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Culture & Trends

The history, art and habits that explain why Prague looks and behaves the way it does.

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  1. 4 min readJewish Museum in Prague: a visitor's guideWhich synagogues and the old cemetery the museum runs in Josefov, what one ticket covers and the one famous synagogue it doesn't.
  2. 4 min readKája Saudek: the man who painted Czech comics in colourWhile communist Czechoslovakia frowned on comics, Kája Saudek drew them big, bold and in colour. Who he was, what to look for and how to find his work.
  3. 5 min readKarel Zeman and his Prague museum: where film magic was handmadeLong before CGI, one Czech film-maker built whole worlds from glass, paper and old engravings. Meet Karel Zeman, then try his tricks yourself in Malá Strana.
  4. 4 min readLearning Czech as an adult: five routes, and what each one costs youEveryone in Prague switches to English the moment you hesitate. That is your real obstacle. Here is how to build your own pressure and keep it going.
  5. 4 min readMikuláš night in Prague: why a devil and an angel come for the kidsOn 5 December a bishop, an angel and a chain-rattling devil quiz children on their year. Who they are, what happens, and where to catch them.
  6. 5 min readMiloš Forman: from Czech New Wave comedy to Amadeus and Cuckoo's NestHe left Prague after the tanks arrived, won two Best Director Oscars and came home to shoot Mozart in its streets. The Forman story, and where to start.
  7. 4 min readMuseums in Prague: how to chooseThe city's major museums sorted by interest and mood, so you pick the right one instead of the nearest one.
  8. 4 min readNational Gallery Prague: how the museum network worksWhy there is no single National Gallery building, which site holds which art, and how to plan a visit without wasted trips.
  9. 4 min readNational Museum in Prague: what to seeThe big building at the top of Wenceslas Square, its Pantheon, the bullet marks outside and the newer building next door.
  10. 4 min readNational Theatre in Prague: history and how to visitHow a theatre paid for by public collections burned down and was rebuilt, and how to see it inside or on stage.
  11. 4 min readOpera and ballet in Prague: how to attendWhich houses stage opera and ballet, how the season runs, how to book tickets and what to wear.
  12. 4 min readPrague cinemas showing films in English: dubbed, subtitled or originalCzech cinema listings hide the one thing you need: whether the film is dubbed. How to read them, and where to find screenings in the original language.
  13. 4 min readPrague for architecture lovers: a self-guided walk from Gothic to GehrySix centuries of building fit into one long walk, from a Gothic gate to a dancing glass tower. The route, the order that works and one house you must book.
  14. 4 min readPrague legends every visitor should knowSix stories attached to Prague landmarks, from Libuše's prophecy to the astronomical clock, and what is history versus legend.
  15. 6 min readPrague museums for less: free entry, reduced tickets and passesThe cheapest museum ticket in Prague is usually not on a pass. A guide to the discounts that exist, how to find the current ones and when a pass pays.
  16. 5 min readPrague's architecture styles explainedFrom a Romanesque rotunda to a Gehry building: a plain-English field guide to the styles you walk past, with one example of each.
  17. 4 min readSemtex: how a Czech plastic explosive got its name and a conventionBorn in a Pardubice-area chemical works in the 1960s, Semtex ended up in the news for the wrong reasons and changed international rules. The history, only.
  18. 4 min readStreet art and murals in PragueWhere public art lives in Prague: the Lennon Wall, David Černý's sculptures, and how to tell legal murals from vandalism.
  19. 4 min readThe Czech phrases that win Prague over in your first weekSay dobrý den before you point at the pastry. A short list of phrases, with sounds and traps, that turns a transaction into a conversation.
  20. 4 min readThe Golem legend: Prague's most famous mythThe clay giant, the rabbi and the attic: what the story says, where it came from and which Prague places are linked to it.
  21. 5 min readThe Prague Orloj: how the astronomical clock works and when to watchA skeleton rings a bell, twelve apostles shuffle past and a cockerel crows. Inside the 1410 clock on the Old Town Hall, and how to watch it without the scrum.
  22. 5 min readThe Prague Spring of 1968 explainedWhat the reforms were, why Moscow sent tanks, and where in Prague you can still see the traces.
  23. 4 min readThe Velvet Revolution: 42 days that ended communism in PragueFrom a police baton on Národní třída to Havel in the Castle in six weeks. What happened in November 1989, and the places in Prague where you can follow it.
  24. 4 min readVy or ty? How to pick the right Czech "you" and survive the switchCzech has two ways to say "you", and a mistake costs you a smile. Here is the logic, the verb forms, and the polite way to ask: Můžeme si tykat?