Andel and Bertramka

Now we where heading to the Mozart Museum. It is situated in Bertramka, near Andel and Smíchov, and not far in the outskirts as we first thought. We took the metro to Andel and a musician guy wanted us to have his CD with a suspect cover. After I took it, he wanted a donation. I didn't want to give money to a sect, but I couldn't avoid it.

Zlaty Andel is an unusual modern glass building designed by Jean Nouvel in the district Andel. From there we took the tram to Bertramka.

Bertramka is the villa that is used as a Mozart Museum. Originally a farm from the 17th century, Mozart and his wife Constance lived here as guest to the composer Frantisek Dusek and his wife Josefina in 1787. Mozart composed the overture in the garden just few minutes before the premiere.

It felt like checking in to a 5 star hotel when arriving. The somewhat snobbish staff where waiting at the stairs and took care of our baggage.

Then we "checked in" to see the museum, only consisting of about 4 rooms with instruments and other other things that Mozart used.

There where also Nový Smíchov, a very large new shopping mall in 3 floors with a walkway to a hill that we came back to later, after the Mozart Museum. The 60 000 m² large complex boasts 150 stores (of which 10 large ones), a cinema compelx and a the hugh 3-story Carrefour hypermarket that we also visited.