Irena Schlosserová (1985)

You can go to an antique shop, search for gorgeous pieces hidden between tons of bizarre objects. Or you might prefer having a wide selection of well taken care of and delicately chosen items in one place. I am sometimes in the mood for the first process, but I just must appreciate it if someone’s done the work for us common folks. Nanovo is a shop which did it, and how! In case you want to see a piece of Czech design history sit on your shelf, this is a great place to go to.

Guys from Nanovo are sensibly selecting pieces they were surrounded with since childhood. Let me quote: ‘This positive relationship with uncomplicated objects endowed with graceful curves remains inside us.’ I browse their site just to remind myself of how pure and useful design can be and also I am often trying to recall where I saw the object before – was it my friend house? Grandma’s cottage? I also appreciate their taste and work done completing and saving these items.

In case you want to invest in a long-lasting piece, that was appreciated before in the past or crystallized into design evergreen with years, visit the online shop or better arrange an appointment in the studio. I believe you will proudly bring home an item which will remind you of not only your stay in Prague, but also of everything good what’s passed, giving the hope for everything good that is ahead of us.

When I plan my trip to a foreign country, I not only check the sites, nature, art I want to explore, but I also go to local football sites to check if a game is on. I am not a regular visitor of Czech matches. But the same way I was only once in Bilbao and once in Luton, I just want to live the experience and that is easy among a passionate football audience.

Football will be an adventurous experience for a few reasons – it is adventure to choose a match you want, the event will look adventurous and also using public transport around the stadium is adventure in itself. But I wouldn’t consider the event to be dangerous – just always buy tickets for the home-team and do not scream the opposite team’s name without a helmet. I sometimes have the urge to shout ‘Goal!’ for whatever ball falls there, but I eliminated it with practice.

On the picture is the ‘Sparta‘ stadium, one of the two leading Prague teams. When they play with ‘Slavia‘, prepare for an interesting match. These are the two Prague ‘ESS’. There are other popular teams in Prague – Bohemians 1905, Dukla, Viktoria Žižkov, and others, but none of them are in the first league.

I recommend you browse the matches here, where all the important ones from Czech and European leagues are listed. Check the division of the leagues here, so you’ll know if you’re going for first-class football or district championship.

Innovation comes with youth and youngsters will tell you fun ends with adulthood but luckily university students do not care about any of this. They live in a different world, which you can either enter by spending long hours studying, or simply by coming to their club. You will not feel like an intruder, no worries. They like to share, if it’s music, art projections, ideas or a table.

Any tourist can pass by Klub K4 every day, and will not catch sign of it. Klub’s entrance is in the hallway of building no. 20 in Celetná street – street heavily winking at foreigners walking through Prague past souvenir shops and strange offers. Get local experience and sneak in the wooden door while leaving the crowd behind. Choose an event on the site or simply drop by for a delicious drink and be surprised by the latest art exhibition or concert.

As Jakub, caretaker of the gallery, whilst drinking large beer, said: “It is so ‘entspannt’ here”. And I could not say it better!

It is official – there are less than 10 pure vegan restaurants in Prague. I started the article with such sentence for a reason, so everyone knows what are we talking about. Most of the restaurants get their inspiration from Asia and you would get almost the same types of meals in each of them. Country Life is different and that is also why I am always keen of the choice.

Country Life is not only a restaurant, but also organic food producer and importer. I would also open a restaurant having such good goods in my cellar! The restaurant is arranged as a buffet staring hot selection with at least three main meals per day and cold section divided into more than 20 choices. Hot meals are always accompanied by soup, pulses and cereals. Even macrobiotics would be satisfied!

During the day the price is the same for hot and cold meals –  29,50 CZK per 100 g, 33 CZK for soup. Join the Happy hours from Monday to Thursday from 3 pm with common price for a large plate 139 CZK and 90 CZK for a small plate. Sweets and drinks are extra. Fountain water for free all the time. Enjoy the garden in the courtyard in summer!

I often hear from my friends and family that this cake and that tart were much larger and cheaper a certain time ago! What the cause is for these thoughts is a deep question – maybe we grow and the cakes do not. Well, in this sweetshop you can be sure the sizes are like in those childhood days, but, honestly, I cannot bet on the prices as well.

Erhartova Cukrarna is not only interesting simly because of the perfect desserts they prepare, but also because of the location. In this very spot the sweetshop has been located since 1937 when the building was built. The pure functionalist interior was very gently renovated just few years ago and, truly, it is a miracle the interior was not destroyed during the last era.

The new unobtrusive design is balanced by a rich variety of the desserts. From little soft cookies to large heavy cakes for cream lovers, I believe each of you can choose the right one. Of course you can sit inside and accompany the cake with a coffee. Here is another important message for quality lovers – all desserts are prepared right in the sweetshop and the bakers are using high-quality and natural products like real cream. And that is rare to see these days.

Continue to Stromovka (check the Stromovka article) to walk after all the sweets you could not resist to eat or to Bio Oko (check the Bio Oko article) to see a nice movie!