7 Misconceptions Tourists Have About Prague - Explained by REAL Prague Guide

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Prague is one of the most visited cities in Europe. Travellers from many different parts of the world come here to admire its beautiful historical city center.
We work in Prague as guides, and sometimes we receive very interesting questions on our tours.
I thought you guys are poor? Were you part of Russia? Is Russian the main language here?
This video is about 7 misconceptions tourist have about Prague. Maybe you are about to travel to Prague and this will help you prepare for your encounters with the local population. Or maybe you live here and will find some of these surprising.
Anyways enjoy the video!
Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Prague is not in the Czech Republic
1:02 - Prague is a very small city
1:31 - Prague is communist
2:03 - People in Prague are very poor
2:29 - Prague is in Eastern Europe
2:46 - Everything in Prague is really cheap
3:20 - Prague is like a second Amsterdam
4:38 - Finale
5:10 - Announcing the winners of #100challenge
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@jaroslavmarek49 3 года назад

I work in a hotel and I was once asked what the capital of Prague was 🙈 another guy apologized to me for not speaking Polish and yeah, communist Czechoslovakia is obviously still a thing in the west.

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Hahaha, yeah, you should make your own version of this video :D (We heard a story from the information center on the Old Town Square. A lady came there in a swimming suit and asked which way is the beach...)

@yindyamarra 2 года назад

As a aussie, yes we do ride kangaroos down the street, just to get that straight, we get asked strange questions as well

@Pidalin 3 года назад

I am surprised how many people travel to some country and can't even use google to find some facts about that country. When I am traveling, I know even timetables of all public transportation in that city before I arrive. :-D BTW another thing is - snow in Prague is really rare, don't expect white winter in Prague, it happens only once in few years and it mostly melts next day, this winter was special.

@davidz2808 3 года назад

It only snows once every few years?! That's true of Rome & Istanbul. It snows every winter in Prague.

@Pidalin 3 года назад

@@davidz2808 if you count 1cm of snow for few hours, then yes, it snows every year :-)

@letecmig 3 года назад

Well, even many Czech package tour holidaymakers who visit Bali actually totally miss the fact that they are in Indonesia:)

@Pidalin 3 года назад

@@letecmig People mostly don't really know what is climate or wather in such far destinations, they expect it's like in Europe - 4 seasons etc....they should do more research when they travel out from Europe. I've never been out from Europe, so even for me it would be really weird go to place where they have 40°C in december or something. :-)

@paultodd7806 2 года назад

I can’t believe that people actually believe what those seven things😔. I visited Prague back in 1998 and must admit was was a bit apprehensive about driving there and being able to communicate with people🤔. But I found a fantastic city, people and culture and in hopefully next year will return to show my wife what a wonderful city it is🇬🇧 🇨🇿👍

@MrFusselig 3 года назад

I am a German guy living in Prague, being here for occupation. Of course, the double meaning of the word can be quite confusing.

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

😂

@archeopterixneuroza4715 3 года назад

I'm getting woried, that we might nazi see something coming.

@Czechbound 3 года назад

Reminds me of the conference call we had with our German subsidiary to help them fix a problem, and the German CEO kept saying that "we have our final solution". We had the phone on mute and were howling with laughter. True story ...

@dustyfun5944 3 года назад

01:01: Czech your airplane tickets before or something like that....

@garymatulis8367 3 года назад

You are incredible and so enjoyable to watch your presentation. Prague is beautiful as is the entire Czech Republic. Been there three times and it only gets better with every visit.

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Thank you!

@peterpan8666 3 года назад

I‘m old enough to have know Prague in the 1980s. Everything was indeed ridiculously cheap for us Westerns, and it was even crazier in the countryside. So I guess that’s where this misconception comes from. Definitely going to be back for a weekend soon, I love Prague.

@Minecraftrok999 2 года назад

Yup, but then Communism gell (thank God) and market dynamics kicked in. If it is an extremely desirable place to live, then it will surely not stay cheap :D

@naeemakbar2265 3 года назад

Oh my dear valery you are a great lady

@dees9502 3 года назад

Was in Prague just before Covid hit in Feb 2020. LOVED it! Such a wonderful city and wonderful people. Can’t wait to return.

@farrelpermadi5471 3 года назад

Me the first time I saw Czech Republic's flag: *is it Philippines*

@edwardterry3497 2 года назад

Valerie, I am an American. I was born in a small town in Oklahoma named Prague. It was originally settled by Czech immigrants. My mother was Czech. I am half. The population of this town is about 2,000 people. So, Prague, in Oklahoma, IS a small town. :D

@RealPragueGuides 2 года назад

Amazing! We've always wanted to get in touch with someone from the American Prague! 😎

@frankb1 3 года назад

Prague is on my bucket list.

