Christmas Gift Ideas 2007

Getting tense about presents? The Prague TV team has some suggestions that might make your shopping go more smoothly

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Billard - Centrum
Panská 8, Prague 1

Affiliated to the mega pool hall down the alleyway, this downtown store offers an amazing abundance of indoor sports and games gear. Specializing in pool tables and cues, Billard-Centrum also stocks darts equipment, table football (foosball) and table hockey games, juggling balls, chess and backgammon sets, board games, Frisbees, pétanque boules, and sundry other amusements.

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Czech Presents
Online Store

For authentic Czech gifts beyond the usual tourist tat, this new online shop is a perfect solution, both for friends here and for relatives back home. Czech Presents stocks jewelry, glass and porcelain in traditional and cool contemporary styles. There are also toys, games, books, CDs, DVDs, cosmetics, and a selection of wines and spirits. Worldwide delivery is available.

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FlamingoPark
Online Store

Looking for something unusual and fun to give this Christmas and don't want to pay an arm and a leg? This new concept store/e-shop offers unique, affordable gifts you won't find anywhere else. FlamingoPark's products are handpicked from around the world, and range from home décor, fashion and gifts, right through to design items and lifestyle products.

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JB Sport - Hokej Centrum
Dlážděná 3, Prague 1

Whether the hockey fan in your life spends more time with pucks or pints, this downtown shop could provide the perfect present. For the serious player, this is the place to stock up on sticks, skates, pads and the like, both for ice hockey and its inline incarnation. For fans, meanwhile, there's a range of replica jerseys and merchandise, for Czech and NHL teams.

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Motek
Palác Flóra, Vinohradská 151, Prague 2

This new shop offers a complete women's fashion range, together with a full maternity wear collection. It's a great place for maternity clothes, nursing bras, stockings and underwear. Motek's women's collection, available in almost all sizes (38-50), features great gift ideas for women who have difficulties finding modern, fashionable clothes in larger sizes. Gift vouchers, valued at 500 and 1,000 CZK, are also available.

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Něco Zažít

Něco Zažít's site offers a huge variety of unique and exciting experiences-as-gifts for friends, family, staff or even yourself! Gifts include massages, adrenalin-fuelled Humvee rides, S.W.A.T. training, snow-kiting, helicopter rides and much more. Businesses can build their own staff-incentive packages, and consumers can buy brilliant presents or treats for themselves.

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Pivní galerie
U průhonu 9, Prague 7

While Pilsner, Staropramen and Budvar dominate the Prague pub scene, Holešovice's "Beer Gallery" flies the flag for the Czech Republic's smaller brewers. Alongside a pub/restaurant, the Pivní galerie store stocks 180 beers from 34 different breweries. As well as individual bottles, the store also offers gift packs, presented in ribbon-topped baskets or traditional wooden carrying cases.

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Terry's Socks
Vodičkova 41, Prague 1

Named in honor of Terry Gilliam, who opened the store in 2005, Terry's Socks (Terryho ponožky) is focused on film and filmgoers. Located just a few steps from the Světozor cinema box office, the shop offers quality DVDs and videos from around the world, including many Czech and independent titles. The store also sells posters, magazines, festival catalogs, books on film, novels that inspired great films, and a wide variety of other movie merchandise.

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Vineyards Wine Importers
Online Store

Sourcing wines from French producers and selling directly to Czech customers, this small firm offers excellent vintages at very reasonable prices. As well as selling wine by the bottle, Vineyards also offers gift baskets, including a Christmas Hamper stuffed with four bottles, chocolates, shortbread biscuits and sundry other goodies. For orders over 1,000 CZK, delivery within Prague is free.

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