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For fans of electronic music, there is an event taking place every once in a while which should not be missed. Usually twice a year, the big names of the Drum’n'Bass scene arrive to Prague to perform live in front of thousands of people. Ed Rush, Aphrodite or Roni Size have all been here for a whole couple of times, but they keep coming again and again.

The event – called Let it Roll – is not always held at the same place. Since the hunger of Czech fans for quality music is huge, it is always at some sort of spacy industrial hall. Just recently, it was moved to an hall in Holešovice. The next gig is coming up on February 17th, do not miss the chance!!!

Currently, what is up, is the summer two-day open-air festival of top DnB music held about an hour’s drive from Prague. The headliners of this event are: LTJ Bukem, DJ Friction, Aphrodite as well as the liquid funk genius Netsky. The tickets cost only around 600 Czech crowns.

Now, buy the tickets, get into the right mood for dancing and let’s go enjoy a fair portion of powerful DnB music!

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Let it Roll | Music, Festivals & events | From CZK 550
Křižíkovy pavilony | Praha 9
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You will not only find bars and cafés at Újezd. On the corner, there is also a shop you might not have seen before. In Czech, this kind of shop is called „vetešnictví” (literally „junk-shop”) and they were quite popular some hundred year ago. There are not many left these days and that makes this one even more special (I bet it has been there for at least a century)

In this shop you can get just about anything. Old postcards, sewing machines, musical instruments, books, maps, dishes, coffee pots, beer bottles – to start with. Everyone will probably find their sort of thing and won’t leave bare-handed. The prices are naturally very low, although perhaps if you start speaking some other language than Czech, you might get a mark-up.

When you come in, it feels like another world. Most of all in winter, when it is freezing outside, it is a great place to wait for a tram to come… The room is very dark and crowded with all kinds of stuff. I would recommend visiting on a cold winter day, it is particularly nice to go and see this warm and dark place, then. Oh, and if you are really broke, you can sell some stuff too…

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Vetešnictví na Újezdě | Shopping
Vítězná 16 | Praha 1 | +420257310611
Mon – Fri 10:00 – 16:00

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Even though you often look down at post offices to collect your ticket or to stamp your letter, here you should look up. The ceiling in the Main post office in Jindřišská street deserves admiration, and not only the ceiling. The whole building is the most beautiful post office interior I have ever seen. If you add its’ opening hours (02:00 till midnight, it is closed for only two hours), it is really awesome.

There is also one curiosity – a tubular post system, more than 100 years old, still functioning (e. g. to Czech News Agency). Originally it delivered mail at a speed of 40 km/h across the river to many destinations and also to Prague Castle (there it was in 8 minutes, beats the metro, too!).

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Main post office | Art & culture, Relaxing | Free
Jindřišská 14 | Praha 1
02:00 – 00:00 daily

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Once upon a time, there was a theatre in Prague. A theatre, that played contemporary German and Austrian drama. Comedy here was not without bitterness. In tragedy there was always a moment of humor. There was a lot of irony and sarcasm too. There were also a good number of awards and gems of production that were notable in the theatre world. There was also a theatre bar Komedie. One of the best in Prague.

If you come in now, up to the end of the summer season, you still can be part of this fairy tale of intelligent theatre right in the centre of Prague. From autumn on there will be some nameless comedy stuff and the years of work of the theatre director Dušan Pařízek, and his family of actors will leave… Nobody knows what will happen then. So hurry up and visit, and have some coffee or a glass of wine. This offer will expire soon.

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Komedie | Bars, Coffee & tea, Snacks, Theaters | Espresso CZK 30
Jungmannova 1 | Praha 1
Mon – Sat 09:00 – 01:00, Sun 17:00 – 01:00

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Just by the river, near Klárov, there is a place many tourist guides will lead you to. It is a nice small square where there is the famous Franz Kafka museum. I haven’t visited it once, although I am a fan of Kafka’s work. Maybe it actually is worth visiting but I want to draw your attention elsewhere.

What I am talking about is the strange-looking sculpture in the middle of the square. You will find there two copper persons peeing into a strange bowl. Their waists move so that it looks even more life-like. The funniest part which a lot of people don’t realize, though, lays on the ground. Those guys pee into a bowl shaped like the Czech Republic. Once again, this proves David Černý‘s (artist of Entropa i.e.) skills and vision.

We Czechs aren’t a particularly proud nation. We are actually willing to make fun of ourselves quite often, which I find quite appealing. Artist like Černý who would elsewhere be considered very controversial thus have many fans here, me among them. But some others may surely find his work insulting. What is your opinion?

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Miska Republika | Art & culture | Free
Cihelná 2 | Praha 1
24 hours daily

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The name tells it all. Café in Seventh Heaven is a very favourite student café in Prague known for its practical location, great atmosphere, nice interior, wonderful coffee and wine. It is very cozy especially in the winter. What makes it most of all visit-worthy: it is a place to chill, work, eat and party. Us, locals, go there even alone, since it is quite certain, that some of our friends will be already sitting there…

If you visit this place, I would recommend going up the stairs. There’s even a comfy couch in the top floor as well as a nice sight out from the windows and, most of all, a stylish model of a human-sized „god” sitting on a swing.

The Café provides a free wi-fi service, which makes it a great place to go to with a laptop and work a bit. You can meet some well-known journalists, economists or politicians there doing precisely that. If you are a non-smoker, they have a special room just for you.

