Was at Prague in August 2023 and after one day there were so many tourists traps it was concerning. With your videos you saved us our valuable time and money and we(me and my wife) cannot thank you enough for that. Keep up the excellent work sir.
Gem #2: Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies "It's not obvious, but they have a restaurant / canteen inside, which serves breakfasts, lunches and drinks for amazing prices, with a view to Charles Bridge. Located on 1st floor, open Monday - Friday 8am-5pm" - a Google reviewer
@@keiiko well, the internet is not the only source of recommendation, people can talk about the places to the friends, like I'm pretty sure Janek tells about these places to a lot of people (in person I mean)
@@mcdonciii which is why businesses are advertising itself. Hidden gems are hidden for a reason that only few people knows about it. Thats nice but it won't pay the bills...
Screw the gatekeepers, local businesses are suffering all around the world, why not let a local business get the business it deserves! Here is the cafe: Imbus cafe Mikulandská 134/5, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia
We were recently in Prague and had lunch at the restaurant with the view of Charles Bridge 3 days in a row. The food was excellent and the lady so so lovely. On our last day when we explained tomorrow we leave Prague and when posing for photos with us she genuinely had a tear in her eye. Such a friendly lady. Thanks for the tip.
My son and Czech daughter-in-law used to live in Prague 7, now just outside the Prague city limit not far from one of the "poles" so I never ate in a tourist trap. Walk for 15 minutes to get out of the tourist area and then look for somewhere to eat, never been disappointed but did avoid some of the "Chinese" takeaways with the picture menu on the outside wall.
@@phileascurtil5605 Usual route from the airport is the 119 bus, then the 26 tram through Prague 6 then change at Sparta for the final leg in Prague 7. Now that apartment in Prague 7 is rented out and I need to take a bus for the last leg. Hopefully the tram will reach them soon.
I have to admit, there is some truth to this. Before my trip to Prague, I watched almost all the episodes on the channel. I created a list of 40 places to visit, from monuments to restaurants and bars. We visited Prague in November, off-season, from Wednesday to Sunday. While some locations were accessible between 9 am and 3 pm, in the evening there was no chance. Bars were full, and restaurants had a 30-minute wait for a table. Even in the Městská knihovna v Praze, there was a queue of 20 people waiting to enter. At first, I was disappointed that I didn't show my friends the best places in Prague, but then I decided that it would always be an opportunity to return to this beautiful city :)
There was that great place tucked behind Kostelu Matky Boží před Týnem, a touch pricey, but not extraordinarily so. Great food, great service... A decade ago. Now it's plastered in Tripadvisor ads, crawling with tourists at any time of the day, and basically everything about it got worse. They deserved a reward for what they were doing then, but the form in which it came essentially killed the place it once was. It feels like it got way worse downtown in just a few short years, but you still get beautiful human interactions just a couple steps away. And the city is still amazing, I guess I just wish for it to not be consumed by big corporations and soulless businesses :(
You made Old School so famous that when I walked my wife through the rain to visit, they were closed for a multi camera shoot with C Stands, Light Panels, and a grip van.
@@prokux2529I presume you meant thick, not tick. And you'd rather it was encased somehow? Well I'm guessing you have no idea just how powerful a lightning strike is. So for me, and every other intelligent person in the world, I'm bloody well glad it is so thick and visible.
@@prokux2529This is typically the size that these straps are on buildings. And as he described, they are viewing the tower from a different view where you see extra bits that aren't normally seen. So basically it has been hidden to some degree, because it can't be seen from the other side where you likely get more people walking. They have done the best they can to make it hidden where possible
I went to a place Janek recommended. And this one was not packed to the brim with tourists, it was end of September, but there were quite some more customers getting food there. Talked with the owner, he's a great guy, he didn't seem overwhelmed but rather humble and maybe a tad of appreciation towards a larger customer base. Either way. If you keep recommending more places, the crowd will even out over all those places and I don't see an overpopulation happening. Not many people will also just randomly go to Prague so it's just the people who happen to go there.
