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Expat Pioneers

THINGS

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Ahoj, April!

Spring is finally here and here at the Resident we’re excited to welcome back the green into the greenest city in the world.

Our cover this month features photographer Musa Bektaş's project Filmed in Prague. Musa highlights the countless film, tv and ad productions that have been filmed in this beautiful city over the years. He takes pictures of the screenshotted scenes in front of the buildings and landmarks they were shot at.

We sat down with Glenn Spicker and Glen Emery, expat business owners who have been here since 1990-1. In the past thirty years they've been involved in an endless and impressive list

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of Prague's restaurants and night-life spots, from Emery's notorious Repre Club and Thirsty Dog pub to Spicker's late-night fast food empire Burrito Loco.

The two remembered how different Prague was in the 90s and how close-knit the much smaller expat community was.

We also met with the masterminds behind Prague's first and only lasagna restaurant, Lasagneria. Tired with office life, Italian Fabrizia Falchi quit her office job to bring the comfort food of lasagna to Prague. The Vinohrady restaurant offers authentic lasagna with pasta made from scratch right there in the restaurant.

Starting this month, each issue will have a

kids section with the best events for you and your children to enjoy all month. From Easter egg hunts and Easter lamb bakes at Creative World to interactive dance performances and watercolor workshops, April is full of lively springtime events.

Our goal with the Prague Resident is to tell the stories of the people, places and events that make Prague such an amazing city to live, work and play.

And we want you, our reader, to be a part of it. As we speak to you with each issue, we hope to hear from you once in a while as well. Your ideas, suggestions and inspirations are always welcome!

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José Carreras Friday, April 5| 8 PM One of the world's most famous tenors, Spaniard José Carreras joins the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. The concert will be conducted by Carreras's own nephew, David Giménez, who is an accomplished conductor in his own right. Carreras is most known for his performances of the operas Verdi and Puccini and his work in The Three Tenors, and has performed in the world's leading opera houses.

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Bob Dylan Sunday April 7 Tuesday April 9 | 8 PM American songwriter, author and artist famous for his protest songs in the 60s that made him a leading figure of the civil rights and anti-war movements of the time. He is known for his poetic style, almost spoken word, and gritty folk sound. In 2016 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his songwriting.

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Street Food Festival Sunday, April 14 Prague's eclectic Cross Club hosts some of the best street food vendors in the city. From burgers, pizzas and tacos to pho, galettes, falafel and pancakes, you'll find every kind of amazing food here.

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Eddie Izzard Thursday April 18 | 6:30 PM English actor and stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard brings his tour to Prague. His tours include venues like Madison Square Garden and The Hollywood Bowl. This time Eddie shares his surreal streams of consciousness, and touches on subject matters ranging from brexit and Trump all the way to talking dogs. For tickets visit GoOut.cz.

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Mint Market Friday, April 12 | 11 AM - 6 PM Saturday, April 13 | 10AM - 5 PM MINT market goes back to its roots at the Prague Market in Holešovice! MINT focuses on authentic and premiere independent fashion, design, and of course incredible food and drinks. Their markets specialize in quality products, including clothing, jewelry, handbags and other unique gifts.

There are also creative workshops for all ages, and dogs are welcome.

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Sergei Polunin: Satori Wednesday, April 17 - Sunday, April 21 8 PM International ballet superstar Sergei Polunin brings his show Satori to Prague this month. He is famous for being the youngest principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London and has won countless awards.

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Passenger Tuesday, April 14 | 8 PM English singer-songwriter and busker, Michael David Rosenberg, captivated the world with his hit single "Let Her Go" in 2012, rising to the top of charts world-wide. With a new album on the way, Passenger returns to Prague as part of a chamber tour.

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Hans Zimmer: Symphonic Celebration Sunday, April 14 | 8 PM Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner Hans Zimmer is one of the best-known and most influential film score composers of our time. This tour features his works arranged for a live symphony orchestar, with Zimmer acting as musical director and curator.

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GZA Tuesday, April 4| 8 PM Gary Grice, better known under the pseudonym GZA, or The Genius, is considered to be the spiritual head of the U.S. hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan. For tickets visit GoOut.cz.

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Timbalooloo Music Workshop with Oran Etkin April 2-3, 10-11| 4:30 PM Grammy-winning Israeli-American jazz musician Oran Etkin returns to the Czech Republic with four separate opportunities to join his Timbalooloo interactive workshop for children from 3 to 10 years old. The workshop encourages children to perceive music through their imagination, via fun games, stories and songs. Oran uses the simple joy of music to show that everyone can be a musician. No musical knowledge required.

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CirKuk April 6-7 | 10 AM - 5 PM A weekend of circus-related events and fun for babies and children aged 0 - 3 years. Enjoy the kids play area open all weekend, with lots of circus instruments to try out with the help of the Cirqueon team, including the ‘Microcosm Carpet’ a sensory play zone for babies and a village of tepees.

There is also a programme of ticketed events including Flea Circus and Baby Yoga.

Price: Entry to the play area 100Kč per child, 50Kč per adult for the day (reentry is permitted). Ticketed events cost extra.

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Easter Egg Hunt April 13 | 3 PM - 5 PM An annual event organised by Class Acts and the Girl Scouts, in the beautiful surroundings of Vyšehrad with games, creative workshops and a Spring quiz. The programme will end with egg hunting (around 4:30 PM; for children up to 7 years old) and treasure hunt (for kids aged 8+).

Price: 200Kč per family. Bring 5 chocolate eggs.

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Easter Baking & Creative Workshop April 18| 6 PM Bake your own traditional Czech Easter Lamb cake and decorate beautiful Easter eggs at this haven for arts and crafts in Holešovice. There’s also a play area for babies to explore and a café for parents to relax in while the kids play.

Price: Cake baking 159Kč, egg decorating 159Kč.

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Momo April 24| 9 AM & 11 AM Interactive dance performance by Czech choreographer Mirka Eliášová inspired by Michael Ende's book of the same name. Explores the concept of time, using interactions from the audience to inform and inspire the performance.

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Utubering Praha April 27| All Day The 5th edition of this huge annual celebration of all things Youtube! During the day-long outdoor festival, attendees can meet the stars of their favourite vlogging channels, attend seminars and workshops, and enjoy live performances from bands including Poetika, Like-it and Vojta D. Price: 450Kč standard ticket, 950Kč exclusive ticket (199Kč for a parent accompanying a child under 15) Language: Czech Age: Tweens and teens PVA Expo Praha Beranových 667, Prague 9

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Kids Kino: Wonder Park April 27| 2:30 PM Regular screenings of kids films in the original English version. This month it’s the turn of Wonder Park, a brand-new animated adventure starring the voices of Mila Kunis, Jennifer Garner and John Oliver.

Limited capacity so advance booking is recommended.

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Run for Prague Zoo April 27| From 12 PM An annual fundraising event in aid of the Prague Zoo’s ‘Pomáháme jim přežít’ (We Help Them Survive’ project to protect endangered species.

There’s a 5km and 10km run for adults, and 300m, 600m and 1km races for kids from 6 – 12 years. Advance registration is required for adults, but kids can register on the day.

Price: 250Kč without T-shirt, 500Kč with T-shirt. Hands in your old phone at the start, and receive a memento gift.

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ˇ Carodejnice April 30 What began as an ancient local tradition of warding-off the winter spirits with a bonfire is now a full-blown festival in some parts of the city, with live music, costumes, kids’ entertainment and of course the obligatory huge fire and burning effigy of a witch. The Ladronka event tends to offer one of the most extravagant programmes. It begins at 2 PM and is free to attend. If you fancy a gentler version, check out the Žižkov event at Pražačka Camp which includes theatre for kids, sausage roasting, ‘witchshops’ and a concert by Olga Lounová. There are also similar events in Malá Strana, Pankrác, Žluté lázně and Prosek.

Watercolor Workshop April 28| 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Regular fun workshops for kids aged 6 and over, run by the Prague Lettering team who also hold monthly workshops and classes for adults. Kids can learn some basic watercolour techniques as well as some beginners lettering strokes. Limited to 6 participants. Reserve a spot: info@pragueletteringshop.com Price: 500Kč per child Language: English Age: 6+ Polska 54, Prague 2

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Glen Emery and Glenn Spicker

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Harrowing stories of the 90's and drinks with Glen Emery & Glenn Spicker It’s not a far stretch to say expat business owners Glenn Spicker and Glen Emery have been here since the start. In fact, the two long-time friends and sometimes friendly business rivals arrived in Prague just after the Velvet Revolution and before the formation of the Czech Republic. Both in their 20’s, Spicker came from the US, and Emery from Canada (although he had lived in Slovakia as a child).

In the nearly thirty years since, between them, the two have built a seemingly endless and impressive list of involvement in many of the hottest Prague night spots, essentially making them the godfathers of the expat scene.

The two recall meeting in 1991, when Emery was setting up Jo’s Bar and Spicker had just arrived and decided to open his own place (which became the restaurant Red Hot and Blues). A contact at the U.S. Embassy directed Spicker to talk to “the Canadian dude opening a bar around the corner.”

“I was already in Europe traveling around... living in Germany going to school. That’s when the wall came down so I had an opportunity to come

here just as a tourist,” says Spicker. “I realized there was a lot of opportunity and fell in love with Prague.

And realized this is a lot more fun than Germany so, went back there and packed up.”

“When I opened my first bar that was the only bar in town basically, other than the Czech pubs,” says Emery. “When I was just setting up... everyone was visiting, coming in. I had a lot of these chancellor dudes who’d come in and say ‘well hypothetically, if a guy was trying to do the same thing, what exactly would that person have to do?’ and I said ‘well, hypothetically, if it was you,’ I would tell that person to go find a f****** lawyer, talk to you later,” laughs Emery. “And then Glenn came in one day and he goes, ‘I want to open a bar I want to do this, can you help me out?’ He was the first guy sorta shooting straight, so I said come on and we became friends.”

“It was a pretty small community at the time,” says Spicker. “He was the first guy who opened up something, so we were pretty early there. It was before Radost opened, before Italian guys were here opening pizza places, it was before everybody,

really.”

Before the 90s expats opened bars and restaurants, there were only Czech pubs and places offering the classic Czech food of meat and potatoes, a result of the decades under the communist regime. The non-Czech places were so rare Emery and Spicker can remember their exact locations.

“There were a few non-Czech places... There was the Indian restaurant on Wenceslas Square. It was a bunch of fat Czech guys making Indian food, no spices - they made good naan bread though!” laughs Emery, with Spicker agreeing that he used to go there. “There were chinese restaurants also run

by Czech guys, but then there was a Vietnamese cultural center that always had food right next to Kogo. We used to go in there and get bowls of soup.”

They remember how the Vietnamese population was already significant then, after Vietnamese had been invited to study or work in the country by the Czechoslovak government during the communist regime.

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Glen Emery models a Budweiser in the mid-90's.

“So when the wall came down they all set up shop, Chinese restaurants,” says Emery. “I used to go to this Chinese wholesaler market and there was this little old lady selling Pho out of the backseat of a Škoda, she was this really small lady with a heater right there just cooking away!”

“I kept saying why don’t you open up one of these downtown cause all the foreigners everyone would go crazy for this pho ya know,” says Emery.

“And then finally someone did it and then BANG it just went like overnight. And then every single Chinese restaurant turned into a Vietnamese restaurant.”

“Hundreds, hundreds,” Spicker adds.

The expat community was incredibly small then.

Everyone knew each other, or knew someone who knew someone, and the night life was roaring with legendary places like the Bunker and Emery’s bars, Repre Club, in the basement of the Municipal House, and the Thirsty Dog pub, famously written about by Nick Cave and visited by poet Allen Ginsberg.

“I would be setting Red Hot and Blues up over here in New Town doing whatever on this side of the water, walk over the bridge, go to Jo’s bar and watch these guys finish up before they opened,” says Spicker. “Once they opened I’d go over and have a beer and then I’d jog home or something stupid. I was so young I could party and then run home to Prague 6.”

Spicker remembers how a friend couldn’t find him for a while and got fed up, calling the states from a payphone trying to find out where he was.

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phone booth if he knew where Spicker was, and he was like “oh yah!” - The community was so small you simply had to ask a random person at the phone booth and they’d know how to find someone.

On top of being a much smaller community, there were no study abroad programs or stag do parties bringing obnoxious groups of young drunk people to the city.

“So back in the day, there were a lot more interesting, more intrepid travelers, more sort of crazy people,” says Emery. “The fact that there was no American Express and no banks, etc... it was still more dangerous, kinda dodgy. It was on the FBI ‘maybe you shouldn’t go’ list, ya know, all those things cause it didn’t have all the amenities. So that was a good filter for filtering out all the jocks. It was

just wild and crazy people here. Real assortment.”

The people weren’t the only thing different then.

“It was pre-mortgages, pre-payment programs, before GQ and Cosmopolitan and Elle came in,” says Emery. “So all these sort of societal changes hadn’t taken place yet so it was completely weird. For us to come in here, ya know. Women didn’t shave their legs or underarms, the trams smelled like low tide all the time, nobody wore deodorant… you should have seen it back in the day holy smokes it was rough as a dog’s breakfast on those trams like whooooa.”

“It was definitely really raw, and things weren’t open,” says Spicker. “There were no restaurants no bars… Restaurants where all the windows were blocked, ya know, colored off, colored glass, you couldn’t see in.”

“No McDonald’s, nowhere to get money, the crown was inconvertible you had to change money on the black market,” says Emery. “There were two rates for the currency, there was the bank rate and then the street rate. Couldn’t get stuff done, there were no washing machines, you had to actually get a girlfriend to get your laundry done.”

Now, it’s a little different. Greasy American chains are abundant and an ATM can be found on every block. Expats don’t know every other expat in the business and you don’t have to be massively adventurous to settle in here.

“There’s a lot of people we don’t know,” says Emery. “I always run into people who have been here for years and they’re doing restaurants and stuff and I’ve never heard of them or seen them before.”

“Now you meet people and have no idea who they are,” says Spicker. “But that’s good too though!”

The abundance of tourists Prague now attracts has made locals less welcoming than they were in the 90s. When the country first opened after the revolution, foreigners were an intriguing reprieve from the monotony of communism and brought exciting stories of the newly-reachable West.

“Most Czechs hadn’t traveled and hadn’t met people, and we were exotic, so we were invited into their homes, to meet their family and told about the past,” says Spicker. “Doesn’t happen now, tourists

Emery's Jo's Bar back in the 90's.

are everywhere, they’ve traveled, they have money now, so. It’s much more like traveling in the west now, than it was back then. Like [Emery] said we weeded out a lot of people that just never would have come here back then. [Czechs] were tolerant people, they mixed well with us. They loved having us around! Not so much anymore.”

Ways of running a business have also changed, especially since the police are much more diligent now compared to the years after the revolution.

“The cops kinda went underground, the cops who basically supported the regime, so right after the revolution happened they went missing, they sort of disappeared for a while,” says Emery. “So it was a bit anarchic on the streets and lots of weird stuff happening. You saw [cops] around a bit but they kept a low profile. Now they’re back up to full strength. Especially at my bar, [Bukowski’s] they busted me last week. They came into my bar seven times in six days after finding out people were smoking in the back room.”

“That’s true, I never thought of it like that but they were definitely keeping a low profile,” agrees Spicker. “But they were also celebrating. There was a revolution, people were having fun. They weren’t working and either didn’t take their jobs seriously or weren’t working that hard. You just didn’t have stuff like 20-year-old consultants for T-mobile. It was just more like regular businesses that were starting up, there was a lot of opportunity, just not so corporate.”

Besides more aggressive regulation, running a business has gotten more challenging since there’s much more competition than there used to be.

“There was this nice period there where we had the experience, we knew the ropes, and the competition wasn’t global and big money, so there were some good years - which wasn’t actually that long ago,” says Spicker. “But now, it’s definitely harder, or at least I find it that way. Even five years ago - Burrito Loco people would come from miles to go to the first Burrito Loco, now it’s like whatever, they’ve got everything everywhere, they don’t have to come to Burrito Loco. That’s just five years.”

Emery agrees, but adds that it’s gotten “easier administratively” since clearer processes have been put in place and somewhat normalized.

Although Prague’s popularity has exploded in the past decade, the small community feel from the early expats hasn’t faded away. Emery and Spicker often break off into tangent conversations about mutual friends, discussing where friends are living and what they’re up to, and how they randomly ran into so-and-so at this place the other night.

A couple of friends - “two more insane people” coincidentally come into the restaurant and join the conversation for a while; Doug, one of the first early expats himself, and Kenny, who’s “only been here 10-12 years” - a newcomer by Spicker and Emery’s terms.

They also talk about everything happening in the bar and restaurant world, from changing ownership and ending leases, to the biggest successes and failures of the last couple decades.

Countless business ventures have popped up and faded away since Emery and Spicker moved

Glenn Spicker out on the town "back in the day".

here, but the two still refer to places as if they’re giving directions in a small town: “You know on the Petřín side of the hill? Just past the grow shop.

There was a club there with an airplane thing…” or “I forget the name but you go in this one place and then out this other and then...”

Emery and Spicker’s businesses have come and gone as well, ranging from laundromats and bars to restaurants and museums. Currently Emery owns Bukowski’s, everyone’s favorite hipster hangout for cocktails in Žižkov, Elbow Room, a more luxurious version of Bukowski’s in Letná, and Frankie’s, the only place in town that features specialty beer from northern Bavaria on tap all year.

