@@camhabibi2217 hearing drunken fights in the middle of the night and people vomiting in the streets? The local have a right not to be subjected to that. You wouldn't want that in your city.
My girlfriend and I are in Prague now. We have enjoyed the city to the fullest. Your videos have helped us alot. One of the most beautiful cities we have been to!
Good for you! I don't know why I wasn't watching these while we were there a few months ago. No worries, I'm already planning my next trip. My dad's parents were Moravian. My name is Moravian. I'm totally hooked on the whole of it.
This totally destroyed my Tour-Plans. I just wanted to fly 180km to Prague, try to eat poorly made and overpriced Trdelnik and drink because of this experience lots of beer in your streets while swearing extremely loud in different languages.
Well Scandinavian countries are even doing covered trips for this....no joke. It's just a drink trip, they will get you here and you can drink all night then get home.
@@VidocqCZE Not so much in Sweden, we have a very strict attitude to over drinking, I am not sure all you can drink is even a thing. I have not seen it. The closest we have is a Ferry to Denmark from Gothenburg, where once we leave Swedish waters the buffet and all you can drink bar opens. It's only a 3 and a half hour crossing though so drink fast.
@@helvete983 True that mostly these guys are from Denmark not from Sweden. It is mostly even business with the travel company and some "not so good" bar in Prague, so they will pay bigger price for worse service.
4:15 as a Ukrainian, I relate to this so, so much!! It is infuriating when people who don’t know about our history (or just listen to the russian propaganda version of it) celebrate the soviet union or tour Ukraine for its “soviet appeal” with ZERO regard for the fact that that regime murdered and oppressed millions of our people just for being Ukrainian and actually was an occupation of our country which symbolises so much pain & trauma for us to this day. I think also especially after russia’s war against us during which they’re doing the same atrocities to us as their soviet predecessors did & for the same reasons, there will be zero tolerance of soviet symbolism in Ukraine 🙏
On a side note, thank you so much for hosting some of my compatriots in your cities while our country fights this hopefully final war against the russian’s attempts to occupy & oppress us. And I really hope that the Ukrainians in your cities are being respectful 🙏 I was in Prague a few years ago and really like your city
Oh no, the poor slave owners and kulaks! I'm so sorry the USSR ended the famines in the Ukraine and industrialized the region... And it must have been so awful for the literal nazis and nazi sympathizers who were punished during and after the war... So sad
And don't play things on your phone aloud. Especially on long distance express trains because there may be people on the train who have been travelling longer than you and are trying to catch some sleep...
Generally on trains, be quiet and keep your mouth shut. Talk in a moderate to quiet tone with your travel companions. But let's say you're in the UK and are on a train with strangers. Talking to them is socially FORBIDDEN lol
I went from plzeň to prague by train yeasterday, it was full of germans most were drunk and one group was blasting some german music from a speaker, but I can’t say it was bad.
Thank you Janek, it applies to most cities, but it's always a good reminder. One thing I'd like to say is that you're such a great honest guide, all your videos and informations are always perfect. It helped me when I first came to Prague. I wish there were more channels like you, in others cities / countries! If anyone knows let me know pls (like in many cities in Europe it would be interesting to get that kind of quality content by a passionate local).
As someone that 1 - lives in Paris and 2 - travel A LOT, both for work as for leisure, always remember that YOU ARE NOT AT A THEME PARK! Cities are full of people living their lives, running around for work, study, doing their groceries, etc…BE MINDFUL OF THEM! Try to be as respectful and little disruptive as possible, it means waiting a few seconds for your picture instead of blocking everyone, leave space at the metro/buses/trains/trams for the locals(specially the elderly)instead of occupying 4 chairs with your luggage, do not block stairs and hallways while you try to figure out your way, just step aside for a few seconds(I do it myself, it doesn’t hurt ), doesn’t assume that people are there to serve you, a lot of them are in a rush or don’t speak your language; rather, try to be polite and learn BASIC words in the local language, such as HELLO, PLEASE and THANK YOU…a little gesture of good will that goes a long way… A love tourists, I really do. I’m the kind of person that actively look for clueless people and try to help them, but I hate annoying and entitled people, and a lot of tourists are in this category…
I disagree with the Hop-on hop-off bus point. I just got back from a trip from the UK and I did a hop-on hop-off bus it turned out to be really beneficial and we got to see a lot and learned a lot because of the guides.However these buses may not work in every city but in some cities it can really helpful, plus you can get a discount to attractions that require payment with a hop-on hop-off bus ticket.