The second one is "Klub Techniků" I found the window he was sitting at, but the entrance is all the way on the other side of the building which tripped me up. There is also a restaurant on the floor below it which you might get confused with the actual one shown
1. Imbus Cafe Scanning QR Code at 1:23 brings you to their registration. 2. Klub Lávka There's a cafe and canteen, latter is the one shown in the video.
For those who are too lazy to figure it out, the first place is called Imbus Café in building of Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design and the second one is Lavka 5 in building of Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies
Hey Janek! I'm finally travelling to Prague on May, after years of watching your videos. I'm so eager to get to know your city and the lovely places you always show us. Thanks! :)
1:23 prices in €- divide stated price by 22-25. espresso-2.5€ double eapresso-3.18€ flat white-3,6€… hot chocolate-3,8€ prices are ok if your exchange rate is fine.
Additional hint for the first stop : the Černý sculpture is called H-A-V-E-L. I wonder, does one get a discount if one helps assemble the furniture? The Canteen/Jidelna on stop two is now on the list of menza/jidelna/atd to check out on the next trip, and the kavarna u babiček is now on the kolače list.
:) Have litteraly been just arround the corner of the first place last week and programmed the "European Experience Center" in Narodni Street :) Funny to see it here in your tips now.
Love the videos. We're visiting Prague in May, and we'll definitely try and hunt down some of these places. As a side note, how easy is it to find places to baby changing in Prague? I've visited some places where it is really difficult to find somewhere suitable for changing, so its always a bit of a worry when on holiday.
I had some of the surprising nice food at a rest stop in Turkey on a bus trip, and a random cheap csardas on the Austrian/ /Hungarian border. You just never know.
Po přestěhování do Portugalska se ráda vracím do Prahy aspoň jednou za rok, jako turista 😅 díky!!! Určitě navštívím poslední kavárnu a nacpu Portugalce koláči 😂❤
Thank you Honest Guide for the hints, we tried few of them last weekend while in Prague and we can only say AMAZING🙏👌...Gem no 2 unfortunately was closed on Saturday when we went there but we were happy with the rest !
Any medium/big city has hidden canteen, coffee places, restaurants with local cheap food in goubernamental buildings, public offices, big hospitals, etc. It's always interesting just to escape from touristic points
Hi Janek! Just wanted to recommend a cafe I stumbled across on today, called Cafe Clemantina. It's located on Vlašská street (which was absolutely empty of people on Monday noon, and is actually quite close to Prague castle) and it's gorgeous! Perfect sandwiches, great coffee, great personnel! Truly a gem. Highly recommended.
Thanks for the great hunt, haven’t visited yet online, the Jan Kraus episode was a great clue and still took me about 15min of searching after that. Good luck to all to find it :) and agin thx for the puzzle
Thanks for all the info you've been sharing through you're channel, appreciate it! Just wanted to ask about the Honest Blog, none of the pages open, when I try opening a page it brings me back to the home page. It'd be great to get some help to access the blog, thanks!
I do like good hearty meal. Walking around would surely give one the appetite? A simple question though, why was the napkin under the pie? That's not something I've seen here in the UK. Is it to stop it from slipping about?
There’s one pastry and pizza place with a nice view of the Charles bridge as well. Thank you Janek and Honza for all you do! - ❤ fan from the Philippines 🇵🇭
nothing can survive/last forever without guests/people visiting. no business can survive without income, no one will pay the maintenance of a place no one visits. so please show the places as pure and honest as you did the last years. 🥰
Well, i think Janek is a little mistaken here because he is probably referring to the "iNbus" key, aka "ikea key" or in swedish "insex nyckel". He's mixed them up because the café is called "imbus". 😉
There is a hidden gem in Iceland. I don’t even remember where it is or what it’s called. It’s a secluded little free hot spring. We were recommended by locals. Apparently some influencers have mentioned it. It’s also a nude hot spring! I don’t think you understand how amazing it is to bathe topless (or nude, if you’re a guy) in the dead of winter. It’s so refreshing. People get very friendly in hot springs.