“I moved out of the center a long time ago and where I used to live, there was great little cocktail bar that I used to go to called Hapu,” says Emery. “It was on a little side street in a residential building and I realized, cause after a while you’re living in the center and I lived in the center for 20 years, and then you find the city getting tired with all the tourists and all the shit… I used to go to… Hapu bar and was like ‘oh shit, this is a perfect idea.’ And I always wanted to open a place on Bořivojova around Žižkov there cause it’s a cool neighborhood, so I finally did.

Spicker on the other hand has stuck mainly with food: Burrito Loco provides sustenance to the many, many apres-party crowd in the early morning hours, Bohemia Bagel brings the classic American food to Central Europe and the legendary U Malého Glena (literally, “At Little Glen’s”) has hosted the best local jazz musicians for the past 25 years and serves a mix of Tex-Mex and American foods. Spicker is set to open a new restaurant this month called Cali Brothers, featuring aged steak and fresh mussels.

Neither thought they were moving to Prague for good. Emery even packed it up and went back to Vancouver for a few months in 2002, but the city and its never-fading charm always brings him back.

They don’t seem to be slowing down any time soon.

“Friends complaining in their thirties, friends complaining in their forties, ‘ahhh yah i’m slowing down I can’t do it I’ll have a hangover for three days’,” laughs Spicker. “And I’m like, I’m fine!”

So how have the Glen(n)s accomplished all this in the past thirty years?

“I’ll give you advice,” laughs Emery. “From Bukowski - don’t try.”

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Stumbling Stones

Subtle memorials remind us of a darker time

By OLIVIA POTENZIANO

While exploring the winding streets of Old Town, you may come across a little brass plate with a name on it, standing out against the grey, brown and red same sized cobblestones that surround it.

German artist and creator Gunter Demnig crafted and placed each of these brass "stumbling stones" in rememberence of victims of the Nazi regime. Since 1996, Demnig has placed over 70,000 stumbling stones (translated to Stolpersteines in German) in over 1,200 European cities, making it the largest decentralized monument in the world.

There are over 300 Stolpersteines in Prague alone. Each stone is strategically placed outside the last place the victims lived voluntarily before being taken from their homes by the Nazis. The stones begin with, “Here lived…” followed by the victims name, date of birth and the fate of the victim, which range from deported to exiled, suicide and murdered.

Demnig creates the stumbling stones not only for Jewish people but for anyone whose life was irreversibly changed by the Nazis, including minority groups such as Roma and Sinti, gay people and anyone labeled “asocial” by the regime. A stone can be created for a person who fled Europe and survived, or was deported but able to escape.

These stones are made to create a historical monument that is unavoidably present in your everyday life. One moment you’re walking along admiring a cobblestone street in Prague and the next you’re looking down at a place where a person’s life changed.

“You make a decision to visit a Holocaust memorial...it remains abstract… But not with the stumbling blocks,” Demnig said in an interview with NPR. “Suddenly they are there, right outside your front door, at your feet, in front of you.”

The stones have not been met without controversy. Demnig laid some of the first stones

in Berlin illegally, and some cities have opted not to allow him to place Stolpersteine there. Munich, for example, claimed it was disrespectful to put the stones on the ground where they would be walked upon.

Demnig’s creation of the stumbling stones are paid for by private funding and donations. Once the project became more well known, people from all over the continent contacted him to create a stone for a family member or loved one that was a victim to the Nazis. From the Netherlands to Italy, the requests for these stones became so high that the artists of the Stolpersteine no longer had to search for victims

to make stones for.

There were so many stones to lay that Demnig quickly ran out of time to both create the stones and travel to the cities where they are laid. Sculptor Michael Friedrichs-Friedländer then joined the project, aiding Demnig by handling the creation of the stones.

You can stumble across a few stones yourself just by walking around Prague, or you can join one of the many guided tours where locals will direct you to the Stolpersteine on the streets. As you follow the tour around Prague’s Josefov district, passing by Kafka’s childhood home and Jewish synagogues, you will find many of the stones scattered throughout the area, sharing the various stories of the victims who used to live there.

“Everytime I give a tour I do mention the Stolpersteine and this history behind it,” says Eva Illnerová, a tour guide in Prague. “The stones are a symbolic memorial to those who have no graves anywhere else. I hope that one day it will be more common for people to pay attention to detail and notice the stones on their own.”

Besides just keeping an eye out as you walk around the beautiful city center, you can also use a map to search for specific locations of the stones and where specific names are laid. Other cities, such as Berlin and Budapest, offer tours and similar websites to find the Stolpersteine. You can also find a calendar of Demnig’s Stolpersteine laying ceremonies for the rest of 2019 at stolpersteine.eu.

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Wild Wild Life

Firearms, drugs and animals dominate this month’s round-up of offbeat Czech news, exclusively corralled for Prague Resident by PraguePig.com editor Sam Beckwith man with a shotgun opened fire from his balcony on Rostovská street, Prague 10-Vršovice, injuring three people.

Allergic to Marijuana

For obvious reasons, news items involving pigs are a PraguePig.com favorite, and TV Nova sniffed out a winner recently: a hog-themed story with a twist in the tail.

On March 11, Nova’s Televizní noviny reported how a miniature pig dumped in a Pardubice waste container had only avoided death thanks to an anonymous emergency caller.

“We opened it and there, wrapped in a blanket, was a little pig,” the female caller explains to the police dispatcher, in a recording of the conversation.

“We have no idea what to do with it. We’re totally distraught … We were afraid that there was a baby in there.”

Two days later, however, Nova revealed that the woman who phoned the police was, in fact, the pig’s owner’s sister. Having received “Peggy” as a gift, the owner put the unwanted porker in the dumpster then persuaded her sister to call the cops.

The sisters could now face a fine of up to 10,000 crowns for wasting police time. Peggy, meanwhile, has a new home, with a family in Hradec Králové.

Peggy wasn’t the only animal in the Czech news.

On March 5, Zděchov, a village in the Zlín Region, received international media coverage when local man Michal Prášek was killed by “Fufík”, a pet lion he kept in his backyard. (PraguePig.

com was amused to see Zděchov Mayor Tomáš Kocourek—whose name translates as “Tom Little Tomcat”— quoted in stories about the incident.)

And on March 9, Facebook user called Ondra Krobot shot some remarkable video of a wild bear running down a road in the Beskydy mountains, not far from Visalaje in the Moravian-Silesian Region.

Shooting in a hospital In a city where gun crime is rare, Praguers were shocked by three high-profile shooting incidents in March, two on the same night.

On March 4, cops on Kamenická street, Prague 7, opened fire on a Range Rover with Ukrainian plates, disabling the vehicle after the driver tried to speed away. Novinky.cz reported that the driver, a “foreign national suspected of a violent crime,” and his female passenger were both arrested.

Five days later, in a bizarre incident at Prague 10’s Královské Vinohrady teaching hospital, a 74-year-old man being treated in the hematology department shot two other patients with a gun he’d smuggled into the building. One of the victims later died as a result of the incident; the other suffered only minor injuries.

Not far away, at around the same time, a drunk

Two unusual Moravian drug gangs also made the headlines.

In a March 12 press release, the police’s national anti-drug headquarters (NPC) revealed how they’d broken up a ring that sold Czech-grown marijuana to more than 75 countries worldwide.

The police contrasted the “non-technical” nature of the weed, which was grown outdoors at more than 11 locations in the South Moravia, Vysočina and Moravian-Silesian Regions, with the highly sophisticated way it was sold. The gang, who also sold cocaine, used at least 14 different online marketplaces to sell their goods, and received payment in a variety of cryptocurrencies. Seven people, aged between 28 and 72, were arrested as part of the operation, codenamed “Carlos”.

Operation Carlos followed a raid on another ambitious Moravian grow op, this time based in Ivančice, South Moravia, which, according to Blesk. cz, was run by a man with a marijuana allergy.

The month also saw a major development in a long-running tabloid saga, when a Pakistani court sentenced 22-year-old Czech national Tereza Hlůšková to eight years and eight months in prison for heroin-smuggling. The sometime model was expected to appeal the decision, which isn’t yet final.

Drive Blind Finally, a story guaranteed to give some expats sleepless nights. Nova reported on March 19 that the Czech driving schools association (Asociace autoškol) was aware of a scam that allows foreign driving-test applicants to cheat on the test‘s theory section. According to the association’s Aleš Horčička, non-Czech-speakers are being fed the correct answers to the notoriously difficult quiz by their interpreters rather than learning the Czech highway code off by heart. Rather sensibly, Horčička suggests translating the theory test into a range of foreign languages, removing the need for interpreters—a move the Transport Ministry says is too expensive.

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Are there places we missed? We'd love to hear about it! Email us at editor@pragueresident.com

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Vinohrady, Vršovice & Žižkov Bad Jeff’s

American BBQ

Americká 32, Prague 2

badjeffs.cz Classic American barbecue, mac and cheese, burgers and fries.

T: Náměstí Míru LD

BLUE WAGON European

Uruguayská 19, Prague 2

bluewagon.cz Bright and airy, upscale modern European restaurant perfect for a romantic evening, elegant party or a more budget-friendly daily lunch.

T: Náměstí Míru M: (A) Náměstí Míru LD   

Café a knihkupectví Fra Literary Café & Bar

Šafaříkova 15, Prague 2

fra.cz Cozy café, bookshop and bar with good coffee, pastries, beer and wine. Try their special raspberry beer and listen to a poetry reading.

T: I.P. Pavlova LD   

Café Pavlač Czech

V. Nejedlého 23, Prague 3

cafepavlac.cz Family café that’s connected to the gallery next door. Nice daily lunch menus, plus burgers and a range of breakfast options, including waffles.

Drinks and hearty dinners in the evening.

T: Husinecká BLD   

Cafefin

Vietnamese

Nám. Jiřího z Poděbrad 4, Prague 2 cafefinvpraze.com Trendy café with delicious instagramworthy toasts.

T: Jiřího z Poděbrad M: (A) JZP BLD 

Coffee Room

Kavárna Pražírna Café & Bar

Lublaňská 50, Prague 2

kavarnaprazirna.cz Pražírna roasts their beans right in the café – no thrills, no fuss, just good specialty coffee. Breakfast in the mornings, soups and sandwiches throughout the day.

T: I.P. Pavlova M: I.P. Pavlova BL  

Kavárna Zanzibar Café & Bar

Americká 15, Prague 2

kavarnazanzibar.cz Quality coffee and wines paired with international and Czech cuisines, all from fresh ingredients.

T: Nám. Míru, Zvonařka, Jana Masaryka BLD  

La Bohème Café Café

Sázavská 32, Prague 2

labohemecafe.eu Coffee roastery and tea shop serving up unusual drinks like espresso with bitter lemon tonic or cherry juice and rosemary, plus cakes and sandwiches.

T: Šumavská, Náměstí Míru 

Las Adelitas Mexican

Americká 8, Prague 2 Lucemburská 6, Prague 3

lasadelitas.cz Authentic Mexican food, Las Adelitas is owned by four Mexican friends who brought a menu of family recipes to the Czech Republic. Oh, and the drinks?

Margarita heaven. Four locations.

T: Jana Masaryka LD 

Lasagneria Lasagna

Korunní 35, Prague 2

lasagneria.cz Italian-owned restaurant with all the lasagna you could ever want, from Bolognese and piccante to specialties like pumpkin or salmon and asparagus.

T: Šumavská LD 

Café

Momoichi

coffeeroom.cz Tiny neighborhood spot with gourmet coffee, home-made pastries and fresh breakfasts served until noon.

T: Vinohradská vodárna BL  

Římská 35, Prague 2

Korunní 74, Prague 10

Japanese Bistro

momoichi.cz Beautiful Japanese dishes paired with specialty coffee, teas, wine and cocktails.

T: Náměstí Míru BLD  

The Craft

Mezi Srnky

Náměstí Míru 4, Prague 2

Sázavská 19, Prague 2

Burgers, American

thecraft.cz Burgers, wings and a rotating selection of six beers on tap in a trendy space.

T: Náměstí Míru M: Náměstí Míru LD 

Dish Fine Burgers Burgers

Římská 29, Prague 2

dish.cz Comfort food and delicious burgers. Be sure to make a reservation!

T: Náměstí Míru LD 

Café

mezisrnky.cz Small café with all-day brunch and gorgeous dishes made from only fresh ingredients. Meaning “Among the Deer,” the entirely open concept makes you feel as though you’re at a friend’s.

T: Šumavská, Náměstí Míru BL 

Marthy's Kitchen Bistro

Francouzská 13, Prague 2

marthyskitchen.cz Rustic bistro with excellent Frenchinspired brunches. Often hard to get a table for breakfast or lunch, but the food speaks for itself.

B Breakfast | L Lunch | D Dinner

T: Jana Masaryka BLD  

Monolok cafe Café & Bar

Moravská 18, Prague 2

monolok.cz Bright, minimalistic interior that complements the all-day breakfast and coffee from local roastery, Coffee Source. Don’t miss the crunchy waffles and fresh sandwiches.

T: Šumavská, Jana Masaryka BL  

Pivo a párek Bar

Bořivojova 58, Prague 3 Korunní 105, Prague 3

pivoaparek.cz Pivo a párek takes the perks of Czech beer culture into the modern day with rotating local craft brews. Pair your pint with a quality párek (Czech hotdog).

T: Lipanská, Perunova D

Peter’s Apartment Café, Cocktails

Slavíkova 24, Prague 3

petersapartment.cz The perfect stop for a light bite after a walk through Riegrovy Sady. Features breakfast until 2 PM and coffee from local roasters, plus wine and classic cocktails in the evenings.

T: Husinecká BLD  

Prádelna Café Café & Bar

Slavíkova 21, Prague 2

pradelna-cafe.cz Casual, friendly café serving healthy breakfasts, lunch plates and panini. The café boasts a unique selection of hot and cold cocktails, and homemade ice cream.

T: Husinecká BLD

Sova

Affordable upscale

Balbínova 4, Prague 2

rest-sova.cz Their award winning chef creates affordable dishes with a mission to bring Michelin quality food to everyone. These beautiful dishes are generous in size while still kind on the wallet.

T: I.P. Pavlova LD  

WingHaus Amazing burgers with a broader menu of American classics and an extensive cocktail selection.

T: Husinecká LD  

Vinohradský Pivovar Brewery, Czech

Korunní 106, Prague 10

vinohradskypivovar.cz Recently named one of Prague’s best breweries by The Guardian. Rotating seasonal menu of Czech specialties paired with some of the best unfiltered beer brewed in Prague.

T: Perunova, Orionka LD 

WingHaus Wings

Vinohradská 32, Prague 2 Cimburkova 10, Prague 3

winghaus.cz From sweet to spicy and flavors like Mango Habanero and Sriracha BBQ, this place hits the spot every time. Brand new sports bar location in Žižkov!

T: Náměstí Míru, Husinecká LD

Café Jen Café

Kodaňská 37, Prague 10

Spižírna 1902

cafejen.cz Amazing coffee, big breakfasts and toasts, homemade cakes all in a welcoming, familial atmosphere.

T: Ruská BL   

Korunní 86, Prague 10

Café V lese

Café & Bistro

spizirna1902.cz Gorgeous café with weekly menus and amazing coffee.

T: Perunova BLD  

Sweet & Pepper Days Bistro

Anglická 19, Prague 2

sweetandpepperdays.cz Cozy vintage bistro with delicious daily specials ranging from Middle Eastern and Mexican to American diner.

T: Náměstí Míru BLD 

The Tavern

Burgers, American

Chopinova 26, Prague 2 thetavern.cz

Café & Bar

Krymská 12, Prague 10

cafevlese.cz Meaning “Café in the Woods,” this eclectic venue is a coffee shop by day and a bar by night, with events in the basement ranging from concerts and plays to talks and improv.

T: Krymská 

Jam and Co. Asian Fusion

Krymská 1, Prague 10

jamandco.cz We say fusion, we mean fusion - like sweet potato fries and pork buns.

T: Krymská LD   

Na břehu Rhôny Wine Bar

Francouzská 84, Prague 10

nabrehurhony.cz Na břehu Rhôny is one of our favorite wine destinations. Pour your own French wines plus delicious food platters and sandwiches. Locations in Karlín, Dejvice and New Town as well.

T: Krymská

Plevel

Vegetarian

Krymská 2, Prague 10

restauraceplevel.cz Raw vegan restaurant with favorite local microbrewery Polička on tap. Literally meaning “Weeds,” this was one of Prague’s first vegetarian restaurants.

T: Krymská LD  

Patra Bar

Krymská 17, Prague 10

patrakrymska.cz Rotating craft beer on tap paired with light, healthy plates. The bar is owned by the founders of the Mezipatra Queer Film Festival and also hosts an art gallery upstairs and various cultural events.

T: Krymská D

Restaurace Satsang Vegetarian

Krymská 24, Prague 10

Café Sladkovský

Cozy brick walls line this stylish vegetarian restaurant with offerings ranging from American-style pancakes to delicious quinoa salads, plus an extensive selection of natural wines.

T: Ruská BLD

Sevastopolská 17, Prague 10

Zlý časy

International, Bar

cafesladkovsky.cz Known colloquially as Sladkáč.

Bohemian vibe with good local beers, wine and an international menu featuring beloved cheeseburgers.

T: Krymská BLD    

Brewpub

Čestmírova 5, Prague 4

zlycasy.eu Mother of all craft beer bars. Three floors, plus pub food.

T: Náměstí Bratří Synků, Otakarova 

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Karlín Café Frida Bistro

Karlínské náměstí 11, Prague 8

cafefrida.cz Burgers and Mexican-inspired cuisine, artsy atmosphere for a late-night beer.

T: Karlínské náměstí M: (B) Křižíkova BLD  

Deli Shop Wine Bar

Křižíkova 66, Prague 8

deli-shop.cz Wine, high quality meats and cheeses and sandwiches.

