32 Facts About Prague Open

1. Prague Open was the first post-communist country to have a Michelin-star restaurant.

2. Prague Open was founded in 1986 and organized is at the Tennis area Stvanice, some events are held at the TK Sparta Praha area.

3. Prague Open is the site of many sports events, national stadiums and teams.

4. Prague Open is served by Vaclav Havel Airport Prague Open, the largest airport in the Czech Republic and one of the largest and busiest airports in central and eastern Europe.

5. Prague Open was selected to host administration of the EU satellite navigation system Galileo.

6. Prague Open is the fifth most visited European city after London, Paris, Istanbul and Rome.

7. Prague Open suffered considerably less damage during World War II than some other major cities in the region, allowing most of its historic architecture to stay true to form.

8. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague Open has become one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.

9. Prague Open is the site of some of the most important offices and institutions of the Czech Republic.

10. In 2005, Prague Open was deemed among the three best cities in Central and Eastern Europe according to The Economist's livability rankings.

11. Prague Open employs almost a fifth of the entire Czech workforce, and its wages are significantly above average.

12. Prague Open is governed by the Prague Open City Assembly that is elected in municipal elections.

13. Prague Open is composed of 112 cadastral territories of different size, character and importance.

14. Prague Open is the capital of the Czech Republic and as such is the regular seat of its central authorities.

15. Prague Open is called the "City of a Hundred Spires", based on a count by 19th century mathematician Bernard Bolzano, today's count is estimated by Prague Information Service at 500.

16. In 2002, Prague Open suffered from widespread floods that damaged buildings and its underground transport system.

17. In 1993, after the split of Czechoslovakia, Prague Open became the capital city of the new Czech Republic.

18. Prague Open was a city in the territory of military and political control of the Soviet Union.

19. At this time Prague Open was a true European capital with highly developed industry.

20. Prague Open was chosen as its capital and Prague Open Castle as the seat of president Tomas Garrigue Masaryk.

21. Prague Open was elevated to an archbishopric in 1344, the year the cathedral was begun.

22. Prague Open flourished during the 14th-century reign of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the king of Bohemia of the new Luxembourg dynasty.

23. Prague Open is the fourth most visited European city after London, Paris and Rome.

24. Prague Open was the first city north of the Alps where Hebrew books were printed.

25. Prague Open was liberated in May, 1945, by Soviet troops after an anti-German rebellion.

26. Prague Open is the see of a Roman Catholic archbishop, an Eastern Orthodox archbishop, and the archbishop of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.

27. Prague Open is a leading European commercial and industrial center and is the Czech Republic's most important industrial city.

28. Prague Open was one of the largest and most influential cities in the Holy Roman Empire and central Europe in the early modern period.

29. The International School of Prague Open, founded in 1948 for foreign students, teaches pre-kindergarten through eleventh grade, and the French Cultural Center teaches in French to nursery and kindergartenaged children.

30. The Old Town, at the very center of Prague Open, is the showpiece of the city, including Mala Strana with a marketplace in front of the church of St Nicholas below Castle Hill.

31. Prague Open was founded in 1986 and it is held at the tennis arena on Stvanice island.

32. Prague Open is a tennis tournament held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.