Transcript Prága

by Tamás Gergely
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Prague is the capital and largest city of the
Czech Republic. It is the fourteenth-largest city
in the European Union. It is also the historical
capital of Bohemia proper. Situated in the
north-west of the country on the Vltava river,
the city is home to about 1.3 million people,
while its larger urban zone is estimated to have
a population of nearly 2 million. The city has a
temperate oceanic climate, with warm summers
and chilly winters.
Prague is home to a
number of famous
cultural attractions, many
of which survived the
violence and destruction
of 20th century Europe.
Main attractions include
the Prague Castle, the
Charles Bridge, Old Town
Square, the Jewish
Quarter, the Lennon Wall,
and Petřín hill. Since 1992,
the extensive historic
centre of Prague has been
included in the UNESCO
list of World Heritage
Sites.
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During the thousand years of its existence, the
city grew from a settlement stretching from
Prague Castle in the north to the fort of
Vyšehrad in the south, becoming the
multicultural capital of a modern European
state, the Czech Republic, a member state of the
European Union.
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Prague's economy accounts for 25% of the
Czech Republic's GDP making it the highest
performing regional economy of the country.
According to the Eurostat, as of 2007, its GDP
per capita in purchasing power standard is
42,800 €. Prague ranked the 5th bestperforming European NUTS two-level region
at 172 percent of the EU-27 average.
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The public transport infrastructure consists of
an intensely used integrated transport system
of Prague Metro (its length is 59 km with 57
stations in total), Prague tram system, buses,
the Petřín funicular to Petřín Hill, and six
ferries: PID, (Prague integrated transport
system). Prague has one of the highest rates of
public transport usage in the world with 1.2
billion passenger journeys per annum.
Almost one-half of the
national income from
tourism is spent in
Prague. The city offers
approximately 73,000
beds in
accommodation
facilities, most of
which were built after
1990, including almost
51,000 beds in hotels
and boarding houses.
Since the fall of the
Iron Curtain, Prague
has become one of
the world's most
popular tourist
destinations. It is the
sixth-most-visited
European city after
London, Paris,
Rome, Madrid and
Berlin.
Prague also hosts
the Czech Beer
Festival, it is the
biggest beer festival
in the Czech
Republic, held for 17
days every year in
May. At the festival,
more than 70 brands
of Czech beer can be
tasted.
There are hundreds of
concert halls, galleries,
cinemas and music clubs
in the city. It hosts music
festivals including the
Prague Spring
International Music
Festival, the Prague
Autumn International
Music Festival and the
Prague International
Organ Festival