Festivals & events

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.

Whenever I feel like going out at night, doing some culture thing and I do not know what or cannot decide, I check out jlbjlt.net. Concerts, exhibition openings, projections, theatre, performances, dance, workshops – jlbjlt.net is my virtual spot, where I always find something interesting.

All events are well described, I can filter them by choosing a city (e. g. Prague) or the kind of event I feel like (dance, exhibition, …). Each event is often accompanied by an downloadable invitation or flyer, you can link it with your iCal, Facebook (fcbk) or by clicking on the gmap link you will find the given place on … yes, Google map

Even though the original is in Czech, Google can provide a pretty understandable translation, so jlbjlt.net in english is available. Only a few mistakes can be found and it is still comprehensible.

So when in Prague, support a culture of marginal interest, but of considerable importance!