Prague Christmas Markets Eight Things to Know 1) When Do the Markets Start and End The main Christmas holiday here is on December 24th. The first market to open is usually Námestí Míru (a month before the last advent Sunday i.e. last week of November), followed by Republic Square and Wenceslas Square. The Old Town … Read More
The Beautiful Prague Signal Light Festival The Prague Signal Light Festival is a collection of places that utilise both man made and natural features in the city for the purposes of displaying 20 or more artistic light exhibits. Sometimes the light is the art, sometimes the dark part is the art and often it’s the … Read More
Witches Night in Prague – Burn That Witch On April 30th every year we have Witches night and the star attraction is of course, the witch. If you’re English then you’ll know all about Guy Fawkes night when people create an effigy of the man himself (takes me back to when I was a kid … Read More
St Martins Festival in Prague St Martin’s Festival is technically a one-day event on November 11th but it does extend to the following weekend. Some festivals in wine-country i.e. Mikulov and major towns in Moravia, will be going for a week. It’s especially popular to visit the Moravian capital city, Brno, on this day as … Read More
Prague Bag Storage People staying in a hotel will often have access to a luggage room but people checking out early from apartments or day trippers to the city may want to dump their bags/bikes for the day or longer so here are a few ways you can do that. Note the terms “per commenced … Read More
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Beware Radioactive Wild Pigs – Bizarre Stuff If you are headed south from Prague down towards Cesky Krumlov and you’re thinking about trekking in the Sumava National Park or eating wild boar then it might surprise you to know that there’s a Radioactivity health warning attached. In 1986 the Ukrainian nuclear power station at Chernobyl … Read More
Prague Castle Gets a New Look I know that housing is an issue in any city but Prague Castle is blazing a trail and has unbelieveably allowed a 20 floor block of flats to be built within the Castle compound. Most of the flats are already allocated to servants of the current President Miloš Zeman. … Read More