I lived in Holesovice for almost a year, 16 years ago. The area wasn't the hipster/cool place it has become. Back then, it was a dodgy area full of skinheads, dog poo on the pavements, rundown buildings. I moved to the more upscale part of Prague but saw the gradual transformation of Holesovice and am glad to see the positive changes. Yes, gentrification has upped flat rentals, and a lot of the bistros and cafes that have popped up are pretty generic in look and on what they have on offer. But you can find some gems, and it's nice to go there even at night.
If I were younger, I would not hesitate moving to Prague. Not even NYC could touch the aviance Prague has. Not to mention the little towns around Prague. Although Prague is incredibly beautiful with all of it's art, it's the building architecture and history that sold me. Oh, and your amazing coffee shops actually sealed the deal. As always, love your video's!!!🙏👍
This was great!!! I love the way RPGs show that Prague is not only a fantastic tourist destination, but a real place where people live and make their lives. Let's hope that building decisions are made for what is healthy for the people and city and not just following a trend that will change before the paint is dry.
I am an American in Florida and my family and I have a holiday home apartment bought in 2006 River lofts Apartment in Praha 7, Holesovice on Jankovcova St. Prague Marina. I was just there for two months May through July 2 and Holesovice has improved and gotten better since 2006. Thanks Valerie for showing my neighborhood. (-;
@@marek8099 I don't agree that I am the main problem because I have a holiday home in Praha 7, because the majority of flat owners in the apartment buildings are local Czech owners with very few foreigners like myself. There are some owners and foreigners who own for rental property , but I don't rent. (-:
@uklum If I may ask why am I NOT welcome? I am from Florida and we have many foreigners who buy a place to live and are living in America freely part time or full time and we welcome them. Then why am I not welcomed in Czech?
It’s incorrect to claim that only gentrifies like to have all amenities within a walkable distance. That’s just good urban planning. That’s the essence of the 15 minute neighbourhood. There is nothing wrong with gentrification/renewal. What’s needed is well planned and thoughtful neighbourhood renewal so that it’s accessible to all social classes. That’s where government comes in.
Thanks for another fine and informative video! I never knew about this part of Prague, and I didn't know what is beyond the Letna Park. By the way, the view of the city beside the Metronome in Letna Park is one of the very best! Definitely worth the climb to see the Metronome up close, too.
We are in Prague right now, and we have done three tours hosted by 100 Spires City Tours. Our guide for two of them was Valerie’s husband. I can’t pronounce his name. It’s V-something, but man do I love that guy. Oh yeah, that’s him walking behind her with the camera.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I absolutely adore your senses of humour👍. Brilliant guy’s unfortunately this is happening all over as you will know and understand. I suppose there will be a few changes since I last visited in the 1990’s We will be with you next week for two of your tours👍
I used to live there, for 7 years, when I arrived in 2014 people were making fun of me saying that Holesovice is full of gypsies and alcoholic people, now it is a hipster heaven, it got sooooo expensive and one can hear only people speaking English around... Prices for real estate exploded, it became a terrible area for people on a Czech salary, basically it became Berverly Hills just for Hipsters and digital nomads, foreign ones, of course!
Holesovice is where I've booked a rental apartment for three nights for next April. I convinced me to book there is closeness of the city centre without its annoyance
Hope the developers are not allowed to change the area to the west of the train station. Quite a lot of nice buildings (albeit some need restorations) with Art Nouveau/Art Deco facades can be found there.
Best capital city that I have ever visited in Europe and I’ve been to all my of the major European capitals. No wonder this was the capital of Bohemia.
the hotel I'll be staying in on my upcoming trip is in holesovice. Hopefully I won't have problems reaching the meeting point for my tours with you guys :)
Gentrification.. In Budapest, only the 'Pest' side has such blocks of expensive houses. The 'Buda' side of the city is originaly an upscale and gentlemanly part, those who have money move to the 'Buda' side. (This is also accurately reflected in housing prices, and the mountainous part of 'Buda' is very expensive.)
You had to show , how the entrace of the cafe looks like , because its hard to find ! Also if i remember well its a kind of school there, (but not sure) regards from Greece, keep up the good work ! I miss Prague ... I had my first Matuska beer there !
