It takes place after a nuclear armageddon. The Fallout series is full of violence and mutants

It takes place after a nuclear armageddon.  The Fallout series is full of violence and mutants

Lucy climbs out of the luxurious underground bunker for the first time in her life. She will have to use all her skills to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland decimated by atomic weapons. The new Fallout TV series is set roughly two centuries after nuclear Armageddon. Amazon Prime Video will release all eight episodes this … Read more

Instead of a cottage, a box on chicken feet. The new Max seat has a living room, a toilet and a bathroom

Instead of a cottage, a box on chicken feet.  The new Max seat has a living room, a toilet and a bathroom

When Ladislav Trpák presented his first habitable property a few years ago, Czech glamping was already on the rise. People have discovered that by renting a piece of land somewhere in the “wilderness” and a relatively small initial investment in a mini-house with a bed, they can easily earn extra income on the weekends. Demand … Read more

Director Karel Kachyňa’s death anniversary and 100 years since his birth

Director Karel Kachyňa’s death anniversary and 100 years since his birth

He liked humor but was very strict on set. Director Karel Kachyňa hated the phrase “it doesn’t work”. He said that when it was played on the set, he had to “make a bad old man”. His films managed to entertain, even if they were often sad. This year marks 100 years since the famous … Read more

Crafting Plate Armor: Ancient Techniques and Modern Challenges with Petr Brožek

Crafting Plate Armor: Ancient Techniques and Modern Challenges with Petr Brožek

“One more buckle, straps and it’s done, you can go to battle,” says Petr Brožek, showing the roughly “exploded” and unsightly shape of the tin hat. In a workshop near Český Brod, he restores and manufactures various parts of plate armor. It also uses original ancient techniques. And despite modern times, today this craft is … Read more

A Czech couple lives in a cave and works for a local farmer. “We are more ourselves in La Palma,” they say

A Czech couple lives in a cave and works for a local farmer.  “We are more ourselves in La Palma,” they say

The island of La Palma is nicknamed the madhouse without a roof. Ilona Hověžáková, who lives in a cave with her partner Jonáš Mazánek, says that they are definitely a little crazy. “Rather, we realized that we don’t want to be hamsters in a wheel, working just to pay the rent,” adds Jonáš. They have … Read more

Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024: Graveyard of whales, sunken tanks and the beauty of ballerinas

Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024: Graveyard of whales, sunken tanks and the beauty of ballerinas

The image of a diver floating above a whale cemetery off the coast of Greenland has become the absolute winner of a world underwater photography competition. Its author is A. Dawson from Sweden. He won the championship in a competition of more than six and a half thousand shots. The photo gallery shows all the … Read more

Fatboy Slim Rocks Sold-Out Roxy Club in Prague: Recap of Epic Set

Fatboy Slim Rocks Sold-Out Roxy Club in Prague: Recap of Epic Set

He plays for crowds of tens of thousands at major festivals, this Friday a lucky few experienced him in the hopelessly sold-out Roxy in Prague. English electronic music producer Fatboy Slim performed a strict club set. Those expecting hits may have been disappointed. But a minimum of those arrived. Almost for a second exactly, with … Read more

For the ninth year, the Interior of the Year shows the best of the changes in Czech and Slovak interiors

For the ninth year, the Interior of the Year shows the best of the changes in Czech and Slovak interiors

During the last week, architects and designers can submit their work to the Interior of the Year competition. The jury will assess the projects for 2023 and select the winners, who will be announced in May at DOX in Prague. According to director Peter Tschakert, a lot has changed since the competition was founded in … Read more

Mardi Gras like the old days. There was even a “pleasure for men’s eyes” in the open-air museum in Khuim

Mardi Gras like the old days.  There was even a “pleasure for men’s eyes” in the open-air museum in Khuim

A dancing masquerade jumped right in front of my lens and showed it an image “for the pleasure of the male eye” that our great-grandfathers’ generation would have considered shameful. Yes, Mardi Gras used to be debaucherous holidays – people wanted to enjoy some joy, food, alcohol and let loose between the fasts of Christmas … Read more

Switch, tile, handle. Photographer Jana Šturdíková documented the transformation of the house from 1936 for years

Switch, tile, handle.  Photographer Jana Šturdíková documented the transformation of the house from 1936 for years

The architect will design the house so that it is perfect from his point of view. However, over the years, his work is transformed, people fix non-functional elements and modify many things to their liking. For eleven years, the Slovak photographer carefully documented these transformations in one functionalist house in Bratislava, which was built in … Read more