insiders’ guides to the city
Young film director Šimon Holý takes us to some of his favourite spots in Prague: the Vinohrady district, the school that strongly shaped him and an intimate literary café.
Musician Jakub Kaifosz performs under the name Lazer Viking. He has a close attachment to Letná, where our tour of “his Prague” begins at arthouse cinema Bio Oko.
Helena Koutná, a top Czech interpreter, takes us to some of her favourite spots in the capital, starting at the Prague 7 cafe Lajka and ending at the Botanical Garden.
Slovenian filmmaker Olmo Omerzu, who has been living in Prague for a decade and a half, takes us on a tour of some of his favourite places in the Czech capital.
Gerald Turner is a leading translator of Czech literature into English and is currently preparing to take on no less a work than Jaroslav Hašek’s The Good Soldier Švejk…
Thanks to his Honest Guide videos, Janek Rubeš is THE face of Prague for many people around the world. The Honest Guide shows warn visitors about all kinds of scams in the…
Luke Allnutt is a senior journalist at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The Englishman’s career will enter a new and exciting phase in early 2018 with the publication of…
Bianca Bellová this year won the top Czech literary award Litera Magnesia for her novel Jezero (The Lake), an honour that was soon followed by a European Union Prize for…
Former Prague mayor Jan Kasl takes us to his Bubeneč ‘hood and Malá Strana, where he lived at an exciting time.
Since becoming director of the Czech National Gallery three years ago this month, Jiří Fajt has secured exhibitions by major international artists and helped make its…