The waiters are usually very compliant, although often a bit stoned – it is a forgivable thing, though, I guess. The prices are not lowest but still reasonable – as I said, the usual visitors are students. Just be ware – you can get easily addicted to Café in Seventh Heaven and start spending days and weeks there!

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Kavárna v Sedmém nebi | Coffee & tea | Café Latté CZK 45
Zborovská 68 | Praha 5 | +420257318110
Mon – Fri 10:00 – 01:00, Sat – Sun 14:00 – 01:00

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In the very north of Prague, quite near the place I live, there is a very nice spot. It is a hill called “Baba”. You can easily get there taking bus No. 131 from the stop Hradčanská, getting out at “U Matějě” and then walk north-west. It is a very nice walk through the woods of “Divoká Šárka“.

The hill has an interesting history. Up on it you will find a strange ruin. Surprisingly enough, its history is not confirmed. There are several theories – the widest-spread claims that it is a former wine-press built in 1622. Another says that it is a regular building newly-built at the beginning of the 19th century, others say that it used to be a chapel. No matter which of them is true, it is a nice spot which is even lit at night.

From there you can see a large part of Prague that you wouldn’t see anywhere else (for instance the sewage plant on the largest island at Vltava in Prague). Also, looking at the Prague castle from above is not a very common thing to do. The park around is a great place for sports or chilling out. If you prefer to walk, follow the red tourist sign, which will lead you to the forests of Divoká Šárka.

Not to forget, the surroundings offer an unique architectural composition. There are a number of functionalist villas built in the era of the so-called “First Republic”. See some of them here!

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Baba | Relaxing | Free
U Matějě | Praha 6
24 hours daily

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The lime stone cliffs in the south-west of Prague, just above Prokopské údolí, are particularly unique. The whole area of Barrandov is actually called after a French paleontologist Joachim Barrande who made some significant discoveries in this area in the 19th century. The lime stone preserved a lot of prehistoric sea fossils and you can still find them if you know where to seek.

Later, lime stone appeared to be a very attractive mining item. So until some mid-20th century, the whole massive was being mined out. That is also where the largest cliffs come from. Time to time, some of the massive would collapse, leaving the big rocks grow like teeth from the terrain.

By the cliffs there is also one of the best-guarded military areas in the Czech republic. No-one really knows what is its purpose. It is only known that the hills are drilled through with a number of corridors. Allegedly there used to be a secret nazi bomb-research center while later the communists used the space for storage of explosives.

To get to the cliffs, find your own way up either from Hlubočepská or Zlíchov bus/tram stop. If you make it up to the edge, you will definitely agree that it’s one of the best imaginable places for a Sunday trip (which can be either 3 or 15 km long, depends on you) or a picnic. The massive offers a great view of Prague while you can hear the muted sounds of the city…

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Barrandov cliffs | Relaxing | Free
Hlubočepská | Praha 5
24 hours daily

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Prague is full of “green” spots. Those are not only parks – if you manage to get a little bit further from the center, you can get to “real” nature, as well. One of the locals’ favourite places to spend nice mornings, afternoons or evenings is Prokopské údolí.

Located in the south-west of Prague, it is just about twenty minutes from the centre. It’s useful to take a bus (104 or 120) from the stop Na Knížecí (Metro stop Anděl) – and get out at Hlubočepská. A bike path begins there which will easily lead your steps. If you actually have a bike, don’t hesitate and ride it – walking is also fine, though.

The place is lovely in fall or winter. In fall, you will particularly enjoy the cool mist that covers this deep valley as well as the colorful leaves of all kinds. In winter, especially when there is snow, the place is very silent and feels a little bit like another, distant, world – and yet it is still close to the city.

I would recommend taking some snacks and wine too, as there are number of places for a small picnic… For instance by a pond, laying some fifty meters up north from the main road. It used to be really messy, but things seem to be getting better…

If you feel a bit like some action, I would also recommend going up the hill and seeing Prague from Barrandov rocks. It is quite high, but definitely worth it!

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Prokopské údolí | Relaxing
Hlubočepská | Praha 5
24 hours daily

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Prague is a very green city, which I find particularly important. In the center there are quite a lot of parks while the outskirts are full of woods. One of the nicest is the hardwood forest at the foothill of Chuchle, at the southwest of Prague. By legend, it is even a magical forest and under one of the trees near the cemetery there is supposed to be a treasure chest…

It is a great place for a family walk or a picnic. You can also find a so-called “mini zoo” there, which was originally a first-aid station for wounded or ill forest animals. But then came the idea of making it a place you where you can actually show the animals. So they built the surrounding-fitting runs and cages and these days you can find there all sorts of deer, boars, owls, wild cats or even a bobcat.

My very favourite place is the somewhat hidden church with a surprisingly large cemetery. If you manage to look through all the leaves (or in winter ) that spot offers a nice view of the river and a part of Prague. It is very silent and often feels even somehow deserted.

Chuchle forest is very comforting in the summer. In the fall you will find all kinds of colourful leaves but you may have most fun there in the winter. If you manage to rent a bobsleigh or something like that, the hill will make for a perfect place to use it…

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Chuchle forest | Relaxing | Free
Velka Chuchle | Praha 5
24 hours daily

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