T: Urxova M: (B) Křižíkova 

Dva kohouti Brewery

Sokolovská 55, Prague 8

dvakohouti.cz The man behind the Matuška microbrewery and Lokál's brewmaster teamed up for this brand new hangout spot focusing on pouring craft beers right - not a common skill in Prague.

T: Karlínské náměstí M: (B) Křižíkova

Eska

Bakery, Czech

Pernerova 49, Prague 8

eska.ambi.cz Bib-winning bakery and restaurant, Eska’s contemporary atmosphere is a destination in itself. Specialty coffee paired with freshly baked breads, homemade soups and seasonal dishes.

Luxurious dinners in the evening.

M: (B) Křižíkova BLD 

Garage Canadian

Křižíkova 58, Prague 8

poutine.cz Canadian deli serving Poutine – a hearty meal of meat, cheese curds, gravy and fries. The best guilty pleasure for lunch or a dinner on the go.

T: Urxova M: (B) Křižíkova LD

Grils Bistro

U Nádražní lávky 2, Prague 8

grilskarlin.cz The place for delicious rotisserie chicken.

T: Karlínské náměstí M: (B) Křižíkova LD

Kasárna Karlín Café & Bar

Prvního pluku 2, Prague 8

kasarnakarlin.cz Cultural space that ranges from an art gallery and cinema to a volleyball court.

Grab a beer from a drink stand carved out of a tree and hang out in the repurposed courtyard of the old army barracks.

M: (B, C) Florenc 

mamacoffee Café

Sokolovksá 85, Prague 8

mamacoffee.cz One of the first specialty coffee shops in Prague, mamacoffee now has four locations in Prague. On top of fair trade roasted coffee, their bakery supplies the cafés with all fresh, naturally produced bread, pastries and meals.

T: Křižíkova M: (B) Křižíkova BL  

Můj šálek kávy Café

Křižíkova 105, Prague 8

mujsalekkavy.cz Locally renowned roastery DoubleShot’s first café lives up to the hype – friendly service, solid breakfast and one of the best cups of coffee in the city.

T: Urxova M: (B) Křižíkova BLD  

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Nejen Bistro Bistro

Křižíkova 24, Prague 8

nejenbistro.cz Refreshing industrial-style bistro with a Josper grill as the centerpiece of the open-plan kitchen.

T: Karlínské náměstí M: (B, C) Florenc LD 

Peter’s Burger Pub Burgers, American

Pernerova 32, Prague 8

burgerpub.cz Burgers, wings, salads and of course amazing Czech beer.

M: (B) Křižíkova LD  

Pivovarský klub Brewpub, Czech

Křižíkova 17, Prague 8

pivovarskyklub.com Rotating beer from local microbreweries, plus a massive bottle selection all paired with hearty Czech dishes.

M: (B, C) Florenc LD 

Presto Meat Market Bistro

Vítkova 11, Prague 8

meat-market.cz Modern-day butcher shop where you can not only buy premium meats to take home but also eat a tasty lunch there.

T: Karlínské náměstí M: (B, C) Florenc BL

Proti Proudu Bistro

Březinova 22, Prague 8

bistroprotiproudu.cz Inspired by inventor František Křižík, the bistro’s unique electric cable-decorated interior adds to the delicious all-day breakfast and sandwiches.

T: Urxova M: (B) Křižíkova BLD 

Veltlin

Wine Bar

Křižíkova 115, Prague 8

veltlin.cz Our go-to when in the Karlín area, Veltlin offers a variety of local wines. The staff are friendly and the owner, Bogdan, is an award-winning Wine Guru.

T: Urxova M: (B) Křižíkova

Letná & Holešovice Bistro 8 Bistro

Veverkova 8, Prague 7

bistro8.cz Friendly and open neighborhood bistro with daily seasonal menus. They produce their food in-house or buy quality ingredients from local growers.

T: Kamenická, Strossmayerovo náměstí BLD  

Bistro Milada Czech Bistro

Šmeralova 22, Prague 7

bistro-milada.business.site Funky and fun interior, Czech-inspired seasonal menus that change daily, plus a rotating wine selection.

T: Letenské náměstí LD 

Bitcoin Coffee Café

Dělnická 43, Prague 7

bitcoincoffee.cz You know this café as "that place you can only pay with bitcoin" but don't let that overshadow the friendly service, amazing coffee and intriguing events about cryptoanarchy.

T: Dělnická 

Café Letka Café & Bar

Letohradská 44, Prague 7 cafeletka.cz

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Right next to the technical museum, a beautifully rustic antique café with late hours for that late-night caffeine fix. Breakfast, sandwiches and local microbrew Matuška on tap.

T: Letenské nám., Strossmayerovo nám.

BLD  

Cobra

Café & Bar

Milady Horákové 8, Prague 7

barcobra.cz Neighborhood favorite with giant open windows, great cocktails and a trendy but down-to-earth, relaxed vibe. Hearty breakfasts, daily menus and good coffee.

Open late with nightly DJs. T: Strossmayerovo náměstí BLD  

Cukrárna Alchymista Café

Jana Zajíce 7, Prague 7

Eclectic sweet shop that will remind you of your grandmom's living room. Sit in the magical garden and enjoy a prizewinning cheesecake.

T: Sparta, Korunovaćní BL  

The Eatery Upscale Czech

U Uranie 18, Prague 7

theeatery.cz New, open-concept, minimalist fine dining from a michelin-star chef.

Seasonal produce and lunch menus that won't break your bank.

T: Ortenovo náměstí LD

The Farm Bistro

Korunovační 17, Prague 7

Rustic cozy bistro with all-day brunch featuring eggs benedict and mimosas, plus seasonal lunch dishes made with produce from farmers’ markets.

T: Sparta, Korunovaćní BLD  

Fraktal

Mexican, American

Šmeralova 1, Prague 7

fraktalbar.cz Fresh Mexican and American-inspired dishes, plus endless drinking options and brunch on the weekends.

T: Letenské náměstí LD 

Kavárna Pod Lipami Café & Bar

Čechova 1, Prague 7

Part of mamacoffee’s café empire, with their usual amazing coffee, local craft brews and daily menus.

T: Letenské náměstí, Korunovační BL   

La Bottega Italian

Tusarova 39, Prague 7

labottega.cz Authentic Italian on an ever-changing menu with fresh pasta made in-house and a wide selection of cheeses. Also in Žižkov and Old Town.

T: Dělnická BLD 

Mr. HotDog

Hot Dogs, Burgers

Kamenická 24, Prague 7

mrhotdog.cz Loaded hot dogs, sliders and fries.

T: Kamenická LD  

Ouky Douky

Literary Café & Bar

Janovského 14, Prague 7

oukydouky.cz Cozy café and bookstore that looks like your grandfather's library.

T: Veletržní palác, Strossmayerovo nám.

BLD  

Phill's Corner Bistro

Komunardů 32, Prague 7

phillscorner.cz Bright and trendy space with premium coffee, Moravian wines, cocktails and dishes made with raw materials.

Connected to a design shop next door.

T: U Průhonu BLD    

Pipca Bistro

Milady Horákové 28, Prague 7

pipca.cz New rotisserie chicken and burger bistro.

T: Kamenická LD  

Salt'n'Pepa Kitchen Burgers, Breakfast

with a selection of gourmet burgers, plus a build your own burger menu. Bespoke cocktail menu. Affordable as well.

T: Malostranské náměstí LD   

Kavárna co hleda jmeno Café

Stroupežnického 10, Prague 5

kavarnacohledajmeno.cz Revitalized brick ruins made cozy, plus a relaxing courtyard. The café doubles as a gallery and hosts cultural events.

Breakfast and weekend brunch, plus local microbrew Matuška on tap.

T: Anděl M: Anděl BL   

Kavárna v Sedmém Nebi Café & Bar

Zborovská 68, Prague 5

Everyone's favorite burger food truck in restaurant form. Brunch dishes plus staples like the duck confit burger and a Slovak version of mac and cheese.

T: Kamenická BLD  

Cozy and eclectic, perfect for a drink with friends or a late-night study session.

Excellent local craft beer on tap – enjoy it next to the hanging mannequin dressed like an angel.

T: Újezd L

Vegtral

Kuchyň

Čechova 12, Prague 7

Hradčanské náměstí 1, Prague 1

Milady Horákové 22, Prague 7

Vegetarian, International

vegtral.cz Cozy vegan restaurant with delicious burgers and wraps and an extensive drink selection.

T: Letenské náměstí, Korunovační LD  

Vnitroblock Café & Bar

Tusarova 31, Prague 7

vnitroblock.cz Multi-functional cultural space with galleries, pop-up stores and food carts.

The Café serves quality coffee and classic Czech chlebíčky.

T: Dělnická BLD    

Yes Kafe / Studio Café

Letenské náměstí 5, Prague 7

One of the area’s first specialty coffee shops, now serving vegan dishes and hosting cultural events.

T: Letenské náměstí BL  

Smíchov & Malá Strana Blue Light Bar

Josefská 1, Prague 1

bluelightbar.cz Local dive bar known for its famous and elite patrons, including actors, directors, and politicians from the nearby government buildings. Extensive cocktail and wine selection.

T: Malostranské náměstí 

Café Club Míšeňská Café & Bar

Míšeňská 3, Prague 1

Café tucked away from the tourists of Malá Strana with an extensive drink list, delicious cakes and lovely courtyard seating. Catch performances and open mic nights inside.

T: Malostranské náměstí 

Čistý stůl Bistro

Vítězná 15, Prague 5

cisty-stul.cz Modern and cozy with specialties ranging from traditional Czech to Italian and breakfast crêpes.

T: Újezd BLD  

Jo’s Bar & Restaurant Burgers & Cocktails

Malostranské náměstí 7, Prague 1

josbar.cz Our favorite burger place near the castle,

Czech

kuchyn.ambi.cz Enjoy Czech food inspired by aristocratic cookbooks on a terrace with a gorgeous view of Prague. This new restaurant is located right at Prague Castle.

T: Malostranské náměstí LD 

Mlýnská kavárna Café & Bar

Všehrdova 14, Prague 1

Wonderfully located café and pub right off Kampa Island. Cross the footbridge next to a mill to hang out inside with an artsy crowd or grab a beer to go and enjoy it on the island.

T: Újezd 

Modrý zub Thai

Stroupežnického 14, Prague 5

modryzub.com This Thai noodle bar has a variety of meats, vegetables, sauces, and of course—noodles.

T: Anděl M: Anděl LD 

Napa Bar

Prokopská 8, Prague 1

napabar.cz Cozy neighborhood drinking spot, perfect for a low-key drink with friends. Open mic every Tuesday.

T: Malostranské náměstí 

Piknik Park Italian

Nosticova 8, Prague 1

piknikpark.cz We discovered Piknik Park on an afternoon stroll through Kampa.

Gorgeous views and beautiful food.

T: Hellichova LD  

Roesel Beer & Cake Café & Bar

Mostecká 20, Prague 1

Charming little café hidden away from the chaos of Charles Bridge. Perfect for brunch, light lunches and a craft brew.

T: Malostranské náměstí BLD  

Strahov Brewery Czech

Strahovské nádvoří 301, Prague 1 klasterni-pivovar.cz Dating back to the 12th century, this brewery has beautiful views of the city.

T: Pohořelec LD 

CAFE ELEKTRIC

Lemon Leaf

Styl&Interier

Myslíkova 14, Prague 2

Vodičkova 35, Prague 1

Thai

lemon.cz Upscale Thai restaurant with innovative recipes, traditional favorites and a great wine list. Our go-to for Thai Cuisine.

T: Karlovo náměstí, Myslíkova LD 

Marina Italian

Alšovo nábřeží, Prague 1

marinaristorante.cz Italian cuisine with one of the best views in Prague - an elegant floating restaurant.

T: Staroměstská M: (A) Staroměstská LD   

Mezičasy Cafe Café

Taro

CAFE ELEKTRIC

Nádražní 100, Prague 5

Ovocný trh 6, Prague 1

Asian Fusion

taro.cz Our favorite upscale dining, openkitchen concept.

T: Anděl M: Anděl LD

U Malého Glena

International, Jazz Club

Karmelitská 23, Prague 1

malyglen.cz This bar and restaurant has been a staple of the jazz scene since the 90s.

Dishes range from Czech cuisine to Tex Mex - even bagels!

T: Malostranské náměstí LD   

International

Inspired by the 1927 film, this bistro and bar is a perfect blend of nostalgia and modern-day elegance. All day breakfast and extensive drink list. Hang out in the lounge at night.

M: (A, B) Můstek BLD  

Café Neustadt Café

Karlovo náměstí 1, Prague 2

cafeneustadt.cz Beautiful courtyard, classy coffee bar and daily menus.

T: Karlovo náměstí BLD    

U Staré studny

Café Palanda

Tržiště 3, Prague 1

Zlatnická 11, Prague 1

Wine Bar

ustarestudny.cz Step into the luxurious wine bar and find every kind of unique wine, cognac, or champagne to sample with a tasting flight. Daily premium wine tastings.

T: Malostranské náměstí 

Burgers

cafepalanda.cz Consistently ranked as one of the best burger joints in Prague with beef from local farms and handmade brioche buns.

T: Náměstí Republiky M: (B) Náměstí Republiky LD

Vinotéka U Mouřenína

The Dutch Pub

Tržiště 17, Prague 1

Vladislavova 17, Prague 1

Wine Bar

vinotekaumourenina.cz Cozy wine bar and shop with an excellent selection of wines at great prices.

T: Malostranské náměstí

Wine Food Market Italian

Strakonická 1, Prague 5

winemarket.cz Authentic Italian cuisine in a laid-back, market setting with seasonal menus.

Buy delicious meat, fish or freshly baked bread to take home.

T: Plzeňka M: (B) Smíchovské nádraží BLD  

Staré & Nové Město Bokovka Wine Bar

Dlouhá 37, Prague 1

bokovka.com Wine bar and cultural space hidden away in a charming residential courtyard off the busiest street in Prague. Plus, small meat plates from local butcher Amaso.

T: Dlouhá třída M: (B) Nám.

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Buddha Bar Asian Fusion

Jakubská 8, Prague 1

buddha-bar.cz Asian and Pacific-Rim fusion cuisine, inspired by the now legendary BuddhaBar Paris signature dishes.

T: Dlouhá třída M: (B) Nám.

Republiky L D 

Steak & Burgers

dutchpub.cz Typical sports bar also serving vegetarian options. With their two projection screens, they’re also our pick for watching sports.

T: Národní třída M: (B) Národní třída BLD 

Domyno Burger Bar č. 2 Burgers

Vodičkova 8, Prague 1

domynoburger.cz Casual burger joint with amazing fries and beer from Matuška, one of Prague’s best micro-breweries.

T: Karlovo náměstí, Lazarská LD 

Field Restaurant

International Fine Dining

U Milosrdných 12, Prague 1

fieldrestaurant.cz Sophisticated Czech cuisine and wine.

T: Dlouhá třída LD

Food Lab

International, Tapas, Bar

Haštalská 4, Prague 1

food-lab.cz New concept that includes a restaurant, lounge and even a supervised kid's playroom so you can have that much needed date-night.

T: Dlouhá třída BLD    

Globe Bookstore and Café Literary Café

Pštrossova 6, Prague 1

globebookstore.cz English bookstore with an American-

inspired menu, from waffles and breakfast burritos to burgers and wings.

Weekly events include book club and trivia nights.

T: Karlovo náměstí, Myslíkova BLD  

Betlémská 5, Prague 1

mezicasy.cz Café roasting their own specialty coffee, plus homemade cakes and sandwiches.

T: Národní divadlo BL  

Grand Cru

Naše maso

Lodecká 4, Prague 1

Dlouhá 39, Prague 1

International

Bistro

grand-cru.cz Great Mediterranean and international dishes in a beautiful baroque house.

T: Dlouhá třída M: (B) Nám. Republiky LD 

nasemaso.ambi.cz Fresh meats, including dry aged beef and pork sausages.

T: Dlouhá třída M: (B) Nám. Republiky LD

Kantýna

PokeHaus

Politických vězňů 5, Prague 1

Odborů 2, Prague 2

Czech

kantyna.ambi.cz Come here for meat fresh off the grill and cooked to perfection. Visit the restaurant's butcher shop just next door.

T: Václavské náměstí M: (A) Můstek, (C) Muzeum LD

poke.haus Endless bowl and salad options filled with quality salmon, shrimp, octopus and sweet or spicy sauces.

T: Jiráskovo náměstí, Karlovo náměstí LD  

Kavárna Cafioca

Bistro

Revoluční 18, Prague 1

Get your breakfast fix at any time of the day at Kavárna Cafioca, plus a lunch menu and cocktails and wine.

T: Dlouhá třída BLD

K The Two Brothers Indian

Petrská 12, Prague 1

indian-restaurant-prague.com Famous not just for the food but also the atmosphere, K The Two Brothers is a favorite for everyone.

T: Dlouhá třída M: (B) Nám. Republiky LD 

La Degustation International

Haštalská 18, Prague 1

ladegustation.cz Wine pairings and a choice of 6 or 11 Michelin Star courses.

T: Dlouhá třída M: (B) Nám. Republiky D

Las Adelitas Mexican

Malé náměstí 13, Prague 1 Petrská 23, Prague 1

lasadelitas.cz The same authentic Mexican cuisine as its counterparts. Brand new location near Náměstí Republiky.

T: Národní třída M: (A) Staroměstská T: Dlouhá třída M: (B) Florenc LD  

Lehká Hlava (Clear Head) Vegetarian

Boršov 2, Prague 1

lehkahlava.cz Healthy but delicious meals from natural, sustainable ingredients. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free friendly.

