Tips for a weekend in Prague: enjoy Architecture Day, visit the new gorilla pavilion or go to Chilli Fest
Architecture Day
- Friday, September 30 through Thursday, October 6, various locations
The motto of the twelfth year of the festival Architecture Day is “Don’t tear down, transform!” and the program is thus largely focused on the ecological, economic and ethical dimensions of architecture. The event will commemorate the personality of Josip Plečnik, whose birth has passed 150 years this year, and will also pay tribute to the Czech architect Alena Šrámková. There are architectural walks, bike rides and excursions to normally inaccessible buildings, as well as lectures, discussions and workshops.
You can also visit as part of the festival Café POTMĚ. A unique concept of a fully darkened cafe serving the visually impaired. Come and try sitting in complete darkness on October 1 and 3.
CHILLI FEST 2022 + Lumberjack show EUROJACK
- Saturday, October 1, 10:00–19:00, Prague 7
The Prague market will experience the sharpest festival under the sun, sharp axes and saws are also added to the hot chili. At more than 30 stalls you can taste dishes of various spiciness, you can buy chili sauces, this year’s peppers and seeds. There will be a chili pepper eating competition and you can look forward to a lumberjack show. There will be a barbershop, tattoo studio and a DJ playing all the time.
Vintage in Náplavka
- Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1, Prague 2
The embankment near the Rašín embankment offers an event full of good wine and burčák. You can taste wines from South Moravia, but also from abroad. Live music will accompany your tasting, and the experience will be completed by modern gastronomy as well as competitions on stage.
A festival of delicious tastes
- Sunday October 2, 10:00–18:00, Prague 2
Historical spaces New Town Hall will refill kitchens from different corners of the world. Let yourself be tempted by your favorite foreign delicacies or try dishes that are little known so far. The offer will be wide, vegetarians and vegans will also choose here.
ZOO Prague – Explore the Dja Reservation
- Thursday, September 29 to Sunday, October 9, Prague 7
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On Wednesday, September 28, the new one is officially opened gorilla pavilion in the Prague Zoo, until October 9 you can take part in guided tours of the Dja Reservation. Nshe received the title according to the area in Cameroon, where the zoo participates in the protection of lowland gorillas and nature. Tours start every full hour in front of the pavilion by the Roaming Bus, and valid tickets are free.
Further action:
Running through the Karlin Orchard, 6. cocomarket, International Day of Senior Citizens – Grandmother Project, Running for shelters with Akina in Prague, The Month of Towers and Lookouts of the Czech Republic 2022, or The Whole Family Rises, Dinosaur day in Trilopark