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| for if you're ever in Prague: underground guide
sitting on my ass during the quarantine earlier this year and now again being covid positive got me reminiscing on the good old days when i could just stroll freely through my city and always be stones throw away from some fantastic place. so here's a few of my favourite spots in the town for those of you who might want to visit some day. | 1 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
BARS AND CAFÉS
BlackBook ÄŚĂtárna (in English: Reading Room)
One of the most unique places I've ever been to. A spot hidden from any busy city life and far enough away that a trip there cannot be just in passing. Once you're there, you don't want to leave and always wish to return. The endless chaotic stacks of books that hide the walls, like three cats and a dog strolling around and an owner that is probably the crown jewel of the place, that's Blackbook. The layout of the place essentially forces you to socialise with your drinking fellows, you always find company, even if you come in alone and wish to be alone. That's not that kind of place. You come in, you're with the people. Always. | 2 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Super Tramp Coffee
A beautiful hidden gem. Other than that kind of a typical café, but great place to unwind, detox, be quiet and rest. | 3 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Vila Ĺ tvanice
Kind of a biased pick, cause I work there. But it is a wonderful place located in an old romantic villa on an island (for real) on the river. Theatrical crowd gathering here, so if you are into performance arts, come here to watch and talk to people who do it. | 4 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Bike Jesus
Located on the same island as the place above. Used to be an indoors ice skating rink, then turned into a very cool club/music venue, now became a strange punk-techno-oriented bike shop and repair service and venue. | 5 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Unijazz
This bitch gave me corona. Used to be a herald of our underground culture. You had to ring a doorbell in a regular house, where people live. They'd buzz you up and there it was. In what initially was just an apartment, a strange mishmash of people that would have never met otherwise, small cheap menu and an atmosphere of art unlike anywhere else. They have since moved to a new location, bigger and with a garden (well, more of an alleyway) and it looks and feels just as fantastic. But still, got corona there. | 6 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
BalbĂnova poetická kavárna (in English: BalbĂn's Poetic CafĂ©)
Weird weird weird little place, calling this café "poetic" is very apt, because it kinda looks like someone's basement, where all the witty insane artists meet (and they do). Pretty much where poetry/prose reading happens nearly daily. | 7 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
ZázemĂ
Cheap shit, but it's a place where you are destined to meet someone you will befriend. I have not yet had a visit here, where I wouldn't meet someone new to me or someone I haven't seen in a long time. A people-unifying place. | 8 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Friends Bar
Gay bar for straight people. | 9 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Střecha Radost (in English: The Happiness Roof)
Not too cheap, but a café located on a highrise rooftop is worth it. | 10 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Wildt
Maybe a bit touristic and a little pricy. But a great cosy atmosphere nonetheless. | 11 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Café Na půl cesty (in English: the Halfway Café)
Punk café. Or just a café where most local underground punk scene gathers. | 12 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Bakeshop
Best carrot cake ever. | 13 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Dejvická Nádražka (in English: The Dejvice Station Bar)
The shittest shit place on the list. You cannot get more Czech than this shit. | 14 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Klubovna Cultural Centre (in English: The Clubhouse)
The same as 13, but more for young people, located in the heart of the student district. | 15 | | Indigo Jam Unit Demonstration
Indigo Ale Bar
The young people of Prague (and just people of Prague) are forever divided into two (passive) enemy camps: those who liked Indigo when it was a cheap shit drug dealing hole that served minors, and those who liked Indigo when it became a dirty but classy craft beer bar. It was a great spot either way (for me, the pacifist). A spot so great I still have an open tab (a debt that's been going on for way too fucking long) there for about 200 dollars (4-5000 korunas). Hope they'll do great once they reopen in the new spaces they move to. | 16 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Dno pytle (in English: The Bottom of the Bag)
Craft beer bar with the attitude of a rundown punk dive bar. | 17 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Once Upon a Beer
Craft beer bar with the attitude of a rundown punk dive bar [2] | 18 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Diego Beer Bar (+Café Frida)
Craft beer bar (and a café with an overwhelming selection of fine spirits and curious alcohols) that tries to pretend it's a rundown punk dive bar, but is actually very classy. | 19 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
ROH družstevnà kavárna
Teeny tiny café. Miniscule. Adorable. | 20 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
LAMA Bar
Improv jam sessions and jazz concerts almost every night and almost always for free. Plus my first rapé ritual session happened here. | 21 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Krymská street (Bad Flash Bar, CafĂ© V Lese, Patra, MUNDO Picante, Ráno Kávu VeÄŤer VĂno, Lya Beer Bar, Xao bookstore)
A legendary street, where most of life happens. Every door an establishment. Every establishment an experience.
