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The biggest fail here is how Janek is still not the Mayor of Prague.
I would make a new art work that can float on the river, which is not a middle finger but like a thumbs up
I like the videos and the things he does. And I love his enthusiasm of changing things for the better. But being a mayor is really not that easy. And the biggest concern is surely not a bit of grass in the city centre, but more like the question of distributing money, finding a way of having a nice city for tourists and residents, questions of public transport and social housing and so on. I know that you were probably just joking about Janek being mayor, but despite all the great things he does and the interesting videos he makes, I don't like the attitude of this video (and others as well) as if the mayor and the city council of Prague are just doing nothing and let their city fall into pieces, when in reality, he is just talking about a tiny piece of grass next to a big main street.
Well, as he's not even bothering to find out who's actually responsible for those things and blames everything on the city, while the roundabout for example is strictly a Prague 1 District's fuckup, I'd rather keep the current mayor.
@@SolarisUrbinoFan ofcourse its common sense; a mayor doesnt have to think about that piece of grass, or that roundabout. But there are MANY others working "there" who should think about such things. Its seems small but that roundabout isnt even safe, just an example.
Prague has more than one mayor tho
I have idea. Let's make lock-picking competition on the Charles bridge. It will be fun, many locks are easier to lock-pick than to cut and you'll get free workforce to remove those locks.
I like it. "Free the bridge" competition!
with today's metal prices it's not just only fun :D
I had exactly same idea. Even planed to go there and lockpick them, but I was scared to go alone. So competition or teach some people how to unlock them would be fun.
Invite the lock picking lawyer
Steele is now best price ever. Remove them and collect scrap valie. Brass is even better. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Oh dear that tourist was so rude. Seriously, some people are so damn selfish.
Ikr. Anyway I think they should remove the locks again.
Worse part is her being disrespectful towards a native
I hope someone she knows sees this video so she gets a wee shaming
Unfortunately, so much people are only stupid...
that was a ukrainian "refugee" if ive ever seen one
There's a city in Portugal (Aveiro) where they give little ribbons so you can tie it on the bridge instead of putting locks. Leaves the bridge all colorful and doesn't hurt the structure.
Yes i visited it, it's beautiful im going back next august to Portugal:)
For the grass in the park problem, this is the perfect moment to map the hot spots and plan a new layout. I'm not a city planner or landscape designer, i am UX designer and this looks like similar problems we have with products :)
I said a similar thing when I was there. A path, maybe some small fences arround the grass and signs.
As a landscape architect I confirm this as a first step for small scale design to bring the usability and aesthetics of the place together.
Yeah, I agree :D First thing that came to mind was the oval at Ohio state, and how they built paths where the mud trails had naturally formed over time
I was coming to say this too, where is a hot spot = place stones there. ie. where photographer would be standing, when taking those "funny" lets-kick-the-building pictures.
@@t11kr1 the only problem is that there always will be new footpaths. This place needs some proper paths combined with room-structuring planting. Even a very simple design would make this place more resilient and work much better.
Maybe you need to get together with the Lock Picking Lawyer and make it a viral thing for people in Prauge to go pick the love locks and take them home with them? :D
omg yes that would be amazing
He won't accept as he values his privacy a lot and he wouldn't risk exposing his real identity. Cool idea though, which I would be a fan of ;)
genius! much more effective then just one bolt cutting day
all the lockpicking enthusiast vs tourists will keep the bridge stable
@@ProXicT Only his hands need to appear in the video... :D
@@solracer66 yeah, but someone else might make a video of him
Here in Poland there is a lot of illegal sellers offering locks around bridges and charging extra to engrave names on it. It makes me furious because they suggest it to tourists that maybe otherwise would not have had the idea to do it or would just not had a lock in hand at that moment. Maybe a cool idea of video is to look out where the locks are coming from. If many locks look the same it's a sign they all came from the same place.
I mean that is a lot of metal....they should make it legal for everyone to take locks from bridges and sell them to smeltery. Let people earn money from removing locks. People would do anything for some extra cash.
In New York City, they put up a special section of cheap chain link fence JUST for love locks on the Brooklyn Bridge. They take it down and recycle the whole thing periodically. Lol. Pretty much everyone uses that section, so everyone is happy.
