User:Heisy Bordel/Prague/Žižkov

The Prague's district Žižkov is located on the east side of Vltava, behind the main railway station. It's number of bars per square kilometer is almost legendary, but it can offer many hidden gems if you patient enough to look for them. Žižkou roughly corresponds to Prague 3.

Understand
Historically, Žižkov was a rough, working-class neighborhood, filled with factories, brothels and gambling bars. Often compared to the Paris neighborhood of Montmartre, Žižkov today is an economically diverse neighborhood filled with Czech families, expats teaching English and working artists. Žižkov is said to have more bars per capita than any other neighborhood in the world.

Get in
The "party part" (east) of Žižkov is served by tram stops Husinecká and Lipanská. Trams number 9, 5, 15 and 26 usually run here every few minutes, during the night these are served by trams 98 and 95 running every 30 minutes (20 during weekends). The western, more quiet part is served by tram stop Biskupcova with trams number 9, 10, 11, 16 stopping here. For the upper (south) part of Žižkov, you can use green metro 1 and its Jiřího z Poděbrad and Flora stations. Žižkov is also walkable, you can walk from one side to another is around 20 minutes, even though the steep terrain might make this a bit challenging.

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 * Kafka's Grave, Olsany Hrbitovy, Praha 3. Take the metro to Zelivskeho on the green line and follow the signs to the New Jewish Cemetery. Kafka's grave is signposted around 100m along the path to your right from the entrance. Men should cover their heads. The cemetery is closed on Saturdays.





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Many hotels and hostels in Prague 3 are located just 15 minutes walking distance from the center of Prague.



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