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.
@@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...
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
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 :(
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
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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! :)
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
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
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
Here we are, my wife and I, in November 2024, at the Czech Scientific and Technical Association cafeteria, AT THE SAME TABLE, overlooking the Charles bridge, having a fine lunch for pocket money. Thanks to you for your wonderful advice, from two grateful Australians
Po přestěhování do Portugalska se ráda vracím do Prahy aspoň jednou za rok, jako turista 😅 díky!!! Určitě navštívím poslední kavárnu a nacpu Portugalce koláči 😂❤
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!
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. 🥰
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.
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.
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).
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 !
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
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.
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.
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 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.
@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
Imbus Cafe: Mikulandská 134/5, 110 00 Nové Město Restaurant with view: Novotného lávka 200/5, 110 00 Staré Město Stara skola: Na Bělidle 34, 150 00 Praha 5-Anděl
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 🇵🇭
Yes. It's true that exposure of places tends to "ruin" or "'destroy" them in a sense. This is true not only for your channel, but for others as well, exposing hidden away gems in the world, and in doing so, not only ruining the point of exploring the world, but lessening the place as well. The only thing to remember here, is that restaurants are not exactly coral reefs. And you are not the only person on Earth. If you've figured it out, at least a thousand other people have figured it out before you. And restaurants need to sell things to stay alive. They need revenue. They won't wilt and die because of mass tourism. In fact, they may finally get the recognition they deserve, for having amazing food and drink at reasonable prices. And as to my second point. While I fully understand that some places in the world are best kept safe from masses of people, again, this is hardly the case for THE CAPITAL of Czechia. Thousands of people have figured it out before you, and it's fair and a nice thing to do, to share the good things in the world with your fellow man. Especially when the alternative might get them scammed, and in return give an otherwise wonderful place a terrible, undeserved reputation. I grew up in a small medieval city that is pretty much swarming with tourists every single day of the year. I know better than anyone, the pain and destruction of mass tourism. Only during lockdown was I able to enjoy my home properly, as I am very bad with crowds. But my city also lives primarily off of tourism. So, it's a balancing act. And, frankly, if you're respectful and friendly, and you've come halfway across the world to see my home... Well, that makes me kind of proud, and I'd be more than happy to make your time here a pleasant one and show you all the nooks and crannies. I think that's only fair.
yeah but the first place primarily serves the people of that building - the backyard is a chillout zone for the people of that building. "feeling proud that someone came halfway across the world" to sit there doesnt really balance the fact the person occupies the place. neither does the fact the cafe suddenly makes big money
is cappuccino in czechia something other than in the rest of the world? because a flat white coffee is usually cheaper than a cappuccino (because you need to foam the milk for cappuccino)
If I would own a hidden gem then I would love people not telling about it to anyone. The less customers is AMAZING for the business. In fact if there are no customers at all that would be ideal. Just avoid the place like plague. That will make it even more amazing and it will be there for decades to come.
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". 😉
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!
When I travel, (often) I know I can’t see everything (usually 2 or three days ) so I set only 1 or 2 things I have to do. One restaurant and one site. Then I look for the sites between the sites. So would this be one? What do you think? 🌴🌴Aloha
I live in Stockholm and there is always hidden gems, you can tell about them and folk go there, but then you can walk of and look for a new place, popularity comes and go, some place do the missatak to rise the price when they get popular anw when it go back to normal they are to expensive and folk look for new gems with good price. For some reason companies think they only can rice price and never lower them to survive a hype peak.
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.
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...
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
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 :(
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
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.
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 🤗😋
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!
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.
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.....
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 kind of like the idea of going on the scavenger hunt to find the restaurants and cafes from the clues provided.
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.
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.
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.
''something that built the entire country of Sweden''
Me: Ice age :D
Vikings
Ikea
Ikea
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.
What a fun idea to make us follow clues to guess the place. Love your creativity 🎉
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! :)
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)
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
Just realized that HG can stand for Honest Guide or Hidden Gem.
Well played...
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
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.
I may never go to Prague, but I still love your videos!
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
I'll be in Prague in October and have been enjoying your videos. Appreciate the work you do
Janek, you doing a great job. Keep going! Greetings from Poland :)
I love the places you are showing us, thank you from Australia.
Here we are, my wife and I, in November 2024, at the Czech Scientific and Technical Association cafeteria, AT THE SAME TABLE, overlooking the Charles bridge, having a fine lunch for pocket money. Thanks to you for your wonderful advice, from two grateful Australians
Po přestěhování do Portugalska se ráda vracím do Prahy aspoň jednou za rok, jako turista 😅 díky!!! Určitě navštívím poslední kavárnu a nacpu Portugalce koláči 😂❤
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!
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. 🥰
This is fun ! I enjoy to find obscure places and gems ! ♥
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.
Love your work. You guys are great at this!
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
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.
Will be in your city in early October. Your videos have me really excited about spending time Prague.
Don't let the geoguesser guy see this
:) 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 second and the third one!
Nice to see you mom and sister
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).
Děkuji ! You are amazing! Pozdrav z Mnichova!
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 !
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.
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
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.