@@matrixfull Would be a bad idea cuz i guess many would start cutting actual locks instead of love locks and steal things and get bonus money for doing so
@@xavierrecipon6053 so what would your idea be?
My first time to Paris, I bought a beautiful brass turtle lock to put on the bridge. We never thought or knew what a problem it was. I read an article about if and that lock ended up not being put out - still have it. We were ignorant, but fortunately learned before we added to the problem. I think Honest Guide and other channels like it help to educate tourists, though obviously there are those who prefer to be stupid as opposed to ignorant.
It was mind boggling to me the amount of people angry at them in the comments of the lock cutting video (which the city itself would have cut anyway).
I had planned on doing that in Paris a decade ago on the trip to Paris that I proposed to my now-wife but luckily I too learned about how bad it was before we did it and settled for a photo with other people's locks instead.
In Cologne it's somewhat tolerated. The locks aren't on any historical landmark, but on a railway bridge (on the pedestrian part) and they get cut off regularly.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Well, the Hohenzollern bridge may not be that old, but it still is a famous landmark, as it leads straight up to the cathedral.
@@solracer66 could of always put your lock on the bridge and then took it off after the photo
Remove the locks...full stop! Tourists needs to learn.
No worries, I did this on 1 May, 2020, and the fence is ripe for another shift :)
@@rk8872 I have been in Prague in April. Loved the city...one of most beautiful I ever seen...but no padlocks for me....
They never will. It happens across the entire world. How does cutting them down in one space, in one city, train the world full of stupid people?! Sadly.
@@byghostlight0 not in singapore they will get fined the shit out of them.
@@pitchrich5893 people should get heavily fined for littering
Those fences with lovelocks are perfect training grounds for lock-picking amateurs! I'm sure that there is a lock-picking community in Prague. You should probably reach out to them and suggest removing those lovelocks. You could even make a competition and make a vid about it! It's a win-win-win situation =D
I was thinking the prototypical "love lock" is a "lock once and that's it" device with no way to unlock it once it is locked.
I mean it will take like 5 seconds raking each of those locks and about 30 seconds training. Padlocks of all kinds are a joke.
@@TravelWithBradley that's exactly why I mentioned amateur lock pickers) they need to train anyway, but in this case they'll have real life conditions as a bonus training factor =)
"hello guys, this is the Lockpickinglawyer and today we're gonna see how many love lock I can pick in 1 minute"
That tourist Karen...
I remember long time ago they renovated a huge square in my city but had no idea where to put the sidewalks. So they planted grass and they put a sign saying something like "feel free to walk on the grass, we will put sidewalks on the trodden paths afterwards". And they did. So don't consider it a fail, just convince the city to finish the job ;)
The city was simply effectively using its resources!
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I was thinking a funny way to dispose of those locks... and the only thing that comes into mind is to organized a lockpingking competition.
LPL fans get some fun and the city gets rids of locks, win win.
It's called picking
"lockpingking" lol
Though I agree, that would be cool
The City of Prague is to blame, of course. It is their job to create a concept that not only attracts tourists but also manages the impact they have on the city and protect it from all the negatives that come along. Overtourism is destroying some of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Luckily Prague is far from such a situation but there's some worrying signs already. Good job Janek for always pointing out things that need to be fixed! He's actually saving them time, if they bothered to watch / do something about the issues he has already brought to light. Btw, about the green space near the "dancing" building - an elegant, low fence with a sign "do not walk on the grass" could be a cost effective solution.
As a Prague resident, you vote on two separate ballots: City and District. And that's the whole problem.
Even if you have decent representatives at the city level, you can easily end up with a bad council in your local district, which actually decides over many of these small things.
Also, unless you actually live in Prague 1 (Old Town, Malá Strana etc.), which few people do, you can't decide who governs that district, even if you have a vested interest there.
I feel like a fence wouldn't stop people from going and taking that exact same picture
*Idea on how to fix the dead grass area* (from a landscaper).
The fastest, cheapest, simplest way, is to just mulch it. Either do the whole thing with mulch, OR, make a pathway with mulch, and try again to re-seed the other grassy areas around it. You can go one step further (budget notwithstanding) and line the pathway with rocks. Keep in mind, mulch usually needs to be topped up once a year, since it will degrade, as well as get knocked around by foot traffic. And as a personal preference, get the natural brown mulch, not the black or red dyed shit. Black mulch starts to turn white and moldy in areas, and red is just ugly.
