Prague’s shopping possibilities are on a level equivalent to anywhere in Europe, yet at the same time causing relatively little financial pain.
- Great gifts to bring back from holiday in the Czech Republic could be glass jewellery, crystal, Bohemian garnets or natural cosmetics from a company called Botanicus.
- Younger children will certainly enjoy traditional Czech wooden toys, the manufacture of which has a tradition going back two centuries.
- Large shopping centres can be found both within Prague (Flora, Anděl), as well as its outskirts (Zličín, Černý Most, Letňany). All of these are easily reached by metro or other public transport.
- The most popular shopping streets are Pařížská and Příkopy. In the very historic heart of the city, they provide many shops and boutiques of international brands.
Nearly all larger shops and shopping centres have children’s corners, where impatient offspring can play while you look undisturbed for their presents.
Quite often, dads and kids find that shopping is not really their cup of tea, so while the mothers head off for the shopping centres, the rest of the family can, for example, go for a run on rollerblades in the Prague parks of Letná or Stromovka. The rollerblades themselves can of course be hired. In the Prague suburb of Radotín young and older racers can enjoy the largest indoor go-kart track in Europe.
One should think that only a genuine film fanatic is able to sit all day in a cinema when the summer weather is at its peak outside. Come to this year’s festival in Karlovy Vary and you will see there are thousands of avid viewers here who will forget about the outside world for a week. And anyone who will not be able to stay an entire day in a dusky movie theatre can go to see a play or musical performance or just have a rest in the park. Because the main motto of this film show is to take it easy…
When visiting historic cities, castles and chateaux, do you wonder how was the life there at the time of their greatest glory? You can experience this personally at historic celebrations in the Czech Republic: try delicacies at a medieval fair, cheer on knights in their jousts, or amuse yourself by watching the performance of jugglers and musicians. The adventurous journey to the past begins!
A competition can be had anywhere: at an athletics track, motorcycle circuit, racecourse, or even a village lake or on city streets. Whether it’s a world championship or a neighbourhood final, sporting events in the Czech Republic will not fail to entertain!