0:57 "You can even play a game of pétanque" Pétanque (apparently there's not a specific Czech word for it)! I was introduced to it by Disco Elysium, but I'd never seen anyone play it in real life (it's just not a thing in my country).
@HONEST GUIDE, we tried to go to the restaurant in the engineering/science association (!?) and they said it was closed until the 31/8, I wasn't sure if they were being honest or if there were too many tourists so they want to keep it for associates of their organisation? Thanks from South London
If I ever make it back to Prague, (and I miss it every day!), I'm going to find that place with the view of the Old Town Tower! I think I know where it is!
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Scammers will sell membership to hidden cafe in Prague
Just pay em with outdated belarusian bills
Was at Prague in August 2023 and after one day there were so many tourists traps it was concerning. With your videos you saved us our valuable time and money and we(me and my wife) cannot thank you enough for that. Keep up the excellent work sir.
Kozlovna apropos is sooooo good.
Gem #2: Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies
"It's not obvious, but they have a restaurant / canteen inside, which serves breakfasts, lunches and drinks for amazing prices, with a view to Charles Bridge. Located on 1st floor, open Monday - Friday 8am-5pm" - a Google reviewer
Can I know the food name that the video showing? Thanks
What is the address? Thank you very much..I will try to Google it.thamks
Hopefully all the TikTok influencers are busy with their fantastic videos and won't ruin these places so they keep remain hidden gems
Sadly it happens everywere nowadays.
Those places aren't flashy enough so i think they could be safe...?
and i hope they get fair share of customers so they wont go bankrupt next summer
@@keiiko well, the internet is not the only source of recommendation, people can talk about the places to the friends, like I'm pretty sure Janek tells about these places to a lot of people (in person I mean)
@@mcdonciii which is why businesses are advertising itself. Hidden gems are hidden for a reason that only few people knows about it. Thats nice but it won't pay the bills...
Wow. That grandma´s coffee place is such a gerat idea ! Thanks for the tip !
We have such a Coffee Shop in Vienna too, where Grandmothers are baking the cakes 🤗😋
1:23 scan the qr code for the name
a-ha!
Did that. It worked! lol.
At 1:28 you can see almost the full name of the cafe as well.
Good catch
Is saw 'bus' in another shot and then got the Ikea reference.....
''something that built the entire country of Sweden''
Me: Ice age :D
Vikings
Ikea
Ikea
Screw the gatekeepers, local businesses are suffering all around the world, why not let a local business get the business it deserves!
Here is the cafe:
Imbus cafe
Mikulandská 134/5, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia
i thought its called Ikea
@xukeepax1286 I thought the same thing 😀But its true that, you got an Imbus almost with every piece of furniture sold in Ikea
There were two cafes in the video. Imbus is the first one.
Second one is Klub Techniků
@@AlexanderVlasov Located on 1st floor, open Monday - Friday 8am-5pm
We were recently in Prague and had lunch at the restaurant with the view of Charles Bridge 3 days in a row. The food was excellent and the lady so so lovely. On our last day when we explained tomorrow we leave Prague and when posing for photos with us she genuinely had a tear in her eye. Such a friendly lady. Thanks for the tip.
I'm in Prague for 3 more months. I have all my time to find it...
I envy you!
My son and Czech daughter-in-law used to live in Prague 7, now just outside the Prague city limit not far from one of the "poles" so I never ate in a tourist trap. Walk for 15 minutes to get out of the tourist area and then look for somewhere to eat, never been disappointed but did avoid some of the "Chinese" takeaways with the picture menu on the outside wall.
@@martinconnelly1473 I'm not that far from there. I'm in Prague 6.