If people see a clear pathway with mulch, hopefully they are more likely to walk on there, rather than the grass. If you want to re-seed, then make sure you do it during the rainy months (in my area, that would be October, November, April, May. Grass needs lots of water to get established, and if the lawn isn't irrigated, then the seeds won't take.
If you don't want to rototill the area again, then just put down a layer of new soil, and put grass seed on that, with some peat moss on top.
How dare you be in that place next to the railings first filming a video. Clearly that woman owns that spot and how rude of you to interrupt her photograph 🤣
fucking people are so rude. The flip side to tourism
It's not a fail if you're doing it to make something better ❤️ I wish you guys were on the city council because you clearly care about this city
Czech bureaucracy is a nightmare, they will tie themselves in knots just because that's the rules. Janek thinks logically, which doesn't work in in Czech city councils. Furthermore, the level of apathy among Czechs is staggering, so Janek would be constantly trying to push for something when no-one cares. The Czech mantra is "don't change it" (a literal translation, meaning: why are you trying to change something, nothing will ever change, so there's no point trying). I really wouldn't wish that on Janek, he'd throw himself off Charles Bridge!
@@Beckford4000 yeah but do you realize your comment also sounds a bit like 'nothing will ever change'? I know what you mean, I come from a country with that exact mentality which led to disastrous consequences (can you guess which one?) because people believe it's somebody else's job to change things, but compared to that I think Czechia is in much better shape. If you think you can't actively change something then you can bring awareness to problems that are not talked about enough.
@@ghostly.creature Regional policy in the Czech Republic is very complicated and lengthy, so no one prefers to do anything. In large cities (Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Pilsen...) there is also a problem with the fact that these cities are divided into districts (such as Prague 1, Prague 2, Prague 3, etc.)
As a scooter driver I love traffic circles a lot. It makes survival in crowded places easier.
I would love to help revitalize the grass at the statue near the dancing house. As you mentioned in the video, I think if they could create a cement or new cobblestone walkway,, the might help to keep people off the grass. A sign banning it might help too. Also, regarding the love locks, they should set up a single dedicated area- like erect a wall or something that would serve as the city's new and only love lock site. Put signs up to ban love locks everywhere else in the city. Then, they could schedule a day to invite volunteers to help remove all the love locks from the beautiful historic fence lines and other locations. You guys care deeply about the city, and you're not alone! All the best!
I don't think signs telling that you may not put your love lock there or it's forbidden to step on the grass are gonna change anything. Most people will just laugh at those signs 😅
But the other ideas seam good
You know this chewinggum wall somewhere in europe? If they just build a wall like that already filled with alot of false locks it will automatically tell people rhats the lovelock spot. I believe the gum wall is in london
@@samskleibrok2023 if the people would have nicer way to get the picture i think it could work . make it nice for picture to make people wanting go there rather on grads and maybe put some bench around like "blockade"
You seem to really like signs.
People literally trespass into dangerous areas for Instagram and pokemon and you think a sign will stop them? Lol.
The thing I LOVE the MOST is the roundabout.
No fails from you, you guys just saved my life many times!! When I moved to Prague 4/5 years ago I didnt know anyyyything! learned it all from you. I never got scammed, but there were a lot of situations I could have been scammed if I didnt watch your videos! Also I gained a lot of weight just because I had to try out all the food and beer spots you guys showed haha. Only ate a trldnik once because a friend wanted to share, the rest local foods :D
ad the grass - i think all you need to do to "deter" tourists is make 2 straight paths, 1 on each side of the "statue" so they can walk through there, it usually significantly decreases people walking on grass when they do have a "path"
Please try removing the locks again. I did something similar by picking locks in my town and now i actually have a whole bucket of them sitting on my closet.
As a tourist, on the roundabout instance, my personal thought would be, “Good mess, they have traffic going right through an ancient gothic arch into some haphazard roundabout? Wow… weird priorities..”
I was there on that spot a few weeks ago and honestly i didn't notice the roundabout until i saw this video
The the proposed plan for that area would be much much better! I love it
It got me cracking up when he said, "oh, and if you're wondering if all of this is legal, I don't know. 🤣
Yeah, someone has to do something
Bolt those locks.
You should run for the mayor of Prague
Only scumbags run for office
Wonderful idea!