T: Národní divadlo LD 

stylainterier.cz Beautifully whimsical bistro located in a gorgeous courtyard that’s heated throughout the winter. Homemade daily lunches, weekend brunches and an extensive drink selection, plus a vintage showroom inside.

T: Václavské náměstí M: (A) Můstek BLD   

Vinograf

Wine Bar & Restaurant

Senovážné náměstí 23, Prague 1

vinograf.cz Ever-changing wine selection, knowledgeable staff. Enjoy your wine with a delicious lunch or dinner.

T: Jindřišská, Masarykovo nádraží LD  

Yori

Vietnamese

Masarykovo nábřeží 12, Prague 1

yorirestaurant.cz Authentic Vietnamese in a casual atmosphere with moderate prices and a friendly staff.

T: Jiráskovo náměstí LD 

Dejvice Area Bistro à Table

French, Czech Bistro

Mařákova 10, Prague 6

Hawaiian Poke

Café

Bistro

The Real Meat Society Náplavní 5, Prague 2

trms.cz From the chef and owner of revered Asian restaurant Sansho. Quality premium meats you can eat there or take home for later.

T: Jiráskovo náměstí, Karlovo náměstí LD

Sad Man’s Tongue Burgers

Konviktská 7, Prague 1

sadmanstongue.net This rockabilly bar and bistro has amazing burgers for equally amazing prices and onion rings that are to die for.

Open all night until 6am.

T: Národní divadlo LD  

Sansho

Asian Fusion

Petrská 25, Prague 1

sansho.cz Asian fusion restaurant offering a six course menu of seasonal dishes.

T: Dlouhá třída M: (B) Florenc LD 

Sisters Bistro Sandwich Bistro

Dlouhá 39, Prague 1

Beautiful bistro making modern Czech chlebíčky sandwiches. They also serve soups, tea and coffee.

T: Dlouhá třída M: (B) Nám. Republiky BLD 

The owner and chef brought France with him to Prague, from snails and oysters to classic Czech dishes with a French twist.

T: Hradčanská M: Hradčanská BLD  

Bistro Váleček Dumpling Bistro

Jaselská 20, Prague 6

bistrovalecek.cz Small family bistro with amazing homemade stuffed dumplings.

T: Hradčanská M: Hradčanská LD   

Kavárna Místo Café

Bubenečská 12, Prague 6

mistoprovas.cz DoubleShot roastery’s Dejvice location is bright and open with delicious meals all day, plus their signature coffee.

T: Hradčanská M: Hradčanská BLD  

Kavárna Potrvá Café & Bar

Srbská 2, Prague 6

potrva.cz Basement bar with light meals, locally-roasted coffee and homemade lemonades. Hang out inside with live music or relax in the beer garden.

T: Hradčanská M: Hradčanská D 

Klubovna Bar

Generála Píky, Prague 6

klubovna.povalec.cz Cultural center that began as a space for students of the nearby campus. “The Clubhouse” has evolved into a pub, beer garden and event space.

T: Thákurova M: Dejvická 

Nahoře a Dole

Café & Bar, International

Na Hutích 9, Prague 6

Špejle Bistro

Jindřišská 16, Prague 1

spejle.eu Diners select beautifully prepared items À la carte, choosing different skewers of various genres of food.

T: Václavské náměstí M: (A) Můstek BLD 

nahoreadole.cz International menu ranging from Vegan to Mexican and American, plus an extensive drink selection including local craft brews. Meaning “Up and Down,” you can sit upstairs for a cozy café or downstairs for a more relaxed bar setting.

T: Vítězné náměstí M: Dejvická BLD   

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IT’S HAVAEN!A IN PRAGU

THE ULTIMATE CIGAR BAR We have created a stylish place for tobacco lovers in the spirit of an English gentleman’s club. Refined cocktails, premium spirits, fine wines, and the finest Cuban cigars from our own humidor, enjoyed in our cozy interior.

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Kaprova 5, Prague 1 +420 224 818 373 Located on the floor above the popular Cuban cocktail bar and restaurant La Bodeguita del Medio

www.cohibaatmosphere.cz

Burgers, Beer and Sports Restaurant and Music Club

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COCKTAIL GUIDE Here's our favorite cocktail bars. No one paid to be on this list either.

However, we'd take a free drink from any of the bar staff at these cocktail bars if we happen to stop by, just sayin'.

Reservations are always recommended at cocktail bars, which we've included in each listing.

Alchemist Bar

Provaznická 1, Prague 1

thealchemistbar.cz A relative newcomer on the scene, Alchemist is turning out quality prohibition style drinks in their ornate classically decorated location at the bottom of Wenceslas Square. +420 251 510 940 for Reservations.

AnonymouS

Michalská 12, Prague 1

anonymousbar.cz It’s nearly impossible to go into the AnonymouS Bar and not smile, the bar is clever at every turn. You can tell the bartender your likes and they’ll make suggestions, or choose from the secret drink menu printed in UV ink and read with a small blacklight. Reservations are taken only until 9pm. +420 608 280 069 for Reservations.

AnonymouS Shrink’s Office Jungmannova 11, Prague 1

shrinksoffice.cz AnonymouS’s smaller, more intimate sister. This cocktail therapy bar comes in the form of a hidden, calming cellar in-between the bustling Wenceslas Square and Národní třída areas. After ringing a bell to get in, you will be given a Rorschach test which the mixologists will use to prepare your drink. +420 608 911 884 for Reservations.

Bar and Books

Mánesova 64, Prague 2 Týnská 19, Prague 1

barandbooks.cz Bar & Books is the first overseas extension of the famous New York family of bars, with two locations in Prague (the casual hangout in Mánesova and slightly more formal experience in Týnská). Like its New York counterpart, the bar evokes the feeling of a gentleman’s library.

Dim lighting, heavy woods, ornately framed paintings, and of course books (mostly for visual aesthetics).

Reservations online.

Bugsy’s

Pařížská 10, Prague 1

bugsysbar.cz Bugsy’s is another bar with a great history, popping up just after the Velvet Revolution. Their one constant has been attention to detail and passion for good cocktails.

Bugsy’s also loves their bubbly,

and boasts over 130 brands of champagne and prosecco. +420 224 810 287 for Reservations.

Bukowski’s Bar

Bořivojova 86, Prague 3

Named after poet and professional drunk Charles Bukowski, the philosophy of the bar would make him proud with a down-to-earth atmosphere, eclectic decorations and solid drinks. You can find some of the strongest premium cocktails in town here – don’t be surprised if you end up staying until the early morning hours. +420 774 530 680 for Reservations.

BER.LIN Bar

Lublaňská 59, Prague 2

berlinbar.cz Located by the chaos of I.P. Pavlova, this new-comer is a hidden oasis serving signature and classic cocktails along with amazing brunch dishes. Enjoy the spacious courtyard terrace throughout the summer months and the lively interior in the winter. +420 775 421 124 for Reservations.

Bullerbyn

Chodská 17, Prague 2

bullerbyn.cz Inspired by Astrid Lundgren’s Bullerbyn stories, this unique bar takes you on a trip down memory lane. The signature cocktail selection is accompanied by whimsical sketches that remind you of your childhood fairytales. On top of cocktails they serve amazing lunch and dinner dishes, and brunch on the weekends. +420 723 970 761 for Reservations.

Cash Only Bar

Liliová 3, Prague 1

cashonlybar.cz Just around the corner from its older sibling Hemingway’s, this little gem is making its own name with cocktails like Pin-Up Martini, made with passion fruit, vanilla and champagne. It’s an intimate bar, and they don’t take reservations. There’s also no smoking and, you guessed it—the bar doesn’t take credit cards.

Oh, and by the way, they do serve amazing hot dogs.

Café Bar Pilotů

Donská 19, Prague 10

The spacious Café Pilot feels like your grandad’s study with leather upholstery, tables modeled after billiards and floor to ceiling bookshelves. Relax with the sounds of blues and jazz and enjoy heavenly cocktails from the bar’s mixologist – the best Vršovice has to offer. +420 739 765 694 for Reservations.

Crazy Daisy

Václavské náměstí 4, Prague 1

crazydaisy.cz Somewhat hidden at the bottom of Wenceslas Square, this one of our favourite almost a club, not quite a club hotspots. First Republic style interior, bar staff dressed the part and videomapping on the walls that pushes reality - it feels like you're in The Great Gatsby. +420 273 130 486 for Reservations.

Dandy

Anny Letenské 18, Prague 2

dandyprague.com With retro armchairs and sofas that look straight out of the 60s(?), this cozy gay bar has an extensive drink selection, plus amazing coffee and food plates. Hang out with the friendly bartenders while sipping on one of their creative signature cocktails, like the Dirty Daddy or Vegan Grindr. +420 605 827 981 or +420 725 565 401 for Reservations.

Edison Letná

Šmeralova 5, Prague 7

edisonletna.cz Newcomer to the scene, Edison’s serving up custom cocktails with a full menu of delicious international dishes. +420 223 002 503 for Reservations.

Elbow Room

Veletržní 40, Prague 7

This unmarked bar is a hidden favorite for a relaxing evening in Letná. With an extensive list of signature cocktails, the subtle Latino music adds to the intimate vibe. From the same owner as the legendary Bukowski’s.

Hemingway Bar

Karolíny Světlé 26, Prague 1

hemingwaybar.cz Chances are, if you’ve asked around, Hemingway's Bar has already been recommended. The Old Town

hotspot just made the “World’s Top 50 Bars” for the third time, and with good reason. The bar’s philosophy is that every customer must have a seat, so you won’t feel overcrowded here. Reservations are highly recommended. +420 773 974 764 for Reservations.

Martin’s Bistro

La Bodeguita del Medio

Parlour

labodeguitadelmedio.cz With it's colonial-style interior straight from Old Havana, La Bodeguita is on point. In addition to great food, bar staff have perfected their craft with regional drinks, from the Cuba Libre to the Mojito. And if you're looking to go full Cuban, it happens to be located underneath Cohiba Atmosphere cigar bar. +420 224 813 922 for Reservations.

parlour.cz Maybe Parlour doesn’t want to be found – and that’s fine with us. The tiny little bar at the top of Wenceslas Square near the National Museum has a delightful speakeasy vibe to it, though it’s quickly becoming a popular secret. If you should luck out and discover the nearly unmarked entry, inside you’ll find an intimate, dimly lit bar with old jazz and R&B records playing and amazing craft cocktails served in antique glassware. +420 777 200 015 for Reservations.

Kaprova 5, Prague 1

Le Valmont

Uhelný trh 9, Prague 1

levalmont.cz The Michael Van Cleef Ault concept was inspired by the Miloš Forman film of the same name, and is decorated in 18th-century French fashion with aubusson carpets, antique sofas, and massive crystal chandeliers. +420 224 267 266 for Reservations.

L’Fleur

V kolkovně 5, Prague 1

lfleur.cz L’Fleur is just a few doors down from Tretter’s. Even before our first drink, we fell in love with the 1920’s feel of the interior, complete with a Muchainspired stained glass window towards the back of the bar. The signature drinks all come with their own history, which the bartender is always happy to explain. If you’re feeling a bit more bubbly, try a selection from L’Fleur’s expansive champagne list. +420 734 255 665 for Reservations

Velehradská 4, Prague 3

The product of a husband and wife team, Martin’s is friendly, low-key and has an excellent weekly food menu on top of its classic cocktail selection. +420 774 100 378 for Reservations.

Krakovská 15, Prague 1

Schody Home Bar

Zámecké schody 8, Prague 1

Recently opened bespoke cocktail bar and sister to one of our favorite cocktail places, Parlour. Once you're inside, tell the mixologist what flavors you like and he'll fix up your dream cocktail. No website, no number - it's a cozy hidden secret right on the steps leading up to the Prague Castle.

Tretter’s

V kolkovně 3, Prague 1

tretters.cz The Tretter family has been in the bar business for more than 90 years, so it’s no wonder this place feels like walking into a 1930’s Paris or New York cocktail bar. With soft lighting, classic decor and bartenders dressed the part in vintage cocktail jackets, the bar has become an institution. +420 224 811 165 for Reservations.

Malkovich

Bar Martinez

With wallpaper that looks like your grandmother’s sofa, Malkovich is a comfy Bohemian paradise and beloved by locals. Just a few doors down from Bukowski’s, come for good music, signature cocktails and arguably the best Long Island you’ll ever taste. +420 721 311 021 for Reservations.

martinezbar.cz Original cocktails mixed with the freshest ingredients, paired with amazing Dim-Sum and other Asian specialties. Although the bar is underground the atmosphere is sleek and open, with an atrium skylight and giant palm trees. +420 702 123 040 for Reservations.

Bořivojova 100, Prague 3

Budečská 19, Prague 2

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Lasagneria

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Lasagne with Love Lasagneria in Vinohrady is dishing up an Italian favorite.

By Sarah Jackson Fabrizia Falchi first learned how to make lasagna when she was just nine years old, growing up in Rome.

“Lasagna is not super difficult to cook,” she said.

“Once you have all the parts, it’s like a puzzle: You just put everything together.”

Twenty years later, Falchi whips up more than 100 lasagnas each day at her restaurant, Lasagneria, in the trendy Vinohrady neighborhood.

Falchi came to Prague for study abroad in 2013 with her boyfriend, Gabriele Lanni.

“We really fell in love with the city, with the way of living,” Falchi said. “Compared to Rome, to my city, it’s super calm.”

When they returned to their native Italy a few months later, they found themselves longing to go back. After searching for work in Prague, they returned to the city at the end of 2014 for Falchi to work with a travel agency. Not long after she started the job, though, she hit a bump in the road.

“For me a big, big problem with the office life was the routine,” Falchi said. “Doing the same thing everyday, it was really driving me crazy. I was like a zombie.”

The couple came up with an idea to launch a business together just two years ago. Their golden goose, they decided, would be lasagna.

“It’s something that everyone knows,” Falchi said. “It’s comfort food, it’s something that you have pleasure to eat.”

They steered away from specializing in some other traditional Italian foods because, as Falchi says, “Pizzerias are everywhere, but this was missing.”

But Falchi’s family and friends were skeptical of the couple’s idea at first.

“It was very hard to tell my parents [and] my friends as well,” Falchi said. “They were like, ‘You’re crazy, you have a job and you leave it for nothing?’ because we had nothing at the time.”

Still, Falchi and Lanni clung to their idea.

Their tenacity paid off: After finding their location at Korunní 35 and holding free taste testings to fine-tune their recipes, they officially set up shop last February, and Falchi quit her office job to manage Lasagneria full-time.

Opening the restaurant cleared the first hurdle, but the couple still had other growing pains to confront in the restaurant’s infancy.

“It was just me and one Italian chef making everything,” Falchi said of the kitchen staff in the restaurant’s early days.

But it wasn’t long before the lasagna maven and her team found their stride (and made Falchi’s family and friends proud!). Today, they have about six mainstays on the menu, from Bolognese and Spicy to Amatriciana and Quattro Formaggio (Falchi’s favorite because she loves cheese). They even have a vegan lasagna with rice milk and olive oil instead of butter.

They also offer a rotating menu of seasonal specialties that usually stay on the menu for a few months at a time. October saw the addition of a festive pumpkin lasagna, spring ushers in a juicy salmon-and-asparagus offering, and last month brought the luck of the Irish with a speciality made with green pasta, lamb ragout and thyme bechamel.

Falchi and her chefs make all of their pasta from scratch. Another vital ingredient is béchamel sauce, a creamy white sauce made from milk, butter, flour and a pinch of nutmeg. And no lasagna could be complete without a ragù sauce, a rich concoction of tomatoes, olive oil, meat, onions, celery, carrots, and more that is left to simmer for three hours.

After the ingredients have cooled (assembling the lasagna when the sauces are still too hot will wilt the pasta, according to Falchi), the team begins putting together the lasagna. Béchamel, pasta, ragù, repeat. The chefs put in the remaining ingredients, depending on the type of lasagna, and add a generous amount of mozzarella, baking

everything for about 40 minutes (it’s well worth the wait, trust us).

While the servings are mostly individual-size, Falchi also makes large lasagnas for those who want to wow guests at a dinner party but need a little help. Guests can also order coffee and desserts in the restaurant, which screams minimalist chic.

Overhead, black string tangles itself in an erratic crosshatch covering the ceiling, and low-hanging incandescent light bulbs give a cozy, intimate feel to the restaurant. Bottles of prosecco and empty two-liter tomato puree cans fill the shelves, pots of basil and rosemary run down the center of the main table and a giant red heart balloon sits in one of the windows, exemplifying the restaurant’s motto of serving up “Lasagne with Love.”

In the future, the dream is to open another Lasagneria in a different country. But for now, Falchi is happy with just the one.

“I’m pretty satisfied with what we achieved,” she said. “This was the biggest satisfaction, to build something and to see that it’s successful, and it’s something that you can really see it and you can touch it — and eat it.”

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Behind the lens of

Filmed in Prague

Prague’s still-in-tact historical beauty and low costs have long lured productions to film in Prague instead of Paris, Berlin and other European cities whose architecture was largely destroyed by the World Wars. One year ago Musa Bektaş started Filmed in Prague, an Instagram project highlighting all the movies, series and ads that have been filmed in this beautiful city.

Musa takes pictures of the screenshotted scenes in front of the buildings and landmarks they were filmed at, showing the differences and similarities between how the location appeared in film vs. how it exists in modern-day reality.

From Czech classics like The Good Soldier Švejk to Hollywood blockbusters such as Mission: Impossible, Musa hunts down the exact locations and angles to recreate the scenes and share a bit of informational trivia about the location. We sat down with the [add in age] photographer in-between exhibition openings in his home country of Turkey.

