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The original National Theatre building. The interior of the building is very decorative, and a sight of its own. Sometimes hosts operas and ballets, but mostly plays in Czech language; English surtitles are often available. Students receive a 50% discount on tickets.
The National Theatre is a historic opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. It is known as the alma mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art.
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Památník Sametové revoluce 17. listopadu 1989
A simple brass plaque.
Galerie Mánes
A renowned functionalist exhibition space built between 1928 and 1930 on the Vltava Riverbank. Designed by Otakar Novotný, it serves as a major venue for modern and contemporary art, managed by the historic Mánes Association of Fine Artists, hosting exhibitions, social events, and offering iconic views near the Dancing House. Opening times and prices can be found on their website and may vary depending on the exhibition.
A former shopping center, multiple floors now covered by arcade games and Marvel/DC-movie-heroes-related showcases. Top floor with city overview freely accessible. On the building facade are placed plane-butterfly art pieces.
Tančící dům
It is the work of the twentieth century American architect Frank Gehry, and is said to be shaped like a man and a woman dancing; hence its former name "Fred and Ginger". Inside you can visit a gallery or go to the rooftop bar and restaurant and enjoy nice views of the river and castle.
Václavské náměstí
Václavské náměstí is a wide boulevard running down from the National Museum and it's crammed with bars, restaurants and casinos. It is the heart of central Prague. All three metro lines cross there: line A and C cross at "Muzeum" station (upper part of boulevard next to National Museum), while lines A and B cross at "Můstek" station (middle to lower part of boulevard). Wenceslas Square and the surrounding area was an important place of demonstrations during the Velvet Revolution in 1989. There is a big statue of St. Wenceslas riding his horse in the upper part of the boulevard. St. Wenceslas is the patron of Czech lands, so this monument was the focal point of the anticommunist demonstrations. Just few dozen meters down from the monument, at the place where Jan Palach burned himself in 1969 in protest against Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, there is a marble plate in memory of the victims of communism. The St. Wenceslas statue is also a popular meeting point; if somebody in Prague wants to meet u koně (near the horse) or pod ocasem (under the horse tail), this place is meant. A notable building is the beautiful Hotel Evropa in Art Nouveau style (1906) in the middle of the boulevard.
Emauzské opatství
Founded in 1347 by Charles IV, Emauzy is a historic Benedictine abbey known for hosting Slavic liturgy. Destroyed by World War II bombing and famously restored in the 1960s with modern white concrete towers, it features original 14th-century Gothic cloisters and frescoes.