in Prague I saw a bus go under that bridge and hit it being a bit higher than allowed. It was so funny as there is some contraption before the bridge to make drivers know if they are higher which he did hit as well.
@Cm-vl2gpАй бұрын
I hope that you are our guide when we visit Prague!
@alexdevilliers402Ай бұрын
Great content as always. Thanks Valery and Vaclav and the attention to detail.
@Emeraldfox2001Ай бұрын
I can't wait to visit czech and budjuvice next summer my 3rd great grandmother was born there
@BradLeroyАй бұрын
Prague is beautiful, we loved Cesky Krumlov too! Budapest was beautiful too. Tour the Budapest Parliament if you haven’t. Also see Fisherman’s Bastion & St Matthias Church there. St Steven’s Church is across the river same side as the Parliament. Go on the boat cruise and see the Old Market Hall.
@BradLeroyАй бұрын
Tour Prague Castle, the Astronomical Clock Tower, Powder Tower, see Church of Our Lady, Charles Bridge, etc.
@SM68PeteАй бұрын
A really timely and informative episode! Thank you. I still think you should do stand up comedy.
@adriennecoleman5249Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@leyu22Ай бұрын
love this video thank you
@BradLeroyАй бұрын
I love Prague. Beautiful city and people were very friendly there.
@YannickilleАй бұрын
Greetings from Sulawesi❤
@10jpmorganАй бұрын
Beautiful and informative video! Thanks for your work! I enjoy it very much. I've walked along most of the locations in this video, and it's shocking to see the Vltava River so high! I'm wondering what happened to the little cafes and galleries they call the "Lenses" that are in the riverwall. Glad Prague was spared the worst of the recent flooding. The eastern parts of the Czech Republic and southeastern Poland weren't so lucky.
@viktornovomestsky3999Ай бұрын
The water level didn't reach the "Lenses" this time, but in case it would happen, there are metall doors installed, meaning the interior will be protected and not flooded, the worst it might cause is to break the glass at the entrance, but that's repairable...
@juanromero3558Ай бұрын
Excellent information. I just came back from visiting Prague (business trip), not much time to explore and I followed some of your suggestions from previous videos regarding places to eat. Very helpful.
@EdmundJohnsonАй бұрын
Another great video, thank you! FYI in England we call La Manche "The English Channel ", of course the French disagree 🙂
@paulterpstra6705Ай бұрын
The staues are on Vyšehrad of course.
@renoirg1483Ай бұрын
Visiting Prague from 4 to 11 November for the first time from South Africa. Would absolutely love to meet you in person. Have been watching all your videos.
@ChrisHoly1Ай бұрын
Great video! I just left Prague, I'm glad the hyped up flooding never really happened (that much), but it did mark the end of summer lol, a few cold days there, and including the day I went on the WW2 & Communism tour hosted by Vaclav (highly recommend it!!).
@kevingiuliano7537Ай бұрын
Hi Val you look great and love your as we say in Philadelphia 🇺🇸 your cute sneakers 👟 and cool shades. You rock 🎸
@andreinybakken9252Ай бұрын
Nice. Is that Alexis Crystal?
@JacobDvorakАй бұрын
The statues moved to Vyšehrad! 🏰
@elkheirimomonajib4946Ай бұрын
Nice vidéo informative.
@Good-CitizenАй бұрын
Love your hair!
@rank1839Ай бұрын
Wow, 2004. That’s a long time for a missing statue. Interesting thank you
@bikingyogatennisАй бұрын
I believe the statues from the bridge are now located in the park at Vysehrad.
@BradLeroyАй бұрын
I think this is the side of the city we didn’t get to see when we visited. I’m referring to the beginning where she shows water still over the riverbank. We stayed very close to the old town square where the Astronomical Clock Tower and Church of Our Lady are. Prague is a beautiful city we went to tour Prague Castle, Powder Tower, Charles Bridge, toured the Astronomical Clock Rower, visited the Church of Our lady and another church in the old town square area but I can’t remember the name of it. It has a dome while Church of Our Lady has the two towers.
@zanjose9806Ай бұрын
statues are now at vyšehrad now ofc!
@RobertoayonАй бұрын
👏👏👏👏
@roirenaud2695Ай бұрын
I hope the railway bridge will be saved.
@MrFambriniАй бұрын
Along the river's edge there are usually many boat bars/restaurants. Where do they go when it floods?
