Neighbourhood Walks

Lukáš Paleček

Družstvo HLAS

Václav Cinádr

František Řezáč

Barbora Malkusová

Filip Kasl

Martina Matějková, Andrea Hrabáková

Petr Kopp, Jan Toman, Jan Hajšman

Václav Reithmaier, Zdeněk Lomička

Pilsen Hospitality

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Foreword 2

A Catalogue of Neighbourhood Walks

1 / Bory prison 4

2 / Pilsen 2015 – More than just words 5

3 / Tour de Doubravka 6

4 / Petrohrad made of stories 7

5 / Bezovka – The secret of villas 8

6 / From Lochotín to Roudná through history 9

7 / Three Pilsen lofts 10

8 / River in the city 11

9 / The villa quarter in Lochotín 12

10 / Children of Bolevec 13

11 / Behind the scenes in a big city – life in “Plac” 14

12 / Pilsen during the first republic 15

13 / Hradiště u Plzně 16

14 / Stone monuments 17

15 / Roudná 18

Practical information 19

Other options: 20

Unusual meetings with Pilsen citizens /

Pilsen Hospitality 20

The story of Pilsen through the eyes of Pilseners /

The mobile application Pilsen – Hidden City 21

Pilsen architecture manual (PAM) /

Following the footsteps of Pilsen architecture

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Foreword

The European Capital of Culture project does not only mean the presentation of the European art programme but it also counts on the broad engagement of citizens. Within the Hidden City project, we decided to engage citizens in hosting many visitors this year and tell stories about what is important for them in Pilsen. I often say that this project is unique due to the complexity of its answers to questions about monument management and the city's identity, assessed in collaboration with the general public. It also engages with the world of new technologies and community artistic work. The project has brought together the initiatives of the Kvas association, which initiated the creation of the interactive hidden map and a mobile app, and Pilsen 2015's Department for Participation, which developed the projects The Pilsen Family Album and Pilsen Hospitality featuring neighbourhood walks and other interesting offerings by Pilsen citizens.We also sought inspiration abroad for this very innovative project. We had the opportunity to see the work of Hôtel du Nord, where a group of residents organises accommodation and walks for people from the poorer northern part of Marseille. We actively communicate with the Council of Europe which controls the international agreement Faro and its participative approach in the fields of cultural heritage and tourism.The process of preparation of neighbourhood walks has taken six months from the public notice stage, through selecting the supported projects and attending workshops to the final stage of walking the tracks. The aim is for the project's sustainability to bring social and economic benefits directly to participating citizens. A part of the profits from walks goes to the community guides and another part as an investment in the project. For the purpose of sustainability, we are now founding an association which will help residents to develop the project and to continue with the activity after 2015.I would like to thank citizens and observers who decided to invest their time in the project and share their knowledge and love of Pilsen. There was great interest even in the first walks and we believe that you have been impatiently awaiting our new offers. We are looking forward to seeing you on the first Saturday of every month starting in May 2015, and we believe that we are building a new tradition in Pilsen that is bound to last. Do not hesitate to pass on this offer to your friends and you could even suggest your own walk in the future!

Christian Potiron, Pilsen 2015's Deputy Programme Director

Practical information

Practical informationNeighbourhood walks will take place on the first Saturday of every month and during special events such as European Neighbours' Day and Anděl Fest, a festival of volunteer activities. More times for walks are offered via the mobile app Hidden City and for group bookings. regular walks• the first Saturday of every month (in Czech)• ticket price CZK 50 (you have to buy a ticket in advance as the capacity

is limited, price on the spot CZK 100)• ticket sales at www.plzenskavstupenka.cz, www.eventim.cz

and Pilsen Ticket selling points an offer on the mobile aPP• according to the programme on the mobile app

and at www.pohostinnost.skrytemesto.cz• ticket price CZK 130• ticket sales at www.plzenskavstupenka.cz, www.eventim.cz

and Pilsen Ticket selling points grouP bookings• 0–20 persons: CZ = CZK 1,200; UK/DE = CZK 1,500• 20–40 persons: CZ = CZK 1,500; UK/DE = CZK 1,800 • bookings via email: pohostinnost@plzen2015.cz

www.pohostinnost.skrytemesto.cz

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Practical information• Start of the walk: The New Theatre,

30 Palackého náměstí• End of the walk: DEPO2015,

Presslova Street.• Length: approx. 2km, 2 hours • Capacity: 50 people• The interiors visited during the walk

are not accessible for wheelchairs and not suitable for prams.