A Czech escaped from the Russian army and bought a tree house in a Florida swamp. We had to walk through an orange grove to get there. We had to watch out for alligators.
I see gentrification as a natural process of urban development. Population growth is apparently unstoppable (we are about to hit 8 billion in the next 2 months) and those people will need a place to live hence development of new areas with modern amenities (brunch) will need to be created.
Man, my daughter and I recently traveled over 5k miles to Prague, Old Town, signed up for a tour with Real Prague Guides hoping to meet Valery, but to no avail, she was no where around. 😩😩 What a disappointment.
Sorry to hear that. You should have written us a message on WhatsApp. Valery is taking a winter break from guiding and even when she guides its a 1 out of 10 chance you’ll meet her. There are 11 of us guiding now. Valery mainly does the castle tour with interiors.
@@RealPragueGuides I did leave a request to have her guide us on your tour guide reservation application, though, I knew it would be a long shot to have her guide us, I figured she is only a spokesperson for the company or something similar. I'll be in Prague in June, perhaps we may meet her then, it's doubtful, but a 1 in 10 chance as you say. Thanks.
@@RealPragueGuides I did write. Anyway, the guide that took us on the tour said that Valerie doesn't do the tours, only p.r. work, so there we are, no chance on meeting her. It's no big deal anyway.
If you're to look for Berlin's parallel for this - a former industrial area made "cool" by artists and hipsters - it would definitely be Prenzlauerberg. Not Kreuzberg.
It's a normal way of things, the artists find a place t h ey can afford to live and then all the people wanna come there and then they don't support the artists who made the place cool and bring real estate investors and chase away the people that actually made it cool and turn it into the new hip place for rich people to have coffee . Welcome to the capitalist way . The artistsvare like the missionaries for this Era like the catholic monks that went to civilized the natives so the emperialists could slaughter them after the priests made friends with them . Now they just do it by money. Believe me. As an artist I've been thru it in many areas I've done my work . New Orleans, Deep Ellum in Dallas , Soho Destin, Florida , Some other places I've known . It's the modern way of empirialism. Then they come and kick 80 year old ladies out of their homes they've lived in for 60 years to grow their real estate portfolio.
Ah, Cafe Letka! The wee vegan spot on Ovenecká Street, cowering in the shadow of the winged war machine on the neighboring museum. DGMS! Sure, you can dip bland hummus - no garlic, no lemon, no salt - whilst sipping cheap prosecco. Honestly, you'll find better prosecco round the corner at Prosekárna Letná. And _don't_ order the whiskey sour unless they promise to double-strain it. Does the hummus somehow taste better just cuz you're close enough to your favorite Czech soprano's apartment to smell the perfume she puts on in the morning? Rest assured, never anything less than Eau de Svazek Myrhy... And then there's the ugly ugly BILLA, just up the street. Really, the only reason to wait at the Letenské náměstí tram stop is in the hope of spotting Madame Blaže alighting from the No. 25 tram. If that proves fruitless then one can easily drown one's sorrows in coffee and pastry at Erhartova Cukrárna just down the street.
yeah, however it comes with all the negative effects as anywhere else. Staying in the city is getting much less affordable similar to London, Paris and others. So all the decent jobs are being centralised in these cities while it is super expensive to actually live there.
Your take on gentrification is not correct. Although you manage to explain the issue, you go on a very bad take on "gentrifiers". You are blaming the people living in gentrified spaces and not the gentrification as a project that is deeply rooted in capitalism and neoliberal understanding of the market economy. The ones to blame are not the ppl you are filming and hiding their faces, but the people who control and especulate on real estate market.
@@RealPragueGuides But this aspect of blaming "hippisters" for gentrification is not only wrong, but it is miss information and can lead to dangerous rethorics like xenobia. I don't think it's intentional, you are just not aware of this, so I hope.
Your phrase is "Gentrification is a process that is charactezied by certain people that gentrify the area" and the then you go on filming people in the street, you are pointing the blame to the new residents, and saying how they want to live close to their work or have things around them, like if this is not what every worker wants. This is a moral argument that takes us far away from the real issue.