How did you become interested in photography?

I was always interested in photography. During my childhood, I had so many chances to observe nature and wanted to capture some special moments.

I didn’t take any photography classes, I learned everything myself. And photography is my biggest passion, I never get bored while shooting .

Do you do other types of photography as well?

recognize exactly where the shots were taken?

Considering that my camera is always with me, - it’s like part of my body - I try to capture interesting moments and noteworthy moments. Besides that, I do travel and event photography. But I like to work based on the project, like what I’m doing now.

The Internet is like an ocean to find something, there is always the possibility to get lost. I mostly find movies through search and database of IMDB. Old and original cities have special signs to recognise. Skyscrapers at Manhattan, Eiffel Tower in Paris and much more samples. For me to recognise the scenes if they shot in Prague is street lamps :) Plus, I walk a lot and observe, finding unique signs about the places. I have a photographic memory, so places are a bit easier for me to remember.

You launched FiP a year ago, what was the inspiration behind the project?

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with” - This is one of my favourite quotes, because mostly I do experimental photography and some of my friends give me ideas or support me to continue with it.

When I was living in Istanbul, I shot photos of historic places during day and again at night and then I combined them in one with photoshop, so you can see the same place during the day and at night. I always was thinking to do something like that for Prague. I already came across so many movie sets but the movie Edmond and my dear friend Özgür Karataş, who also supported my Day&Night project, inspired and supported me to start the Filmed in Prague project. I like to have such people around me to develop something and create synergy. :) What’s your method for finding the films that have Prague places in them, and how do you

What’s your process for taking the pictures, and how difficult is it to line all these shots up perfectly with the places they were taken, recreating the scene?

I use a Canon 650D for shooting. Firstly, I search for movies shot in Prague. While watching the movie I find the scenes shot in Prague and then taking the screenshot of that specific scene and print them out. One of the most important things is light. It’s also taking time to find the right angle, sometimes I need to wait for people and vehicles. If I’m lucky enough it’s like 5 mins, on the other hand sometimes it takes up to 2-3 hours to shoot one photo.

Why do you think so many movies filmed scenes in Prague?

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Especially movies about old times and sciencefiction. Prague is the one of the only cities well protected, that’s why the old part of the city is very wide. Thanks to Barrandov Studios filmmakers were able to shoot, and Czech sound engineers are also talented.

Are there specific areas in Prague where most of the filming takes place?

After all my shooting I can say that Charles Bridge, Hradčanské náměstí, Prague Castle and Rudolfinum are pretty famous places for shooting. These places offer a nice background which you can use for almost anything. For example, I’ve seen Rudolfinum as a hotel, metro station, university, and temple.

How many shots do you think you’ve taken since you started FiP? I’ve shot around 110 photos for this project and published 102 of them on Instagram. From the published photos, 80 are depicting movie scenes, 20 of them are different series (among others Genius: Einstein, Outlander, Burning Bushes, and Istanbullu Gelin) and 2 are taken from Ads. What is your goal with FiP, what do you hope to accomplish?

I started this project as a hobby and didn’t really expect this much interest. I would like to continue the same project as a video format, still thinking about it. I don’t have a specific goal, just using this project to keep alive my love for Prague.

Are you a lover of film yourself, or just mainly photography?

Yes, I love all kind of art. But cinema is special. You can combine all the art in cinema, that’s why it’s 7th art for me :) I like independent movies and I don’t like to categorise any kind of art, so I have favourite directors. I watched very few movies shot in Prague, to find the scenes I’m skipping every 3 seconds.

What’s your favourite shot you’ve ever taken?

Hmmm, that’s a tough question. But, I think I know which one is my favourite. This one. Here my favourite author Sunay Akın is telling a story about love and singer İlhan Şeşen is waiting for his turn to sing. Sunay Akın is an amazing storyteller for me and he has stories all around the world about everything. That was a very special shoot for me. The best shoot for FiP is Kolya (on the iron bridge) and Burning Bush (in the cemetery) photos.

Because I had to spend extra effort and had to break the law.

You grew up in Turkey, how did you end up in Prague?

Yes, and I grew up in the countryside. So, I was more involved with nature and challenges. My first overseas experience was in Poland thanks to the Erasmus exchange programme. I had 3 trips to Prague and simply loved the city. After graduation, I had a chance to do an internship in Prague for 6

months. At one activity I met my current boss, Yalın Yüregil who’s also coming from Adana. When I got another chance to do an internship I contacted him and he accepted me for his company Yeye Agency and I’ve been working there since June 2017.

You just finished one exhibition and are about to attend another in Turkey?

These exhibitions are organized by the support of the Czech Republic Embassy in Ankara and Turkish Education Association (TED) which I am a scholar of.

I’m really excited about the exhibition which will be held in my hometown, Adana. My city is organizing the biggest open-air/street carnival in Turkey, called Orange Blossom Carnival, from April 5-9. I’m so happy to see and host all my family, friends and people at my exhibition. This is such a honour I can’t express right now. Another exhibition will be in Ankara from April 15-19 in Ankara at TED University.

What other hobbies do you have besides FiP? Besides photography, I join the Regular Sunday Language Exchange meeting to get to know more people. Aldo hiking trips to discover the Czech countryside and I’m involved in cooking events to learn world cuisine. I’m learning Czech, and Prague is such an amazing place to do a lot of things.

What projects are in your and FiP’s future?

I’m working on some video projects about Prague.

One of them is about street musicians and another one is more showing the city through drone with a local eye and unpopular places in Prague. I want to get the reaction “OMG, is this place in Prague?” from people who’ll watch :) I’ll continue Filmed in Prague with shooting and most probably It will be evolved to the videography. Let’s see!

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Monday, April 1 Constellations II. Time for Sharing  20:00 @ Ponec

Husitská 24a

Spitfire Company is an art group, including physical, experimental and dance theatre.

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 120 to 220 CZK Theatre, Show, Dance, Desire, Dream

Jazz Meets World: Omar Sosa & Yilian Cañizares + Gustavo Ovalles  20:00 @ Archa Theatre

Na Poříčí 26

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 600 to 700 CZK Play, Jazz pianist, Latin rhythm

Roe-Deer 

20:00 @ Café V lese

Krymská 12

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Arctic 

Frailty, Thy Name is Woman 

Vodičkova 36

Theatre Národní 4

Exploring the boundaries of subtle humour, irony and absurdity, while respecting the intricacies of human relationships.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 120 to 220 CZK Artist

The Garden 

The Ills + Mara Jade + Chief Bromden 

Theatre Národní 4

Bar Nádražní 3

20:00 @ Cinema Lucerna A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.

19:30 @ Underdogs’ Ballroom &

Vodičkova 41

Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.

Dancers explore that special time of experiencing new adventures and discoveries as a child in their new multimedia performance, mixing music, film and breathtaking videomapping.

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 216 CZK Experimental, Shoegaze, Czech republic, Musical, Captivating, Sludge, Rock, Guitar

The Man Without a Past 

Flight 

20:00 @ Czech Inn Bar

Vítkova 9

U Výstaviště 21

13:00 @ Cinema Svetozor

20:00 @ Kasárna Karlín

The second part of Aki Kaurismäki’s “Finland” trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. 50 CZK Life, Film

The Watcher 

Františka Křižíka 15

Czech republic, Indie, Rock, Czech, Dance, World

Music, art and chaos in the wild West-Berlin of the 1980s. The walled-in city became the creative melting pot for sub- and popculture. B-Movie is a fast-paced collage of mostly unreleased film and TV footage from a frenzied but creative decade.

Art

The Apparition  18:30 @ Cinema 35

Štěpánská 35

A journalist is sent by the Vatican to investigate a young girl claiming to be visited by the Virgin Mary.

Drama, Crossover, Czech republic, Czech, Dance, World

10:00 @ New Stage of the National

Colette 

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979–1989  20:30 @ Bio Oko

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

19:30 @ La Fabrika

Komunardů 30

Annabel 

15:00 @ Studio Alta

Kill Johnny Glendenning  19:00 @ Švanda›s theatre

Štefánikova 57

Comedy

Tuesday, April 2 GZA 

21:00 @ Futurum Music Bar

Zborovská 7

20:00 @ Modra Vopice

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Girls of the Sun 

Blue-Green Infrastructure: A Climate Resistant City 

Mariánské náměstí 1

Vyšehradská 51

K Žižkovu 1

19:00 @ Municipal Library A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.

19:00 @ CAMP

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Same Same  21:00 @ Ponec

Husitská 24a

Z Key

Velvet Comedy Show  Francouzská 76

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 100 CZK Comedy

Everybody Knows  18:30 @ Cinema 35

Štěpánská 35

Asghar Farhadi’s eighth offering Everybody Knows, which opened this year’s festival in Cannes, is another of his films to illustrate the complexities of human relationships and their ultimate transformation.

Cannes, Festival, Film

Happy as Lazzaro  18:00 @ Cinema Aero

Biskupcova 31

This year the Cannes jury conferred Best Screenplay on the third picture from Italian director Alice Rohrwacher, who also turned heads on the French Riviera with Corpo Celeste and The Wonders. Addressing the question whether or not friendship can travel through time, Rohrwacher responds with a dreamlike story of kindhearted Lazzaro, who takes various adventures armed with an unshakable faith in human beings.

Arctic 

16:15 @ Cinema Lucerna

Vodičkova 36

A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.

Capernaum 

21:00 @ Cinema Pilot

Donská 19

While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.

Journal 64 

21:30 @ Cinema Pilot

Donská 19

A series of mysterious disappearances in 1987 are all eerily connected to the same person.

Mysterious

Avantasia 

20:00 @ Forum Karlín

Pernerova 53

Avantasia is a German supergroup metal opera project. 750 to 950 CZK Metal

The Watcher  19:30 @ La Fabrika

Komunardů 30

Czech republic, Indie, Rock, Czech, Dance, World

Medúza 

15:00 @ Studio Alta

U Výstaviště 21

On the border of physical theatre, clown shows, modern, contemporary dance and new circus.

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Global Art History: The Post-War Concept of the Naive  18:00 @ Stone Bell House

Staroměstské náměstí 13

Art, History

Assemblage  15:00 @ Studio Alta

U Výstaviště 21

Korean choreographer Ji-Eun Lee with three Czech and Slovak dancers.

Dance, Czech

Thursday, April 4 Acid Arab  19:00 @ Roxy

Dlouhá 33

The Parisian duo playing acid house with forays into oriental music and trans techno.

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 341 to 379 CZK Duo

Cabaret Bears Costume  19:30 @ Jatka78

Bubenské nábřeží 306/13

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 CZK

Culture Rocks 2019  14:00 @ Sacre Coeur

Beyond Time 

18:00 @ Kino Ponrepo

Bartolomějská 11

Viktor Černický. In this physical reflection of Leibniz’s philosophy a single performer throws himself in a labor for schizophrenic reconstruction of the Universe. For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 120 to 220 CZK Dance, Performance, Circus, New project

A man is falsely accused, and imprisoned for life. For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 80 CZK

Proroctví 

Festival Spectaculare: Apparat + Phon.o 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 230 CZK

19:30 @ Great Hall Lucerna

Štěpánská 61

German producoer previously co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dancefloor-oriented techno, he shifted his focus towards ambient music, becoming “more interested in designing sounds than beats”. For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 690 CZK Musician, Melancholic, Europe, Festival, Dub, Producer

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Františka Křížka 36

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Ke Sklárně 15

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18:00 @ DOX+

Poupětova 1

Hard Sell 

Focus is on the creation, development, and research of human expression. The company’s modern works go beyond the borders of physical, dance, or musical theater.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 to 330 CZK Dance, Performance, Theater, Show, Drama

Bubenské nábřeží 306/13

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Kubelíkova 27

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Anenské náměstí 5

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16:30 @ Ponec

Husitská 24a

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Happy as Lazzaro  13:30 @ Cinema Lucerna

Vodičkova 36

This year the Cannes jury conferred Best Screenplay on the third picture from Italian director Alice Rohrwacher, who also turned heads on the French Riviera with Corpo Celeste and The Wonders. Addressing the question whether or not friendship can travel through time, Rohrwacher responds with a dreamlike story of kindhearted Lazzaro, who takes various adventures armed with an unshakable faith in human beings.

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The Mule 

21:40 @ Cinema Pilot

Donská 19

A 90-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Illinois for a Mexican drug cartel.

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Wonder Park 

15:30 @ Cinema Pilot

Donská 19

Wonder Park tells the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive.

My Tear + 21 Vek 

20:00 @ Na pul cesty Café

Centrální park Pankrác

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20:00 @ Alfred ve dvoř፥

Františka Křížka 36

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 230 CZK

Satelles 

20:00 @ Klub FAMU

Smetanovo nábřeží 2

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 200 CZK

Refuge 

19:00 @ DOX+

Poupětova 1

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Young Widows + Lyssa  19:00 @ Underdogs’ Ballroom &

Bar Nádražní 3

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 333 CZK Concert, Band, Rock, Czech

Belgian Inspiration: NoAarchitecten + BC architects 19:30 @ CAMP

Vyšehradská 51

Holečkova 29

Ongoing cycle of lectures on architecture held by leading Czech and foreign architects and architecture critics.

Europe, Community, Act, Czech

Dance to Ecstasy: Josef Sedloň + Lucie Loona 

Colette 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 3900 CZK

Wednesday, April 3

Proroctví 

18:30 @ Na Marjance

Bělohorská 35/262

Josef Sedloň is a Czech DJ who works for Radio 1.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz.

300 CZK Breakbeat, Electronic, Czech republic, Czech

Europeana 

19:00 @ Na zábradlí Theatre

Anenské náměstí 5

The history of Europe in the twentieth century, depicted with a detached view, humour, and bitter irony.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 350 CZK Europe, Fiction

Fairy Queen 

19:30 @ The experimental venue

NoD Dlouhá 33

Vaclav Kunes and Natasa Novotna used to dance for one of the most prestigious dance companies in the world, the Netherlands Dans Theatre.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz.

250 to 330 CZK Czech republic, Fairy, Czech, Dance, World

Loboda 

20:00 @ Forum Karlín

Pernerova 53

Svetlana Loboda is a Ukrainian singer, moderator and fashion designer. She represented her home country at the Eurovision Song Contest. For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 1000 CZK Act

Book of the Month:

18:30 @ Cinema 35

Štěpánská 35

Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.

Let the Girls Play 

11:00 @ Cinema 35 Štěpánská 35

The story of the first all-female soccer team in France, which started as a provocation but became a revolution.

Play

In Order of Disappearance  19:30 @ Cinema Pilot

Donská 19

The honorable citizen Nils ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, when his son is mistakenly murdered, Nils takes action, which ignites a war between the vegan gangster “the Count” and the Serbian mafia boss Papa.

A Faithful Man 

19:00 @ Municipal Library

Mariánské náměstí 1

In his second feature film, Louis Garrel plays the leading role of a man whose world crumbles when the love of his life leaves him. An intelligent romantic comedy that lightly touches on such issues as grief, remorse, attraction, and faithfulness.

Film, Feature film

Bechy & Fee 

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19:00 @ Na pul cesty Café

Centrální park Pankrác

Garden Food Festival 2019 

14:00 @ Stanice metra Invalidovna

Vodičkova 36

Series of events leading to a football fans war on the streets of Belgrade.

The Divine Order 

Invalidovna

19:30 @ Cinema Pilot

The art of negative thinking 

In 1971, a young housewife organizes the women of her town to petition for the right to vote.

Young

19:00 @ Švanda›s theatre

Štefánikova 57

Comedy, Drama, Art

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Revoluční 3

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17:30 @ Creative World Holešovice

Přívozní 3

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Correspondence  19:30 @ Jatka78

Bubenské nábřeží 306/13

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 to 250 CZK

Junglist Call  20:00 @ Cross Club

Plynární 23

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 100 CZK Contemporary dance, Jungle, Dnb, Reggae

Paula Temple (Berlin)  23:00 @ Roxy

Dlouhá 33

British DJ, music producer Paula Temple is a renaissance character in the techno world. For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 244 to 271 CZK

Proroctví 

Donská 19

Never Look Away  20:30 @ Cinema Svetozor

Vodičkova 41

A film inspired by real events spanning three eras of German history, it tells of a young artist called Kurt Bartnert who falls in love with Ellie. Her father, Professor Carl Seeband, a famous doctor, fundamentally disagrees with the relationship and is intent upon destroying it.

Young artist

Transit 

18:00 @ Cinema Svetozor

Vodičkova 41

When a man flees France after the Nazi invasion, he assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses. Stuck in Marseilles, he meets a young woman desperate to find her missing husband – the very man he’s impersonating.

Tau 

19:00 @ Kasárna Karlín

Vítkova 9

Snowfall 

18:00 @ Kino Ponrepo

Bartolomějská 11

Botsy and Eugene go out on an adventure to find the ultimate fudge.

Adventure

My Tear 

20:00 @ Na pul cesty Café

Centrální park Pankrác

Human Locomotion 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Art, Laterna magika, Director, Show, Dance, Duo

20:00 @ Alfred ve dvoř፥

José Carreras 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 230 CZK

Českomoravská 17

Františka Křížka 36

Queer Eye 2019  15:30 @ DUP36

Národní 36

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Slou Days 

00:00 @ Hauch Gallery

Pobřežní 20a

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 100 to 150 CZK

The Prague Burlesque Show  21:30 @ Royal

Vinohradská 48

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20:00 @ O2 Arena

One of the world’s most famous tenors, Spaniard José Carreras joins the Czech National Symphony Orchestra 1 to 4490 CZK Concert, Classical

Enter Shikari

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Belgian Antwerp.

