Prague
[Snapshot lead for Prague is brief. The city's defining salience (the Czech capital, the Vltava, the Prague Castle — world's largest ancient castle per Guinness, Charles Bridge, the Old Town and Josefov, the Baroque-and-Art-Nouveau architecture, beer culture) is carried in the wikivoyage and Economy sections.]
Typical weather
1981–presentCity Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesVital absurdities
measured · the Anti-AwardsSame time system
by rhythmWhat to do each season
2winter
cold, occasionally snowy; mean −2.3 to 13.4 °C across the range; January mean min −5.1 °C; the Vltava partly freezes in cold snaps; Prague-Plateau fog common
- indoor cultural season: the National Museum, the National Gallery (multiple venues including the Veletrzni Palace — Munch + Klimt + the Czech moderns), the Jewish Museum in Josefov, the Mucha Museum
- the Christmas markets (Old Town Square, Wenceslas Square) — the city's defining winter civic ritual
- the Prague Spring International Music Festival opens in May (closes the cold season)
summer
warm, occasionally thundery; mean 14.3-19.5 °C, July mean max 24.9 °C; precipitation 1.8-2.6 mm/day
- the Charles Bridge and the Old Town Square at full visitor flow (tourist saturation is high)
- the Petřín funicular and the Petřín Lookout Tower (a 60-m 'mini-Eiffel') become usable for the panoramic view
- the Prague Spring International Music Festival (12 May-3 June) opens the warm season
- the Letná beer gardens, the Vltava embankment cyclo-and-kayak rentals activate
What it is known for
Important moments in a year
Prague Spring Festival
- international music festival commemorating the 1946 liberation; the city's largest classical-music festival
Signal Festival
- the city's largest light-and-digital-art festival; Old Town and Vyšehrad illuminated
Prague Writer Festival
- international literary festival
On the record
source-trackedPrague Castle is the symbol of the Czech state. It became the seat of Bohemian dukes in the 9th century.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Prague Castle is the largest ancient castle in the world.
Prague's economy accounts for 25% of the Czech GDP, making it the highest performing regional economy of the country.
As of 2021, its GDP per capita in purchasing power standard is €58,216, making it the third best performing region in the EU at 203 per cent of the EU-27 average in 2021.
Prague employs almost a fifth of the entire Czech workforce, and its wages are significantly above average (≈+20%).
Prague is situated on the Vltava River. The Berounka flows into the Vltava in the suburbs of Lahovice. There are 99 watercourses in Prague with a total length of 360 km.
The highest point is the top of the hill Teleček on the western border of Prague, at 399 m above sea level. Notable hills in the centre of Prague are Petřín with 327 m and Vítkov with 270 m.
Prague is approximately at the same latit[ude as Frankfurt am Main and Belfast].
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