@@phileascurtil5605 Usual route from the airport is the 119 bus, then the 26 tram through Prague 6 then change at Sparta for the final leg in Prague 7. Now that apartment in Prague 7 is rented out and I need to take a bus for the last leg. Hopefully the tram will reach them soon.
From all your videos, this one is the one that makes me to be in Prague rights now. Quiet cozy places with good food and nice people is the best!
I have to admit, there is some truth to this. Before my trip to Prague, I watched almost all the episodes on the channel. I created a list of 40 places to visit, from monuments to restaurants and bars. We visited Prague in November, off-season, from Wednesday to Sunday. While some locations were accessible between 9 am and 3 pm, in the evening there was no chance. Bars were full, and restaurants had a 30-minute wait for a table. Even in the Městská knihovna v Praze, there was a queue of 20 people waiting to enter. At first, I was disappointed that I didn't show my friends the best places in Prague, but then I decided that it would always be an opportunity to return to this beautiful city :)
There was that great place tucked behind Kostelu Matky Boží před Týnem, a touch pricey, but not extraordinarily so. Great food, great service... A decade ago.
Now it's plastered in Tripadvisor ads, crawling with tourists at any time of the day, and basically everything about it got worse. They deserved a reward for what they were doing then, but the form in which it came essentially killed the place it once was.
It feels like it got way worse downtown in just a few short years, but you still get beautiful human interactions just a couple steps away. And the city is still amazing, I guess I just wish for it to not be consumed by big corporations and soulless businesses :(
Hidden gem - Janek's sister name sounds like a Star Wars villain!
Not much as her name doesn't mean anything dirty in Portuguese (yes, that's a thing)
I kind of like the idea of going on the scavenger hunt to find the restaurants and cafes from the clues provided.
You made Old School so famous that when I walked my wife through the rain to visit, they were closed for a multi camera shoot with C Stands, Light Panels, and a grip van.
What a fun idea to make us follow clues to guess the place. Love your creativity 🎉
unless I'm mistaken, the metal bar going down the tower is for lightning strikes, so the electricity goes into the ground causing no damage
No need to be so tick and visible .
@@prokux2529I presume you meant thick, not tick. And you'd rather it was encased somehow? Well I'm guessing you have no idea just how powerful a lightning strike is. So for me, and every other intelligent person in the world, I'm bloody well glad it is so thick and visible.
Yes, this was my exact thought. It looks like an earthing line for lightning strikes
@@prokux2529This is typically the size that these straps are on buildings. And as he described, they are viewing the tower from a different view where you see extra bits that aren't normally seen. So basically it has been hidden to some degree, because it can't be seen from the other side where you likely get more people walking. They have done the best they can to make it hidden where possible
you are mistaken, that is a cable tray (which includes grounding yes)
I went to a place Janek recommended. And this one was not packed to the brim with tourists, it was end of September, but there were quite some more customers getting food there. Talked with the owner, he's a great guy, he didn't seem overwhelmed but rather humble and maybe a tad of appreciation towards a larger customer base.
Either way. If you keep recommending more places, the crowd will even out over all those places and I don't see an overpopulation happening. Not many people will also just randomly go to Prague so it's just the people who happen to go there.
Stará Skola on the other hand is a place I would travel to Prague to visit. What a great consept and it looks really cosy.
The second one is "Klub Techniků"
I found the window he was sitting at, but the entrance is all the way on the other side of the building which tripped me up. There is also a restaurant on the floor below it which you might get confused with the actual one shown
1. Imbus Cafe
Scanning QR Code at 1:23 brings you to their registration.
2. Klub Lávka
There's a cafe and canteen, latter is the one shown in the video.
exactly
genius
2 spots ruined. ✅
couldn't care. @@pakan357
Also at 1:28 the name is shown on the left side.
For those who are too lazy to figure it out, the first place is called Imbus Café in building of Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design and the second one is Lavka 5 in building of Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies
THANK YOU!
One day you'll be on the other end of what you did here. You did no favour
Booooo
Just realized that HG can stand for Honest Guide or Hidden Gem.
Well played...
