Prague Ball Season: How to Get Into a Czech Ples
From January to Shrove Tuesday, Prague dances. The big balls, what they cost, what to wear, and how the evening actually runs.
European Heritage Days in Prague: Buildings You Cannot Normally Enter
For the whole of September, buildings that are closed the rest of the year open their doors across Prague — most of them free.
Designblok 2026: Prague’s Design Festival, Venue by Venue
Six days in October when Prague’s galleries, palaces and studios fill with Czech design. Dates, venues, tickets and what is actually worth queueing for.
Kostenlose Sommerkonzerte im Waldstein-Garten
From May to September the Czech Senate opens its baroque garden for free concerts — including the Prague Symphony Orchestra in late August.
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.
Berühmte tschechische Künstler und ihre Meisterwerke
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.
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.