R.I.P. Sběrné suroviny; R.I.P. Plevel | 22 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Café Bar Tečka (in English: Dot)
An ugly shit drunkard place. For poor students and cheap fuck. But it's all about community there. The people.
Shame it's moving to a shit location now. | 23 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
CrossClub
This and the thing below are probably the most touristy places on the list. Not that they are the most tourist friendly, but the most tourist popular. Both for their unique strange look and atmosphere. This one looks like it was designed by H.G. Giger and some steampunk psychopath. Quite expensive, but a beautiful place anyway. | 24 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Vzorkovna
Quite scary when you first come here, but you'll get used to it. | 25 | | Purplefox Town Purplefox Town
Café Nová doba (in English: New Age Café)
Just a cute little place in a cool hip neighbourhood.
Imaginárnà zmrzlina
Vegan ice cream shop in the centre. Awesome flavours, interesting methods. | 26 | | Zuby nehty UtĂkej
CULTURAL CENTRES and INTERESTING PLACES
Kavárna a knihkupectvà Blatouch (in English: Buttercup Café and Bookshop)
Cute stuff. | 27 | | Zuby nehty UtĂkej
Book Therapy
Bookstore that sells only aesthetically and thematically remarkable books. They handpick the most interesting books from around the world, restore and reprint them. Great stuff. | 28 | | Zuby nehty UtĂkej
Divadlo D21
Great theatre. | 29 | | Zuby nehty UtĂkej
MeetFactory
A concert venue and an alternative experimental art atelier/gallery. | 30 | | Zuby nehty UtĂkej
Petrohradská kolektiv
Art collective with an unusual art direction and location. | 31 | | Zuby nehty UtĂkej
Vacuum Art Bar
In the basement, weird place. Cool tho. | 32 | | PsĂ Vojáci Myši v poli a jinĂ© pĹ™ĂbÄ›hy
PARKS AND SUCH
ModĹ™any Gully | 33 | | PsĂ Vojáci Myši v poli a jinĂ© pĹ™ĂbÄ›hy
GrĂ©bovka | 34 | | PsĂ Vojáci Myši v poli a jinĂ© pĹ™ĂbÄ›hy
Chotkovy gardens | 35 | | PsĂ Vojáci Myši v poli a jinĂ© pĹ™ĂbÄ›hy
Stromovka | 36 | | PsĂ Vojáci Myši v poli a jinĂ© pĹ™ĂbÄ›hy
Letná (+Stalin bar) | 37 | | Plešatá zpěvačka Vlasy dievčat
while im doing this, here are places to avoid:
Náměstà Republiky (Republic Square)
the beercycles, fuck those fucking things
the entire Nusle district and mostly everything south of there (except for what's noted above)
anything east of KarlĂn
Wenceslas Square
Old Town Square
Lokál restaurants
any place with a price on a lager over 45 korunas (unless it's craft)
most places west of SmĂchov | 38 | | Dead Neanderthals Ghosts
also best burger joints in the city:
NevinnĂ˝ bar Gecko
Diego beer bar and Café Frida
Hill Billy
Belzepub
Serial Burgers
Peter's Burger Pub
Modena Pizzeria
MeatVandals
DISH fine burger bistro
Let's Meat
Salt'n'Pepa | |
someone
09.18.20 | wanted to mention two bdsm venues i like, but that might not be appropriate... especially considering they are not publicly known, for obvious reasons | Trifolium
09.18.20 | Album choice for 15 is happinessssssss!
Looks like a great guide to a city I've been meaning to visit for some time! Who knows, when the chaos settles down a little. | Colton
09.18.20 | I would like to know the names and locations of your favourite BDSM venues as well as thorough descriptions of why you like them and what makes them stand out from the competition | someone
09.18.20 | i wont give their names, because for both you have to send them request, register and they will give you specific directions, no address. it's all confidential and simply sharing it on the internet like this kind of defeats the freeing point of the place.
but one is located in the industrial part of the city and has a whole venue inside with shows, workshops, lectures, concerts and whatnot, it has rooms free to use (no rent needed) and instruments for rent or purchase. its also primarily a bar, so people go there just to have fun, get drunk and experiment with kinks and fetishes.
the other is a very serious establishment, so no alcohol is allowed, but youll struggle to find better shibari performances and workshops in all of europe. | DominionMM1
09.18.20 | had a wonderful (and very cheap) dinner at some place near old town square when i was there | Colton
09.18.20 | do either of them happen to look like this https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgybE.jpg | someone
09.18.20 | that's san francisco and you know it.