@@jigsawth We are just generally describing who moves into the area, there are no words used that would imply we are blaming them. I think that’s just misunderstanding.
@@RealPragueGuides I think you misunderstood my criticism. You call them "Gentrifiers", meaning people who Gentrify, you might not have used the word "blame" but that is what is implied. You film people on the streets and blur their faces to describe who are those "gentrifiers", none of those people are actually the "gentrifiers".
This still blows my mind. I lived in Holešovice 13-14 years ago and it was a sh**hole and regarded as a joke neighborhood. I had like 3 crap restaurants around me and a bunch of herna bars - for those who don't know, they are dank little dive bars with gambling machines. Yes, they are legal.
brixton is not hipster. brixton is black (africa, caribean) holesovice does not have its vibe even in slightest. places around river you showed is like 10% of river space in holesovice rest 90% of that space is occupied by homelesses in tents and i ruined building in that area. bridge towards palmovka is in very bad condition, same go for market which is just half occupied by stalls and shops where no something interesting is going on. oh there is one strippers bar. latenska plan is not very well managed too. places from where you can see nice skyline of city are abundant there with little problem that there are bushes in you way tall 2 m and more so you can not see it. why? who knows... parks are nice. but in general area lacking something what will people attract to the area. paths around the river are not suitable for running or biking and are full of homeless people, coffes are nice but nothing special and as you said start to be generic, what i recommend instead are local pubs like "U sv. Antoníčka" (looks like this U sv. Antoníčka - looks like this th-cam.com/video/RfNEqhjg9bU/w-d-xo.html) and similar ones where locals go for talk and eat some real traditional czech and moravian dishes and drink good beers. prices are affordable and for tourist straight bargain. by the way roads are horrible, for cars and for bikes too (but this is problem in whole prague) there is lack of bike parking spaces around shops and other amenities. places around the river from troja side whrere is international student house fizz could be also better developed hence they looks like 30 -40 years ago. new project is build there so we will see. i live in holesovice one year and i can go around just ok but i have to be honest here holesovice will have to come long way to vibrant and amazing place to live. they are calm place, yes... that is great but for now they are just fine.
I lived in Holesovice for almost a year, 16 years ago. The area wasn't the hipster/cool place it has become. Back then, it was a dodgy area full of skinheads, dog poo on the pavements, rundown buildings. I moved to the more upscale part of Prague but saw the gradual transformation of Holesovice and am glad to see the positive changes. Yes, gentrification has upped flat rentals, and a lot of the bistros and cafes that have popped up are pretty generic in look and on what they have on offer. But you can find some gems, and it's nice to go there even at night.
As a Czech and former Prague citizen who lived few years in Holešovice I can confirm this. Lot of hipster stuff, especially art and vegan restaurants.
If I were younger, I would not hesitate moving to Prague. Not even NYC could touch the aviance Prague has. Not to mention the little towns around Prague. Although Prague is incredibly beautiful with all of it's art, it's the building architecture and history that sold me. Oh, and your amazing coffee shops actually sealed the deal. As always, love your video's!!!🙏👍
Well put Highness, if I were younger and not dead! Seriously, Prague reminds me of the best of Paris and Rome.
Nah man its shit here
This was great!!! I love the way RPGs show that Prague is not only a fantastic tourist destination, but a real place where people live and make their lives. Let's hope that building decisions are made for what is healthy for the people and city and not just following a trend that will change before the paint is dry.
Once again, you take a deep look into Prague. You truly capture the moment and spirit!! You truly know how to keep us spell bond!!!
Valerye,Czechoslovakya is The New Biblikal Shyllou , IL Ombelyko Del Mondo...for the Rest of us ...That,s Why!!!...
I lived in Troja, very close to Holesovice. Beautiful memories ❤️
No matter what happens in Prague, you will always be authentic Valery 😎
Great video Val. Always fun, entertaining, and enlightening. ❤️👍
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for talking about the plague called gentrification and pointing out its negative effects.
