30/12/2019
Unlike the family holiday Christmas, the New Year's Eve is celebrated in Czech Republic in the restaurants and taverns that are open throughout the night.
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Often, companies pre-book rooms in hotels where on New Year's Eve they have fun. It is worth mentioning that "Czech fun" is not only loads of tasty food with unlimited drinks, but also dances! In restaurants, cafes and hotels live music is played and people dance not only traditional Czech dances, but, for example, polka or waltz. Well, those who did not have time to reserve a place in the restaurant on New Year's Eve meet the bells ringing of the famous clocks in the city squares, where you can buy a glass of mulled wine and have a sausage bite or of a sweet trdelnik.
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From the evening of December 31 until the New Year itself, fireworks strike and sparkle throughout the whole country, music plays, and an hour before midnight thestreets are busy as if it's a national holiday. In Prague, tourists plunge into the Old Town Square straight to the famous Orloj clock. Here, trays and decorated stalls are open all night, where they can buy mulled wine, traditional for that time, hot old Bohemian pancakes, grilled sausages and champagne. After the “chime” of the astronomical clock ends, everyone goes to the Charles Bridge, where, touching the bronze statue of Jan Nepomutsky, you can make the most cherished desire.
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January 1 is the most grandiose event of the holiday - New Year's fireworks in Prague. It is believed that it is the most beautiful in the whole Czech Republic, and, possibly, in all of Europe. Some tourists come to Prague on New Year's Eve just to see this vibrant show. Fireworks are launched from a special platform installed on the Vltava River. The best places for the audience are Smetanovo promenade, Manesov or Chekhov bridge. The show, which will last a few minutes, is free, but you need to take places in advance.
