Hi guys welcome to another episode of ultimate bucket list and on today's show
I'm here in the beautiful city of Prague
the capital city of the Czech Republic is this place Prague it's not short on
beautiful things to see whether or not it's the beautiful castle or the famous
attractions it's very famous bridge or it's rather infamous nightlife but I
suppose I better tell you about this first of all
Proc castle this castle is actually quite a grand place to come to and when
you get here you can tell immediately that is full of history and charm it's
also heavily guarded you get the best views of the city of Prague from here at
the castle but the ultimate spot to take your
photos and videos believe it or not is right here at Starbucks yes Prague
Castle has its own Starbucks and this actually gives you the best views over
the city of Prague Starbucks who'd have thunk it the best way to see Prague
Castle is via one of his many guided tours but if you're happy just exploring
the place on your own it's actually quite good to walk around the castle
itself is actually free to go around if you actually want to see a lot of the
attractions you have to pay extra so that museum over there that cost money
to go into that exhibits over there but also cost money to get into etc so
you're only paying for this bits that you actually want to see one of the cool
things about this castle is its history and don't be surprised if you're walking
behind marching guards I actually paid to go up the bell tower of Prague
Cathedral right at the top and it's a hell of a climb
so you're climbing forever in a day to try and get to the top and when you do
get to the top it's actually quite thin there's not a lot of space but the views
from the top are totally worth it you get some stunning views over the entire
city and over all of Prague Castle underneath
there's plenty of picture and video opportunities up here and highly
recommend that you pay the extra money to get up here to the top of the
Cathedral now one of the things that you'll need to know about this place is
that it's heavily guarded so please don't misbehave here also go into the
free bits of the Cathedral it cost money to actually explore the rest of the
Cathedral but to be honest you can see pretty much everything from the free
section of this Cathedral so don't waste your money if you did want to do the
exhibits and the museums there's a hell a long price list and it can get quite
pricey to see absolutely everything so bear in mind that this can be a bit of
an expensive place to explore but to be honest most of the interesting stuff is
free of charge anyway once you've finished wandering around the castle try
meandering around the streets because the streets around the castle are full
of charm there's quite a lot of things to see and do here especially if you
consider exploring these cobble streets which can get quite steep and going into
an old-fashioned Czech drink Lurie which is kind of awesome but once you finished
boiling the streets cross over the most famous bridge in the Czech Republic the
Charles Bridge this historic bridge is full of famous statues full of famous
relics and it also has some of the best views of the city from this bridge
don't be surprised if you get people who want to get married here which is quite
nice I highly recommend coming here when it's quiet otherwise it can get quite
busy so guys I'm walking across the Charles Bridge yes the famous Charles
Bridge the one that's photographed half to death here in Prague and I gotta say
that the view from the bridge itself even though the bridge is actually kinda
cool not that great so what you're better off doing is you're better off
going to one of the other bridges either that one over there or that one over
there to take pictures of the actual bridge itself because the views are a
lot more interesting it can actually get quite lively here which is kind of cool
but after you've crossed the bridge carry on walking and explored the rest
of Prague especially the new section of town and now the new section of town
doesn't really look that new but I suppose it's new compared to the area
around the castle at this point I'd like to warn you about the various scams here
in the Czech Republic such as the change bureaus and the ATM machines which are
almost always a ripoff these funnel cakes which are totally not checked
they're a typical tourist trap quite nice though and the many many tourist
trap shots most of which will not have prices on them so that they can
basically charge you what they want so be prepared and don't buy anything that
doesn't have a price on it and Thai massage is totally totally not check
once you've passed all the touristy crap try and locate this place now you'll
notice that there's a lot of people surrounding this very interesting clock
this is the astronomical clock and to be honest totally overrated
yes believe or not that's all it does when you're around here don't be
surprised if you find lots of strange crap like giant pandas who are scaring
the crap out of kids I'm not entirely sure why there's a giant animal here
who's doing Mexican standoffs with kids it might be a check thing I don't know