The Mayor of Prague has no authority over many of these things, because they're governed by the individual city districts. As long as people elect crap representatives to their local council, the city council can't change many of those details.
I'm glad you left that tourist at 4:03 being rude in the video. Maybe she'll watch it and find out that you make these videos to help people like her. Grr she made me mad.
About the car traffic: I totally agree, there's too many cars (and also reckless drivers) in the old town. As from the perspective of a tourist, I wouldn't mind the whole old city be car free.
And local people would say: There's too many tourists. I wouldn't mind the whole city be tourist free.😀
I´m waiting for "cutting the love locks - part 2"!
Idea! Plant flowers instead of grass near the dancing house. I bet tourists won’t have an audacity to go over flowers, at least in a hot season
Yes! Redo the grass and once it is back…Place stepping stones around the statue…easy way to create a path without laying cement. As far as the love locks go…stupid is as stupid does. They will never stop…but if you keep up on the cutting of them then there will not be so much to cut like last time. Crazy idea…recruit the tourists to cut them off? Take home a real love lock from Prague! Thanks for all you do guys!!
You're right, the roundabout and the traffic is an eyesore! The proposal with pedestrian zone, trees and tram tracks is waaaay better. Build for people, not cars! Best regards, an urban planner.
Leave the roundabouts but close nearby streets on weekends and in the evenings. We did it with Krakowskie Przedmieście street in historical center of Warsaw and it works great!
In the street behind that gate is large bussiness + shopping mall with exit from underground garage for cca 1500 vehicles, entrance is in other street. Traffic jam is normal every afternoon 4-5PM, when most people ends in work and drive home to satellite village 10km out from Prague. In the rest of the day using near streets only taxis, overpriced sightseeing busses and some deliveries
To me, Prague is just another European city. But this man’s passion towards the betterment of his city means a lot. He’s literally just a concerned an caring citizen that changed the city for years to come. The scrubbing of the filth from the city is always appreciated no matter where it is
I feel that one of the biggest fails in Prague are the bike paths. With so many trams they could easily close a lot of streets in the center and along the Vltava for cars and only allow trams, pedestrians and bikes.
Car traffic in Prague truly is a fail in itself.
Please, just try something, like deliver 63kg kegs of beer to restaurant on bicycle... and dont forget, we need ten of them every day 😂 We can't use huge truck for deliver once a week, bcs it's prohibited in larger central part of Prague cca 20yrs, so we must every day pay for delivery van. Isn't it smart?
That's sadly how you lose election in Prague. Right wing parties are currently running campaing with promise to make Prague more car friendly, because they believe that it is your right to drive in centre with car. They say that current mayor is oppresing drivers by building more pedestrian crossings that allegedly slow down cars.
@@vitovejda8072 Sure, deliveries should be allowed, as well as cars for people with special needs, etc. But this probably does not contribute for the biggest part of traffic in the center. I think it should be possible to have Smetanovo nábřeží only for bikes and trams, with the above exceptions.
When I came into Prague last week, my Regiojet night coach drove over Jirásek Bridge & past the Honest Grass, & I was dismayed to see how the condition of it had deteriorated.
I think the current situation under the Powder Tower is satisfactory, but I do think they could widen the pavements to make more room for pedestrians. It probably would've been wide enough for 2-way traffic 50 years ago back when cars were narrower.
As an architecture student I'm very intrigued by the first "failed" project. I think it's a nice little project to design that public space in such a way that people will actually stop ruining the grass. Try and analyse where people like to stand and how they like to move around.
The fact that you planted the grass is actually a great advantage, because now you can easily spot this, just by looking at the grass and where it has weathered.
P.S. If you can't find an actual architect/city planner to do this, I'd be more then happy to help!
I was really hopeful that the pandemic was gonna change certain things. Travel was pretty much restriction-free last summer, yet the pre-covid mania was not coming back, life seemed somewhat slower, honest local businesses started opening up in the center... It was looking pretty optimistic. And not just in Prague, all the countries I traveled during covid seemed to be moving in the same direction. Fast forward to this summer, seeing what's happening is pretty shocking and it honestly makes me want to throw up. It's like the overtourism of 2019 on steroids.
coz everyone wants to travel after being locked up inside their homes for 2 years
@@Rumym8 There was no reason to be locked up for 2 years, the summer of 2020 was restriction free, just like the 2nd half of 2021.
