Liberec, CZ

This is the North Bohemia Museum in Liberec, officially known as the Severočeské Muzeum, which is a history and sometimes art museum. I found one guide who spoke English, although I did have to communicate in Czech with everyone else, which was easier than I expected.

I'm fairly sure that this is either a castle, school, barracks, or monastery in Liberec, but I have to do some more research. If anyone can help me, I would be grateful.

This building on the right reminded me, of course, of the ornate Palac Adria in Prague, although this one is of course far less glamourous.

Like a number of Czech cities, Liberec has a tram system, and as on all of the systems, Tatras make up most of the fleet. #63 is a T3.

I like my Ikoflex, especially because of its defacto 50mp resolution, at least when it's used right. The name on the tram stop, while nevertheless unreadable, is Na rybníčku.

This is the most I can zoom in without getting too much grain, mostly from the scanner, though, and not the film. I'm concerned the film is another reason why that Na rybníčku sign is blurred, as it's Portra and not Velvia. Anyway, at least you get a better look at the tram, which is a Tatra T3, if I'm not mistaken, but equipped slightly differently from a Prague one.

Tesco's, or Tesco in the Czech Republic, is actually a British chain of department stores, although in Britain it's more of a supermarket than in the Czech Republic. The chain isn't entirely popular, perhaps simply due to its monopolizing the market in some peoples' opinion, but in spite of their being almost everywhere in the Czech Republic, the ones on Spalena in Prague, and here, in Liberec, are both well-known. This one was immortalized in the movie "Grand Hotel," although not of course as the hotel in question. The hotel used was actually the Hotel Jested, which is on Jested, a mountain overlooking Liberec.

The radnice, or city hall, in Liberec is one of the city's most notable landmarks, and frequently appears in encyclopedia entries and travel guides. Built in 1893, it looks a lot older, of course, as it isn't common to find something so recent that features so much detail. :-)

This church, Kostel Sv. Kříže (Church of the Holy Cross), is on a back street of Liberec. I don't know much about it, though.