Pubs Pubs Pubs

Hey everyone,

by this time most of you must be wondering “what else is in Prague”? You have been in the centre, you have been close to the centre, and still its like you always end up in the same places, right? Well, that is normal, Prague is not that big, and one tends to follow crowds.

Still, I found most of my favourite places after being here quite a while, and some by mistake, some by advise. So let me repay 🙂

In Jindřišská, number 5, there is a passage with shady looking restaurants, an exchange office, and a foot massage place. In front of the exchange office there is a sort of small square with a door and few doorbells. Ring where it says ČÍTÁRNA, and wait for the door to open. Ten climb up to the 4th floor. Is it a brothel? A drug trade flat? Nop, its the house of Unijzazz, and NGO that provide alternative culture to those wanting it. The Čítárna is a reading place, not the kind of place where you to drink until you are blind, but the place where you go, you can even sometimes put your own CD, have a beer or two, check your mail, have some shots and get ready for the night at very nice prices in a friendly atmosphere. Local rules apply though, be fair or be square. Get also in touch with festivals, concerts and theatre plays.

The beer museum in Dlouha street and bukowskis in Žiźkov are perhaps the most famous amongst expats and foreigners. Everyone speaks English, and no one will think that you are that different, even if you would be a cannibal.  But this info you can get everywhere, and we you to find here what you cannot find anywhere else 🙂

So in Tynská street, 6, just outside the old town square, you find the literární kavárna or literary café. Beer at a fair price, in the centre, with wi-fi? The best. Plus there is a cool courtyard, where sits the oldest building in Prague. Of course that now it is freaking cold for that, but just so you know. I know its the second literary place, but that is who I am, an intellectual 😀

A place offering good coffee, good beer, and some healthier snacks is the dobrá trafika. Trafika is the place where to sell cigarettes and the news, but this guys took it  step further and made it a coffeshop as well,  with a garden. There are two, one near Náměstí Míru and other in Újezd. Both are cool.

Also very frequented a lot by foreigners, is the Duende. I personally think it sucks, and its a shithole, but each one to its own. Do try it, and take a gas mask when you go there. Around that same area, there are two more: one is Krásný ztráty. Meaning something like, The Beautiful Lost, the truth is that I got lost the first 5 times I went there. It is a bit more poshy, but the place is really nice. The second is Atmosphere, where a lot of groups go to get wasted. Although pretty close to shitty places for tourists, this places are frequented mainly by locals, and they are pretty cool.

In the end, nothing beats this: gather some blokes, and perform a rally. Consisting of choosing a neighbourhood of Prague (I advise the upper part of Žižkov) and have a small beer in every place that seems “walkable”. You enter, everyone has a small beer, and you all piss off somewhere else. Best way to find new places! I leave you with this website, so that you can start making your own plans for rally-tascas!

Peace, P