@ARNOLDBme 2 года назад

It is beautiful there. I want to go again and didn’t want to leave. Definitely worth going to

@Mikejlanger 3 года назад

Fantastic stuff y'all!

@patrickfitzgerald2861 3 года назад

It's amazing how much cleaner Prague looks in the snow . . . and how cute Valery looks in her winter outfit! 😎

@TravelingisFREEDOM 2 года назад

This seems to be a very charming city, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!

@mikecutler2279 3 года назад

I'm so glad I found you guys ...you cover many important subjects with such integrity..I hope to visit Prague before I " kick the bucket ".

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Thanks Mike! We appreciate it! ♥ I am sure you will manage to visit!

@furnacefighter 2 года назад

Prague reminds me of Paris and Rome, a very beautiful city. We met two young ladies in Switzerland who told us to make sure we ate a “Roasty” in Switzerland and purchase a Garnett Stone ring in Prague. Excellent suggestion, the “Roasty” was a culinary delight and the ring was a sacred treasure that we will always value. Far and above our best European purchase to be passed down to future generations. I remember siting with a couple in a Paris restaurant who were traveling on to Prague back in 2003. It seemed so mysterious, almost dangerous at the time. Now thanks to great guidebooks and a strong internet travel to Central Europe is safe and secure, a walk in the park.

@davidryan6441 3 года назад

Love These Videos. .Prague, Along With Plzen are two of my Favourite places to visit.....Troya Chateau and Zbraslav are just so beautiful...Everything is Perfect...From The Culture and More importantly to the People .. ...Thanks For Posting...Mej Hezky Den

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Děkuji! Thanks for watching! Troya Chateau is not a place many people visit. It must mean you really love Prague and explored many places here.

@davidryan6441 3 года назад

@@RealPragueGuides Forgot to mention The Lovely Walks along The Vtava River Too....As an Englishman.. I stay away from other English tourist So That i can enjoy your Fine City

@johnh7718 2 года назад

Watched every video. Good luck! Will definitely hire them when/if I get to Prague!

@kathleenoglesby2114 2 года назад

Great job!

@calinvoicu1642 3 года назад

Bravo, Bravo Bravo ! Good done ! Very good work !

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Thank you!

@kianchester8829 3 года назад

Very informative.

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Thank you!

@dasboot5903 3 года назад

Ciao again Valery from Prague :o) I will check your Vlog later on, so far I am going to catch some sleep. See you soon, eh ? :o)

@viveksir3545 3 года назад

I agree Valarie even many tourist have misconception about my city Mumbai. They say every thing is cheap out here . And when they land its abig shock. Nice coverage keep it up

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Still need to visit Mumbai. India has sooo much history and always looks so great on photos.

@viveksir3545 3 года назад

@@RealPragueGuides Yes its a place you wont regret dont worry i will be your guide . I left profession 20 years back to become a professor . But i dont mind becoming one again as you resemble to my daughter she is archeologist.

@WZbytovsky 3 года назад

I went to Bratislava (from Prague) just to quote EuroTrip. "Enjoy Bratislava. It's good you came in summer, in winter it can get very depressing."

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

That movie is iconic

@rafaelbadalov9393 3 года назад

Hi! Prague is a beautiful city. Greetings from Baku.

@davidguerrero9270 2 года назад

Indiana Jones and Reveille? What on earth is going on in Prague? I may have to see this for myself, it sounds worth travelling halfway around the world for!

@g-dcomplex1609 3 года назад

velmi dobře :)

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Děkujeme!

@TheRevisor 2 года назад

Hi Valerie, may I ask what place are you at in most of video? The one with view of river and Prague Castle?

@RealPragueGuides 2 года назад

Hello, it's at Výtoň and Vysehrad

@TheRevisor 2 года назад

@@RealPragueGuides Thank You so much !

@123roelie 2 года назад

Love u revieuws! Love Prague! But Amsterdam is my all time favoriete ! Come visit! i Will show u!😉👊🏻

@dennisyoung4631 6 месяцев назад

“Does Slivovice actually work on colds?”

