PARTYING BRITS TOLD TO CZECH OUT OF PRAGUE
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NORMAL People hunk Paul Mescal is snapped out with co-star and rumoured girlfriend India Mullen.
Paul showed off his muscular thighs in a pair of shorts as he grabbed a coffee with India, who plays Peggy in the raunchy drama.
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But there was no sign of the iconic chain his character Connell wore in scenes with on-screen lover Marianne, played by Daisy Edgarjones, below.
PRAGUE has declared war on boozy British stag dos after regaining control of the city… and now claims it wants to reinvent itself.
Czech officials don’t want drunk tourists to come back in their droves when travel restrictions ease.
Prague is the fourth most-visited city in Europe and receives nine million international guests a year – nearly seven times the local population. Many are attracted to the cheap booze and wild nightlife.
But locals in the party capital say they’re being pushed out of their homes by antisocial drunks.
Barbora Hrubá, of
Prague City Tourism, said:
“This is a great opportunity for us to restart tourism in the city differently.
“The residents have been complaining for a long time the city doesn’t belong to them any more.
“There are parks in
Prague where all of the infrastructure was designed with tourists in mind, rather than locals, and we need to change that.”
The Czech capital, dubbed the “City of a
Hundred Spires”, started to reopen bars, tourist sites and hotels late last month.
It is home to thousands of hospitality workers but nearly all work in its old town where the average tourist stays for 2.4 days.
A city official warned last year: “There will be harder treatment against tourists and more harsh action when they make noise.
“There are even voices calling for riot squads. If anyone is drunk they’ll be taken to alcohol stations and things could be really hard for them.”
Meanwhile, Gergely Karácsony, mayor of the Hungarian city Budapest, said: “We want to spread out the spots in the city that are touristically interesting.
“It shouldn’t only be bachelor parties and booze – we want to rebrand ourselves a bit.”