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Letná Gardens This huge open space, once used for military parades, is now home
to skateboarders, inline skaters, and glorious city panoramas. ( CLICK HERE )
Riegrovy Sady A 19th-century park with a grandstand view of Prague Castle, and
home to one of the city's most popular beer gardens. ( CLICK HERE )
Vrtbov Garden Perhaps Prague's least-known garden: an 18th-century retreat
peopled by stone figures from Roman mythology. ( CLICK HERE )
Kampa This leafy Malá Strana island, bounded by the Devil's Stream, is one of the
city's most popular chill-out spots. ( CLICK HERE )
Classical Music
Prague Spring The Czech Republic's biggest annual cultural event, and one of
Europe's most important festivals of classical music. ( CLICK HERE )
Rudolfinum Home to the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, this complex of concert
halls is decorated with statues of famous composers. ( CLICK HERE )
Municipal House Prague's most beautiful art-nouveau building houses Smetana
Hall, the city's largest concert venue. ( CLICK HERE )
Prague State Opera The State Opera is a glorious neo-rococo setting for an annual
summer festival devoted to the works of Verdi. ( CLICK HERE )
Original Music Theatre of Prague This ensemble performs the works of Antonín
Dvořák in the baroque setting of the 18th-century Vila Amerika. ( CLICK HERE )
History
Prague Castle A thousand years of Bohemian history clustered on a hilltop. ( CLICK
HERE )
Prague Jewish Museum An ancient cemetery and exhibits spread across half-a-
dozen synagogues, telling the story of Prague's Jewish community. ( CLICK HERE )
National Monument A brutalist building and monumental statue, bearing witness
to the turbulent 20th-century history of Czechoslovakia. ( CLICK HERE )
National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror A moving memorial
to those who died in one of the key events of WWII. ( CLICK HERE )
Prague City Museum Recounts the story of the Czech capital from prehistoric
times to the 20th century. ( CLICK HERE )
 
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