Yup, it's sad but true. I was told that, for example, Portugal this year had the highest amount of tourists ever
A U.S. university planted grass on the Quad. Then let the students walk on it. After determining where the grass was worn, they poured concrete for the walk ways.
1. That sucks
2. If i lived in Prague i’d harvest the love locks about once a month for scrap metal.
3. I like roundabouts. Also probably fun to watch from a Café.
Makes you wonder, from all those "love locks", how many couples have actually stayed together since they put the locks up.
As for the locks, there is a Luzhkov Bridge in Moscow, there are special "trees" for locks, which are then easier to dismantle entirely than to cut off one lock at a time.
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I agree with you guys, it's weird. I'm from Canada and I can say that people do not know how to drive in a traffic circle. That's probably why there's so many signs
You can't fail when you actually do things. What failed is people's brain for being so selfish, putting locks for a "love" that probably doesn't exist anymore. And not respecting nature to take a picture they will never look at again... Well done to you guys.
I have simple solution to make Prague nicer: Simply replace it with Brno.
i mean, Prague is historical city alright, but i do not see any point in going back to 12th century to make it nicer.
That roundabout is probably a temporary fix for the mess that was there before. I'm sure IPR/CAMP have ideas (did I see a tram line going through there?) and with time they'll implement it. Prague has been improving in this sense lately and there's no sign of stopping .)
There's a grass and landscaping technique that can produce grass that can be walked on. I'm not sure what part of the expense is material vs labor but it involves putting some kind of support mesh in the ground. This makes it so the ground doesn't compress and kill the roots. It's used by parks, golf courses, etc. It works so well that cars can even drive over it regularly without killing the grass. It's even being used to make driveways that lead to a garage as it's more environmentally friendly than pavement.
If you do anything about the dancing building, you should create an pavement or path to the statue and incorporate the "photo hot-spots" in that. Like a larger spots on the path for the photo taking spots. That might reduce wear on grass and might inspire people to take photos on specific spot that a paved.
Put a "No Foot On Grass" sign
@@SgL-jc Yes. That would do a lot.
That’s what they did at Ohio State, I hate that university but all of their pathways are built where they were tracks in the grass before which is pretty cool
It’s hard for a person to put a lock on anything if they lack fingers. Maybe a better use for the bolt cutters? 🤔
Lol
Going on holiday... in Sicily (they made me an offer I couldn't refuse!). I'll keep you guys posted how well it works there ;)
The best compliment for your work is the irrelevance of your "fails" and their small number. Keep up the good work!
I absolutely love people like you, using their relatively short time on the planet to make things better. If only everyone had the same attitude. Hats off to everything you do, sir.
There needs to be a fine for those love locks. Just a weird trend that ruins the beauty of the old bridge
9:08 At Budapest there's a square between the castle hill and the Chainbridge, Clark Ádám square, and it has got a roundabout its now under reconstrucktion but usually in the middle of the roundabout there's a garden of flower. I suggest thing like so would suit this roundabout.
I want a channel like this about Amsterdam. Much love from the Netherlands!
I can’t imagine how you can consider any of what you do a "fail." You guys do such amazing work! It’s not your fault that tourists or city government do stupid things.
In some cities they have beautiful alternative to hang padlocks on. A wall forming the word love, a heart, a metal tree or some other kind of artwork especially designed for this purpose. Maybe that's a solution for the bridge (or better, tie the people who do it to the bridge, because honestly I think they are just stupid and need to feel the consequences 😉).
For the grass problem, it would be really cool if some sort of patern could be made that would resemble the Czech flag. 🇨🇿
Some of these things seem like they're just things that will have to be done every few years during the off-season.
This may sound very bad, but hear me out.
Whole that area should be covered in concrete slabs and concrete planters. Like around the statue there should be white gravel that form a walkway to it and a area to walk around, it shall have stones/bricks to show the separation between the walking area and the "grass".
The grass area where folk stand to take the photo shall be covered in concert blocks that allow grass to grow inside them, that prevent the grass from being destroyed at the roots so it will keep grow and look green again, then put planters around the area, heavy portable concert planters is often good way to make an area look nice and also make it a bit safer.