Agreed. These buses are particularly useful if your time is limited, but even if you have a fair amount of time, they can help orient you to the layout of the city.
Agreed! Was a great way to see all of Barcelona quickly and narrow down what to see. One great place was on the outskirts and hard to reach without a taxi.
I will defend hop-on/hop-off buses. They serve their purpose. If you don't have much time in the city that you don't know (that highly influences the time that you will spend commuting instead of sightseeing) and you want to see the most important places with some guide, then they are great for it. I used it in Vilinus on my first one-day visit. When I came back a year later I already knew what I want to see more closely and where are best sights with some added backstory.
I think his point is that this is a bit different for Prague, because many of the most interesting things are inside areas available only for pedestrians, so the bus won't even go nearby (whilst the old tram has probably an exception and is allowed to go much closer). Like what's the point of getting into a bus, go to the next stop and need to walk the same distance as from the previous stop by foot anyway...
@@carnifaxx in part criticizing buses, literally the firs thing he says is "That doesn't only apply to Prague but ANY city around the globe". So yeah, that part is bs xd
@@stacuu2222 He's exaggerating a lot... I doubt he was in all cities in a world. (I actually can't stand him in his Czech videos, so I'm just trying to justify that in case of Prague, he may be accidentally right :D )
I was looking for some one to defend hop on hop off buses which can certainly be be a good introduction to a city. Ideally one could stay for days in a city and explore on your own or with a personal guide, but not everyone has the time and money to do so.
I am from Greece and I recently came back from the staning beautiful city Prague. I like to thank Janek & Honza for the great advises. You can't imagine how usefull they proved to be as we moved arround the city easyly. Great channel from great guys.
unfortunately it seems that in local pubs nobody want to have tourists, they don't speak English and they don't like having casual conversations with strangers.
Whenever we went to any city as a tourist, we always avoided any place with lots of tourists and instead explored all the nice little things off the beaten path. The only place were I ever found tourists to be annoying was in train stations. Usually the locals now exactly were to go and were not to stand, but tourists block paths and especially escalators by standing on the wrong side. That is very noticeable in the Berlin main station. It is constructed very confusingly, especially to tourists, and so they usually get lost.
Public drinking is what makes a city great. In my country it is 100% illegal to drink in public at any time. So the streets are dark and dangerous. I've been to places where you can drink anywhere in the city and there is people everywhere and you always feel safe walking in any alleyway
That’s the part I never understood. People ask me if it’s legal to drink in public in Prague. And I’m like, for the most part, but why? Who walks around with a can of beer when there is a pub on every corner serving amazing beer on tap. *shrug*
Janek I’d like to say Thankyou for being such an informative guide. I’m in Prague at the moment on my first solo trip. I was really nervous about going on my own but your channel has really helped settle my nerves. Your country is beautiful and I really don’t want to go home tomorrow
i will say, for big places that don't have proper (or just plain expensive) outside public transportation, i do really like the hop on hop off buses. The ticket is for 24 hours and allowes you to quickly scope out if the [enter place] is for you or if you can skip it. Granted I now learned there is a tram in Prague so instead i'll take that one
Finally I am here in Prague amd thank you for all your videos :) Been to Troja "Mirror" bridge, ate at Wokin and Spejle, had coffee in Strecha Rooftop with the open elwvator and to Grand Orient Cafe. I also think I am a respectful tourist since I travel alone 😂😂 Henry Tower is awesome too! Thanks for all the honest information!! 👍👌
I believe most of people watching your channel are good and respectful tourists. This video should be shown in the planes and the trains arriving to Prague.
Lived 6 months in Prague and i can tell that public transportation is awesome! if the sign at the stop tells you your arrive in a place in 8 minutes, you'll be there in 8 minutes, no matter what
You guys are really awesome!!! I have been following you for years. I have been in Prague 3 times till now and planning to come a lot more! You are really helpful. I never visited any tourists places. After i checked your videos i only go to local restaurants and pubs which are far better experience!!!