@samknetsch 3 года назад

I'm from Netherland, I love Prague have been there many times. but what you tell about Amsterdam is less and less true this days, as the city is making the rules more strict. but the question I have hear also when I was there. love your videos there are great

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Thank you! We are aware that things are changing in Amsterdam and were not sure how to put it in the video, to keep it simple. The truth is that a lot of tourists have misconceptions about Amsterdam as well because of it's past. Maybe they have never even been there, but think that till today it is "party drug city" and they heard the same things about Prague. We love tourists from Netherlands BTW.! Very polite and down to earth people with very dark humour similar to Czech :)

@samknetsch 3 года назад

@@RealPragueGuides that is true I have always had great time with the Czechia people and the humor kind the same, what makes it more easy to make joke. If I had the change I have move to Czechia

@dasboot5903 3 года назад

Oh, boy !!!! I was pissing my pants in the cinema, when I was watching this particular movie: "EURO TRIP". I was the laudest person in that place that time ... laughing like a hell. Living in Warszawa half of my personal life .... I could refresh my bad memories about that time of communism and early post-communism. Yeah :o)

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Yes, that movie is funny in a silly way 🙂

@dr.mukesh.kukreja 3 года назад

When I will visit Prague I hope you should be my guide. Love 💘from Mumbai India

@jacqdanieles 3 года назад

Yes Prague is more to the west than Vienna. But the reason the former Czechoslovakia was considered "eastern" was because it was in the *"Eastern bloc"* of Soviet influence after WW2. After the breakup, that nomenclature, while now geographically incorrect, has stuck.

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Yes, we also think that is the main reason.

@jazzcat2075 3 года назад

Geographically we are Central Europe, mentally it's still 50/50 between West and East. Also it's kind of ironic, we were unquestionably part of Western Europe for more than 1000 years, then the unfathomable disaster happened and we fell behind the iron curtain from the wrong side for 40 years so everyone considers us Eastern Europe now.

@user-di9kl6bz3y 2 года назад

@@jazzcat2075 yes I’m agree, I’m from China

@yannide-power6443 2 года назад

Ahoj nice

@nicocortes7319 3 года назад

Suuuuuper

@conceptalfa 3 года назад

👍 👍 👍!!!

@naso1236 3 года назад

Parizska street in Prague is alike Champs-Elysees in Paris?

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Yes

@nikhilwasnik5574 3 года назад

Video on Czech movies please.

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Okay 👌, it will take some time but we were planning that anyways :)

@meryuk 3 года назад

Doctor Jones! 😊

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Yes! The computer game 😉

@meryuk 3 года назад

@@RealPragueGuides 🤍

@libork8106 2 года назад

...a Prague ??? .. never heard off, ... I was born in Brno (hard core "Brnak") ... just kitting I like your gloves ...

@jamespppyacek342 7 месяцев назад

I don't see how someone can go somewhere and not know anything about it. But people are stupid everywhere. As a ranger in California I heard lots of dumb things. Like, asking if the lake we were on, Mono LAKE, was a lake or a River? Hmm. Good one. I will have to look that up.

@sijukk1318 3 года назад

Hi, I'm new subscriber from India

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Hi, welcome! :)

@sobhitsrivastava5661 2 года назад

Namaste from India 🙏❤️

@sobhitsrivastava5661 2 года назад

Maam how can I travel to Prague... please tell where to stay and contact you for the tour of magnificent Prague City.😁

@davidpearson3304 3 года назад

Some of the comments have been bashing Americans….let me assure you, we are not all dumb uneducated idiots. Some of us are actually reasonably intelligent about other parts of the world. 🙄

@jamesfrenchie10 3 года назад

Are you sure Prague it not the capital of Chechnya?

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Actually now when you said it...

@conceptalfa 3 года назад

👍 😂

@arseniclullaby87 Год назад

Chechnya is a different country???? then how do you pronounce "Czechia?"

@conceptalfa 3 года назад

Confuse Czech republic with Chechnya, gi'me a break!!! I know people do when it comes to Sweden/Switzerland, but the above is to good to be trues, especially if they plan to visit the country/countries......(check your flight ticket, that was a good one, sheesh...?🙃😕 )...

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

www.pri.org/stories/2013-04-19/twitter-mistakes-czech-republic-chechnya-boston-bombings

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Just type to Google Chechnya vs Czech Republic and let the search results entertain you. :)

@conceptalfa 3 года назад

@@RealPragueGuides and I laughed at my sister when she claimed "in no way trusting the internet" 😀☹️

@martintuma9974 Год назад

What about Slovakia/Slovenia... their Czech names differ by only one letter.

@treintaydiez 3 года назад

They confuse the Czech Republic with Chechnya?