The adventade with big planters is that the city can have an area where they plant and grow the flowers, then move the to where they are needed, or remove them during the winter to help with road maintenance, and many do forget that gravel and stones slabs can look good and were often used in to decorate castle gardens, so that it just need to be grass is a restrictive idea, and when it rain the dirt that the grass need can be washed away during rain so it block drainage system, so the whole area need to be rebuild to dirt do not flow towards the street so it keep much of the water and then have a drainage that is a bit higher but that can prevent floodings and that is made so it is easy to clean.
I hope you can get that area and get some help to design it, but let architects make an layout for the area and not "designers", for designers have often an eye for the esthetic but may lack the knowledge about durability a city need, material usage and how the area is affected during different seasonal climates.
Btw, great video and I think most of this was good try, great inspirations and not fails.
6:02 yeah the tram line looked a lot better...
but hey, here in Florence that same roundabout would have had parking lots leading up to it rather than that large sidewalk... also, green spaces, if the city does nothing put some vases with plants in them, that area is really bland right now.
On that drawing of the gate area, someone circled the design and said let's go with this, and someone else took that way too seriously. I was thinking they could grow grass in the middle of the roundabout 🤷🏻
Watching this as I'm about to leave Prague for this time. Had a fantastic place thanks to Honest Guide CZcams channel!
Prague: So many love locks.
Cologne: Hold my beer.
4:09 you got a karen there
Oh my god, it's the Honest Circle!
😃😃😃
For the grass make sure to pick grass that lasts - tougher grass - that is if you didnt already think of that!
LOVE you cut off the locks keep doing that - very satisfying to see the progress of that even if its super hard work - I love you all the way from Denmark because of that!!!
Personally I think there should be a concrete path which allows for people to go to the statue, while also bringing back grass to have the final finish.
The path should also have barriers to allow for people to respect the garden.
Hi! I'm not exactly a tourist since I live here, I'm an immigrant tho, and I gotta say that Prague's historical centre has a huge problem with car accessibility, in the sense that there's too much of it!
From the areas around Narodni Třida to the Powder Gate, and even just short of the beautiful Old Town Square there's car traffic, and takes away so much space to pedestrians and activities (not necessarily talking about Trdlnik shops tho haha).
Even when there's no traffic the whole city centre is a huge parking slot, there's cars parked literally everywhere, and it's not hard to imagine how much better the city would look if it didn't have all these cars.
Maybe there would be space for trees, or bike lanes :)
On top of that the historical centre is perfectly serviced by public transportation 24/7, so for the majority of people there is already a viable alternative:D
Unfortunately, Prague-1 district has very registered voters, and these are usually very rich. So they elect the authorities that care about cars and don't care about the public spaces.
If you decide to do another round of lock cutting, let us know, I'll bring my own bolt-cutters
Regarding the wavy building...just put a spot in cobble stone where people can take their mandatory picture and the back part put grass and build a small fence to it
solution to 1st point. if you want the area to look nicer, put a tree next to the area positioned in front of the camera perspective, this blocks photographers from standing on the grass, making them go on the sidewalk
Tags: There's a saying in Czech: Mena hloupych na všech sloupych... 🤣🤣🤣 Sorry for the probably wrong spelling 🤣 Meaning: "Names of stupid people on all poles...." 🤪
honestly the drawing that they made for the street was already 10 times more beautiful than that stupid roundabout. i wish they had picted that idea instead of this, i never even fisited but i already dont want to go to that part just because it looks so ugly when it could be so beautiful.
Hats off to you for trying to improve that area! I wouldn't count that as a failure because you improved that area!
As they say in silicon valley: Fail fast and fail forward. You're doing great stuff Honest Guide! As a Canadian who is currently visiting Prague, you've absolutely added to my experience here in the city!
Put times for when normal traffic is allowed into those areas. This allows local workers to arrive and depart but helps prevent tourist traffic. It has the added benefit of aiding delivery trucks enter and leave tourist areas more quickly.
The roundabout is making the place look disgusting 😭 waste of charm
Big fan, love all your videos, and your guide book. The only "fail" or disappointment that I can think of is that the R2-D2 Ventilation Shaft at the Folimanka Park Bunker mentioned in your guide book is missing his legs these days.
I absolutely hate love locks, it's trashy and ugly vandalism.
With the vehicles under the arch I don't really see your point, vehicles has traveled under that arch forever. The fact that they're more efficient and quieter now, and thus make it more accessible to pedestrians is a good thing. Not a bad thing.