I'll be in Prague in October and have been enjoying your videos. Appreciate the work you do
Hey Janek! I'm finally travelling to Prague on May, after years of watching your videos. I'm so eager to get to know your city and the lovely places you always show us. Thanks! :)
1:23
prices in €- divide stated price by 22-25. espresso-2.5€
double eapresso-3.18€
flat white-3,6€…
hot chocolate-3,8€
prices are ok if your exchange rate is fine.
i MUST have the drobenkovy pie
I may never go to Prague, but I still love your videos!
Will be in your city in early October. Your videos have me really excited about spending time Prague.
I love the places you are showing us, thank you from Australia.
Cover Vinohrady and Zizkov cafes and restaurants! Best areas in Prague which tourists never end up visiting for some really weird reason.
Love your work. You guys are great at this!
Additional hint for the first stop : the Černý sculpture is called H-A-V-E-L. I wonder, does one get a discount if one helps assemble the furniture? The Canteen/Jidelna on stop two is now on the list of menza/jidelna/atd to check out on the next trip, and the kavarna u babiček is now on the kolače list.
Děkuji ! You are amazing! Pozdrav z Mnichova!
:) Have litteraly been just arround the corner of the first place last week and programmed the "European Experience Center" in Narodni Street :) Funny to see it here in your tips now.
Janek, you doing a great job. Keep going! Greetings from Poland :)
Love the videos. We're visiting Prague in May, and we'll definitely try and hunt down some of these places.
As a side note, how easy is it to find places to baby changing in Prague? I've visited some places where it is really difficult to find somewhere suitable for changing, so its always a bit of a worry when on holiday.
I had some of the surprising nice food at a rest stop in Turkey on a bus trip, and a random cheap csardas on the Austrian/ /Hungarian border. You just never know.
This is fun ! I enjoy to find obscure places and gems ! ♥
You can play petanque on the sandpit in front of the dancing house😂😂
Po přestěhování do Portugalska se ráda vracím do Prahy aspoň jednou za rok, jako turista 😅 díky!!! Určitě navštívím poslední kavárnu a nacpu Portugalce koláči 😂❤
Thank you Honest Guide for the hints, we tried few of them last weekend while in Prague and we can only say AMAZING🙏👌...Gem no 2 unfortunately was closed on Saturday when we went there but we were happy with the rest !
Any medium/big city has hidden canteen, coffee places, restaurants with local cheap food in goubernamental buildings, public offices, big hospitals, etc. It's always interesting just to escape from touristic points
Hi Janek! Just wanted to recommend a cafe I stumbled across on today, called Cafe Clemantina. It's located on Vlašská street (which was absolutely empty of people on Monday noon, and is actually quite close to Prague castle) and it's gorgeous! Perfect sandwiches, great coffee, great personnel! Truly a gem. Highly recommended.
Will you boys start doing videos outside Prahy?? Mozna ve Zline??
Owners of the places be like: 🤦 *Suffering from Success*
The first one is "Imbus cafe" located in Mikulandská 134/5, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia, nearby the Puppet Museum.
Been living in Prague for half a year now and it's crazy that I straight out just know some of these places already haha
Don't let the geoguesser guy see this
That looks like a pie my Auntie would make. An artform lost to us Canadianized children ❤ so good
Please do a video about vegan shops in Prague! :)
The chef in Place #2 is almost the spitting image of my friend's late mother. That's pretty eerie but I'm glad she can cook some tasty food for you.
6:10 is probably a lightning conductor.
Thanks for the great hunt, haven’t visited yet online, the Jan Kraus episode was a great clue and still took me about 15min of searching after that. Good luck to all to find it :) and agin thx for the puzzle
Thanks for all the info you've been sharing through you're channel, appreciate it! Just wanted to ask about the Honest Blog, none of the pages open, when I try opening a page it brings me back to the home page. It'd be great to get some help to access the blog, thanks!