@NicholasJJackson 2 года назад

It's more common now because the Czech government decided the official name of Czech Republic is Chechia. That's when I started seeing people get the two mixed up.

@Mon_beaumonde 3 года назад

From indiana jones

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Yes, the computer game. Indiana Jones and The Emperor's Tomb :)

@Po_nia 3 года назад

I was cold just looking at you without scarf :D P.S. Indiana Jones

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

You got it right! Indiana Jones. The question is, in which one does he go to Prague!? 😎

@ericderami 3 года назад

@@RealPragueGuides you have me stumped here....and i just spent too long looking.....in the 4 movies he flies to Nepal from California, then he is in Asia already, flies to Venice but not through Prague and the last he goes to south america. I found a Young Indy episode where he was already in Prague but I also don't think that they used this music in the tv series.....is it from one of the video games?! I missed something I think

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

@@ericderami hah, yes it's from a game. Indiana Jones and The Emperor's Tomb

@aalb1873 3 года назад

Well, when I visited Prague in 2000 the city was euphemistically wild but of course…, it was more than 20 years ago. I suppose now is more Dvorak and Smetana than strip clubs and casinos.

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Kind of

@naso1236 3 года назад

Czech republic is the richest slavic country. GDP per capita is like in Spain.

@letecmig 3 года назад

We are expected to overtake the Italy in a year or two ;)

@basilfawlty8244 3 года назад

Obviously aimed at Americans. Prague is a BEAUTIFUL city. Brilliant place...!!!

@sujaytomar 3 года назад

M driving as of now... contact you soon for my mystery gift

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

We'll be waiting!

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

Sujay, have you seen our email?

@sujaytomar 3 года назад

@@RealPragueGuides yes i have...I would like a free gift (flag of Czech republic) and I would most certainly like to pay for your walking tours when I take one...

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

How shall we deliver the flag? You can write us on email your address, or if you want to pick it up during your next Prague visit, that's also an option!

@juliataylor2623 2 года назад

wondered how Prague was not rebuilt along communist lines, i know both Hitler and Stalin changed their mind about Krakow.

@conceptalfa 3 года назад

What about misconceptions between USSR and USA, are there any??? I want to travel to Moscow, which part of the USA is it situated in, east, west or the middle??? 🙃 🤣

@markbass7145 3 года назад

Nowhere near Berlin...

@christopherhecko7234 3 года назад

Czech Republic is considered an Eastern country because of political and maybe also economical reasons. It's not difficult to understand. Btw, not all the country is the same as Prague. Of course geographically it's a central-estearn State.

@someczechguy 3 года назад

No its not??? It's literally in the middle and our economy is better than on the east

@christopherhecko7234 3 года назад

@@someczechguy I know it, czech economy is quite good but it's not the only. Also Poland, Hungary Slovakia are way economically stronger than some eastern countries, i'm perfectly aware of it. I'm half czech and i know what i' taking about.

@pragueexpat5106 3 года назад

In a purely geographical sense Czech Republic is central European, but since many of it's "cousins"/other Slavic countries are eastern European, culturally the Czechs has more in common with them than central and western Europeans.

@dittikke 3 года назад

The Eastern Bloc is dead and gone, really it is. Wikipedia* tries to define Central Europe as a political and geographic entity, the concept is vague and ill-defined and comes from before communism, but it definitely includes Czech Republic (in the centre of Central Europe!), Austria and also mostly Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. The problem is everything is a smoosh here and we're all living in each other's backyards as the 2nd wave of the pandemic showed so any definition of Central Europe on its outer edges is going to be blurry, but placing Czech Republic anywhere other than in Central Europe is politically, historically and geographically illiterate. *Yes I know Wikipedia is not a reputable source but it's better than someone's opinion on the social media, so. Greetings from East Germany :)

@pavel6688 3 года назад

@@pragueexpat5106 That's hard to measure. There are simmilar in language, but the culture is often very different. With the christian orthodox Slavs, Czechs have really very little in common. Slovaks and Poles are more close, but still there are differences. On the other hand you can find many cultural simmilarities with Austrians/Bavarians/Saxons as well (the Central-European "beer region"), based on many centuries of common historical heritage. So the term "Central Europe" is totally correct.

@doin_fine 3 года назад

I think the confusion about your country being in Eastern Europe stems from the fact that you are Slavs. Those in the Anglosphere view all Slavs as being very similar. So the Baltics, anything east of Germany or slightly Slavic is Eastern Europe. It's a racial thing.