Hi all where is this roof shown at 0:35 in this video? Looks awesome
Národní 12, Nové Město
Looking so beautiful restaurant, they really preparing so nice, friend. Thanks for your sharing ❤️💖😘😍👍
Cover Vinohrady and Zizkov cafes and restaurants! Best areas in Prague which tourists never end up visiting for some really weird reason.
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.
An honest guide that is actually honest!
Will you boys start doing videos outside Prahy?? Mozna ve Zline??
That looks like a pie my Auntie would make. An artform lost to us Canadianized children ❤ so good
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.
i MUST have the drobenkovy pie
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 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.
You keep doing interesting stuff, bringing something unique.
Amazing idea and execution! Now i will eat there for sure. Thanks to your lessons i will be able to order some "maso" :D
i love the idea!! so much fun to try to find it.
Visiting Prague (again) in April.
Gonna try to find them with my family😊
This is such a cool idea, these places seem so lovely! Makes me want to go to Prague again! :DD
@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
Visiting in a couple of months, hope to visit at least two of these establishments!
3:02 any other TARPers vibing to the “you love to see it” music!? I love to see it!
I love this video! Thank you guys
i love your videos despite not in position to afford my way to go to europe just yet. hopefully sometime after i retire.
Hey guys, can you pls say or show, where are the best/tastiest sausages that i can find in prague?
Imbus Cafe: Mikulandská 134/5, 110 00 Nové Město
Restaurant with view: Novotného lávka 200/5, 110 00 Staré Město
Stara skola: Na Bělidle 34, 150 00 Praha 5-Anděl
❤❤ Love the ideas for not telling straight 😂
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 🇵🇭
I wish I would’ve seen this video three months ago when I was in Prague. Btw I loved your city 😊
Please do a video about vegan shops in Prague! :)
That pie looked amazing.
Great tips!
Just the kind of places I adore.
Respect for keeping the voicecrack in
Yes. It's true that exposure of places tends to "ruin" or "'destroy" them in a sense. This is true not only for your channel, but for others as well, exposing hidden away gems in the world, and in doing so, not only ruining the point of exploring the world, but lessening the place as well.
The only thing to remember here, is that restaurants are not exactly coral reefs. And you are not the only person on Earth. If you've figured it out, at least a thousand other people have figured it out before you. And restaurants need to sell things to stay alive. They need revenue. They won't wilt and die because of mass tourism. In fact, they may finally get the recognition they deserve, for having amazing food and drink at reasonable prices.
And as to my second point. While I fully understand that some places in the world are best kept safe from masses of people, again, this is hardly the case for THE CAPITAL of Czechia. Thousands of people have figured it out before you, and it's fair and a nice thing to do, to share the good things in the world with your fellow man.
Especially when the alternative might get them scammed, and in return give an otherwise wonderful place a terrible, undeserved reputation.
I grew up in a small medieval city that is pretty much swarming with tourists every single day of the year. I know better than anyone, the pain and destruction of mass tourism. Only during lockdown was I able to enjoy my home properly, as I am very bad with crowds. But my city also lives primarily off of tourism. So, it's a balancing act. And, frankly, if you're respectful and friendly, and you've come halfway across the world to see my home... Well, that makes me kind of proud, and I'd be more than happy to make your time here a pleasant one and show you all the nooks and crannies.
I think that's only fair.
yeah but the first place primarily serves the people of that building - the backyard is a chillout zone for the people of that building. "feeling proud that someone came halfway across the world" to sit there doesnt really balance the fact the person occupies the place. neither does the fact the cafe suddenly makes big money
is cappuccino in czechia something other than in the rest of the world? because a flat white coffee is usually cheaper than a cappuccino (because you need to foam the milk for cappuccino)
Flat White is treated as basically doubled (two espresso shots instead of one) Cappucino - and both have foam.
Thanks for that OSINT challenge :D
Seeing the Club Mate crates already sold me on the place
6:10 is probably a lightning conductor.
Is this why my local cafe have been increasing their prices? I've seen an influx of tourist and they're really obnoxiously loud 😢
1:21 you can see the name IMBUS
You can play petanque on the sandpit in front of the dancing house😂😂
Gem 1: Imbus Cafe
Gem 2: Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies
Gem 3: Stará škola (obviously)
If I would own a hidden gem then I would love people not telling about it to anyone. The less customers is AMAZING for the business. In fact if there are no customers at all that would be ideal. Just avoid the place like plague. That will make it even more amazing and it will be there for decades to come.
The amount (size) of salad in the canteen in Prague blew my mind
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
1:26 you can scan the QR code for the coffee shop
So excited 🎉
Sassy Janek is my favourite Janek
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!
When I travel, (often) I know I can’t see everything (usually 2 or three days ) so I set only 1 or 2 things I have to do. One restaurant and one site. Then I look for the sites between the sites. So would this be one? What do you think? 🌴🌴Aloha
I don't get it - why would showing a business harm it. So there is a brief but large influx of tourists and then locals stop going?
How can you know that it is not a coincidence that the place wound up empty after it appeared on your vid?
I live in Stockholm and there is always hidden gems, you can tell about them and folk go there, but then you can walk of and look for a new place, popularity comes and go, some place do the missatak to rise the price when they get popular anw when it go back to normal they are to expensive and folk look for new gems with good price. For some reason companies think they only can rice price and never lower them to survive a hype peak.
i like that this is now geoguesser