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Excellent free Prague/Czech cultural guidebook..

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The Prague City Tourism Office (address: Arbesovo namesti 4, Prague 5) published a wonderful (+ free) 88 page book that covers a fantastic range of historical/cultural topics regarding Prague in the 20th cent.

It's called "Prague 1918-1992", it's amazingly well-researched and interesting and is absolutely not the typical well-worn tourist fare. E.g.:
- 1964 : Lemonade Joe/socialist cinema
- 1960: Kofola/communist Coca Cola
- 1951: The Favorit bicycle
- 1930: The Müller villa
- 1926 : Edison transformer station
- 1975: Kotva and Maj dept. stores
- 1986: Jaroslav Seifert, the irrepressible poet

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you can still get Kofola and I always buy some when in the city, slightly aniseed taste and no where near as sweet as Coke, quite a pleasant drink.

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1964: Lemonade Joe/socialist cinema. It is actually hilarious parody on western. Nothing socialist on it. If you get opportunity to see it, don't miss it.

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So, if you write and request one, they will send it? Or, do you pick it up while there? Not sure I want to add an 88 page book to my bag.

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Is the Tourism office the only place to get one? We will be there in 10 days (!!) and this sounds great.

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No it is presumably available elsewhere as well. It is well worth finding if one is interested in "cultural history"..

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Yikes! Did a dummy booking and its 300 CZK to N. Carolina as well!

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I wonder if it is available as a download, lot of these things are.

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I tried to find a download file, but couldn't. If you do, I'd love to know where. I am a social studies teacher traveling there this summer, so it would be very interesting. I have also set up an account for students to "travel and learn" along with me, so could definitely include some facts for them!

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