Month: April 2005

  • April 2005

    A cello explosion Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lotjonen, and Perttu Kivilaakso are a trio of brilliant, classically educated cellists that compete – through their abandon and massive sound – with bands like Metallica, Slayer, Faith No More, and Sepultura. Apocalyptica has reached the awareness of fans with their excellent interpretations of Metallica songs, but in their…

  • The best of Salzburg

    Written by: Milan Duda Whether you succumb to the charms of this unique, historic town in the heart of Austria that gave Mozart to the world, to the beautiful surrounding Alpine countryside, or to the magic of the Salt Chamber, Salzburg and its vicinity will captivate you on your first visit, and draw you back…

  • Ford Focus: ambitious youngster

    Written by: Jan Tuček In the last six years Ford sold over four million Focus-line cars. The new, second-generation Focus makes no bones about its ambition to be a best-seller in its class. THE NEW FORD FOCUS comes as a 4.34 meter-long three-door or a five-door hatchback, and also as a 4.47 meter five-door station…

  • No Stress Café: A passion for fusion

    Written by: Tim Gosling Photo: Dorothea Bylica Given its upscale location off Old Town Square, the classy ambience of Marie Borenstein’s No Stress Café comes as little surprise. Less expected is the wide range of wares for sale – from chocolate to chairs. Kheireddine Benmisi & Marie Borenstein No Stress officially sells Belgian chocolates for…

  • Maurizio Marino, owner of Amici Miei restaurant

    Written by: Philippe Riboton Art: Nenad Vitas What did you want to be when you were a kid? Since I was a child, I wished to be a gynecologist. In which country would you like to live? I’d like to live in Cuba. What truth about yourself would you like people to know? That I’m…

  • Look & Listen

    movies Backbeat Centered around the original fifth member of The Beatles, Stuart Sutcliffe, this biopic takes place within the little-known but seminal time before the band became the Fab Four, circa 1960-62. An intimate love story strums the power chords between John Lennon, his best friend Sutcliffe, and Astrid Kirchherr, the avant-garde German photographer who…

  • Brazil, land of an inchoate wine miracle

    Written by: Libor Ševčík A few years ago the wine world didn’t know about Brazilian wines. Although emigrés from Italy, France, and Germany have created a viticulture over a century old, local wines have been of rather poor quality. photo: archiv Most Brazilian vineyards (about 70,000 hectares) are planted with high-yield American hybrids that provide…

  • Pebbles

    Written by: Štěpánka Strouhalová Photo by: Věroslav Sixt Filip Nízký Artist Filip Nízký’s Fil-Lu Sphere studio engages in a broad range of glass-making activities. His interests span from original creations to mass-produced designs. WHILE STUDYING under Professor Kopecký at the Institute of Applied Arts glass studio, Nízký had the chance to express himself not only…

  • April 2005

    Compiled by Milan Duda “My husband and I agreed on the sale of the building, since it is impossible to conduct business in this country.” – Outraged Šárka Grossová, wife of the Czech prime minister, about her further plans. “Klaus likes jazz, I like Abba. Klaus is a sportsman, I am a lazy fatty, who…

  • Living infrastructure

    Written by: Jason Hovet Photo by: Luminum Opening its first building in the spring of 2003, The Park, which sits off the D1 highway out of town and will comprise 12 buildings when it’s finished, is nearly halfway completed. The technology park, housing, among others, IBM, Dell and DHL, incorporates nature into a campus-style design,…