The place server returns the following answer. It seems that requesting place details is not supported anymore on the server side. Alternatively the server API may have changed and the current way to obtain place details may be obsolete.

{
    status:400
    message:It is not permissible to use URL templating. Please follow the Places API Developer Guide: http://places.demo.api.here.com/places/static/doc/public/#topics/required-user-flow.html
}