Letka Cafe is one of my favorite interiors of any cafe in the world. And the grandest people work there too
- Love from California
I am an American in Florida and my family and I have a holiday home apartment bought in 2006 River lofts Apartment in Praha 7, Holesovice on Jankovcova St. Prague Marina. I was just there for two months May through July 2 and Holesovice has improved and gotten better since 2006. Thanks Valerie for showing my neighborhood. (-;
That's the point, u have a holiday home apartment used very rarely. Such huge problem of many cities.
@@marek8099 I don't agree that I am the main problem because I have a holiday home in Praha 7, because the majority of flat owners in the apartment buildings are local Czech owners with very few foreigners like myself. There are some owners and foreigners who own for rental property , but I don't rent. (-:
@uklum If I may ask why am I NOT welcome? I am from Florida and we have many foreigners who buy a place to live and are living in America freely part time or full time and we welcome them. Then why am I not welcomed in Czech?
Excellent video on Prague neighborhoods 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Love your work. Underrated channel. ❤️
Thank you!
I love your sense of humor
It’s incorrect to claim that only gentrifies like to have all amenities within a walkable distance. That’s just good urban planning. That’s the essence of the 15 minute neighbourhood. There is nothing wrong with gentrification/renewal. What’s needed is well planned and thoughtful neighbourhood renewal so that it’s accessible to all social classes. That’s where government comes in.
Excellent analysis yet so fun as usual Valery.
Thanks for another fine and informative video! I never knew about this part of Prague, and I didn't know what is beyond the Letna Park. By the way, the view of the city beside the Metronome in Letna Park is one of the very best! Definitely worth the climb to see the Metronome up close, too.
"The new reality" you guys are fantastic, love this channel!
We are in Prague right now, and we have done three tours hosted by 100 Spires City Tours. Our guide for two of them was Valerie’s husband. I can’t pronounce his name. It’s V-something, but man do I love that guy. Oh yeah, that’s him walking behind her with the camera.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I absolutely adore your senses of humour👍. Brilliant guy’s unfortunately this is happening all over as you will know and understand. I suppose there will be a few changes since I last visited in the 1990’s
We will be with you next week for two of your tours👍
I used to live there, for 7 years, when I arrived in 2014 people were making fun of me saying that Holesovice is full of gypsies and alcoholic people, now it is a hipster heaven, it got sooooo expensive and one can hear only people speaking English around... Prices for real estate exploded, it became a terrible area for people on a Czech salary, basically it became Berverly Hills just for Hipsters and digital nomads, foreign ones, of course!
another great video - love you guys!
Great job Valérie. You did it very nicely. Bravo 👍💯💯😘
Holesovice is where I've booked a rental apartment for three nights for next April. I convinced me to book there is closeness of the city centre without its annoyance
Remember Laura Pausini,s question?
Perque una vita non basta a dimenticare quanto si puo, amare...?)!!!
This is very insightful. Great video!
Hope the developers are not allowed to change the area to the west of the train station. Quite a lot of nice buildings (albeit some need restorations) with Art Nouveau/Art Deco facades can be found there.
This was a great video. Very informstive. Thank you.
Best capital city that I have ever visited in Europe and I’ve been to all my of the major European capitals. No wonder this was the capital of Bohemia.
Holesovicka trznice je predimenzovany prostor bez plnohodnotnyho vyuziti. Pokud se to zmeni, je to jen dobre.
the hotel I'll be staying in on my upcoming trip is in holesovice. Hopefully I won't have problems reaching the meeting point for my tours with you guys :)
It looks good, now Gentrification come to Barcelona and get the best of it‼️
Gentrification.. In Budapest, only the 'Pest' side has such blocks of expensive houses. The 'Buda' side of the city is originaly an upscale and gentlemanly part, those who have money move to the 'Buda' side. (This is also accurately reflected in housing prices, and the mountainous part of 'Buda' is very expensive.)
My last trip to Prague was 2001. I really want to go back.
You had to show , how the entrace of the cafe looks like , because its hard to find ! Also if i remember well its a kind of school there, (but not sure) regards from Greece, keep up the good work ! I miss Prague ... I had my first Matuska beer there !
That,s my city girl...!!!
Buut...what town?!!!
Essa bayla la Praguessa...
