Expat Insider 2026: Czechia ranks high for quality of life, low for belonging
Expat Insider 2026 ranks Czechia highly for quality of life, but lower for settling in as language and social connections remain challenges.
Rainbow parade, Harry Potter, and Letná big top: Prague’s August culture fix
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Plus: Czech electro and Irish core, medieval knight fests, and free castle and monument entries.
The Czech-owned Canaletto masterpiece that traveled through history
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The Lobkowicz Collection painting is on loan to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, while immersive technology allows visitors in Prague to see it, too.
What’s behind Prague Pride’s August date? Plus big changes revealed for this year's festival
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A packed lineup, new venues and more community-driven events: this year’s Prague Pride Festival ventures into new territory.
10 immersive experiences bringing Czechia's history, art, and science to life
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From digital city models to pixelated Prague galleries and interstellar voyages, Czechia is rethinking how culture, history, and science are experienced.
Long-lost Havel play returns to stage ahead of Czech president’s 90th birthday
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A previously unpublished one-act play by Václav Havel has premiered in Avignon nearly 40 years after it was written, ahead of anniversary commemorations.
Before Nolan’s The Odyssey, Czechia had its own 'IMAX' experience
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Decades before IMAX arrived, Czechoslovakia had its own large-format cinema boom that once filled screens with larger-than-life spectacles.
Beyond Halloween: Where to watch horror films in Prague year round
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Edison Filmhub launches Heatwave Horror, a new festival joining Prague’s growing calendar of year-round horror screenings and genre events.
Eat buuz or go inside a yurt: Czechia’s Mongolian community brings the steppe to life
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Celebrate Mongolia's wild horse culture at Prague Zoo plus a guide to the people, flavors, and experiences shaping Czechia's large Mongolian community.
Missed KVIFF? Czechia's famed film festival gets an encore in Prague and Brno
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Šary Vary 2026 brings the most acclaimed and award-winning movies from this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival to English-speaking viewers across Czechia.
The dawn ceremony that brings Charles IV’s Prague back to life
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Medieval pageantry returns to Charles Bridge this week as Prague Castle exhibitions explore the ruler behind some of the city's greatest symbols.
Castle jazz, horror cinema, and Shakespeare: Prague's July culture fix
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From folklore parades and a Ukrainian classical concert to Bastille Day on Kampa and Keanu Reeves on the big screen, summer in Prague never slows down.
Dream On: Signal Space exhibition takes visitors back to festival's mesmerizing roots
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A new exhibit at Signal Space is a chance to look back on years of digital art installations in Prague.
Dark humor and irony: Why Czech literature captivates readers worldwide
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Two scholars trace the thread, dark humor, historical irony, and a run of remarkable women writers, that keeps drawing global readers to Czech books.
Summer Shakespeare festival brings the Bard back to Prague Castle in English
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The open-air fest debuts a new production of Twelfth Night in (middle) English in July; plus Prague Shakespeare Company stages Shakes all summer long.
Czech filmmaker who inspired Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam, returns to screens in English
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Karel Zeman's films are returning to Prague cinemas with English subtitles and there's also no better time to discover his hidden museum.
From Les Miz to Shakespeare: 5 English-friendly summer theatre tips
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From revisited old classics to bonkers dark comedies, English-language plays take the stage this summer in Prague.