but apart from this Panda there's also this polar bear that's doing this exact
same thing yeah that's totally not something that you see every day but the
streets themselves are actually quite nice to wander around albeit it's
actually quite a steep City so bear in mind if you are walking around this
place I hope you've got a good set of legs there's plenty of museums to go
into such as this the Museum of communism which I totally didn't go into
I actually went into this one the sex museum admittedly it's full of strange
phallic style things and lots of bondage and lots of dildo eat kind of stuff it's
actually a funny Museum to kind of walk around but opiate it's just a little bit
strange what's also strange is this the pendulum I'm not entirely sure why
there's a pendulum that's overlooking the city of Prague it literally is a big
giant red pendulum but it's actually kind of cool to sit underneath and have
a look at around the city of Prague from up here one activity that they don't
tell you about is to go and watch the ice hockey seriously ice hockey is one
of the more popular sports here in the Czech Republic and you need to come here
to the o2 arena the atmosphere is pretty damn good
and the game is actually pretty damn amazing as well and certainly one of the
more cost-effective activities that I actually did here so I totally recommend
taking an ice hockey game if you can but even if you're not into sports there's
plenty of things to see such as the John Lennon mural that sir has been painted
over and the Jesus with lots and lots of colorful outfits seriously there's a
Jesus that's really famous for having lots of changes of costumes hmm well
even if that's not your thing it's worth a look anyway but Prague is a lovely
city to explore and this is wenzler square this looks like a typical
shopping square that you'd find in any other western city it also houses
various things like a national museum or a national art gallery but it doesn't
seem to be anything special until it turns into night and then it becomes
Prague's infamous red-light district seriously it's a red-light district hot
peppers over there that's a great strip joint to go into and there's no shortage
of places along the side streets around Wesler square that you can find services
like brothels or strip clubs just look for the bright neon lights and
you'll most likely find one if you're into that sort of thing there's various
ladies of the Knights that hang around here at Wesler Square it's pretty
obvious who they are and hey check out this guy negotiating terms with this one
huh lookee going but if you're into that sort of thing it's really not that
difficult to find and it's Europe's sex capital after Amsterdam but if hiring
hookers isn't your thing Prague is a lovely city to go around at night
seriously it's a really lovely place to walk around and you won't be short on
things to do when you'll walk it around the city so even though you're taking
photographs finding places to eat doing lots of nighttime attractions popular
with hen do's and stag parties as well and this is a great spot to hang out at
night however don't misbehave because the police are
literally everywhere okay I'm sold what do I need to do well you need to get hit
to the city of Prague from the airport you'll need to take a bus to the nearest
metro stop and once you get to the matter of stop the metro system is very
easy to navigate and it's basically like every other metro system here in Europe
if you're looking for a place to stay try stay as close to mushnick metro
station as you can because this is pretty much the center of Prague and
it's really easy to get to places from lushniak as far as the cost is concerned
it's very cost effective City however watch out for shops that don't put
prices on things because they basically charge you what they want the actual
attractions themselves whether or not you want to watch the ice hockey or
taking some of the historical sites are actually very reasonable in cost and
don't be surprised to find that this is probably one of the cheaper cities here
in Europe is there anything else I need to know yes here in the Czech Republic
it's a legal requirement scary ID with you at all times
if you don't carry ID with you the police can fine you so bear in mind
bring ID with you at all times and for the love of God please stay out of
trouble overall Prague is a lovely lovely city and I highly recommend that
you come here once in your life if you have enjoyed this episode please be sure
to like share and subscribe comments on the comment section below and if I get
enough ideas for another book it lestat it feel free to sweep them up me of
course forget any more suggestions I'll go ahead and do that so guys thank you
very much for watching and we'll see you in the next episode
I suppose the only way you get a clean shot of it is if you leave it on a long
exposure and literally just have a filter on it so that you leave it on for
the about oh about five minutes so that you get everyone out of the shot and
even then there's always going to be someone who's gonna be lingering around
so ruin that damn shot so definitely definitely worth a look though
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