I was hosted there, nice place to stay
A Czech escaped from the Russian army and bought a tree house in a Florida swamp. We had to walk through an orange grove to get there. We had to watch out for alligators.
Without gentrification, many of us would still be living in slums. G is ok if it is voluntary to the current inhabitants
I see gentrification as a natural process of urban development. Population growth is apparently unstoppable (we are about to hit 8 billion in the next 2 months) and those people will need a place to live hence development of new areas with modern amenities (brunch) will need to be created.
1:30 is that Janek's (honest guide) body double?
From my visits, I’d have thought Karlin was the most hipster 😇
Yes please hipsters - please move to Holeševice.
Hmmm, I have very mixed feelings about all this new stuff ....
Glad to Brnak ... , living in Boston ... hehe
Škoda ,že jste se nezmínila o naprostým Letenským kultu ,který je hned na druhém rohu od Pilot café a to pivnice Na Prašivce skutečná legenda.🙂🙃😉
Thanks!
Thank you!
The Prague version of Killing Eve.
Valerie what should we give the Taxi driver tomorrow as a tip🤷🏼♂️
Thanks for the video
Maybe it's Hipsters taking over certain parts of the City but are there any parts of the City Punk music type live and own??????
Man, my daughter and I recently traveled over 5k miles to Prague, Old Town, signed up for a tour with Real Prague Guides hoping to meet Valery, but to no avail, she was no where around. 😩😩 What a disappointment.
Sorry to hear that. You should have written us a message on WhatsApp. Valery is taking a winter break from guiding and even when she guides its a 1 out of 10 chance you’ll meet her. There are 11 of us guiding now. Valery mainly does the castle tour with interiors.
@@RealPragueGuides I did leave a request to have her guide us on your tour guide reservation application, though, I knew it would be a long shot to have her guide us, I figured she is only a spokesperson for the company or something similar. I'll be in Prague in June, perhaps we may meet her then, it's doubtful, but a 1 in 10 chance as you say. Thanks.
@@RealPragueGuides I did write. Anyway, the guide that took us on the tour said that Valerie doesn't do the tours, only p.r. work, so there we are, no chance on meeting her. It's no big deal anyway.
@@MarioGarcia-qu6tw she sometimes does the Prague Castle Tour with Tickets, but yes, making the videos takes a lot of her energy and time
@@RealPragueGuides I don't care, it doesn't matter.
You see, this Czech was an illegal immigrant. But the alligators were legal. They were born here.
You ,re stil the Real Prague guides,aren,t You...???!!!,
I mean despite Civil Eastern War,in uk rayne ,...???!!!
Well ,,,I,m still Loving You!!!...
I thought the hipster area was Vinohrady, everybody seems to want to live there for some reason..
I got more of a bourgeois than a hipster vibe from Vinohrady.
If you're to look for Berlin's parallel for this - a former industrial area made "cool" by artists and hipsters - it would definitely be Prenzlauerberg. Not Kreuzberg.
Your so beautiful😊Hope you visit Philippines too . 🇵🇭
No more iconic "Byyyyeeeeeee"?
It's a normal way of things, the artists find a place t h ey can afford to live and then all the people wanna come there and then they don't support the artists who made the place cool and bring real estate investors and chase away the people that actually made it cool and turn it into the new hip place for rich people to have coffee . Welcome to the capitalist way . The artistsvare like the missionaries for this Era like the catholic monks that went to civilized the natives so the emperialists could slaughter them after the priests made friends with them . Now they just do it by money. Believe me. As an artist I've been thru it in many areas I've done my work . New Orleans, Deep Ellum in Dallas , Soho Destin, Florida , Some other places I've known . It's the modern way of empirialism. Then they come and kick 80 year old ladies out of their homes they've lived in for 60 years to grow their real estate portfolio.
I keep coming back to your channel. Let's listen to Valerie talk about something. Once she showed us what her typical day is.
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These artists usually are the first outside occupants, no poor people from around but outsiders with rich enough parents to drive out locals.
And i thought gentrificiation does not exist in czechia 😀:/
Ah, Cafe Letka! The wee vegan spot on Ovenecká Street, cowering in the shadow of the winged war machine on the neighboring museum. DGMS! Sure, you can dip bland hummus - no garlic, no lemon, no salt - whilst sipping cheap prosecco. Honestly, you'll find better prosecco round the corner at Prosekárna Letná. And _don't_ order the whiskey sour unless they promise to double-strain it.
