Category: Signage

Photo NuPoo fast-food takeaway

Clickbait / Food / Signage

8 February, 2021

Unfortunately Named Fast-Food Takeaway in Prague 10-Malešice: NuPoo

So much better than OldPoo.

Photo shows tree marked with upside-down cross

Czech Tourism / Environment / Leisure Time in the Czech Republic / Signage

28 October, 2020

Mysterious Tree Markings in Czech Forests

PraguePig.com readers probably already know about the Czech Republic’s network of colour-coded hiking paths. But what about those other markings you see painted on Czech trees?

Clickbait / Shopping / Signage / Social Media Posts

24 January, 2020

Photo: Brand synergy at the OC Sestka shopping centre, Prague 6-Ruzyne :-D (@jpstafford on Twitter) [Social Media Post]

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Detail from photo of map of psychiatric hospital in Prague 8-Bohnice, showing the word SEX

Clickbait / Health / Sex / Signage

10 January, 2020

Eye-catching Abbreviation on Map of Prague 8-Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital

Tender loving care and an excellent bedside manner.

More than a hundred Prague 3 residents petition district council to rename Konevova ulice; Zizkov street is named after Soviet military commander Ivan Stepanovich Konev, whose forces drove the Nazis from Prague but also suppressed 1956’s Hungarian Uprising (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Commies / History / Politics / Signage / Social Media Posts

22 July, 2019

More than a hundred Prague 3 residents petition district council to rename Konevova ulice; Zizkov street is named after Soviet military commander Ivan Stepanovich Konev, whose forces drove the Nazis from Prague but also suppressed 1956’s Hungarian Uprising (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Advertising / Clickbait / Food / Signage

11 July, 2019

Unfortunately Placed Funeral Service Advert in Prague 4-Chodov

PraguePig.com isn’t saying Czech food’s unhealthy but there’s now a funeral service ad above the entrance to Prague 4-Chodov’s legendary Pe-Pe jídelna.

Photo: The pictorial signs in the toilets at Pardubice airport are a little bizarre :-D (Vanessa Welsby Procházka on Facebook) [Social Media Post]

Aeroplanes / Local News / Signage / Social Media Posts / Toilets

7 June, 2019

Photo: The pictorial signs in the toilets at Pardubice airport are a little bizarre :-D (Vanessa Welsby Procházka on Facebook) [Social Media Post]

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Photo of shop called Woman Store in Prague 6-Dejvice

Shopping / Signage

4 March, 2019

Imaginatively Named Prague 6-Dejvice Clothes Shop: “Woman Store”

“Looking for a woman? Why not try…”

Photo: Eye-catching Msec, Central Bohemia filling station sign offers petrol, diesel and, er, Pilsner Urquell (Weird Things in Prague) [Social Media Post]

Driving / Pivo / Plugs & Ads / Signage / Social Media Posts

1 February, 2019

Photo: Eye-catching Msec, Central Bohemia filling station sign offers petrol, diesel and, er, Pilsner Urquell (Weird Things in Prague) [Social Media Post]

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“Intelligent, successful young man” using adverts on Prague metro to look for love; it’s not a marketing campaign or a joke, he tells Blesk [Social Media Post]

Advertising / Public Transport / Signage / Social Media Posts

21 January, 2019

“Intelligent, successful young man” using adverts on Prague metro to look for love; it’s not a marketing campaign or a joke, he tells Blesk [Social Media Post]

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