Where to go for non-traditional Prague culture? Dinosaurs, gingerbread, sex and toilets
Not only the panoramas of Prague Castle or a walk along Charles Bridge are worth seeing in Prague. The capital also offers original, little-guessed experiences – non-traditional museums for adults or multimedia attractions, which will be appreciated even by the younger years. We have a few tips for you, which you can use to enjoy more than one evening or a free weekend in dry outdoor weather.
The illusion of artificial reality is really perfect. While in Prague times the visitor views the panoramas of medieval Hradčany through special glasses and hears with the help of headphones calm noise of the Vltava, underground he encounters an unpleasant darkness, which is only occasionally disturbed by the light of a virtual flashlight. And when he accidentally stumbles upon an eight-legged hairy monster, which is about to attack you, know that The fear you will experience is not only virtual, but will take on truly real proportions. “Humans react differently to spiders, but it’s almost never a lukewarm reaction. We managed to achieve that gameplay is more important than ordinary virtual reality experience due to horror elements, “Jakub Kučera, director of DIVR Labs, confided to Blesk.
where: Hamleys toy store, Na Příkopě 854/14, Prague 1.
When: Open daily from 10 am to 8 pm.
For how much: Admission for individuals older than 8 years is 450 CZK, with a Hamleys card you can apply a 15% discount.
This is how the game looks from the player’s point of view. It is full of fear, tension and adrenaline. Laboratories DIVR
You can’t just go here with the children, because they would hardly appreciate it the smell and especially also taste fruit distillates, tasting can be part of a tour of the exposition of the Slivovice Museum. It has been located a stone’s throw since 2020 from the Malostranská public transport stop in the picturesque U Bílé botky house. The museum in a multimedia form that literally and literally tests all the senses, will acquaint Rudolf Jelínek with the history of the world – famous brand, as well as the process of various distillates that the Vizovice distillery releases into the world. Every year, it processes an incredible 15 to 20 million kilograms of fruit. And which one? “Pear, apricot, cherry, blackberry, blueberry, hazelnut, pomegranate is made from apples. There is really a lot of fruit to process, “Hana Holubová, the project manager of the company Rudolf Jelínek and at the same time the author of the exhibition, calculated for Blesk.
An imaginary candle on the cake when visiting the exhibition is a roughly five-minute 5D film that is screened in virtual reality. With the help of special glasses, the visitor will find himself on the site of plum, or the most typical Czech fruit for processing fruit spirits, in order to complete the whole journey from her point of view – from harvest to fermentation and distillation processes, bottle filling to export to the end customer. Thanks to extremely sophisticated animations, the illusion is absolutely perfect. As a reminder, you can also buy any fruit brandy in the store to specialize some more festive occasion, as well as other fruit products that instead of in a liquid parable ended up dried or in jams or jam.
where: House U Bílé botky, U lužického semináře 48 – Malá Strana.
When: Daily from 11 am to 8 pm.
Admission: An approximately one-hour tour with a tasting of spirits and sandwiches is CZK 450.
Other museums will also appreciate older ones – especially those who they’ll take a little shame looking at a number of lewdness. The Old Town Astronomical Clock, the House at the Stone Bell, the statue of Jan Hus, now also the Marian Column or the Sex Machines Museum. All this is possible at the Old Town Square, which can be traced from all over Prague in terms of the popularity of foreign tourists. Which is about an atypical museum that spreads over three floors of a historic building, and which represents the strangest erotic objects from around the world, it cannot be said.
To be seen between more 300 subjectscollected by collector Oriano Bizzocchi, for example, are small genital piercings, historical sexual aids or even antimasturbation chastity belts, which does not end the list of irritating sights. What else can be seen to be taught how our ancestors enjoyed intimate moments? “A replica of an old cinema intended for the screening of erotic black-and-white films from the beginning of the 20th century, a room with adult toys with old stimulation machines and disturbing and irritating installations,” museum director Lucie Pořická told Blesk earlier.
where: Melantrichova 18, Prague 1 – Old Town
When: Daily from 10 am to 11 pm.
Admission: CZK 250, reduced CZK 150.
Penis nails and glass vibrators: This is offered by an unconventional sex museum Michaela Lišková
Christmas is getting closer and closer every day. AND where best to soak up the Christmas atmosphere than in the historic heart of the metropolis? Right there – in Malá Strana, there is an unusual gingerbread museum. In this verbal kingdom of sweet you will find both the most common tiny gingerbreads decorated with a careful confectioner’s hand, as well as those that deviate in their dimensions, as well as shapes or types. In a craft bakery, for example, this one also produces gingerbread candies or gingerbread-flavored ice cream!
And compared to other museums, this has one notable advantage. “Everything that is baked and exposed is also eaten, “Revealed the owner of the museum Milan Gojda, adding that with the selection of selected exhibits, the visitor can buy sweet as he pleases or wishes, however specific they may be. The local confectioner Hana Jansíková, for example, revealed to Bleska that once she ordered hell as well gingerbread urinal piss sieve! The visit will be appreciated even by curious people who would like to compare a typical fluffy “Christmas” gingerbread with the Old Bohemian one, who baked our great-grandmothers. The glaring difference will surprise even the biggest sweetheart.
where: Nerudova 9, Prague 1 – Malá Strana.
When: Open from Thursday to Sunday from 12 noon to 5 pm.
Admission: Loosely.
Did you also watch Karel Zeman’s legendary film Journey to Prehistory more than once as a child? Why not go on one such incredible expedition as well actually? This will allow millions and millions of years old skeletal remains, which state-of-the-art technology has helped to return to their original shape. In the Dinosaur Museum, you need to see the skeleton of a diploma. “He was even about 130 years old and was even the longest species ever,” said the main paleontologist of the museum Štěpán Pícha. Some of the skeletons even carry the remains of various injuries.
Apart from the skeletons, the museum also abounds hyperrealistic models of dinosaurs – for example, the main characters of the notorious film Jurassic Park: Tyrannosaurus rex. There is also Geosvět – a unique collection of more than 6,000 exhibits of minerals and fossils found in our territory. And to make matters worse, there is the opportunity to play the adventurous virtual game Dinosauria, which is also the responsibility of the Prague studio DIVR Labs, which does not rely only on the proven principles of classic virtual reality. “Vibration pads, for example, intensify the illusion of driving and the movement of huge dinosaurs in players without surroundings, “Martin Tichota, the company’s technical director, told Blesk.
where: POP Airport, Ke Kopanině 421, Tuchoměřice.
When: Daily 10:00 to 20:00.
For how much: 349 CZK, reduced 299 CZK. Virtual reality CZK 449.
“It occurred to my husband when he reconstructed the fortress in Třebotov. On the perimeter wall was an old medieval transept and a baroque extension on which was a latrine. This motivated him to find out how these objects developed, and I started collecting for him, “co-owner Renáta Sedláčková told Blesk earlier. She and her husband Jan collected it an incredible more than 2,500 collection items from around the world, the oldest of which are up to 700 years old! And the rarest ones? For example, the potty, on which the emperor himself, Mr. Napoleon Bonaparte, “sat”. But there is also one that was used by the passengers of the Titanic.
where: V Potočkách 6, Prague 12 – Modřany.
When: Open every odd Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm or to order.
Admission: 120 CZK, reduced 80 CZK.
You will find an attraction at the unique attraction, which is unique in Czech and European conditions, right at the entrance to the toy store.
Author: David Winter