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center, you'll likely find that individual tickets work best. Be sure
to validate your ticket on the tram, bus, or Metro by sticking it in
the machine (which stamps a time on it—watch locals and imitate).
Inspectors routinely ambush ticketless riders (including tourists)
and fine them 700 Kč on the spot.
Tips:
Navigate by signs that list the end stations. When
you come to your stop, push the yellow button if the doors don't
automatically open. Although it seems that all Metro doors lead
to the neighborhood of Výstup, that's simply the Czech word for
“exit.” When a tram pulls up to a stop, two different names are
announced: first, the name of the stop you're currently at, followed
by the name of the stop that's coming up next. Confused tour-
ists, thinking they've heard their stop, are notorious for rushing
off the tram one stop too soon. Trams run every 5-10 minutes in
