Author: Elda Hamaker

Axa Fitness Centre

Axa Fitness Centre

Posted by | Oct 15, 2009 | |

Not only a gym, but everything your body needs to be fit can be found here. A pleasingly clean swimming pool (with a sauna) with water at just the temperature you like. The bathrooms are also very clean (very important!) and a hair dryer is always available for free. In the fitness centre you can find all those strange machines which supposedly benefit your body if you know how to use them. An aerobics or P class? No problem. A couple of visits and you are a new person! Axa Gym, Na Poříčí 40/1051 Praha 1 – Nové Město,...

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Aero Kino

Aero Kino

Posted by | Oct 15, 2009 | |

“The cinema to uplift you”, is not only a cinema. You can also be uplifted by theatre performances pantomimes, video projections and concerts. The best of the best get screened here, films of all nationalities, profiles of famous directors. Central to their activities is the project “Animation film day” by which Aero is trying to re-establish short animated films. There used to be a sound tradition whereby short films were screened in cinemas before the main features. That was unfortunately done away with and the short films replaced mostly by soulless advertising. Take a look, for instance, at the...

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Café Milena

Café Milena

Posted by | Oct 11, 2009 | |

A pseudo art deco decor which perfectly matches the plush carpeting throughout the several drawing rooms, give this cafe the perfectly authentic atmosphere of turn-of-the-century social cafe propriety and elegance. Wonderful portions of ice-cream, cakes and other assorted snacks are served here, but the service by the waiters in gray waistcoats is as slow as the movements of the astronomical clock, of which they offer the best view of at the first floor windows. Named after Milena Jesenska, a lover of Franz Kafka, this cafe is an exercise in elegance, par-excellance, as well as a great place to listen...

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Chez Marcel

Chez Marcel

Posted by | Oct 11, 2009 | |

Alberto Corune, the part-owner of Chez Marcel, has brought a touch of delicious French dining to Prague… You can always find a table at this restaurant and eat brunch for as cheap as 200Kc or splurge for a 500Kc meal. The brunch is served from nine in the morning to seven at night, every day of the week. {loadposition content_adsensecontent} I tried the omelette with ham and toast all for under 110Kc, but the meal was so delicious I would have paid much more! The omelette was filled with ham, mushrooms and cheese, and I even got to season...

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