Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: obchodni dum

I randomly shot this on the food court (for practical purposes the top level) of Novy Smichov, an urban shopping centre that's actually closer to the Andel Metro than Nadrazi Praha-Smichov. I noticed the Czech flags were up on the other side of the court (which is open in the middle to give natural light to the other levels), which are actually a bit unusual in the Czech Republic. Indeed, in most countries other than the U.S., flying the national flag on home territory isn't the norm except for at government facilities and institutions. In this case, the reason for the exception seemed to be that the restaurant in question was a traditional Czech restaurant, something increasingly rare within the Czech Republic itself.

Petriny is one of the suburbs of Prague, in the northwest part of the city. This is the stop before the last one on this line, the last one being Sidliste Petriny, and this one being Obchodni Dum Petriny.

The snowfall which covered Petriny wasn't heavy, but given how warm the winter of 2006-2007 has been, it is a bit of a surprise that we even got this much. The trams make light work of it, as they usually do, having built-in snowplows.