Sunday, December 2, 2018

Christmas in Prague

Prague is most commonly known as a destination party city, but here are some lesser known facts about this place:
  1. Christmas markets are really popular here. In fact, I found the food and mulled wine here better than Strasbourg 
  2. The Prague castle built in the 9th century and hosts the Czech President currently is actually the 2nd biggest gothic castle in the world, after the one in Achen Germany
  3. There is an actually replica of the Eiffel tower in Prague, gifted by the French and portrays the exact dimensions of the original
  4. Karlovy Laznê is the biggest club of eastern Europe with 5 dance floors where one even hosts a robot DJ
  5. Craft beer is famous in Prague, but the most popular beer is Budweiser Budvar, prepared over 90 days using the water, barley and hope of the Bohemian region (instead of 72 hours typically used for mass produced beer) and the original inspiration behind the world's largest beer, Budweiser
  6. Marionettes or Puppets are famous in Czech. Originated as a means of entertainment back in the 18th century and continues its craft to this day
  7. Tea in Czech is called Chai, just written as Čaj