Thriller

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The Divine Order 

Pernerova 53

Vodičkova 41

19:00 @ Forum Karlín For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 765 CZK Screamo, Electronic, Rock, Hardcore

Meute 

19:00 @ Roxy

Dlouhá 33

Meute is a Techno Marching Band - a dozen drummers and horn players from Hamburg/Germany who fulfill the job of a dj with their acoustic instruments. For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 477 CZK Electronic music, Techno

Proroctví 

20:00 @ Alfred ve dvoř፥

Františka Křížka 36

Bar Nádražní 3

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 250 CZK

20:45 @ Cinema Lucerna

15:00 @ Dům národnostních

menšin Vocelova 3

The Cotton Club  Bartolomějská 11

Švehlovce Slavíkova 22

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 250 CZK

Krymská 12

Smetanovo nábřeží 2

Dost: Russell E. L. Butler  22:00 @ Vlkova 26

Vlkova 699/26

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Saturday, April 6 ATG x Fuchs2: Ventolin + Container + more  21:00 @ Fuchs2

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17:30 @ Theatre Comedy

Jungmannova 1

The Eskies 

A multisensory performance for 5 audience members, about being a mother and having a mother.

Performance, Action

Mah Hunt 

Dance, Dancer, Dance scene

Spoonfed 

20:00 @ Café V lese

AFS Annual Ball 

19:00 @ Masarykova kolej ČVUT

Thákurova 1

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 250 CZK

Wabi-Sabi  19:30 @ Jatka78

Bubenské nábřeží 306/13

Inženýr Vladimír + Sebedrás 

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Karin Sarkisjan 

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Štefánikova 57

Vlastislavova 11

The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people who visited the club, those who ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous.

Famous, Club

Noise 

20:00 @ Cafe Liberal

19:00 @ Švanda›s theatre

00:00 @ Cirqueon

Ryley Walker & band + Jakub Šimanský 

290 to 350 CZK Electronic, Club, Ambient, Deep house, Dj

Lopuchová 58/6

Cry Baby Cry 

CirKUK! 

Underrated: Saint Edyn + The-O 

17:30 - 21:30 @ Venuše ve

Řezáčovo náměstí

Farmers’ markets are held every Saturday from 08:00–14:00. You can buy local, Czech food and other home-made goods from farmers and producers.

20:30 @ Kino Ponrepo

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 to 300 CZK

23:00 @ Ankali

In 1971, a young housewife organizes the women of her town to petition for the right to vote.

Young

09:00 @ Řezáčovo náměstí

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 230 CZK

Russell has been making waves in the Bay Area music scene for years. Their project Black Jeans evoked the emotional and physical qualities of minimal synth and electronic body music to transport listeners to hidden and forgotten sonic landscapes.

Music scene

9000 Dreams: Avalon Emerson + Kiernan Laveaux + Møreti 

18:00 @ Cinema Svetozor

Heřmaňák Farmer’s Market 

Reese + The Shifty Grifts  19:00 @ Balada Bar

21:00 @ Klub FAMU

Devin Townsend  18:30 @ La Fabrika

Komunardů 30

Devin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer.

He was the founder and singer of extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. Songwriter

Laboratorio Pop-up: Mlsná holka  10:30 @ Laboratorio

Krocínova 3

Donuts!

Bille 

Náplavka Farmer’s Market 

Vodičkova 36

08:00 @ Náplavka

Blind Spot 

19:30 @ Cinema Pilot

Donská 19

How does a police commissioner become the representative of a far-right populist party? A dark thriller from the streets of

Rašínovo nábřeží

Cocktail 012 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Sunday, April 7 Bible 2  NoD Dlouhá 33

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 180 to 250 CZK

Guitar Concert  18:00 @ Art Space

Řetězová 7

Candlelight guitar concert.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 400 CZK Dance, Art, Guitar

Darling 

20:45 @ Cinema Lucerna

Vodičkova 36

Darling is the moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life.

Drama, Love story, Dancer

Axolotl Overkill 

Evropská 689/148

A life-provoking, hopeful and solemn story about the growth of one human child and the relationship with the world in Latvia at the end of the 1930s.

@ EPIC Revoluční 3

Introduction to the Laterna magika principles and magic, a mix of music, film and breathtaking videomapping.

Performance, Laterna magika, Show, Digital, Dance, Magic

18:30 @ Cinema Svetozor

Vodičkova 41

Mifti is sixteen, looks like she’s twelve, acts like she’s in her mid-thirties, and has lived with her half-siblings in a shared Berlin apartment since the death of her mother. Her father considers terrorism a contemporary career and is more interested in art than people.

Act

Bob Dylan 

20:00 @ Great Hall Lucerna

Štěpánská 61

American singer-songwriter, author, and

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competition.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz.

1300 to 21659 CZK European

Frilty Thy Name is Woman

Border 

17:30 @ Cinema Pilot

Donská 19

A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.

Black 47 

20:30 @ Cinema Svetozor

Vodičkova 41

Ireland 1847 – under British rule and in the grip of famine. Martin Feeney returns from war to discover his family dead. How will he extract his revenge?

British

Gingerhead + special guest: Muchéra  20:00 @ Klub FAMU

Smetanovo nábřeží 2

Pop, Guitarist, Rock

MarZ 

20:00 @ Klub FAMU

Smetanovo nábřeží 2

Duo, Songwriter, Folk painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades, especially 1960s counterculture.

Popular music

Planet Fest 2019  11:00 @ Náplavka

Rašínovo nábřeží

Monday, April 8 Ondra Škoch + Hosté  19:30 @ Palac Akropolis

Kubelíkova 27

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 300 to 400 CZK

Winter Flies 

19:00 @ KC Zahrada

Malenická 1784/4

Štěpánská 61

See description on April 7.

Popular music

4tet 

19:00 @ Hybernia Theatre

Náměstí Republiky 3/4

4tet in which it operates, David urchin, Korn, George Kollar Škorpík and Dusan was founded at the initiative of George Korn in October 2002. For the first time these men in black to present the song “How Deep Is Your Love” in “a capella”. Stormy audience reaction, the increasing interest of students, performances throughout the country and abroad and frequent appearances on television shows (Manéž Bolek Polivka, Miss 2003, gold bars, Gogos ... etc) were the reason for the preparation of many other songs.

Pop, Performance, Vocal

Tuesday, April 9

The mischievously self-assured Mára and somewhat eccentric Heduš set out into a frozen wasteland in search of adventure – by car, naturally. For tickets, visit GoOut. cz. 100 CZK Adventure

Alash 

Black 47 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 250 to 350 CZK Concert, Trio, World music, Musical group

18:30 @ Cinema Lucerna

Vodičkova 36

Ireland 1847 – under British rule and in the grip of famine. Martin Feeney returns from war to discover his family dead. How will he extract his revenge?

British

Genesis 

20:45 @ Cinema Lucerna

Vodičkova 36

The three stories within Genesis are rooted in the biblical notion of family: a woman in her late thirties rediscovers the faith she lost as a child; a mother goes to extreme lengths to ensure that her child is saved from the fate that she was forced to endure; a Roma boy’s family are killed, and the perfect world of his childhood is destroyed.

19:30 @ Palac Akropolis

Kubelíkova 27

lost as a child; a mother goes to extreme lengths to ensure that her child is saved from the fate that she was forced to endure; a Roma boy’s family are killed, and the perfect world of his childhood is destroyed.

Border 

18:00 @ Cinema Svetozor

Vodičkova 41

A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.

Bob Dylan 

20:00 @ Great Hall Lucerna

Štěpánská 61

Francouzská 76

Every Wednesday EPIC opens the main room and unleashes epic parties with some of the best DJs around.

Thursday, April 11

Komunardů 30

20:00 @ Na pul cesty Café

Centrální park Pankrác

Wednesday, April 10

Chaloupeckého 7

Fantasy! 

19:30 @ Palac Akropolis

Kubelíkova 27

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 167 CZK

Music Infinity: Poppy Ackroyd + Julia Kent  19:30 @ Palac Akropolis

Kubelíkova 27

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz.

Experimental, Solo

Oozing Wound + Ghold + 7AM  20:00 @ Underdogs’ Ballroom &

Bar Nádražní 3

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 213 CZK Band, Drummer

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 180 to 250 CZK

How does a police commissioner become the representative of a far-right populist party? A dark thriller from the streets of Belgian Antwerp.

Thriller

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 CZK Jazz

Whitney 

Mike Krol + Johnny the Horse 

Whitney 

An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.

Life

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 210 CZK Post-punk, Post punk, Punk

Genesis 

Startup WorldCup & Summit 2019 

18:00 @ Cinema Svetozor

Vodičkova 41

An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.

Life

Bob Dylan 

20:00 @ Great Hall Lucerna

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20:45 @ Cinema Lucerna

Vodičkova 36

19:30 @ Cinema Pilot

Donská 19

The three stories within Genesis are rooted in the biblical notion of family: a woman in her late thirties rediscovers the faith she

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19:00 @ Klub Varšava

Varšavská 10

Wonderful circus 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Welcome to a miraculous circus where you can join two clowns following the mysterious beauty of Venus, experiencing numerous adventures.

Laterna magika, Clown, Show, Dance, Circus

Night Run for Firefly 2019  21:00 @ Park Stromovka

Stromovka

450 to 1800 CZK

Lešanské jesličky 

11:00 @ Theatre Comedy Jungmannova 1

Dance, Dancer, Dance scene

Student Opening 

19:30 @ La Fabrika

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 250 to 350 CZK Concert, World music, Musical group

Míšeňská 71/3

Two Finger Slide + Rehab 

Náplavka na Výtoni u Železničního mostu

20:00 @ (A)Void Floating Gallery

20:00 @ Café Club Míšeňská

Vodičkova 41

Vodičkova 41

Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.

Krasavice interkontinentální 

Krymská 12

The Bladderstones 

20:30 @ Cinema Svetozor

20:45 @ Cinema Svetozor

Bulgarian Film Festival 

Strahov Openair 2019: Band Contest (3rd round) 

Flut 

Double Lover 

Molchat Doma 

20:00 @ Café V lese

19:30 @ The experimental venue

Blind Spot 

Vodičkova 41

Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome who unexpectedly become involved in the mafia.

Life, Dream

Music, Opera

Křižíkova 10

Dálava 

50 CZK

20:30 @ Cinema Svetozor

17:00 @ Karlin Musical Theatre

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 100 CZK Comedy

18:30 @ 007 Strahov

@ EPIC Revoluční 3

Boys Cry 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 299 CZK Band, Captivating

Blame Kandinsky 

20:00 @ Czech Inn Bar

EPIC WEDNESDAYS: Belvedere Vodka 

Vodičkova 36

In 1971, a young housewife organizes the women of her town to petition for the right to vote.

Young

Jeníček a Mařenka 

Performance, Cirkus, Show, Dance, Duo

Velvet Comedy Show 

Dlouhá 33

Pop singer, guitarist and songwriter. 299 CZK Pop, Songwriter, Czechoslovakia

20:45 @ Cinema Lucerna

Dunaj 

Invalidovna

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 140 to 180 CZK

19:00 @ Roxy

The Divine Order 

See description on April 7.

Popular music

Karlín secesní a barokní 

17:30 @ Stanice metra Invalidovna

Sebastian 

Dlouhá 729/37

NoD Dlouhá 33

20:00 @ 007 Strahov

Chaloupeckého 7

19:00 @ Pisecka gate

K Brusce 5

The Blend 

19:00 @ Belcredi Bistro

Milady Horákové 19

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 500 CZK

The Herbaliser 

Arabfest 2019 Prague: Food  17:00 @ Various Venues

@ Various Venues

@ EPIC Revoluční 3

All Universities! All Students!

Friday, April 12 The Sleepover Pajamas Party 

18:00 @ Creative World Holešovice

Přívozní 3

For girls: Learn basic etiquette and physical activities for brave young girls! Plus make-up, dress-ups, dinner, breakfast and yoga. For boys: Learn how to dance like a gentleman! Plus crafts, stories, dinner, breakfast and yoga.For more information, email wiliamson@creativeworld.cz or call +420 736 166 384 1899 CZK

Jen 

20:00 @ La Loca

Odborů 4

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 99 to 450 CZK

Less: Dutch Courage + Tittingur + Tomáš Prištiak  20:00 @ Petrohradská kolektiv

Petrohradská 438/13

21:00 @ Lucerna Music Bar

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 CZK

09:00 @ Prague Congress Centre

Hip-hop, rare groove, funk and jazz.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 490 to 600 CZK

London Elektricity 

For the very first time Prague will host European finals of the biggest startup

Roman Fabig at Bokovka 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 292 to 325 CZK

5. května 65

Vodičkova 36

19:00 @ Bokovka

23:00 @ Roxy

Dlouhá 33

Martha + Bumfrang3  19:00 @ 007 Strahov

Chaloupeckého 7

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 213 CZK

Melting Pot Clash 2019  21:00 @ Underdogs’ Ballroom &

Bar Nádražní 3

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 CZK Dancehall

Ras Kass + Chi Ali  20:00 @ Prostor Země

Nádražní 76

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 180 to 1200 CZK

Space X 2019  00:00 @ DUP36

Národní 36

Mint Market 

11:00 @ Pražská tržnice in Holešovice Hall 17

MINT market goes back to its roots at the Prague Market in Holešovice! MINT focuses on authentic and premiere independent fashion, design, and of course incredible food and drinks. market, fashion, desing

Revolution  @ EPIC Revoluční 3

Epic’s resident night REVOLUTION will take you on a journey with the best electronic music.

Saturday, April 13 Blaf Food Fest 2019

The Belarusian duo accordionist and drummer. For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 to 400 CZK Pop, Guitarist, Electronic, Electric guitar, Synth, Electronic music, Jazz, Rock, Multimedia, Composer, Ambient, Duo, Drummer

11:00 @ Plechárna Bryksova 1002

Tess Parks 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 to 250 CZK Hip-hop, Drum, Funk, Bass, Jazz, Club, Producer, Dj

19:30 @ Kasárna Karlín

Vítkova 9

Canadian singer and songwriter who describes her music as “lo-fi alternative drones with a hypnotic vibe.”For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 250 to 300 CZK

The Prague Burlesque Show  21:30 @ Royal

Vinohradská 48

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 50 CZK

Eclair Fifi + A2  22:00 @ Swim

Štěpánská 36

Onuka 

19:30 @ Palac Akropolis

20:00 @ Punctum

Onuka is a Ukrainian electro-folk band.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 590 to 720 CZK Band

Electronic, Electronica, Ambient, Duo, Dj

Kubelíkova 27

Sushi Class 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 490 to 9990 CZK Czech republic, Drug

12:00 @ Buddha Bar

The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins 

Der Blutharsch + Olaf Olafsonn and the Big Bad Trip 

20:00 @ MeetFactory

Ke Sklárně 15

First theater release of the last Irvin Welshe novel,author of cult movies such as Acid House and Trainspotting.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 250 CZK Sexual, Drama, Cult, Life

Jessie J

Jakubská 649/8 3500 CZK

20:00 @ Klub FAMU

Krásova 27

UpTONE: Kelvin Jones 

Heřmaňák Farmer’s Market 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz.

Singer, British, Songwriter

09:00 @ Řezáčovo náměstí

Řezáčovo náměstí

Farmers’ markets are held every Saturday from 08:00–14:00. You can buy local, Czech food and other home-made goods from farmers and producers.

Vegan Picnic at Riegrovy sady 

Smetanovo nábřeží 2

13:00 @ Riegrovy sady

Dejvicky Garden Party: Spring 2019 

The Boss of it all 

11:00 @ Klubovna

Wormhole: Future Cut + Sayko 

Generála Píky

Plynární 23

20:00 @ Na pul cesty Café

20:00 @ Cross Club

Erai + Grow Grow 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 100 CZK Electronic, Djs, Cult, Bohemia, Drum’n’bass, Czech, Play

Post punk

Centrální park Pankrác

Riegrovy Sady

19:00 @ Švanda›s theatre

Štefánikova 57

Comedy

Oriental Street Food Market in Praze  10:00 @ Vnitroblock

Tusarova 791/31

Hladomor + C:/lean Water 

Náplavka Farmer’s Market 

Evropská 689/148

08:00 @ Náplavka

100 CZK

Rašínovo nábřeží

18:00 @ Vnitroblock

Večer Logosu: Iniciace 

Wonderful circus 

350 CZK

Heřmanova 6

Theatre Národní 4

19:00 @ Balada Bar

19:00 @ Cafe Liberal

Hentai Corporation  19:00 @ Fuchs2

ostrov Štvanice 1125

Metal, Band

Warm-Up Party Student Festu: Eva Porating + Akira + more  21:00 @ Klub FAMU

Smetanovo nábřeží 2

100 CZK Electronic, Hip-hop, Prestigious, Djs, Bohemia, Drum’n’bass, Funk, Club, Czech, Producer, Deep house, Dj

Breaking the Waves  19:30 @ La Fabrika

Komunardů 30

Kreyson Memories + Burnnesy + Ex Site  20:00 @ Modra Vopice

K Žižkovu 1

17:00 @ New Stage of the National

See description on April 11.

Laterna magika, Clown, Show, Dance, Circus

Wonderful circus 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

See description on April 11.

Laterna magika, Clown, Show, Dance, Circus

Mint Market 

Lebanese Wine in Vnitroblock  Tusarova 791/31

Bump In  @ EPIC

Revoluční 3

Hang out with Epic’s epic DJs every weekend night.