and that company isn't even there anymore | someone
09.18.20 | @Dominion when were you there and what do you remember of the restaurant? | Valkoor952
09.18.20 | I'll be going to Prague in a week and I'll be there for 6 months, so this should be handy | Colton
09.18.20 | dude no way that's gotta be Europe | someone
09.18.20 | @Valkoor great, if you need any tips or advice, just ask | someone
09.18.20 | @Colton that's the San Francisco castle where Kink.com used to be based. | DominionMM1
09.18.20 | it was like 17 years ago and I don’t recall. I was just wandering around the little alleyways and stumbled (literally) onto it.
i mostly did the tourist stuff like the praszky hrad, kutna hora, and of course a couple brews in plzen on my way out | someone
09.18.20 | 17 years ago, makes sense that you found a cheap restaurant near the square. | DominionMM1
09.18.20 | yeah they hadn’t switched to the euro. the square itself was relatively expensive even at that time but once you left the immediate vicinity it could be pretty cheap. | Valkoor952
09.18.20 | they still haven't switched to the euro tho no?
@someone
thanks, yea I'll ask you a few things in a minute cause im curious | someone
09.18.20 | we still don't have euro tho | DominionMM1
09.18.20 | oh damn. i assumed when they joined the union they adopted the euro with it.
shows what i know | Pheromone
09.19.20 | was meant to be heading prague to study for a year - but the ol covid happened and am now stuck in sussex. heartbreaking list | aydross121
09.19.20 | "stones throw away"
is this some imperial system shit | someone
09.19.20 | @Pheromone :(
@aydross been a hot minute since anything imperial happened around these parts | JesperL
09.19.20 | oh man i miss prague so much. my fav spots are probably cafe v lese (mostly for gigs) and sousedský pivovar bašta (for drinks and food) | JesperL
09.19.20 | lol just realised i have rescheduled flight tix to prague for like february or something. assumed when rescheduling them for free during the start of lockdown that covid would have cleared up by then.. | someone
09.19.20 | it still might | JesperL
09.19.20 | who knows, i'm just not counting on it anymore rip
how are you feeling tho dude? hoping you're not too sick? | someone
09.19.20 | feeling better than before. the coughing is fading, no pains, really just exhaustion. but ive been feeling that since forever, so nothing new. just need to get rid of the coughing and im good to go | JesperL
09.19.20 | that's good to hear then, try and take care of yourself plz! | Snake.
09.19.20 | my then gf at the time went abroad to prague and she said that the best bar she went to in the city was an american-themed bar named the james dean lmao | someone
09.19.20 | Oh I know that place. Decent atmosphere, but prices through the fucking roof. Typical tourist bar. | someone
09.19.20 | It's actually right across the street from Bakeshop (on the list), which isn't cheap either, but it is an a-class bakery, so they have the right really. | Ryus
09.19.20 | i want to go | LeddSledd
09.19.20 | cool list :]
if i find myself in Prague someday i'll undoubtedly use it | someone
09.19.20 | then go | Ryus
09.19.20 | one day | someone
09.19.20 | cool | Deez
09.19.20 | Might go in january/feb. Not 100 percent yet | someone
09.19.20 | cool cool | someone
09.20.20 | nobody else wants to go to prague? | Ryus
09.20.20 | come to nyc | Valkoor952
09.20.20 | where can i find the females | someone
09.20.20 | on tinder | someone
09.20.20 | ryus make a list like this for nyc and i will
in ten years probably | budgie
09.20.20 | as an american, ive always heard that europeans are smelly and feed off the blood of sacrificed babies, on a scale of one to yes, how true is that? | Valkoor952
09.20.20 | that's it?
no bars or clubs or cool spots? | someone
09.20.20 | @budgie am used to the smell, so dont find it that bad. we dont sacrifice babies, we mostly abort them. but all in the name of satan of course
@Valkoor its czech rep buddy everythings a club and every girl looks fire. your best bet on not getting an anxiety attack is staying home and tindering | someone
09.20.20 | or a brothel. that works too | someone
09.22.20 | there are also two craft beer restaurant Spot and ZlĂ˝ ÄŤasy that I've heard are really good, but I've never been. | someone
10.16.20 | motherfucker, they've closed BlackBook. like some side whore. they just closed it.
fuck corona and this shit ass dumb restriction | someone
01.26.21 | so a quick update of how things are now:
BlackBook ÄŚĂtárna - closed for good, but they've relocated for a sort of swingers club in a village outside of Prague.
Unijazz - were going to open a new location (i even visited a grand opening), but that seems to be getting eternally laid off
Indigo Ale Bar - were supposed to relocate, but no new information since approximately July last year. might be dead for good. sad
Café Nová doba - heard they're laying off a lot of people, might be going down
Café Bar Tečka - relocated to a new place that is way shittier than the one before. their appeal was that they were a fucked up student bar close to centre but far from any overwhelming hipster crap. now they're in one of the most gentrified areas.
everyone else seems to be doing more or less fine, selling stuff out of windows and making deliveries. |
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