Thanks for that OSINT challenge :D
Someone send this to the geoguesser guy lol
I love this video! Thank you guys
I do like good hearty meal. Walking around would surely give one the appetite?
A simple question though, why was the napkin under the pie? That's not something I've seen here in the UK. Is it to stop it from slipping about?
Love the second and the third one!
Nice to see you mom and sister
You keep doing interesting stuff, bringing something unique.
There’s one pastry and pizza place with a nice view of the Charles bridge as well.
Thank you Janek and Honza for all you do! - ❤ fan from the Philippines 🇵🇭
This is such a cool idea, these places seem so lovely! Makes me want to go to Prague again! :DD
That pie looked amazing.
3:02 any other TARPers vibing to the “you love to see it” music!? I love to see it!
TBH, the tourist allergy is strong with the haters... I don't know if I'll ever visit Prague myself, but your channel's phenomenal to me.
Coming to prague this friday...
I envy you!😄
Please join @@10jpmorgan
So excited 🎉
Seeing the Club Mate crates already sold me on the place
An honest guide that is actually honest!
nothing can survive/last forever without guests/people visiting.
no business can survive without income, no one will pay the maintenance of a place no one visits.
so please show the places as pure and honest as you did the last years. 🥰
Eur killin' me, here. lol
It’s definitely bittersweet.
Visiting Prague (again) in April.
Gonna try to find them with my family😊
1:35 as a Swedish guy, I don’t know what thing built my entire country lol.
Well, i think Janek is a little mistaken here because he is probably referring to the "iNbus" key, aka "ikea key" or in swedish "insex nyckel". He's mixed them up because the café is called "imbus". 😉
@@smootheraura ohhhhhh
Great tips!
Just the kind of places I adore.
Visiting in a couple of months, hope to visit at least two of these establishments!
There is a hidden gem in Iceland. I don’t even remember where it is or what it’s called. It’s a secluded little free hot spring. We were recommended by locals. Apparently some influencers have mentioned it. It’s also a nude hot spring! I don’t think you understand how amazing it is to bathe topless (or nude, if you’re a guy) in the dead of winter. It’s so refreshing. People get very friendly in hot springs.
0:57 "You can even play a game of pétanque" Pétanque (apparently there's not a specific Czech word for it)! I was introduced to it by Disco Elysium, but I'd never seen anyone play it in real life (it's just not a thing in my country).
i love the idea!! so much fun to try to find it.
Amazing idea and execution! Now i will eat there for sure. Thanks to your lessons i will be able to order some "maso" :D
Goes there with his mum on monday lunch time😂😂 Locals look😂😂
i love your videos despite not in position to afford my way to go to europe just yet. hopefully sometime after i retire.
Looking so beautiful restaurant, they really preparing so nice, friend. Thanks for your sharing ❤️💖😘😍👍
Respect for keeping the voicecrack in
I wish I would’ve seen this video three months ago when I was in Prague. Btw I loved your city 😊
The amount (size) of salad in the canteen in Prague blew my mind
@HONEST GUIDE, we tried to go to the restaurant in the engineering/science association (!?) and they said it was closed until the 31/8, I wasn't sure if they were being honest or if there were too many tourists so they want to keep it for associates of their organisation? Thanks from South London
I think you are doing the right thing. We do the same in Canada for camping we dont need 200 gest at 1 camp site or one spot
Will like to re-visit the city soon
If I ever make it back to Prague, (and I miss it every day!), I'm going to find that place with the view of the Old Town Tower! I think I know where it is!
❤❤ Love the ideas for not telling straight 😂
Is this why my local cafe have been increasing their prices? I've seen an influx of tourist and they're really obnoxiously loud 😢
Ponožky is all nice and well, but you need to tell us how to order the crumb cake or at least what crumb cake is in czech. 😆
Just got back from Prague last night. It's definitely my favorite city now.
i like that this is now geoguesser
That pie looks so good
1:21 you can see the name IMBUS
patun in Australia is name bocce
Nice idea