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International Festival of Advent & Christmas Music
Prague's International Festival of Advent & Christmas Music sees more than 60 choirs performing a series of concerts. It also bestows the Petr Eben Prize on the group who best performs a work…
On St Nicholas' Eve, 5 December, Santa Claus himself wanders the streets of Prague. Accompanied by an angel and a devil, he dispenses material justice to the city's children under their…
New Year's, known as St Sylvester's Day in the Czech Republic, is always an exciting time to be in Prague. Celebrations start simmering several days in advance and entail fireworks, classical…
Throughout December, Prague Christmas Market fills the Old Town Square, Wenceslas Square, Havelska Street and Namesti Republiky with music, traditional food, shopping stalls and children…
Anniversary of Jan Palach's Death
Prague marks the anniversary of the death of Jan Palach, the Czech student who set himself alight protesting against the 1969 Soviet invasion. People gather at Olsany Cemetery and Wenceslas…
Held throughout the city centre, Prague's Bohemian Carnival features more than allegorical costumes. Divided into four sections, the programme includes evening parties, art shows, food events…
Dancing the waltz is an essential skill to have in Prague. The Ball Season brightens up the dark winter nights at Prague's grandest venues, including the Lucerna Palace's Marble Hall. Expect…
Musica Sacra Prague Choir Competition
Part of the Musica Sacra Prague summer festival, international choirs hold competitive performances in the capital's churches and National House of Vinohrady. Choirs must perform sacred pieces…
Marking the end of winter, Witches' Night, or Paleni carodejnic, involves an effigy of a hag or witch burning on top of hills across the Czech Republic. In Prague the weird but compelling…
On VE Day Prague remembers the Soviet tanks liberating Czechoslovakia from German occupation on 9 May 1945, a day later than elsewhere in Europe. Today the Czech Republic still lays flowers on…
Prague's Khamoro World Roma Festival brings vibrant gypsy sounds and culture from around Europe to the Czech capital. Visitors can enjoy traditional and classical music, films, theatre…
Remembrance for the Assassins of Heydrich
The Remembrance for the Assassins of Heydrich involves an Orthodox Mass at Prague's Cathedral of Saints Cyril & Methodius, honouring the Czech parachutists accountable for the assassination of…
Prague's Jewish Museum, known as Josefov in honour of Josef II issuing the Edict of Tolerance in 1781, houses the largest collection of Bohemian and Moravian Jewish material in the world.…
Charles Bridge links the Old Town and Prague Castle to the Malá Strana or Lesser Town and is part of the Royal Way from Staré Mesto to Malá Strana. Visit the new museum and savour a solitary…
The heart of the city, Prague Castle is currently the seat of government but has housed kings and emperors. Don't miss St Vitus Cathedral, picturesque Golden Lane and the labyrinthine gardens…
One of Prague's most popular attractions, Wenceslas Square was laid out over 600 years ago to house the city's horse market. Nowadays it is lined with stores, restaurants and hotels and is…
The magnificent National Museum in Nové Mesto is famed for its exterior. However, the millions of exhibited artefacts include superb mineral, palaeontological and zoological finds and should…
Legendary location of the birth of the Czech nation, Vyehrad (high castle) is dominated by the twin gothic towers of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. Don't miss the cemetery with graves…
First they were vineyards, then Italian-style Renaissance gardens and after the 1648 Swedish incursions, Prague Castle's Palace Gardens changed again to take on a baroque air, complete with…
This is an appropriately unnerving museum dedicated to one of Prague's most famous sons. The Franz Kafka Museum in Malá Strana expounds one of the greatest writers of the 20th century and his…
