Do you see the ties on the picture? This is what second-hand looks like. You can imagine any type of clothing, ties, shirts, trousers, T-shirts, dresses, and in this second-hand store you will always find many of those, so you will be amazed. This second-hand store offers the vintage clothes you can also find in the center of the city, but for a lower price.

The lower price is balanced by the effort you have to invest in searching. As I mentioned there are many pieces of one type of clothing. And not all of them are really tempting. But I found a wonderful shirt from the 50′s, a dress from the 70′s and let’s not speak about the 80′s and 90′s, because I found a jacket even Vanilla Ice would not be ashamed of.

The second-hand is located out of the center and I suggest you save some time to visit it. The connection can be found on this website – the final station is ‘Stare Namesti’. While walking to the shop you will pass a prison (who passes prison on a tourist visit??). The price is per piece or per kilogram and I suggest to negotiate when the piece is a little broken.

This spot is really for second-hand lovers. I like to relax here – I am being  honest, because I had two beers in Kulovy Blesk (check the Kulovy Blesk article) and I wished I had time to visit the shop right away.

I want to recommend a whole walk. You would not probably have a chance to lose your way up to this area although it is around the corner from the touristic attraction, Prague Castle. And Prague Castle is the peak of this walk.

You will walk through the history of urban architecture of Prague. Begin in the Brevnov monastery which can be reached by tram 22 or 25, stop ‚Brevnovsky klaster’. In summer get a local beer outside the monastery tavern, which offers wonderful meals also! Get out of the monastery and take the way left around its walls.

You will pass a pond where ducks are waiting to be fed. Follow any path upright from the monastery. First buildings you will meet are colourful, concrete high-rises, built in the 1970s’. Follow the street Satoriova up to its end and go straight on to street Ve Stresovickach.

You will walk through another high-rise area. These houses were built also during previous regime. Continue to picturesque old Stresovice. Finish the street up to its end. On right you will meet houses built during the first half of 20th century. Move to street Sibeliova. In the second half of the street are detached houses from 1920s’. Check the facades, they are decorated in “made in Czech Republic” style rondo cubism, which is unique and was popular those days.

You almost met your destination. Take tram back to the centre, or follow the main street down and get closer to the Castle.

There are average beers, huge amount of highly valued micro-brewery beers, but there is only one Pilsner Urquell. And the Pilsner Urquell served in the pub ‘U Veverky’ is in the best shape it can be. Non-pasteurized, kept in tanks, draught by skilled barmen, is a real pleasure for any beer lover. Usually, you can just nod and the next beer will land on your table with no asking. Try using the phrase ‘Dobry den, Plzen’ meaning ‘Hi, I want a Pilsner’, and you might survive the whole evening with this sentence!

The food offered is generally expressed as treats your stomach will like before the beer lands. The chef composes with his hands and heart the very best symphony of Czech cuisine. I recommend ‘Svickova’ with 6 dumplings, which is the cult Czech meal. Inside is smoking and non-smoking area and in the summer an outside garden and a ‘yard’ for few stand-up beers under a shelter. Beer drinkers look a bit funny being held in a sort of pen, but they are standing there definitely with their consent.

‘U Veverky’ means ‘By a squirrel’ and the bartenders are really so quick with the beer like they have a squirrel gene. Pure Czech pub, I love every single piece of it!

After an early lunch in ‘U Veverky’ pub (check the U Veverky article) get ready for a trip into the woods! In case you have time, it is worth spending one day outside the city to be motivated even more to spend another day there.

The railway station in Dejvice is ideal for this purpose. You can take a train to many small villages and interesting sites. The railway station itself is actually the oldest in Prague and its history reaches to year 1831. You can get to the station, and to the pub ‘U Veverky’, by metro A, station Hradcanska.

Tip number one – Go to station ‘Nadrazi Veleslavin’ and explore the very beautiful ‘Divoka Sarka‘.

Tip number two – Go to station ‘Hostivice’ and explore the very good brewery in Chyne. Chyne is 2 km walk around the ponds and any local will give you the directions (please, take a map! )

Tip number three – Go to station ‘Luzna u Rakovnika’ and do a nice walk through the woods back to station ‘Revnicov’, where you can jump on a train back. Touristic map online is here and for train connections have a look on IDOS.

After you will return to Prague, stop first in the pub at the station, which is so cult is stands for separated article (check the Nadrazka Dejvice pub article).

Every railway station has it – a pub, where the strangers gather, where you kill some time between the trains. And based on my research such pubs also attract locals and are usually of a lower quality. On the other hand, ‘nadrazka’, which is an expression to any pub located within a railway station, is somehow away from everyone’s attention, because it’s usually despised. Under these conditions it can evolve into an interesting appearance. Like this one!

Railway station Dejvice also has its ‘nadrazka’. Dejvicka nadrazka offers low price, though from a limited choice, drinks (beer, vine, basic spirits and non-alcoholic drinks) and has even a grill for some snacks. During the day you will find it quiet and occupied with local barflies. When you choose a night with a concert, Nadrazka Dejvice can be very crowded and busy. But the local bartender is the fastest beer tender I have ever seen and if you are lucky you will meet him as well.

The concerts are usually for the rough types, starting with punk and rock up to cross-over. But who does not like being rough sometimes. In case you are interested you can actually arrange your own concert as well.