![]() The song’s refrain (loosely translated) captures the dreadful excitement: “Okolo Hradce” is said to have originated around the time of the Battle of Králové of July 1866, a turning point in the Austro-Prussian War, in which half a million troops had amassed outside the city. One is red, another white, and the third blooms blue”– the colours of the Czech national flag. The 4-second Hradec Králové main station jingle comes from a traditional folk song, “Okolo Hradce”, which begins “Around Hradec, in a small garden, three roses grow. The jingle, along with many others, was withdrawn from service by the Railways Infrastructure Administration (SŽDC) in the name of “simplification, uniformity, the shortening of announcements of departures/arrivals, and gradual prioritization of the visual system”. 5529, direction Jičín, now arriving…”– This distinct main train station jingle and announcement by voiceover artist Václav Knop (more on him a bit later) sounded quite possibly for the last time in February. Photo: Filip Jandourek / Czech Radio “Hradec Králové main train station. ![]()
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