• Languages: Czech, English, German

Come and discover what is hiding behind the logo of Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015

Pilsen 2015 – two words that almost everyone knows. But only some people know what these words really mean. Meet people behind the project and listen to their stories about how Pilsen became the European Capital of Culture, what the title means and how it is connected to individual places in Pilsen.

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Martina Matějková, Andrea Hrabáková (Tandem)

The walk has been prepared by the guides of the Experience Pilsen! project organised by Tandem, the coordination centre for Czech-German youth exchanges. This organisation encourages bonding and the development of friendships between young people from the Czech Republic and Germany. Experience Pilsen! presents Pilsen through the eyes of young people and offers a programme focusing on culture, history and meetings.

Practical information• Start and end of the walk:

12 Dobřanská (small parking area by the defunct pub U Darebáka)

• Length: approx. 2km, 1.5 hours• Capacity: 50 people• The walk is not suitable for people

with physical disabilities and prams. Trekking shoes are a must.

• Language: Czech

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Bory prison

Through the emotional history of the most famous Czech prison

The prison surroundings hide many forgotten, mysterious places, for example the defunct railway station for convicts, a prison cemetery lost in a forest, the defunct Pytlík park and the site of the last public execution in our country. The prison windows remember the stories of some famous prisoners – Alois Rašín, General Heliodor Píka and Václav Havel. You will learn how the prison operates today.

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Lukáš Paleček

Lukáš Paleček worked in the Pilsen Prison as an officer between 2009 and 2013. He also looked after the prison's historical archives, which he gradually categorised and prepared for their permanent deposit in the National Archives. He has published several expert and popular articles about the history of the penal institute in Bory and participated in creating the permanent historical exhibition in the prison.

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Pilsen 2015 – More than just words

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Practical information• Start of the walk: The JAS culture

house, 39 Jablonského• End of the walk: The garden

of the Dominican monastery, Jiráskovo náměstí

• Length: approx. 2 km, 2.5–3 hours• Capacity: 50 people• Languages: Czech, English,

German

Stories of famous people and lost places

Come and walk with us around places once frequented by Jiří Trnka, Miroslav Horníček and Miroslav Zikmund. Visit the school on Mikulášské Square, the Dominican monastery, the JAS culture house, the former paper mill and Bartelmus factory, and the Cingroš masonry workshop. We will visit Petrohrad taverns and recall life in this workers' periphery.

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Miroslav Anton

Miroslav Anton is a Pilsen native who has lived in Petrohrad and Slovany for over thirty years. He has worked in the media and is also a publicist and a scriptwriter for documentaries. He currently works as the PR Head of the Pilsen diocese charity.

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Petrohrad made of stories

Practical information

walk:• Start of the walk: final stop

of trolleybus No. 16 Doubravka• End of the walk: at the crossroads

of Mohylová and Radiová in the pub Podlesí

• Length: 2.5km, 2 hours• Capacity: 50 people• Language: Czech

cycling route:• Start of the walk: in front of the

St. George's cemetery gate• End of the walk: at the pub

U Havránka on Hřbitovní Street• Length: 11km (approx. 2km of

unpaved track, mostly flat terrain), 4 hours (cycling 1.5 hours)

• Capacity: 25 cyclists• Language: Czech

Discover the history and future of this popular neighbourhood

Walk:On the way from the manor-house to Podlesí, we will awaken the history of Doubravka all the way from the prehistoric age to the future. What will happen to the farmstead? And with the old school? We will see places that are constructively and artistically interesting and we will meet people who used to live here. We will stop at the place of prehistoric dustbins, by the Valenta villa, and we will discover the fate of the founder of a calibration workshop.

Cycling route:We will visit the old ossuary by the St. George's Church and then go through the defunct village called Týnec to the art-nouveau bridge on Jateční třída. In Bílá Hora we will look at the remains of a black coal mine and then walk through the woods to the ruins of the Devil's Mill. We will then return along the other side of the river past Chlum and Scout clubrooms to Doubravka.

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Petr Kopp, Jan Toman, Jan Hajšman, Adriana Paulovičová

Both the walk and the cycling route are led by Doubravka patriots Jan Hajšman (a historian), Jan Toman (an architect), Petr Kopp (a topographer) and Adriana Paulovičová (an artist).

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Tour de Doubravka

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From Lochotínto Roudná throughhistory

Discover the past and the future of favourite quarter

The walk will start in Lochotín Park in Pilsen. We will visit the renovated Chotka seat, travel through history around the famous Lochotín villa quarter, see the abandoned Klotz garden and the former Jewish cemetery. The Forgotten Garden and the famous Roudná springs are situated behind it.