This is so true! thank you for bring this up. My husband and I rented a place for a few weeks next to the St. Steven Basilica in Budapest, a very popular place lots of restaurants and bistros, really cool place... except we were up till 2-3 AM every weekend because of the drunk tourist, so yes people should be respectful when visiting other countries. Love the videos you post, are extremely useful, keep up the great work!
I've been to Prague loads of times and whilst I do some of the touristy stuff and sometimes go to Starbucks and McDonalds, I also make a point of trying out other local places and will often wander around the suburbs or hop on a train to different cities to find different places to eat and drink.
I went with a big group of friends to Prague last december. Eating together at restaurants is doable but make sure you make a reservation as soon as the restaurant opens or even a few days before the trip. Not only makes the chances higher of eating together, it also is polite towards the restaurant owners.
RU-vid has sure been a Godsend as far as trip planning. People are unaware of so many things in the cities and they get roped into tours that are 80% what they don't want to see just to get to the 20% that they do. I don't need to wine taste or pub crawl yet so many tours include that. I actually like the hop on hop off buses if I'm going to be in a city for a few days. I don't mind the cost (you factor costs into holidays) and it orients me with the city as I can't walk too much. Then I learn what I want to see and how to get there for the other days. Many people have said, with pub crawls that the idea is to get the sloshed on crappy alcohol so they'll keep buying (as the tour guides are in with the pub owners) and lose track of how much they spent.
Was in Prague 2018, come for a gig at Letnany airport... What a fantastic city .. was fantastic... I just got lost and went into random pubs with the locals... Was brilliant.. of course some sketchy areas like any city... Best pubs and cheap beer ♥️♥️♥️
The idea of going to a country simply to 'party' is the lowest grade of tourist. Below package tours, below cruise ships travelers, below people who don''t understand the culture, below people who don't even understand what country they are in, or even the basic rules of a culture. They are people coming to piss on the streets, and take advantage of everything, blind to what they are coming to see. I have sadly seen drunken 'bachelors' to Prague coming to party, out of their minds, stoned, lost, stupid, senseless. Alas Prague caters to them. When visiting Prague these days I consider Friday and Saturday days to get home by 11pm. Just so I don't meet these specimens. And I wonder how Prague got this reputation. A reputation that really kicked in after Ryan Air and Easyjet started making party travel far too cheap. In 2000 when I first visited Prague this was not the case. Don't get me wrong I love Prague. But like the guides I truly dislike this class of tourist.
Thank you for your close-minded opinion...Nightlife is one of the most important aspects of culture in the city. When traveling, not everyone wants to do only museums all day...I am a huge nightlife tourist there is nothing wrong with that...Berlin, London, Amsterdam even Prague have a great nightlife scene. It is not just about getting drunk, it is a whole contemporary culture about music, art and vibrant places. Cities without nightlife would be soulless. Why do you think so many creative people move to cities like Berlin or Amsterdam? Because it has great nightlife. P.S One reason I moved to Prague was that it has great nightlife...especially the underground scene is very beautiful.
@@repcek22 I'm talking specifically about drunken partying, stag parties, rowdy footballers, etc. I've never a seen a city where this kind of tourism benefits anyone. I lived in New York City for many years. I loved going out at night. There is a difference. Prague seems to attract the microcephalics who never left their countries before until the air flights became ridiculously cheap.
@@georgiancrossroads Prague was always attracting cheaper tourism because it use to be dirty cheap. In a certain way I like it. You can go out 3,4 times a week and doesn't ruin your budget. But If you don't stick only to Prague 1, there are a lot of great places to visit. On the other hand loud crowds it something you encounter in any party district of any city. Doesn't matter if it Barceloneta, Camden Town or Holywood Boulevard. Once you live there you kind of have to accept you live in a nightlife hotspot. To extent I agree big crowds of tourists who shout all the time act stupid are annoying...but I see it a bit of exaggeration and common occurrence in many cities.
So I actually LOVE taking the hop on hop off bus! I've taken them pretty much every city I go to whenever I travel around Europe (and I always book online because it feels like the more reputable business. I don't trust the random people telling me to take their hop on hop off bus). My friends always make fun of me! haha. The way I see it, I always take the bus on my very first day in the city. That way I get a good idea of the layout of he city and generally where all the popular touristy stuff is. Then I buy a two or three day public transportation ticket and explore the city on my own!