@bohuslavkanovsky4345Ай бұрын
the statues from Palacky bridge are on Vysehrad. do I win anything?
@awacord2Ай бұрын
Your statues stand in Vyshehrad now? 🎉
@BerdBlumenseinАй бұрын
I would like you to guide me but you would have to slow down. I can't walk that fast!!!!!!!!! Thank You!!!!!!
@robertwhitacre3581Ай бұрын
hmmmmmm
@Miss_miss-u3bАй бұрын
I'm visiting Prague in 6 hours, I hope there is no flood😢
@viktornovomestsky3999Ай бұрын
There is no flood, just the river embankments are closed, so f.e. there will not be the farmers markets... Otherwise Prague stands as majestic as ever..
@xsc1000Ай бұрын
@@viktornovomestsky3999 Its just level 1 from 3 point flood scale and its going down.
@jirim727Ай бұрын
I wish I could pay taxes in logs
@davidanalyst671Ай бұрын
1/12 logs. The USA pays 35% income taxes, so thats 4/12 logs today.
@theoztreecrasher2647Ай бұрын
@@davidanalyst671 That's 35% of your profits not throughput of the business. So, unless your Return on Investment ratio is above 25% you are still better off today. And if it is above that, can I buy shares? 🤔😉😊
@xsc1000Ай бұрын
@@davidanalyst671 It was only city tax on wood transported over river. There were many other taxes people had to pay, for example 1/10 to church...
@sebastianp.7685Ай бұрын
@@davidanalyst671
@JamesSchaeffer-j1fАй бұрын
❤ leaning up against the bridge with your green suit you look sophisticated like a movie star from the 70s have your husband ever gets tired of holding the camera I'll do it for free all you have to do is supply the beer
@kristintooАй бұрын
I see no boats going by, so i assume the river is closed?
@PidalinАй бұрын
ofcourse it's closed, we have the damned floods 😀
@2006WhippetАй бұрын
I'm in Prague right now, and the tour boats seemed to be operating normally.
Ай бұрын
I don't want to live low
@seanvincentmaggio5112Ай бұрын
Lol
@PidalinАй бұрын
Czech politicians were like: "Go close antiflood doors." "No, you are supposed to do that." "Maybe, but I don't have the key, who has the key?" "Maybe previous mayor forgot to return the key?" "Who does nothing will screw nothing, let's do nothing." BTW, šítkov tower sounds as shitkov only because of your accent....that was probably rude, I am sorry. Your pronunciation is mostly almost perfect, but in some cases, I really have no clue what you are trying to say, like "legií bridge." I don't want to sound rude, but when you can't pronounce it at all, you should avoid that word.
@xsc1000Ай бұрын
Šitkov would sound strange to any english speaking person, even the "í" is pronounced little different. Legií bridge is not about accent but its just combinanion of english word and czech word with declension. So it should be Bridge of Legions in English.
@PidalinАй бұрын
@@xsc1000 It is about accent, Russian speakers just can't hear long vowels properly and can't pronounce combinations like ií, they say it more close Englsh, while in Czech, you have to pronounce every letter or it's not understandable. If it was written "legijí" then it would be probably more clear how to pronounce it, but legy with russian accent is not understandable. I am watching this channel for pretty long time and I have such a feeling that she is getting slightly lazy in Czech.
@xsc1000Ай бұрын
@@Pidalin But even Bridge Legií is nonsence because its hybrid between Czech and English.
@PidalinАй бұрын
@@xsc1000 So are we supposed to remove all foreign origin words and create some our nonsense words? We already tried it in 19th century and it just didn't work. Word legie is NOT English, English just accepted it too in slightly different form. Don't be that arrogant prick who think that English has some patent for words, it's everything mostly from Latin, French or Italian.
@PidalinАй бұрын
@@xsc1000 Exactly as I thought, it's word of latin origin and original form is legio and since bridge is named after Czechoslovak legions in WW1, you can't remove it just becuse you believe only English can uses that word. 😀
@emjhu3486Ай бұрын
11:10 I swear! :D
@rogerflorida1498Ай бұрын
9:10 It looks like the flood of 1890 did not damage the John Lennon wall.
@CaltaTomasАй бұрын
5:40 can you please link some info about this find. I am trying to look it up on google but cant find anything about Sv. Václav statue being find in 2004 and I am searching in Czech
@j.k.p.3380Ай бұрын
It was St. Wenceslas's statue, not St. Vaclav, that was found in 2004.