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Adéla Šmausová, Lukáš Mácha (Maják Plzně)

The aim of the Maják Plzně initiative is to change the awareness of Pilsen citizens about their city, its history and its artistic value. Their activities include the renovation of the Chotka seat and the Lidice memorial in Lochotín, the renovation of the Lochotín recluse, collaboration on the revival of the Radbuza Municipal River Baths and a number of other charitable activities.

Practical information• Start of the walk:

by the Lochotín pavilion• End of the walk:

the All Saint's Church• Length: approx. 2 hours• Capacity: 50 people• We recommend trekking shoes.• Languages: Czech, English,

German

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Bezovka –The secret of villas

A place with a star in its heart

Let’s explore the villa quarter Bezovka, to reveal the secret of the shy villas, to discover Pilsen functionalism and recall forgotten architecture. We will open doors which are usually closed and look into the lives of ordinary people. We will briefly return to the time of the First Republic and listen to the gripping stories of the locals.

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Václav Cinádr – the Pilsen Architecture Manual (PAM)

Václav Cinádr moved from Vodňany to Pilsen five years ago to study history and visual culture. He also works on projects such as Hidden City, The Pilsen Architecture Manual and the Revival of the Municipal River Baths. He is a member of the Foster the City initiative. He is 6ft 9in tall but does not play basketball!

Practical information• Start of the walk: in front of

Jan Hus Church, 2 Němejcova• End of the walk: 3 Goldscheiderova• Length: approx. 4km, 2 hours • Capacity: 50 people• The interiors within the walk

are not accessible by wheelchair and not suitable for prams.

• Languages: Czech, English, German

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River in the city

Radbuza. A partly chatty river.

It is said that rivers lose their stories due to fixed regulations. The construction of high embankment walls and the precise geometry of their beds strictly divide the life of rivers from the city’s life. So let's walk unexpectedly south, away from the Radbuza’s uniform stone embankment and listen to its flowing stories – about defunct river baths, swimmers' clubs and promenades, shipyards which have survived until today and the first Pilsen zoo.

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Martina Kadaníková (Pěstuj prostor, z. s.)

Besides public lectures, discussions and planning workshops, the guided walks represent an integral part of the educational programme of the Foster the City initiative. It annually publishes an open call and realises the ideas of Pilsen citizens as to how to improve the public space (such as the Municipal River Baths). The aim of Foster the City is to increase awareness and engagement in the public space, urbanism, architecture and art.

Practical information• Start of the walk: The Victims

of Communist Terror Memorial on Anglické nábřeží

• End of the walk: The Municipal Baths in Gruberovy sady

• Length: 2km, approx. 2 hours• Capacity: 50 people• Languages: Czech, English,

German

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Three Pilsen lofts

Under and over the roofs of central Pilsen

Come and walk under and over Pilsen roofs with a photographer, a musician and a gardener. We will visit three lofts in the city centre. We will search for their history and their present. We will look out onto the streets through forgotten windows from a bird's perspective, smelling their scents and listening to their melodies.

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Václav Šváb, Václav Čubr, Alena Lehmannová (ENVIC)

ENVIC is a team of experienced people who aspire to increase our quality of life. We will give advice on living economically, eating and cooking well, gardening in the city, looking after our landscape and the public space, and obtaining grants. We organise the Pilsen Farmers’ Markets, excursions and seminars for the expert and general public.

Practical information• Start of the walk: the corner

of Republic Square and Bedřicha Smetany, cue: look for a musician

• End of the walk: Prešovská• Length: approx. 1.5 hours• Capacity: 15 people• The walk is not suitable for

wheelchair users, prams, small children and people with limited mobility (we will climb 281 steps, sometimes steep). We recommend sports shoes.

• Languages: Czech, English, German 

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Children of Bolevec

A walk with a village boy and an “estate lad”

You can have a non-traditional view of known places. Interesting spots in the northern suburb include the original village square and Bolevec ponds. Let's see old Bolevec, the panel housing estate and the surrounding area through the eyes of a boy who grew up in the original village, an estate lad and expert on local pubs, as well as through the eyes of a medieval knight.

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Filip Kasl

As an archaeologist with the National Monument Institute in Pilsen, Filip Kasl participates in unearthing new pieces of knowledge about the residential development around the Bolevec village square. As part of his profession, he studies the documentation of small historical monuments around Bolevec. He was born in the Bolevec housing estate, where he spent his childhood and youth and experienced many stories – some of which he will recount during this walk.