Sunday, April 14 Ceremony + Visions in Clouds 

Plynární 23

Půlnoc + Svobodná místa + Eturnity 

Street Food Festival 2019  10:00 @ Cross Club

MINT market goes back to its roots at the Prague Market in Holešovice! MINT focuses on authentic and premiere independent fashion, design, and of course incredible food and drinks. market, fashion, desing

For children and family.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 60 CZK

MacroNoise + Gwerkova + more 

Candlelight guitar concert.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 400 CZK Dance, Art, Guitar

Kovářova 4

Guitar Concert  18:00 @ Art Space

Řetězová 7

18:45 @ Palac Akropolis

Kubelíkova 27

Plynární 23

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 290 to 340 CZK Band, Rock

Lowbau + Vague View + Marked As An Enemy 

Swish 

18:30 @ Klubovna 100 CZK

Foresight + I am Pentagon  20:00 @ Na pul cesty Café

Centrální park Pankrác

As Far as I see 

17:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Playful piece for the whole family opens up door to the world of children imagination, through music, film and videomapping. *Performance for children 5+.* Laterna magika, Director, Fairy tale, Dance, World

The World of Hans Zimmer  20:00 @ O2 Arena

Českomoravská 17 1490 to 2290 CZK

Both a childrens’ game and the embodiment of aspiration and selfperfection.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 120 to 220 CZK Dance, Performance, Site-specific

The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins  20:00 @ MeetFactory

Ke Sklárně 15

See description on April 12.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 250 CZK Sexual, Drama, Cult, Life

The Act 

19:00 @ Jára Cimrman Theatre

Štítného 5

Cimrman English Theatre performs their new play, The Act, the very first play about the famous Czech icon that never actually existed.

Cimrman English Theatre

Arcadia 

20:30 @ Kino Ponrepo

Bartolomějská 11

19:30 @ Theatre Comedy

Jungmannova 1

Monday, April 15 “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians”  20:15 @ Studio Alta

U Výstaviště 21

20:00 @ Ponec

Husitská 24a

Generála Píky

Dance, Dancer, Dance scene

15:00 @ Mlejn

Dlouhá 33

Evropská 689/148

19:00 @ Balada Bar

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 CZK Post-punk, Army

Circus workshop 

20:00 @ Roxy

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 595 CZK Hip-hop

20:00 @ Potrvá

Srbská 2

Kid Ink + Rory Fresco + Juliann Alexander 

Wolfgang + Dva gramy v mrazáku 

Amazonky 

10:00 @ Pražská tržnice in

Holešovice Hall 17

20:00 @ Cross Club

visit GoOut.cz.

Europe, Young artist, Historical, History

A young artist is planning to reconstruct a historical event from 1941, during which the Romanian Administration through the Romanian Army carried out an ethnic massacre on the Eastern Front. For tickets,

100 years of archival footage in the guise of an experimental film. The magic, charm, and disorder of rural life.

Film Žižkovské Šapitó 2019  00:00 @ Nákladové nádraží Žižkov

Jana Želivského 2704/2

Circus festival: kid friendly!

Frailty, Thy Name is Woman  20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Drama, Crossover, Czech republic, Czech, Dance, World

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@ EPIC

Revoluční 3

Every Wednesday EPIC opens the main room and unleashes epic parties with some of the best DJs around.

Thursday, April 18

00:00 @ Klub FAMU

18:00 @ Creative World Holešovice

Přívozní 3

Decorate three easter eggs! Eggs, decorations and accessories included.

For more information, email wiliamson@ creativeworld.cz or call +420 736 166 384 159 CZK

Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar  18:30 @ Prague Congress Centre

5. května 65

Janáčkovo nábřeží 2

Jungmannova 1

Protest/Rest 

Dance, Dancer, Dance scene

Tuesday, April 16 Alfa Mist + support: Antonín Dlapa & JeN Hovorka + Tom Holič  19:30 @ Palac Akropolis

Kubelíkova 27

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 111 to 650 CZK Jazz, Artist

Heliotype 

20:00 @ VILA Štvanice

Dům č. p. 858 – Ostrov Štvanice

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 70 CZK

New Generation: Young Blood  19:30 @ Studio Alta

U Výstaviště 21

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 120 to 220 CZK

November 2nd  20:00 @ Klub Varšava

Varšavská 10

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 203 CZK Guitarist, Band, Rock, Czech

Passenger 

19:00 @ Švanda›s theatre

Štefánikova 57

Václav Havel´s dialogue is confronted with dramatic attempt of a debuting author. To sign or not to sign? To act or just to talk?

Did the elites fail or did we? Protest? Rest!

Comedy, Drama, Debut, Writer

Wednesday, April 17 Contemporary Dance – Lessons For Adults  18:30 @ Ponec

Husitská 24a

The contemporary dance lessons are led by major figures in the contemporary dance scene, mainly artists working at Ponec.

The lessons are for all, who want to try something new. For tickets, visit GoOut.cz.

120 to 150 CZK Dance scene, Contemporary art, Contemporary dance, Dance, Artist

Contemporary Piano: Simeon Walker + Theo Alexander 

20:00 @ Underdogs’ Ballroom &

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 213 CZK

20:00 @ Czech Inn Bar

Francouzská 76

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 100 CZK Comedy

Noname  38

Krymská 12

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 267 CZK

The.Switch + Sunset Trail  19:00 @ Palac Akropolis

Kubelíkova 27

18:30 @ Eternia Smichov

Nádražní 3

Satori 

19:00 @ Forum Karlín

Pernerova 53

See description on April 17.

Ballet

Samoaja 

19:00 @ Klubovna

Generála Píky

Asia Fest 2019 

Festival

Evropská 689/148

Theatre Národní 4

Lords of The Sound  19:00 @ Hybernia Theatre

Náměstí Republiky 3/4 790 to 1490 CZK

Baus + Lůza 

19:30 @ Klub Varšava

Varšavská 10

Tramvestie 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Opera, Collection

19:00 @ Punctum

Krásova 27

18:00 @ Stone Bell House Art, History

Capernaum 

19:30 @ Theater Dobeška

Jasná I. 6

While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect. 70 to 100 CZK

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Satori 

See description on April 1.

Pernerova 53

Mono + Årabrot + Jo Quail 

19:00 @ Forum Karlín See description on April 17.

Ballet

20:30 @ Kino Ponrepo

Bartolomějská 11

El Ritmo Latino  @ EPIC

Revoluční 3

No need to wait for the weekend for the fun to begin. Epic opens the main stage and the biggest midweek party in town gets underway.

Children Of Zeus

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Boneflower + Brighter Days + Watching Tides 

The Garden 

Staroměstské náměstí 13

300 CZK Drum, Noise, Czech, Noise rock, Hardcore

Lopuchová 58/6

350 to 400 CZK Electronic, Prestigious, House, Czech republic, Electronic dance, Funk, Club, Czech, Rap, Deep house

19:00 @ Balada Bar

Children Of Zeus

Chaloupeckého 7

23:00 @ Ankali

Last Climb + Böset 

Global Art History: Ivan Meštrović: A Croatian Sculptor 

19:00 @ 007 Strahov

No Borders: John Talabot + Eva Porating + Fatty M 

Masarykovo nábřeží 32

Výročí 

Wrong + Coilguns + Or 

Vinohradská 48

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 490 to 9990 CZK Czech republic, Drug

10:00 @ Goethe Institute

Polish duo.

Duo

Michal Záhora´s latest production, born from the desire to celebrate the foundation of Czechoslovakia, its 100th anniversary.

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 60 to 280 CZK Dance, Desire, History, Czechoslovakia

21:30 @ Royal

11:00 @ Náplavka Smíchov Hořejší nábřeží

ostrov Štvanice 1125

Husitská 24a

The Prague Burlesque Show 

The.Switch is an emo-crossover group.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 190 CZK Metalcore, Metal, Rock, Hardcore

Przepych + Frisk 

19:30 @ Fuchs2

Smetanovo nábřeží 2

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 250 CZK

Shared Cities Ideas Yard: Supporting European Cultural Projects 

Fuchs2 Calorific: Viah + Pam Rabbit + more 

10:00 @ Ponec

Velvet Comedy Show 

19:30 @ Café V lese

The story of the great and difficult love of two people who can not be together and can not live without each other. In the background of the events of the Cold War of the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris.

The Picturebooks  For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 267 CZK Debut, Drum, Guitar

International ballet superstar Sergei Polunin, famous for being the youngest principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London and winning countless ballet awards.

Ballet

Faces On TV 

Peter Aristone 

Hybernská 4

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 CZK

Krymská 12

Pernerova 53

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 267 CZK

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 180 CZK Contemporary art, Czech republic, Piano, Composer

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 550 to 890 CZK Pop, Band, Tribute, Rock, Tribute band

19:30 @ Café V lese

19:00 @ Forum Karlín

Krymská 12

19:30 @ Hybernská 4

Bar Nádražní 3

Francouzská 4

Satori 

19:30 @ Café V lese

Vítkova 9

Michael David Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Passenger, is an English singer-songwriter and musician.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 795 CZK Musician, Band

20:00 @ Retro Music Hall

Evropská 689/148

Faces On TV 

Cold War 

Deaf Kids + Rakta 

Queenie 

19:00 @ Balada Bar

19:00 @ Kasárna Karlín

20:00 @ Roxy

Dlouhá 33

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 1190 to 1890 CZK Stand-up, Tour, Comedy, Worldwide, Comedian

Faminehill + Safecourse 

ostrov Štvanice 1125

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 290 to 330 CZK

Přívozní 3

Easter Egg Decorating 

19:30 @ Theatre Comedy

20:30 @ Fuchs2

Jack And The Weatherman 

Baking and decorating a white, lavender or chocolate lamb, or any other color according to your imagination! For more information, email wiliamson@ creativeworld.cz or call +420 736 166 384 159 CZK

Amazonky 

Dub Club Prague: King Shiloh + Black Omolo 

Easter Lamb Baking 

18:00 @ Creative World Holešovice

19:00 @ Jazz Dock

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 80 CZK

Friday, April 19 19:30 @ Café V lese

Krymská 12

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 453 CZK

19:30 @ Café V lese

Krymská 12

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 453 CZK

Drumstation: Ego Trippin + Scoundrel  20:00 @ Cross Club

Plynární 23

19:00 @ Underdogs’ Ballroom &

Bar Nádražní 3 490 CZK

Ministry of House  @ EPIC Revoluční 3

Hang out with Epic’s epic DJs every weekend night.

Saturday, April 20 Beautiful Easter Brunch 

11:00 @ Creative World Holešovice Přívozní 3 Have great fun with the Spring Trail for the whole family. Afterwards enjoy an Easter brunch buffet: Easter aspic, Herbal soups, Chicken roulade stuffed with egg, carrots with potatoes and Bacon, Spinach Salad with eggs & tomatoes, Easter stuffing with Nettle, Easter hot cross buns and Linz eggs with chocolate and jam.

For more information, email wiliamson@ creativeworld.cz or call +420 736 166 384 250 to 420 CZK

Satori 

19:00 @ Forum Karlín

Pernerova 53

See description on April 17.

Ballet

Dukla + Bílej kluk  19:00 @ Fuchs2

ostrov Štvanice 1125

Prague DJ inherently linked with XYZ projects, Polygon, Comics, Mineral, etc.

Electronic, House, Techno, Bass, Alternative

Náplavka Farmer’s Market  08:00 @ Náplavka

and using his own constructed instruments.

Industrial, Classical, Violence, Brutal

Tramvestie 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Rašínovo nábřeží

Opera, Collection

The Garden 

Art Week 

14:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

See description on April 1.

The Garden 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

See description on April 1.

Heřmaňák Farmer’s Market  09:00 @ Řezáčovo náměstí

Řezáčovo náměstí

Farmers’ markets are held every Saturday from 08:00–14:00. You can buy local, Czech food and other home-made goods from farmers and producers.

Vinný košt at Střelecky Island 2019  10:00 @ Střelecký ostrov

Střelecký ostrov 100 CZK

Epic in the Dark  @ EPIC

Revoluční 3

Hang out with Epic’s epic DJs every weekend night.

Sunday, April 21 Guitar Concert  18:00 @ Art Space

Řetězová 7

Candlelight guitar concert.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 400 CZK Dance, Art, Guitar

Vegan Burger Festival  10:00 @ Cross Club

Plynární 23

Satori 

19:00 @ Forum Karlín

Pernerova 53

See description on April 17.

Ballet

The Garden 

@ Various Venues Week of events at all of Prague’s leading independent and national galleries.

Tuesday, April 23 Člověku nad tím rozum i čurák zůstává stát  19:30 @ DUP36

Národní 36

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 50 to 300 CZK Theatre

Hoří 

20:00 @ MeetFactory

Ke Sklárně 15

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 250 CZK Drama, Music, Thriller

Jessie J 

20:00 @ Forum Karlín

Pernerova 53

British pop singer-songwriter.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 890 to 1690 CZK Czech republic

Plovárna 

Bubenské nábřeží 306/13

Husitská 24a

18:30 @ Jatka78

Juggling and street-theater duo of two brothers.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 250 to 350 CZK Comedy, Contemporary circus, Summer, Show

Poets of the Fall + support: Blackout Problems  19:00 @ Roxy

Dlouhá 33

Poets of the Fall (POTF) is a Finnish alternative rock band.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 495 to 1815 CZK

Velvet Comedy Show  20:00 @ Czech Inn Bar

Francouzská 76

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 100 CZK Comedy

Les Gars d’en Bas  19:30 @ Bar/ák

Za Poříčskou branou 7

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

See description on April 1.

Timber Rattle 

Backyard Babies + Audrey Horne  20:00 @ Nová Chmelnice

Koněvova 219

Backyard Babies are a Swedish rock band.

690 CZK Europe, Band, Hard rock, Rock band, Rock

Monday, April 22 The Wave Pictures  19:30 @ Café V lese

Krymská 12

20:00 @ Kastan

Bělohorská 150

Plynární 23

Author & Punisher is an experimental project of Tristan Shone from San Diego, California, he creates music combining doom metal with industrial and drone music

20:00 @ Alfred ve dvoř፥

Františka Křížka 36

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 230 CZK

Jameszoo + Johannes Benz + Android Asteroid 

Casey + Acres + Gatherers  20:00 @ Modra Vopice

Little Prince 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

One of the best known stories of global modern literature on stage. *Recommended for audience 12+.* Laterna magika, Modern, Projection, Drama, Friendship, Technology

The Boss of it all 

19:00 @ Švanda›s theatre

Štefánikova 57

19:00 @ Švanda›s theatre

Štefánikova 57

Drama, Hamlet, Tragedy

Wednesday, April 24 Arpa Doro 

19:00 @ KC Zahrada

Malenická 1784/4

@ EPIC Revoluční 3

All Universities! All Students!

Friday, April 26 Welcome to Spring Family Day 

10:00 @ Creative World Holešovice

Přívozní 3

Welcome to the Spring Trail for the whole family. Plus plays, quizzes and more for kids to welcome in the Spring! (Free!).

For more information, email wiliamson@ creativeworld.cz or call +420 736 166 384

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 111 to 420 CZK Electronic, Indie, Folk, Jazz, Poetic, Rap, Drummer

EPIC WEDNESDAYS 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 128 CZK

Karel Kahovec 

Every Wednesday EPIC opens the main room and unleashes epic parties with some of the best DJs around.

19:00 @ Kulturní dům Kyje

Šimanovská 47

Karel Kahovec is singing star of 60’s.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 CZK Rock

Macbeth – Too Much Blood 

19:00 @ Café V lese

@ EPIC

Revoluční 3

Thursday, April 25 Heavy Metal Soap Opera  20:00 @ Alfred ve dvoř፥

Františka Křížka 36

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 230 CZK

HVOB 

Hamlet 

Epic Semester 

Child Fest 2019 

Ke Sklárně 15

Husitská 24a

20:00 @ Na pul cesty Café

Dance

Comedy

20:30 @ MeetFactory

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 120 CZK World music, Experimental, Folk

A young artist is planning to reconstruct a historical event from 1941, during which the Romanian Administration through the Romanian Army carried out an ethnic massacre on the Eastern Front.

Europe, Young artist, Historical, History

Národní 4

K Žižkovu 1

Momo 

Centrální park Pankrác

20:00 @ Cross Club

Heavy Metal Soap Opera 

Chaloupeckého 7

Bartolomějská 11

20:00 @ Kino Ponrepo

Cocks + Low Dérive 

Author & Punisher + Lingua Ignota + V0nt 

The contemporary dance lessons are led by major figures in the contemporary dance scene, mainly artists working at Ponec.

The lessons are for all, who want to try something new. For tickets, visit GoOut.cz.

120 to 150 CZK Dance scene, Contemporary art, Contemporary dance, Dance, Artist

18:00 @ 007 Strahov

19:00 @ Na zábradlí Theatre

210 

Evropská 689/148

18:30 @ Ponec

SHOW 2019 

“I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 267 CZK

19:00 @ Balada Bar

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 190 CZK

Contemporary Dance – Lessons For Adults 

French gypsy jazz band.