I get what he has to say about traffic and pollution, but I like the hop-on-hop-off busses, too, cuz it's a great way to get oriented, and includes info about what you are seeing, so you can choose what you want to see in more detail after you get off, and you know where you are in the city.
Recently got this channel suggested by RU-vid when I was traveling to Pilsen. Apparently Google is both smart and scary like that. Anyway, I really like what you guys are doing, very informative. And it saved me an overpriced highway vinget 👍
Do take the hop on hop of buses in Oxford. It is run by the local bus company and has guides that really know their stuff. One of my friends, Andrew, got a job as a guide on the buses. He is a poet who includes his humourous poems in between the serious explanations of the history of the old city. Or go on a locally organised walking tour in a group of about a dozen,
Also, don't ever use horse-drawn carriages! The horses are not well-looked after, they must walk the same route (in traffic) several times a day, every day. Can you imagine how boring that is? It's been filmed in Prague, horses standing in 35 degrees C, in the sunshine, then being made to haul overweight tourists around. Furthermore, the city has a limit on how many people can sit in these carriages, this is frequently breached (it has been filmed and sent to the city council) plus there's no limit on weight, e.g. 5 slim tourists and 5 obese tourists is a very different thing. Plus, the horses live in terrible conditions, are beaten when no-one is looking and the people who run this are aggressive people who only want your money, they don't give a shit about the horses. NEVER ever use any form of animal transportation on holidays, be they horses, donkeys, camels, elephants etc, you are funding animal abuse.
Never take a tour but rent a car. Then you can stop wherever and whenever you want. Don't try to get around taking trains or boats. Trains leave from and stop in city centers, not at the castles and monasteries you'd like to visit. They're often far away from the centers, so when arriving you'll still have to travel a considerable distance and that may turn out to be expensive.
I recently stayed in Prague for 5 days and saw drunk rowdy people (prob tourists) in the old town every single day. They were singing obnoxiously loud and some puked on the street 🤢🤦♀️
I totally agree with all your tips. Maybe except for the Hip/Hop-Bus. I think they are ok, if you are the first time in a certain town. This way you can. check the tick boxes on the touristy stuff.And after that: off to real life...
I guess that locals usually don't eat in the city center. So today we were in Háje disctrict. And its different place than Praga 1 and Old Town neighborhood :)
Let’s get the logic correct : (1) it is the country and the place that welcome the tourist (2) it is certainly logical that only certain places are magnets to tourist (3) it is natural local entrepreneurs will take the initiative to gather and organize around those vicinities. Hence, we can only expect there will be always tourist spots. Yes, it is the tourist fault not to observe the local do and don’t. They should not build their own happiness on the dismay of local.
Whenever I travel, I drink 2 liters of vodka per day. After that, I love getting into fights with old people or pregnant women and then spending a penny and tossing my cookies on the biggest, most beautiful statue in town. Respect!
I literary can't imagine people going to Prague ans eating at a McDonald's. I mean eating knedlik and drinking premium czech lager is a huge part of the trip.
Finally, I`ve heard meaning from local about russian souvenirs in the Prague's center. When I first saw this I was like - WTF?! How`s this even possible....how is this became normal and legal.... damn
I did a Prague pub crawl 10 years ago and got a funny diploma and a memory out of it. It was OK except for the drunk loud (*insert/guess the nationality) and the last place which was not a pub but a horrible, cheap and empty club.
Iba dnes som sa vrátila z Prahy a úprimne, super zážitok to nebol a to hlavne kvôli druhým turistom. Ich hluk a správanie totálne zničili náladu a preto určite odporúčam pozrieť si Prahu mimo sezónu. A určite ako tip by som dala kúpiť si reálnu mapu, lebo s Google Maps som sa v tých uličkách NESKUTOČNE strácala LOL. PS - Keby som mohla niečo mestu odporúčiť, určite viac informačných navigačných tabúľ
I just finished a visit to several cities in Europe and what you show in this video I saw in all the cities I've visited... a real shame. I visited Prague but I couldn't touch the dog on the Charles bridge... does that mean I won't come back?🤔🤔