Practical information• Start of the walk: tram stop

Bolevecká náves • End of the walk: Kamenný rybník

(Stone pond)• Length: 4km, approx. 3 hours• Capacity: 50 people• We recommend trekking shoes.• Language: Czech

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The villa quarter in Lochotín

Old houses in the middle of a modern neighbourhood

The triangle of the villa quarter is these days enclosed by a housing estate on one side and by the busy roads Karlovarská and Lidická on the other two sides. Let your imagination run wild and return to the beginning of the 20th century, when Lochotín had a spa and the hill of the northern suburb provided a quiet place for comfortable living.

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Adéla Šmausová (Maják Plzně)

Maják Plzně is an informal group which participates in the city's cultural life. Adéla Šmausová reads history at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and has a very personal relationship with Lochotín.

Practical information• Start of the walk: In front • of the Medical Faculty of Charles

University, 517/1 Lidická• End of the walk: Šafránkův ústav,

703/31 alej Svobody • Length: 1.5 hours• Capacity: 50 people• Languages: Czech, English,

German

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Pilsen during the first republic

Encrypted walk with a time machine

Become an applicant for the job of secret agent for a couple of hours! Peek through cracks in the time-space continuum at Pilsen in the 1920s. Look at places through the eyes of our forefathers that you would otherwise just pass by without noticing, and find a place where adults still play today. Thanks to successfully solving ciphers and taking advantage of opportunities, you will be able to carry on until the last test. Beginners as well as more experienced code-breakers can take part as there is always a hint if you get stuck.

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Václav Reithmaier, Zdeněk Lomička

The positive force behind the walk is Václav Reithmaier, a board game enthusiast, a code-breaker, the author of several books and the operator of an unnamed sauna in Pilsen where the “genius loci” works fully. His right hand man is Zdeněk “Lomi” Lomička, also a board game enthusiast, a code-breaker, a participant at cultural events, a shy literary worker, a member of an association that runs a club renting and selling board games. The artistic side and supporting roles are played by Rufina Bázlová, an artist with a passion for old crafts, bookbinding, jewellery making, Slavic mythology, photography, theatre and much more.

Practical information• Start of the walk: Chodské náměstí• End of the walk: will be deciphered

during the walk • Length: 2–3 hours• Capacity: 10 teams (50 people)• Language: Czech

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Behind the scenes in a big city – life in “Plac”

This route goes along Koperníkova Street to “Plac”, which is not a destination many tourists or Pilsen citizens would choose for a walk. The theme is social inequality. The city of Pilsen offers “exclusive” and well-kept places as well as places long-forgotten where poor Roma families live, having to overcome obstacles that people living in relative prosperity know nothing about. Debts, bailiffs, overpriced rent, children in “special” schools. We will talk about all of this with the locals themselves. And in the end, we will also talk with homeless people.

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Petra Burzová, Tomáš Hirt, Ľubomír Lupták (Družstvo HLAS)

The Hlas (Voice) association runs the Inkognito cafe, a second-hand bookshop and a photography studio and promotes forms of business and public life that do not exclude anyone on principle.

Practical information• Start of the walk:

Ivan M Jirous Bridge• End of the walk: The Inkognito cafe• Length: approx. 2 hours • Capacity: 50 people • Languages: Czech, English,

German

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Stone monuments

Witnesses of old times and legends

We sometimes pass by them and sometimes notice them but what do we know about them? A Calvary and commemorative stone crosses. They hide mysterious stories and legends and have their own secrets. They can also be found on the northern outskirts of Pilsen. Would you like to discover them and learn more about them?

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Josef Sýkora (The Czech Tourists' Club)

The Czech Tourists' Club, founded in 1888, organises a wide range of tourist events with all kinds of transport (walking, cycling, skiing, hiking etc.) for their members and the general public. Their offer also includes guided tours and the Stone Monuments walk suits their style.

Practical information• Start of the walk: bus No. 30 stop

at Bolevecká náves• End of the walk:

U Kamenného rybníka restaurant or the Šídlovák ranch

• Length: 6km, approx. 3 hours• Capacity: 50 people• The walk is not suitable

for wheelchair access, prams and small children.

• Languages: Czech, English, German

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Hradiště u Plzně

At the world's end

Visit a place where the present is combined with a thousand-year history. Celts, Germans and old Slavs – they are all predecessors of the preserved village in Hradiště u Plzně on the Úhlava River. We will follow the traces of old iron-mills and floods around the preserved remains of the old fortifications, charming chapels and the local Sokol club with a popular pub by the new hydraulic power station “at the world's end”.