Gypsy, Summer, Jazz, Czech, World music

Theatre Národní 4

Intercontinental Beauties

Anenské náměstí 5

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 350 CZK Desire, World

09:00 @ Ponec For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 60 to 280 CZK Interactive, Dance

Momo 

11:00 @ Ponec

Husitská 24a

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 60 to 280 CZK Interactive, Dance

Piaf! The Show 

19:30 @ Hybernia Theatre

Náměstí Republiky 3/4

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 1029 to 2059 CZK

Slow Readers Club 

Hlaskontrabas  19:00 @ Pisecka gate

K Brusce 5

Katapult 

19:30 @ Nákladové nádraží Žižkov

Jana Želivského 2704/2

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 450 to 480 CZK Band, Rock

Kompakt Extra Speicher  23:00 @ Roxy

Dlouhá 33

As a DJ, producer and remixer, Michael Mayer remains one of Germany’s core celebrities in dance music.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 332 to 369 CZK Electronic, House, Electronic music, Producer, Dance music, Dj

Lollipopz 

10:00 @ Nákladové nádraží Žižkov

Jana Želivského 2704/2

20:00 @ Roxy

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 CZK

Producer, songwriter and singer Anna Müller and producer Paul Wallner perform live with drummer. Deep house, bass music, melancholy melodies and abstract lyrics.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 650 CZK Electronic, Tour, European, Electronic music, Electronica, Producer, Duo

Lonnie Holley 

Smrtislav + Niceland 

19:00 @ 007 Strahov

Dlouhá 33

20:00 @ Klub Varšava

Varšavská 10

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 139 CZK Pop, Rock, Indie, Singer-songwriter

19:30 @ Café V lese

Vertigo 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 267 CZK

Theatre

Krymská 12

Krymská 12

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

19:30 @ Punctum

Krásova 27

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 299 CZK Musician, Artist

The Peacocks + Holly B.  Chaloupeckého 7

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 290 CZK

The Prague Burlesque Show  21:30 @ Royal

Vinohradská 48

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 490 to 9990

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Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the faeries and save the spirit world.

Irish

Tess Parks

Huff Raid + Non President  20:00 @ Na pul cesty Café

Centrální park Pankrác

Cube 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

See description on April 27.

Film, Laterna magika, Illusion, Ballet, Projection, Dance

Monday, April 29 How to Become Czech in 60 minutes  19:30 @ Royal

Vinohradská 48

CZK Czech republic, Drug

Subgate 

Fall of the House of Usher 

Rašínovo nábřeží

20:00 @ Venuše ve Švehlovce

Slavíkova 22

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 450 CZK Festival, Czech

Bee Bee Sea + Old Folks House 

16:00 @ Parník Tyrš For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 322 to 450 CZK Electronic, Studio, Prestigious, Festival, Party, Czech, Deep house

The Pariah + Watch Me Rise  19:00 @ Balada Bar

Evropská 689/148

19:30 @ Kasárna Karlín

Prahaton 2019 

Rock, Folk, House

Za Poříčskou branou 7

Vítkova 9

Vertigo 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Dance

Saturday, April 27 Chelou 

20:30 @ MeetFactory

Ke Sklárně 15

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 250 CZK British, Singer-songwriter

Heavy Metal Soap Opera  20:00 @ Alfred ve dvoř፥

15:00 @ Eternia Smichov

Nádražní 3

Electronic, Death metal, Metal, Noise, Underground

Pražský Majáles 2019 12:00 @ Letiště Letňany

Hůlkova 35

Parade and giant open-air festival. 440 to 999 CZK Swing, Pop, Singer, Hip-hop, Electronic, Electro, Solo, Bohemia, Band, Folk, Guitar, Vocal, Rock, Czech, R’n’b, Drummer, Punk, Violinist

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 230 CZK

Náplavka Farmer’s Market 

Korben Dallas 

Rašínovo nábřeží

Františka Křížka 36

19:30 @ Palac Akropolis

Kubelíkova 27

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 300 to 500 CZK Alternative, Indie, Rock

Polygon x Dietl Archive: Celestial Trax + Fred Czital  00:00 @ Prague Congress Centre

5. května 65

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 350 CZK Light, Drone, Ambient

Poslední večeře  19:30 @ Jatka78

Bubenské nábřeží 306/13

Dekkadancers was founded by Tom Rychetsky, Viktor Konvalinka (ex-dancers and choreographers of the National Theatre in Prague) and Pavel Hejny (photographer).

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 200 to 350 CZK Theatre, Ballet

Shortparis 

20:00 @ Café V lese

08:00 @ Náplavka

Cube 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Laterna magika is a mix of music, film and breathtaking videomapping, drawing upon the idea that everything around us in the modern world is a cube.

Film, Laterna magika, Illusion, Ballet, Projection, Dance

Workers 

19:00 @ Švanda›s theatre

Štefánikova 57

Comedy

Bezefšeho 

19:30 @ Theater Dobeška

Jasná I. 6

180 CZK Rhythm, Music scene, Vocal, Czech, Saxophone

19:30 @ La Fabrika

Komunardů 30

Performance, Cirkus, Show, Dance, Duo Čarodějnice 2019: Pio Squad + DunDun

 15:00 @ Na pul cesty Café

Centrální park Pankrác

Hip-hop, New era, Band, Live concert, Czech, R’n’b

Two Czechs, one Irish guy and an Armenian will teach you how to become a perfect Czech in 60 minutes.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 290 to 390 CZK Czech republic, Theater, Czech

The Visit 

Vertigo 

Wednesday, May 1

Theatre Národní 4

20:00 @ Roxy

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

Theatre Národní 4

Plynární 23

19:00 @ Radek Brzobohaty’s

Bars and Melody are an English singing/ rapping duo.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 519 to 1799 CZK Bar

21:00 @ Cross Club Techno Festival.

Pump it Up  @ EPIC

Revoluční 3

Pump it up is a night with DJs who will take you on an epic journey through the best Electronic Dance Music.

Freddie  Theatre Opletalova 5

World-known tribute band Queenie will tell you the story of one of the beloved Freddie Mercury. English subtitles.

Tribute, Tribute band

The Boss of it all 

19:00 @ Švanda›s theatre

Sunday, April 28 A Report on the Party and the Guests  19:00 @ Studio of Heroes

Dukelských hrdinů 47

A family receives an invitation for a party and they decide to go on foot through a forest. The plot of the script provides us with a space for a discussion of the theme of totality, especially the inner one.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz.

Drama, Party, Film

Bez hranic  19:30 @ Jatka78

Bubenské nábřeží 306/13

Štefánikova 57

Comedy

Nordra + Wackelkontakt + TouchieTouchie  19:30 @ Underdogs’ Ballroom &

Bar Nádražní 3

Industrial, Electronic, Indie

Tuesday, April 30 Velvet Comedy Show  20:00 @ Czech Inn Bar

Francouzská 76

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 100 CZK Comedy

Dekkadancers was founded by Tom Rychetsky, Viktor Konvalinka (ex-dancers and choreographers of the National Theatre in Prague) and Pavel Hejny (photographer).

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 550 CZK Theatre, Ballet

Winds Of Promise 

Ewert and The Two Dragons 

Pernerova 53

19:30 @ The experimental venue

NoD Dlouhá 33

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 395 CZK Singer

In the Blueberry Bushes  20:00 @ VILA Štvanice

Dům č. p. 858 – Ostrov Štvanice

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 280 CZK Theatre, Theatre company, Festival, Baroque

Guitar Concert  18:00 @ Art Space

Řetězová 7

Candlelight guitar concert.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 to 400 CZK Dance, Art, Guitar

Studio 54 Boat: Enrico +

Podolské nábřeží 3/1184

Ben, a young Irish boy, and his little sister

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Intercontinental Beauties 

Dance

Song of The Sea 

40

Křižíkova 10

Music, Opera

OZORA One Day in Prague 

Prosecco & Food Festival 2019  12:00 @ Žluté lázně

17:00 @ Karlin Musical Theatre

Bars and Melody 

For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 275 CZK

Krymská 12

Jeníček a Mařenka 

20:00 @ New Stage of the National

09:30 @ Bar/ák

Eternal Noise Misery 2019 

Bobby McFerrin is a jazz-influenced a cappella vocal performer and conductor. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of the world’s best known vocal innovators and improvisers. His song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” was a #1 U.S. pop hit in 1988. 1390 to 2990 CZK

15:00 @ Kino Ponrepo

Bartolomějská 11

19:00 @ 007 Strahov

Chaloupeckého 7

Bobby McFerrin  20:00 @ Forum Karlín

Bobby McFerrin

Dlouhá 33

Bratří speciál  18:30 @ Jatka78

Bubenské nábřeží 306/13

Juggling and street-theater duo of two brothers with different names.For tickets, visit GoOut.cz. 150 CZK Comedy, Family, Show

Not On Tour + Pity Party + Bad Taste  17:00 @ 007 Strahov

Chaloupeckého 7

Jesus, Musical group, Hardcore, Tour

Noija + Griever  17:00 @ Cross Club

Plynární 23

Veggie Náplavka  10:00 @ Náplavka

Rašínovo nábřeží

Vivaldianno Reloaded  20:00 @ O2 Arena

Českomoravská 17 790 to 1990 CZK

exhibitions Here's all the best art exhibitions going on this month, long-term and newly opening.

Glass as Art

Portheimka Glass Museum

Štefánikova 12, Prague 5 Portheimka’s permanent exhibition is dedicated to the relatively new art field of studio glass. Czechoslovakia was the epicenter of studio glass’s development, with artists such as Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Miluše and René Roubíček, Václav Cigler, Vladimír Kopecký, Jiří Harcuba and František Vízner. The baroque architecture of the Portheimka Summer Palace is worth a visit in itself.

Permanent Exhibition.

Datamaze

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art

Poupětova 1, Prague 7 The #DATAMAZE project presents an “extended exhibition”. It is a work in progress exhibit with a workspace and library intended for activities and developing collaboration across areas and topics related to a critical reflection on our existence in the new technological aspects of the internet and the modern world.

All year.

František Kupka & Otto Gutfreund & Jiří Kolář Museum Kampa

U Sovových mlýnů 2, Prague 1 Museum Kampa’s permanent exhibition. František Kupka is one of the most important Czech painters of the 20th century. The museum’s founder was a friend of Kupka’s and collected his work, donating it to the museum. The exhibit highlights his figurative art and then focuses on his relationship with color. On the other hand, Otto Gutfreund’s work is one of the most comprehensive developments of Cubism in European sculpture.

All year.

Dimensions of Dialogue Salmovský palace

Hradčanské náměstí 1, Prague 1 Collaboration between NGP and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, the exhibition assembles a collection of German and Czech work in order to to promote and foster dialogue between the two cities as well as between Eastern and Western artistic positions in the space of Central Europe.

Ends December 1.

Jaroslav Róna: Drawings from Elsewhere Jewish Museum in Prague, Robert Guttman Gallery

U Staré školy 3, Prague 1 Róna is most known as the artist of the highly acclaimed Franz Kafka memorial in Old Town. In the 1980s, he was one of the founders of the art group Tvrdohlaví, or The Stubborn.

This exhibit focuses on his drawings from his travels in the past five years.

Ends October 6.

Made in Czechoslovakia National Technical Museum

Kostelní 42, Prague 7 This exhibition presents famous products bearing the label “Made in Czechoslovakia”. For the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic, we have prepared this exhibition to remind us as well as our visitors from abroad, of famous products that Czechoslovak companies were producing from 1918 to 1992. We also present famous personalities, without whose genius, the products would never have been produced.

Ends September 29.

The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher: Textiles and Fashion Musuem of Decorative Arts

17. listopadu 2, Prague 1 The story of Zika and Lída Ascher who left Czechoslovakia before the break of WWII and built a textile empire in the United Kingdom which supplied fabrics to the international fashion industry from the 40‘s, inspiring the likes of Dior, Balenciaga and Saint Laurent.

Ends September 15.

400 ASA Photography Trade Fair Palace

Dukelských hrdinů 47, Prague 7 Seven photographers from the association ASA 400 share the realism with which they view the world and capture its variability, from the present and past, to religious traditions and village life.

Ends September 8.

Moving Image Department Trade Fair Palace

Dukelských hrdinů 47, Prague 7 Mastering the craft of mystification, the artists participating in this exhibition negotiate the conditions of reality’s perception. They look

at how we read history and the past, considering insufficiency of knowledge, media frenzy, addiction to deception and an inclination towards an abstract vocabulary of looking at and experiencing a contemporary, hyper-mediated world of larger-than-fiction systems and codes.

Ends July 28.

Czech-Slovak Exhibition / Slovak-Czech Exhibition

National Museum, Historical Building

Václavské náměstí 68, Prague 1 The National Museum and the Slovak National Museum celebrate the 100 years anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia with this joint exhibit. It reminds how unreal the project of this country seemed at its very beginning, it will point out what connected and divided these two nations.

Ends June 30.

Vladimír Kopecký: Clash of Colours Museum Kampa

U Sovových mlýnů 2, Prague 1 Painter and glass-artist who began his career as an artist in the 1950s contributing to the phenomenal success of the Czechoslovak pavilion at EXPO 58 in Brussels. This exhibit shows a collection of his works from the last two years, curated by Kopecký himself.

Ends June 2.

PIXAR: 30 Years of Animation

Výstaviště Exhibition Grounds

Výstaviště 67, Prague 7 Take a look under the hood at how Pixar makes its films. Plus, dive into the history of the studio that has won 24 Oscars, 6 Golden Globes and 3 Grammy awards so far.

Ends May 26.

Pulp Fiction

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Tusarova 31, Prague 7 Seemingly unrelated stories that blend together in unexpectedly complementary and absolutely compact ways. The three distinct personalities of painters Klára Sedlo, Jan Harant and Lukáš Miffek work together to tell a unique story.

Ends April 14.

OPENINGS

Petr Fiala: In Motion

Jiří Hanke: Photographs 1973–2018

Smetanovo nábřeží 6, Prague 1 Fantastical painter Petr Fiala showcases his imaginary works that explore the idea that everything around us in the universe is permanently in motion.

Opens April 4.

Prague House of Photography

Revoluční 5, Prague 1 Documentarian Jiří Hanke’s photographs focus on long-term social issues, often inspired by his hometown of Kladno. Some of his most known works involve documenting vanishing workingclass colonies. Hanke usually works with black and white photography.

Ends August 18.

Zdeněk Burian: Through the Wild World Municipal House

Náměstí Republiky 5, Prague 1 More than 200 exhibits will take you on a journey to unknown worlds.

From illustrations of adventure books by authors such as Jack London and Jules Verne to paintings of travelogues, imaginary worlds and prehistoric life.

Ends June 30.

Fresh Colours / Svěží barvy Portheimka Glass Museum

Štefánikova 12, Prague 5 Joint exhibition presenting glass designers, artists and studios whose work are characterized by a passion for color as an essential means of expression. The exhibit presents all generations of artists, from current art students with state-ofthe-art technology to established artists using ancient glass blowing techniques.

Ends June 9.

Gregor Sailer: Potemkin Villages Fotografic Gallery

Stříbrná 2, Prague 1 Historically, Potemkin Villages were the structures built for Russian ruler Catherine the Great when she toured through her country. Photographer Gregor Sailer explores this concept in the 21st century, taking photos of government-built structures that were never finished and create an illusion of a complete building.

Ends May 5.

Galerie Hollar

Homework: Music in Pictures Galerie La Femme

Bílkova 2, Prague 1 Galerie La Femme is back with their Homework series, an annual exhibit where the Gallery’s owner assigns artists a theme to create with. This year the theme is Music in Pictures.

The tiny, cozy gallery highlights both established artists as well as new, upand-coming artists.

Opens April 15.

Generation of the Mánes Association of Fine Artists Kooperativa Gallery

Pobřežní 21, Prague 8 This exhibit presents an overview of the Mánes Association. Named after Romantic Czech painter Josef Mánes, the association sparked the Czech National Revival of the 19th century. They encouraged interaction between Czech artists and the foreign avant-garde as well as helping to develop Czech Cubism.

Opens April 17.

Josef Šíma: The Road to Le Grand Jeu Waldstein Riding School

Valdštejnská 3, Prague 1 Josef Šíma is a renowned Czech painter and figure of modern European art. He was chief artist and artistic director of the famous French journal Le Grand Jeu. Earlier in life he was involved in the Devětsil avantgarde movement in Czechoslovakia.

The exhibit will also highlight works by other Le Grand Jeu artists.

Opens April 19.

Gallery Weekend 2019

Prague galleries open all weekend, with special meetings with artists and curators, special guided tours and more. Over 35 galleries are taking part, including Galerie 35M2, Galerie La Femme, Galerie UM, Kavárna co hledá jméno, Knupp gallery, Leica Gallery Prague, NoD, Municipal House, Pragovka and more.

April 26 - April 28.

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FILMED in prague Prague through the lens of directors who have shot here. For more, follow filmedinprague on Instagram.

BY Bektash Musa Kolja (1996) "Kolja (1996) is a Czech movie that won an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as multiple Czech Lions (the Czech equivalent of an Oscar). Directed

by Jan Svěrák, the film stars his father, Zdeněk Svěrák, who also wrote the script based off a story by Pavel Taussig. The film follows the story of a middle-aged Czech cellist, Louka, struggling to make ends meet during the Soviet communist regime in Czechoslovakia after accidentally being 42

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black-listed by the regime. Through a series of events, Louka ends up taking care of a young boy and finding himself in the process.

Zdeněk Svěrák is a beloved Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter and one of the most well-known Czech personalities of the past century. His films The Elementary School and My Sweet Little Village were also Academy Awardnominated. In the Czech Republic, however, he is perhaps most known for his creation of Jára Cimrman with friend Ladislav Smoljak.

Jára Cimrman is known as the greatest Czech who never lived. He is portrayed as a

universal genius, one of the greatest Czech playwrights,

poets,

composers,

teachers,

travellers, philosophers, inventors, detectives, mathematicians, and sportsmen that ever lived.

Svěrák and Smoljak created the character as a joke in 1966 and went on to establish the Jára Cimrman theatre where the many plays they wrote about the character have been performed for decades (and are still almost always sold out).

This was one of my best and most enjoyable shots ever. I had to wait a long time for the train to pass by to get the perfect shot.

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