Letní Letná: Prague’s Contemporary Circus Festival
Three weeks of contemporary circus and theatre in tents on Letná Park, every August. No animals, no sequins — acrobatics as art.
Signal Festival Prague 2026: Dates, Routes and What to Expect
Signal Festival turns Prague into light art for four October evenings. Routes, times, what is free and how to avoid the worst of the crowds.
Famous Czech Artists and Their Masterpieces
Mucha's Slav Epic, Kupka's first abstractions and the Czech cubists — where to see the country's greatest art.
Czech Writers: From Kafka to Kundera
Kafka, Švejk, Čapek's robots and the novelists who wrote through occupation — a guide to Czech literature.
Czech Composers: Dvořák, Smetana, Janáček and Martinů
A country of ten million produced four composers who changed classical music. Where their work came from, and where to hear it.
Czech Cinema: The New Wave, the Oscars and Where Films Are...
Two foreign-language Oscars, Miloš Forman, and a studio that doubles Prague for half of Europe.
Bohemian Glass and Czech Design: What to Look For
Five centuries of glassmaking, garnet jewellery and cubist furniture — what is genuinely Czech and what is an import in a souvenir shop.
Ice Hockey: The Czech National Obsession
Gold in Nagano, the Dominator, and why a hockey match empties Czech streets faster than anything else.
Czech Puppetry: Marionettes, UNESCO and Where to See a Show
Four centuries of marionette theatre, a UNESCO listing shared with Slovakia, and how to spot a real puppet from a souvenir one.
3-Day Itinerary for a Magical Prague Experience
Prague, the "City of a Hundred Spires," is a destination where fairy-tale architecture meets a vibrant, modern heartbeat. As we step into August 2026,...