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František Řezáč

František Řezáč is interested in hiking and the history of Pilsen, and was born in 1945. He had many jobs, including working as a professional driver for 11 years. His last job was in the Škoda works constructing steam turbines. He has lived in Hradiště since 1972.

Practical information• Start of the walk: Trolleybus No. 13

stop U Kasáren, Sporná Street• End of the walk: River baths

in Hradiště or U Křížku crossroads• Length: approx. 3.5 km, 2 hours• Capacity: 50 people• Languages: Czech, English,

German

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Roudná

A world of its own

The residents of the oldest part of Pilsen, Roudná, do not think of themselves as Pilseners but instead as Roudeners. We will feel their great sense of patriotism, belonging and pride towards the area. We will connect the history of the place with the current, somewhat less interesting lives of Roudná residents and see that Roudná really has its own existence. At the U pramenů hotel, in the All Saints' Church and in the local Saloon.

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Barbora Malkusová

Bára Malkusová has a bachelor's degree in social and cultural anthropology from the University of West Bohemia. Thanks to her work for Pilsen 2015, she has been able to get to know the citizens and the peculiarity of Roudná better and is keen to pass this knowledge on.

Practical information• Start of the walk:

393/9 Na Roudné• End of the walk:

by the All Saints' Church• Length: 2 hours• Capacity: 50 people• Languages: Czech, English,

German

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Other options:

UNUSUAL MEETINGS WITH PILSEN CITIZENSPilsen Hospitality

Besides community walks and routes on the mobile application, you can discover the city in other ways, through offers by specific Pilsen citizens – inspirational residents of the city. You can choose an interesting personality and the topic you want to talk to them about over a beer in a pub or whether you would prefer a walk with contemporaries, a visit to an art studio or other cultural spaces. You can learn something new too; in a beer-brewing course or writing a book.

a meeting with...The architect, designer and visionary Jakub Mareš is the founding member of the creative group Posedlí, the director of the To the world organisation, the author of the project Containers to the world and the Pilsen edition of PechaKucha Night. It is worth meeting with him; he will give you plenty of ideas in just a few minutes.Or do you prefer reading and writing? Meet the writer Miroslav Valina, who organises regular literary evenings where he presents the work of talented young Pilseners. Miroslav Valina is in a wheelchair but is nonetheless a very active Pilsen citizen and a member of the National Council for People with Disabilities in the Czech Republic.

a Visit to...The Ukrainian woman Tatyana Kaguševa will invite you to her Anticafe NORA where you don't pay for the refreshments but instead for the time spent there. Ondřej Kašpárek and Michaela Mixová will guide people around the new premises of the former transport depot DEPO2015, where you can learn about the world of creative industries and the work of designers.

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THE STORY OF PILSENTHROUGH THE EYES OF PILSENERSThe mobile application Pilsen – Hidden City

Thanks to our mobile app, you can experience unique meetings with the city that tell the story of Pilsen through seven virtual Pilseners and their experience trails. You can download the application for free with your smart phone (for iOS and Android only) and start the individual walk through the city. The content and the technology are designed to lead the visitor to perceive the place differently and to get under the skin of the city. We wish for visitors to be active too: to ask questions, to imagine, conjecture, play, dream... And what city awaits you?

a city with a beer tradition – VáclaV, a cooPer from the Pilsner urquell breweryVáclav had been making wooden barrels in the brewery for decades prior to the revolution which brought stainless steel and plastic. Fortunately, the brewery revived this traditional barrel making after 11 years and now has the last brewery coopers in Europe!

the city as a landscaPe – martina, an architectAn architect is rarely content. They suffer as they see the insufficiencies of the city around them and, at the same time, they live half-way in the future or in possibilities of what could be different or better.

the city creatiVe – Veronika, a designer Veronika will persuade you that your life needs to have style. She illustrates and works with multi-media and light installations. Discover the creative inspiration, the public space and the creative focal points in Pilsen.

a workshoP with...Meet the Bosnian cafe owner Goran Jozič or the Spanish restaurateur Alberto Gimeno; they will both teach you how to cook something tasty. Or attend a tasting at the Blahovar microbrewery where Vladimír Stuchl, a brewing master and psychologist, will tell you about various types of beer.Anna Martinovská works on illustrations, graphics, bookbinding and courses for children and adults. She was nominated for a prize at the 2012 Graphic of the Year awards for her book. Anna will offer a creative workshop of bookbinding at the renovated building of the Plzeň Zastávka railway station.

