Introduction to Shopping in Prague

No holiday or city break is complete without a bit of retail therapy, and while Prague isn’t able to outgun great shopping cities like New York, London and Paris, there are enough interesting outlets to keep all but the fussiest of shoppers happy. Indeed, Prague today has a decent mix of well-known big name western stores, local brands, souvenir shops and specialist outlets.

Typically, Czech products include crystal, hand painted eggs, handicrafts, folk art, puppets, wooden toys and the now familiar trinkets left over from the Communist era (such as Russian army surplus hats, knives and badges).

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Opening hours

Prague’s stores open between 9am and 7pm on weekdays and from 10am to 1pm on Saturday - although many are now extending their hours. If you need to replenish food supplies, plenty of late-night grocers shops are dotted around the downtown area, with one of the most central being the Bílá labut store at Wenceslas Square.