Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Praag, Tsjechië

Topdrukte — Christmas markets, New Year's Eve

• Regel

  City accommodation fee

  1 jan – 31 dec

  Every adult guest pays the city 50 CZK a night on top of the room rate. Hotels and flat hosts collect it at check-in or check-out, so it rarely shows up in the price you booked. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas markets (28 nov – 6 jan (meestal)), New Year's Eve (29 dec – 1 jan)

Druk — Spring holidays in Tsjechië, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Masopust

  8–25 feb · meestalCarnaval

  The Czech carnival: masked processions and pig feasts in the days before Lent, the Zizkov parade the loudest of them. Smaller and stranger than the Rhineland version, and mostly for locals. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Easter markets, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Easter markets

  15 mrt – 20 apr · meestalPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square take stalls of painted eggs and plaited willow whips for about three weeks around Easter, and the long weekend brings the first proper crowds of the year. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Easter markets, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Burning of the Witches

  30 aprLicht & vuur

  Bonfires go up on Petrin, Ladronka and the hills around the city on the night of 30 April to see winter off. It is a residents' evening rather than a ticketed one. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Easter markets (15 mrt – 20 apr (meestal))

Druk — Prague Marathon, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Prague Marathon

  3–10 mei · meestalSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  Starts and finishes on Old Town Square on a Sunday in early May, with the riverside roads and half the bridges closed from the morning. Book a room away from the course or accept the noise. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Prague Spring music festival

  12 mei – 4 junBoek vroeg

  Opens every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Smetana's death, with Ma vlast at the Municipal House, and runs three weeks. The seats worth having go months ahead. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Prague Spring music festival (12 mei – 4 jun)

Druk — Summer holidays in Tsjechië, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Prague Pride, Summer holidays in Tsjechië

• Natuur

  Mushroom season

  1 aug – 31 okt · meestalPlukseizoen

  Picking is close to a national sport here. Whole families disappear into the woods outside the city at weekends from late summer, and what they bring back turns up on every menu.

• Festival

  Prague Pride

  3–10 aug · meestalDruk

  A week of events in early August ending with a parade from Wenceslas Square up to Letna park, the biggest in central Europe. Central hotels go early for that Saturday. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Natuur

  Burcak and the vineyard feasts

  1 sep – 5 okt · meestalOogsttijd

  Burcak, the half-fermented young wine, appears on street stalls for a few weeks from early September, and the harvest feasts on the Greboka and castle slopes follow it.

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Mushroom season (1 aug – 31 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Signal light festival, Autumn holidays in Tsjechië

• Festival

  Signal light festival

  15–18 oktLicht & vuurDruk

  Four evenings of projections and light installations walked as a route through the old town. From seven until midnight the centre is shoulder to shoulder and the trams crawl. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Mushroom season (1 aug – 31 okt (meestal)), Burcak and the vineyard feasts (1 sep – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — Christmas markets, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  28 nov – 6 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Stalls fill Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square from the first Sunday of Advent to Epiphany. Central rooms reprice for the fortnight either side of Christmas, and the square is a slow walk after dark. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Christmas markets, New Year's Eve

• Festival

  New Year's Eve

  29 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukRisico

  The city dropped its official midnight fireworks and does a projected show on New Year's Day instead. The private rockets on Charles Bridge and Letna carry on regardless, at head height. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: City accommodation fee (1 jan – 31 dec), Christmas markets (28 nov – 6 jan (meestal))