Practical information:We are preparing a range of local products, alternative foods and accommodation with local residents. You can find the list of all residents and their offers on the Hidden City website and among Pilsen friends of the virtual characters in our mobile application. You can book tickets online or by email. These offers will be provided every week, also in various languages for foreign visitors.

www.pohostinnost.skrytemesto.cz

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PILSENARCHITECTUREMANUAL (PAM)Following the footsteps of Pilsen architecture in the first half of the 20th century

Pilsen Architecture Manual (PAM) is a popularisation project mapping the architecture of the first half of the 20th century in Pilsen. The aim of the project, inspired by Brno Architecture Manual (BAM), is to present individual buildings, public spaces and selected city parts to the general and professional public through a printed brochure, audio recordings, points of reference and, above all else, an online database. This will be freely accessible from 16 April 2015 at pam.plzne.cz and will cover more than 150 premises documented by texts, drawings and historical as well as modern photographs.The buildings are connected to several trails which guide people through the city centre and the Southern Suburb including Bezovka and Doudlevce. The project's spine that runs through the trails is Loos link – connecting the places realised by Adolf Loos and his colleagues. Guided tours along selected routes are part of numerous walks offered to the general public within the Hidden City project and the walk around the noble villa quarter Bezovka (called Bezovka – The Secret of Villas) is one of the main neighbourhood walks.

the city through regimes – tony, a war VeteranTony is American, as a young soldier he liberated Pilsen in 1945 and has loved it ever since. Because he is bed-ridden in hospital, he will send his memories to Pilsen through his wife Evelyn.

the city through the child's eyes, the safe city – tereza, a PuPilEleven-year old Tereza likes civics and history at school. When she grows up she wants to be a city guide for tourists like her mum is. Tereza would love to share her great observations.

the alien city – irina, a foreignerIrina is Ukrainian and worked at the factory at Borská pole for years before she was able to return to her profession as an economist. During the walk, she will introduce you to great foreigners who have fulfilled their dreams in Pilsen.

the conflicting city – robert, a rebelRobert is disabled. You will experience a city of defiance with him. Robert admires civic activists; his philosophy is: “I have already experienced hopelessness. And that was enough.”

The initiator and co-organiser of the Pilsen – Hidden City project is Kvas z.s.

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centrethe guide / Pavel benešmeeting place / in front of the meeting Point on republic squareThe route running through the medieval city centre and through a part of the greater centre including the Radbuza embankment shows people how modern architecture entered this exposed environment and helped create the character of the newer areas. Participants will visit modernist buildings as well as one of the Loos interiors in Pilsen, at 12 Klatovská Avenue.

the southern suburbthe guide / Pavel beneš meeting place / 10 klatovská avenueThis route going through the Southern Suburb tells the story of the municipal area that formed around Klatovská Avenue. The starting point of this walk, covering important public buildings and high-quality apartment blocks, is the space in front of the most famous Loos-like realisations in Pilsen – the in-built apartment of Mr & Mrs Semler in the apartment block at 110 Klatovská Avenue.

doudleVce the guide / Václav cinádrmeeting place / entrance gate of dePo2015, 14 PresslovaThe shortest of the architecture walks will present Doudlevce – an area cramped in between the Pilsen–Klatovy rail tracks and the Radbuza River which has retained a great deal of its former industrial and peripheral character. The most significant premises on this route is DEPO2015 – which has become the focal point of cultural activities connected with the European Capital of Culture project.

Practical informationSimilar to the neighbourhood walks, the architecture walks will take place on the first Saturday of every month. They will be offered through the Hidden City application or you can book them at: pohostinnost@plzen2015.cz.

pam.plzne.cz

Contacts

Christian PotironProject Managerpotiron@plzen2015.cz, +420 602 605 535

Kristýna JirátováNeighbourhood Walksjiratova@plzen2015.cz, +420 727 822 563

Petra Štěpánováthe mobile application and unusual meetingsstepanova@plzen2015.cz, +420 775 131 003

Text by: Christian Potiron, Kristýna Jirátová, Petra Štěpánová, Petra Svoboda, Petr KlímaDramaturgical support: Petra SvobodaPhotographs: Vít ŠtaifGraphic design: Jan DienstbierISBN 978-80-906075-0-7

More information at: www.skrytemesto.czwww.plzen2015.cz

Martina Kadaníková

Josef SýkoraAdéla Šmausová, Lukáš Mácha

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