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25 June, 2021

PraguePig.com is Done

After nearly ten years of bringing you the “Czech news nobody else wants to tell you” I’ve decided to call it a day.

Design / Public Transport / Trams

12 May, 2021

Prague Man Has Tram in His Bedroom

This Prague public transport authority employee loves his job so much, he’s having a tram installed in the bedroom of his flat

Czech Language / Good Read / Internet

8 May, 2021

Good Read: “Learning Czech – My Top Ten Terrors” by Danny L. Bate

Linguist Danny L. Bate lists the 10 biggest difficulties he’s faced attempting to learn Czech

Driving / Karel Gott / Music / WTF

24 February, 2021

Karel Gott Does Reggae!

To brighten your day, here’s Božský Kája’s 1983 cover of Eddy Grant’s “I Don’t Wanna Dance”

Clickbait / Food / Signage

8 February, 2021

Unfortunately Named Fast-Food Takeaway in Prague 10-Malešice: NuPoo

So much better than OldPoo.

Expats / Food / Internet / Media

28 December, 2020

2020 PraguePig.com Person of the Year: The CitySpy Chicken Guy

Every time PraguePig.com checked his phone for news in 2020, he was there. Who is this hot wing-loving enigma?

Christmas / Czech Tourism / Foreigners / Prague Tourism

26 December, 2020

CzechTourism promotes lack of foreigners as reason for visiting Prague

Do they mean us? Official Czech tourism website promises local visitors to Prague a beautiful Christmas “without crowds of foreigners”

Celebrities / Expats / Film / Mushrooms / Podcasts

18 November, 2020

Movie Director (and Prague Expat) Albert Hughes’s Top Mushrooming Tip

Prague-based American filmmaker Albert Hughes — one half of the Hughes Brothers — shared a cunning mushroom-hunting strategy on the podcast “The Movies That Made Me”

Czech Tourism / Expats / Internet / Media / Strange & Spooky

5 November, 2020

Watch: Houska Castle – Gateway to Hell

Friend-of-PP Pete Collman tells the story of Houska, generally considered the spookiest Czech castle, in his latest video for the Past Access channel

Czech Tourism / Environment / Leisure Time in the Czech Republic / Signage

28 October, 2020

Mysterious Tree Markings in Czech Forests

PraguePig.com readers probably already know about the Czech Republic’s network of colour-coded hiking paths. But what about those other markings you see painted on Czech trees?

Business / Design / Driving / Technology

23 October, 2020

Czechnology: Egoé nest “nestbox” turns cars into campers

Small Zlín Region design firm produces ingenious unit that transforms car boots into miniature camper vans