PLS PLS PLS GET YOUR BOLT CUTTERS AND DO IT AGAIN!!!!! Lol
People are unthinking peanuts.
And Czech word for peanut is similar to the word for "d*ck".
Re the grass… it needs gravel or paving stones and raised flower boxes, which will force people onto the gravel/pavers and iff the plants. Grass just won't work if there aren't obstacles to keep feet where they belong.
There's another example of the difference between a traveler and a tourist. Tourist do the things that are trendy with no regards to the place they are "touring" because for them is not about knowing the culture but showing what they did
Honestly I don’t see anything wrong with the Roundabouts, I don’t really know what your issue is with them. There are roads there and it has seemed to limit traffic constantly under the powder tower. In most European major cities roundabouts are quite common and I don’t think one on the floor is that ugly. Also the road signs are a bit ugly but a common thing in any city. The pavements in that part of town are also very large and right next to a big pedestrian square outside Palladium. Don’t really see a major issue here
maybe the need for vehicles to pass is for the Shop to unloaded their supplies , as if not road or packing nearby , its going to be hard to unloaded says bottles drinks for example :)
Hi Janek and Honza! Can you make a video about the fake cannabis shops that seem to be all around Prague? Every souvenir shop seems to also sell cannabis related products. It took us like 20 seconds to google and find out that it was a scam but people really seem to fall for it.
he has made a video about it
An idea for collab with another huge channel (LockPickingLawyer).
Fly him to Prague, and check how many locks he can unlock in 1h. You can even donate X amount of euros per locker he can take out to a institution or to a renewal in the city.
It'd also be interesting if he can detail how he opened them, so people can go there and do the same.
Collaborating with another channel with high views, contributing positively for the city and still raising money! It's a bonus formula for me!
Thank you for your honesty!
You don't see many (or any) youtubers doing this.
Cars should be banished (with exceptions) in the city centres and foot and bike traffic should be prioritized.
You doing great work. You are a real patriot. Its not about loving the country and the flag - its about loving the place you live, and pointing out what's wrong. But not stopping, acting and trying to do a change. You did already some changes and its inspiring, we all shall take care of our cities. Not looking away from all the filth, be brave and change it and stand up again bad ppl.
You are a true inspiration
Get electric rebar cutter!
It will not damage the fence, does not tire your arms.
And with the money collected from all the brass from the Locks it will Pay for itself.
I don’t think that the roundabout is the worst idea. I come from a historic city and usually when trying to solve a traffic issue they would implement some kind of junction reconfiguration on a 6-12 month trial basis so that they can undertake studies and decide whether to make the changes permanent. I would imagine it’s more cost effective to not adapt kerbs and install posts and painted lines & cats eyes. If the trial is successful the street furniture could be upgraded at a later date to make the change look more aesthetically pleasing.
I am grateful my first time to Prague was in 1991, before it became westernized and invaded by tourists. I have been back 5 more times. The last time was in 2018. I still love Prague, but I cherish my memories of it from 1991.
Your biggest failure for me was the recommendation of the paternoster elevator in the Lucerna Passage. ))) My gf and I should have paid for a ride, because there was a festival on the rooftop cafe. We will visit this highlight (actually my very personal one) the next time ^^ But: We were extremely satisfied with our visit to Pardubice. Thank you for the great video of this nice student town.
About the roundabout - i have family living in Old Town and they want to live here like normal people, which includes parking car on their street. And for that and also to maintain supply chain, you need to keep the roads open.
You're so right about love locks!
It's not a joke. It's about safety and respect to the historical heritage!
There should be some more decisive and even aggressive steps from the city and the police. They stop people drinking beer on Prague streets and fine them, so they should the same with it.
The roundabout is a "quick build" installation with the posts and signs and striping. It's way cheaper and quicker to build than a real roundabout and they're very safe, and pretty common in the UK and I've even seen a few in the US... The contraflow bike lanes are pretty sweet too.
walking on grass does not kill it, it just has to be maintained properly.
About the roundabout - when in doubt, just put a fountain in the middle (at least, that's what we do in Austria). Also, when you have big concrete spaces, water can really cool down that place in the summer.
I am from the Netherlands and love roundabouts (rotonde). Will definitely come to Prag now, to see that masterpiece.