Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
JAZZ
Prague has lots of good jazz clubs to choose from, many of which have been around
for decades. Most have a cover charge of around 100Kč to 300Kč.
PRAGUE SPRING
First held in 1946, the Prague Spring (Pražské jaro) international music festival is the
Czech Republic's best-known annual cultural event. It begins on 12 May, the anniversary
of composer Bedřich Smetana's death, with a procession from his grave at Vyšehrad to
Má vlast
(My Homeland). The festival runs until 3 June, and the beautiful concert venues
are as big a drawcard as the music.
Tickets can be obtained through the official
Prague Spring Box Office
OFFLINE MAP
10am-6pm Mon-Fri;
17, 18)
in the Rudolfinum, or from any branch of Ticketpro.
If you want a guaranteed seat at a Prague Spring concert try to book it by mid-March at
the latest, though a few seats may still be available as late as the end of May.
Film
Prague has more than 30 cinemas, some showing first-run Western films, some show-
ing Czech films, and including several excellent art-house cinemas. For cinema list-
Most films are screened in their original language with Czech subtitles
(české tit-
ulky),
but Hollywood blockbusters are often dubbed into Czech
(dabing);
look for the
labels 'tit' or 'dab' on cinema listings. Czech-language films with English subtitles
are listed as having
anglický titulky
.
Movies are normally screened twice in the evening, around 7pm and 9pm, though
multiplexes show films all day long. Most cinemas screen matinees on weekends.
Theatre
Most Czech drama is, not surprisingly, performed in Czech, which rather diminishes
its appeal to non-Czech speakers. However, there are some English-language produc-
