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50.079151 14.43299 | 1 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… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 2 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… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 3 Prague's One World Film Festival promotes documentary filmmaking by inviting audiences of thousands to cinema screenings. With its current affairs topics it aims "to expose abuses, encourage… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 4 The Prague Half Marathon attracts major international athletes and is also open to amateur runners, although there is a three-hour time limit! The course is lined with groups of musicians and… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 5 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… |  |
50.081877 14.425273 | 6 The Days of European Film bring together the best of European and international feature films and shorts at Prague's Cinema Svetozor and Aero Cinema. Each year some 40 feature films and ten… |  |
50.088517 14.40481 | 7 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… | |
50.088517 14.40481 | 8 1 May is the unofficial lovers' day in the Czech Republic. Lusty couples kiss on Prague's Petrin Hill after placing flowers by the statue of Karel Hynek Macha, the 19th-century romantic poet… |  |
50.107015 14.434828 | 9 Professional stuntman from all over the world get together in Prague to show off their skills on two and 4 wheels. Speed, acrobatics and suspense thrill the audience for Crazy Day at the Tesla Arena. | |
50.080415 14.46629 | 10 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… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 11 The Prague Marathon starts and finishes in the old town square. Thousands of professional athletes and fun-runners from the Czech Republic and all over the world participate, cheered on by… |  |
50.102437 14.432741 | 12 BookWorld is a literary festival founded in 1995 and held at the Prague Exhibition Grounds. It gives the movers and shakers of the Czech literary scene a chance to meet foreign writers and… |  |
50.103961 14.488278 | 13 A spectacular dance and music phenomena, Sensation visits ten countries every year. The show returns to Prague's O2 Arena with the theme Ocean Of White. State-of-the-art lightshows, fireworks… |  |
50.062483 14.43047 | 14 The Khamoro World Roma Festival brings vibrant gypsy sounds and culture from around Europe to Prague Congress Centre and other selected venues in the Czech capital. Visitors can enjoy… |  |
50.74654 14.305148 | 15 The Czech Beer Festival gathers top and lesser-known national breweries to Prague's PVA Letňany Exhibition Centre. Each tent features its own entertainment stage and, from Pilsner to Budvar… |  |
50.079118 14.412873 | 16 A recent addition to the Prague cultural calendar, the Prague Food Festival celebrates local food and drink, prepared by some of the best chefs in the country. A daily selection of delicacies… |  |
50.079037 14.474424 | 17 On the anniversary of Kafka's death admirers from all over the world visit his burial place in Prague's New Jewish Cemetery. After paying their respects at grave number 21-14-33, people move… | |
50.080094 14.433115 | 18 Prague Spring International Music Festival This springtime music festival brings the world's best orchestras to Prague's State Opera House. Honouring Bedrich Smetana, father of Czech music, it opens on the anniversary of his death with… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 19 The World Festival of Puppet Art brings the finest international puppeteers to Prague to perform and compete for awards like Best Animation and Best Actor. Prague itself is well-known as the… |  |
50.0759 14.417792 | 20 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. It honours the Czech parachutists accountable for the assassination… | |
50.079008 14.425252 | 21 The Mystic Skate Cup in Prague is part of the World Cup Skateboarding, showcasing Vert and Street skaters from around the globe at the purpose-built Mystic Skatepark. With US$30,000 at stake… |  |
50.086888 14.426713 | 22 There are more than 1200 choreographies to catch at Prague's Theatre Broadway during the New Prague Dance Festival. Performances by some 470 groups range from classic and contemporary to… |  |
50.013894 14.389105 | 23 Locally known as Festival Benátská noc, Venetian Nights is an open-air festival celebrating Czech pop and rock music. It takes place in the town of in Malá Skála, roughly 65 kilometres from Prague. | |
50.090011 14.415352 | 24 Instrumentalists of a range of abilities come together on piano, strings, woodwinds, horn and marimba at Prague's annual summer Ameropa festival. Since 1994, the event has presented concerts… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 25 Summer Festivities of Early Music Music performances by leading international artists, many of which are world premieres, take on a baroque tone at Prague's Summer Festivities of Early Music. In the unique settings of Bohemian… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 26 A magnificent instrument, the French horn was praised by Mozart, who had a special affinity with it. The Prague Horn Festival is celebrated annually in the Bohemian capital, offering visitors… |  |
50.089772 14.396979 | 27 The Czech Republic's oldest and biggest open-air theatre festival, the Summer Shakespeare Festival hosts a series of plays, from comedies to tragedies. The performances and costumes are… |  |
50.080094 14.433115 | 28 Prague's Festival of Italian Operas was originally called the Verdi Festival and entirely dedicated to the works of the giant of 19th-century Italian opera. Today the festival at the State… |  |
50.090011 14.415352 | 29 The annual Dvorak's Prague Festival organises a series of concerts at Rudolfinum Concert Hall to honour Czech composer Antonín Dvorak. His music is celebrated alongside that of other… |  |
30 International Brass Band Festival This international festival of brass band music takes place in Vejvoda's birthplace, Zbraslav, a suburb of Prague. It was started in 1998 by the music publisher Zbraslav Cultural Association… | | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 31 The Prague Autumn Festival ends the string of major European summer festivals with a series of classical concerts by leading international orchestras and soloists. Although younger than its… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 32 Over 200 companies head to Prague to exhibit at Designblok. This Czech expo presents recent innovations in international and Czech interior design throughout the city's myriad of shops and… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 33 Four + Four Days in Motion is Prague's international theatre festival. It lives up to its name by treating audiences to eight days of performances, symposia, workshops and films. Each year an… | |
50.079118 14.412873 | 34 Founded in 1964, the ITF (International Television Festival) Golden Prague is a competitive annual event dedicated to dance and music on the small screen. An opening concert kick-starts the… | |
50.087753 14.40337 | 35 Prague's film students show off their creative celluloid wares at the FAMU Festival, held at the city's Academy of Performing Arts. Around 100 films, from the diminutive, at just three minutes… | |
50.080525 14.418911 | 36 Classical, jazz, world music and other genres cross over during the Strings of Autumn Festival. Guests can hear modern and authentic interpretations of traditional styles at concert halls… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 37 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… |  |
50.089596 14.433935 | 38 The renowned Archa Theatre and other venues in Prague host the original Festival Alternativa, a celebration of alternative and experimental music. Performers come from all around the world and… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 39 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… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 40 Prague International Jazz Festival Held since 1964, the Prague International Jazz Festival hosts performances at venues around town. In previous years the event has featured a galaxy of jazz giants including Don Cherry, Keith… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 41 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… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 42 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… |  |
50.079151 14.43299 | 43 Prague Winter Festival brings a varied programme of classical music, opera and ballet performances to this romantic city. It is held in Prague's finest theatres and concert halls, such as the… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 44 International Festival of Wind Orchestras Prague welcomes the new year with the International Festival of Wind Orchestras, an annual competition organised by OR-FEA for amateur orchestras from around the world. Orchestra types can… | |
50.081515 14.427007 | 45 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… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 46 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… | |
50.079151 14.43299 | 47 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… | |
50.090408 14.421181 | 48 The Jewish Museum is in Prague's Jewish area, known as Josefov in honour of Josef II issuing the Edict of Tolerance in 1781. The museum houses the largest collection of Bohemian and Moravian… |  |
50.087811 14.42046 | 49 Charles Bridge links the Old Town and Prague Castle to the Malá Strana or Lesser Town. It's part of the Royal Way from Staré Město to Malá Strana. Visit the new museum and savour a solitary… |  |
50.089772 14.396979 | 50 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… |  |
