Transcript Prága - Discimus

by Dalma Bakai
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.
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.
The modern economy of Prague is largely
service and export-based and, in a 2010 survey,
the city was named the best city in Central and
Eastern Europe (CEE) for business.
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-mostvisited 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 in Prague. The
festival features
around 120 different
beers, including 70
Czech brands and
foreign brews from
the United States or
United Kingdom,
with up to 10,000
seating capacity and
service provide
around 200 girls and
boys dressed in
Czech traditional
costumes.
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.