Prague Visitor Magazine

22/03/2020

Who is that masked man? It's Honest Guide's Janek and Honza take to the streets of abandoned Prague this week to show you what it's like.

You may have seen it on their Instagram before, but now here’s a video proof: the calendar plate on the Astronomical Clock is a fake!

15/03/2020

Great photos at a very strange time for all of us...

13/03/2020

🛑 UPDATED: Prime Minister Babis has announced new measures which will close the borders to the Czech Republic. These measures ban Czech citizens and foreigners with Czech permanent or longer than 90-day residence permit from leaving and tourists from entering. 👉👉 Full article here: https://www.pragueresident.com/closed/

🛑 UPDATED MARCH 14: Prime Minister Babis has announced new measures which will close the borders to the Czech Republic. These measures ban Czech citizens and foreigners with Czech permanent or longer than 90-day residence permit from leaving and tourists from entering. 👉👉 Link to the full story here: https://www.pragueresident.com/closed/

13/03/2020

The Ministry of the Interior released this table to help clarify the restrictions that start at midnight on leaving and entering the Czech Republic for citizens, foreign residents and tourists during the State of Emergency.

The "risk" countries mentioned in the graph are Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, France, Iran, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

12/03/2020

We've been sent so many questions (especially from visitors currently here) about the State of Emergency. Here is all info from the Ministry of the Interior, along with a link to additional statements.

The government of the Czech Republic declared the state of emergency in its entire territory for 30 days with effect from 12th March 2020 from 2 pm.

12/03/2020

All the passenger bus, train and ship transport to all neighbouring countries will be banned and air traffic will be reduced as of Saturday.

12/03/2020

🛑 BREAKING: The Czech Republic has declared a 30 day state of emergency. Restaurants and pubs must close between 8 pm to 6 am. Gyms, wellness and entertainment facilities must close from tomorrow. Events with over 30 participants are cancelled. Foreigners from 13 named countries are barred from entering the country, issuance of Czech visas and acceptance of visa applications has ceased, and border crossings with Germany and Austria have been limited to 11 border crossings.

The Czech government declared a 30-day state of emergency over coronavirus across the country, citing a threat to the health of the population

12/03/2020

CAN'T STOP THE PARTY - Epic Nightclub is opening their Lounge Bar from Thursdays through Saturdays. While it's not the full nightclub experience because of the government's COVID-19 restrictions on crowd size, it still promises to be a good night!

11/03/2020

There's still lots to do in Prague - and the castle is still open - just not the exhibitions.

Exhibitions and indoor tourist routes at Prague Castle have been closed over the new coronavirus outbreak but the castle complex remains accessible.

11/03/2020

Apparently not invincible. 🤨

Cast and crew for the Marvel TV series arrived in the Czech Republic last week, but have been sent back to Atlanta in the wake of Prague’s developing coronavirus situation

10/03/2020

A bit of bad news if you're in Prague and looking to visit the state-run castles and other heritage sites...

The Czech National Heritage Institute (NPU) closed all state-run castles, chateaux and other heritage sites with all-year operation as of today and postponed the start of the main season indefinitely over new coronavirus, its spokeswoman Jana Hartmanova told CTK today. The NPU runs about 100 heritag...