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

We think it's because Czechoslovakia used to be a communist country. The perception of Czechoslovakia before WW2 was different. Some people might think the same as you but from our experience, when we ask people on our tours about what language is Czech close to, lot of them guess German. They don't really know a lot of times that Czechia is a slavic country. (depends on the country they come from)

@kibicz 3 года назад

Germany is actually closer to Russia than Czechia. Its surprising, but measure on maps tells it quite clearly.

@JGGREY 3 года назад

I love Prague but I went there in 2004 and I was approached by prostitutes every single day. I also knew 2 men who went in 2017 just for prostitution and they found it. Just to disagree with this lady Prague does have a reputation for sex tourism

@konyadanmeryem7712 3 года назад

True

@hififlipper 3 года назад

Will you be send to the Gulag if you say otherwise?

@sandor7594 2 года назад

Yes. Today the after-communist countries they are poor. Thanking for socialist ideology and without market economy. But our world better as the high developed western world. Greeting from Budapest

@dannafichtel2961 3 года назад

Ha Ha That was funny about not everyone is a Prostitue...

@TaMoose101 3 года назад

Tourist questions, or Americans???????

@LonskiBig 3 года назад

....The Propaganda Club says Czechoslovakia is still communist.....!!

@conceptalfa 3 года назад

Prague was veeeery cheap for western tourists right after the communist meltdown 1989, laughably cheap, like from the fifties, but it is of course not the case any more, eventhough for i. e. the scandinavian tourists whose countries have high alcohol taxes, local beverage prices still feels like a giveaway.....

@leoprg5330 3 года назад

Prague is still affordable if you skip the tourist centre, but where else would you get equal experience..

@conceptalfa 3 года назад

@@leoprg5330 yepp, if you skip the tourist centers, problem is tourists are 99% there....unless they stay outside the center, but than again, many of them are afraid to visit restaurants in those places....also, often these restaurants don't even have mennus in english....

@milan.matejka 3 года назад

I remember a German turist in 1990 couldn't believe the beer pint was worth 10 Pfennig...

@conceptalfa 3 года назад

@@milan.matejka yepp, I experienced the same...as a tourist at the time I mean....

@romeo6665 3 года назад

comunist country? rofl check your source

@johannessugito1686 3 года назад

I think these are misconceptions from a guy named Trump ..... ? :D

@RealPragueGuides 3 года назад

We've never had him on a tour... Let's just say the further the people live from the Czech Republic, the bigger the misconceptions. Usually.

@leoprg5330 3 года назад

Trump's ex wife is from Czechia, he visited couple of times..do you really think he doesn't remember country's name?

@agentw4b 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JVWqMzWgM48.html

@typse497 2 года назад

I heard czechian say india is poor but when i googled i came to know that the economy of mumbai city(just one city of india, not even a state) is greater than the whole czech republic economy😂🤣🤣🤣..... and they call themselves developed and india poor😂😂

@filip7342 2 года назад

every single country in Europe is richer than India and czechia is far more developed and richer country than India. Mumbai has population 13,000,000 on the other hand whole czech republic has 10,500,000 and yet GDP is still slightly bigger in Czechia. But if you want find out who is richer you have to compare GDP per capacita. In India it is only 2,191$ while in Czech Republic is 10x higher 24,569$. So that all means that average czech citizen is 10x more richer than avetsge indian citizen. GDP per capacita in mumbai itself is only 11,890$ which is still not even half what in Czech republic and prague GDP per capacita is 52,559$.

@typse497 2 года назад

@@filip7342 oh man you skips economics i guess if you consider mumbai and czech than why you compare per capita of india and czechia you should compare per capita of mumbai and czechia moron and also in case of per capita of india and czechia please consider inflation and affordability please and study economics properly

@typse497 2 года назад

@@filip7342 i find some of the european country like uk, france germany and italy rich countries of the planet where maximum uk billionaire are either indian or pakistani..... i see east european country as lazy and poor and in the tag of european they want that the world should consider them rich wtf behind this logic with this mind set they will never grow and will always be poor😆😆😆😆

@typse497 2 года назад

@@filip7342 and i have also heard that uk and france see these east european country as a labour country from where they get labour for their businesses...... your neighbour is also considering u poor so how could u expect it that the world will consider you rich lol😆😆🤣🤣🤣

@filip7342 2 года назад

@@typse497 I dont expect the world consider czechs as rich I just brought facts..... say that mumbai is actually more developed than czech republic is a such a nonsense...