Does the hummus somehow taste better just cuz you're close enough to your favorite Czech soprano's apartment to smell the perfume she puts on in the morning? Rest assured, never anything less than Eau de Svazek Myrhy...
And then there's the ugly ugly BILLA, just up the street. Really, the only reason to wait at the Letenské náměstí tram stop is in the hope of spotting Madame Blaže alighting from the No. 25 tram. If that proves fruitless then one can easily drown one's sorrows in coffee and pastry at Erhartova Cukrárna just down the street.
I can't get your anti-Gentrification view of the neighbourhood.
It is actually the only reason why it's growing.
yeah, however it comes with all the negative effects as anywhere else. Staying in the city is getting much less affordable similar to London, Paris and others. So all the decent jobs are being centralised in these cities while it is super expensive to actually live there.
😪😴
Your take on gentrification is not correct. Although you manage to explain the issue, you go on a very bad take on "gentrifiers". You are blaming the people living in gentrified spaces and not the gentrification as a project that is deeply rooted in capitalism and neoliberal understanding of the market economy. The ones to blame are not the ppl you are filming and hiding their faces, but the people who control and especulate on real estate market.
It was not the point of this video to blame anybody. We were just highlighting certain aspects of gentrification of Holesovice.
@@RealPragueGuides But this aspect of blaming "hippisters" for gentrification is not only wrong, but it is miss information and can lead to dangerous rethorics like xenobia. I don't think it's intentional, you are just not aware of this, so I hope.
Your phrase is "Gentrification is a process that is charactezied by certain people that gentrify the area" and the then you go on filming people in the street, you are pointing the blame to the new residents, and saying how they want to live close to their work or have things around them, like if this is not what every worker wants. This is a moral argument that takes us far away from the real issue.
@@jigsawth We are just generally describing who moves into the area, there are no words used that would imply we are blaming them. I think that’s just misunderstanding.
@@RealPragueGuides I think you misunderstood my criticism. You call them "Gentrifiers", meaning people who Gentrify, you might not have used the word "blame" but that is what is implied. You film people on the streets and blur their faces to describe who are those "gentrifiers", none of those people are actually the "gentrifiers".
This still blows my mind. I lived in Holešovice 13-14 years ago and it was a sh**hole and regarded as a joke neighborhood. I had like 3 crap restaurants around me and a bunch of herna bars - for those who don't know, they are dank little dive bars with gambling machines. Yes, they are legal.
brixton is not hipster. brixton is black (africa, caribean) holesovice does not have its vibe even in slightest. places around river you showed is like 10% of river space in holesovice rest 90% of that space is occupied by homelesses in tents and i ruined building in that area. bridge towards palmovka is in very bad condition, same go for market which is just half occupied by stalls and shops where no something interesting is going on. oh there is one strippers bar. latenska plan is not very well managed too. places from where you can see nice skyline of city are abundant there with little problem that there are bushes in you way tall 2 m and more so you can not see it. why? who knows... parks are nice. but in general area lacking something what will people attract to the area. paths around the river are not suitable for running or biking and are full of homeless people, coffes are nice but nothing special and as you said start to be generic, what i recommend instead are local pubs like "U sv. Antoníčka" (looks like this U sv. Antoníčka - looks like this th-cam.com/video/RfNEqhjg9bU/w-d-xo.html) and similar ones where locals go for talk and eat some real traditional czech and moravian dishes and drink good beers. prices are affordable and for tourist straight bargain. by the way roads are horrible, for cars and for bikes too (but this is problem in whole prague) there is lack of bike parking spaces around shops and other amenities. places around the river from troja side whrere is international student house fizz could be also better developed hence they looks like 30 -40 years ago. new project is build there so we will see.
i live in holesovice one year and i can go around just ok but i have to be honest here holesovice will have to come long way to vibrant and amazing place to live. they are calm place, yes... that is great but for now they are just fine.
milano . isola (our gentrificated district)
I love your sense of humor