What to do in Prague when it rains

Prague has plenty to do under a roof, from the National Technical Museum and the National Museum to the Mirror Maze on Petřín, the chocolate museum and the beer experiences, with opening hours and prices.

Last updated: 14 October 2026

Museums

Careful on Mondays: 4 of these museums are closed. Which museums are open today? →

Jewish Quarter

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Jewish Museum (synagogues & Old Jewish Cemetery)

Sun–Fri 09:00–16:30 (from 18 Oct); closed Sat and Jewish holidays · CZK 600

One ticket for the Maisel, Pinkas and Spanish synagogues, the Old-New Synagogue and the crowded Old Jewish Cemetery.

New Town

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National Museum

Daily 10:00–18:00 · CZK 360

The grand neo-Renaissance museum atop Wenceslas Square: natural history, Czech history and a dome with city views.

New Town

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Mucha Museum

Daily 10:00–18:00 · CZK 300

Nearly 100 original posters, paintings and drawings by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha in a Baroque palace.

Lesser Town

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Franz Kafka Museum

Daily 10:00–18:00 · CZK 300

Atmospheric show of first editions, letters and films on Kafka’s Prague in an old brickworks on the river.

New Town

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Museum of Communism

Daily 09:00–20:00 · CZK 390

Everyday life, propaganda and the secret police in Czechoslovakia from 1948 to the Velvet Revolution of 1989.

Letná & Holešovice

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National Technical Museum

Tue–Sun 09:00–18:00, closed Mon · CZK 330

Hall full of steam engines, cars, planes and motorbikes, plus a mock coal mine, astronomy and printing: a family favourite.

Letná & Holešovice

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DOX Centre for Contemporary Art

Tue–Sun 11:00–19:00, closed Mon · CZK 360

Big contemporary art centre in a former factory, crowned by Gulliver, a 42-metre wooden airship on the roof.

Letná & Holešovice

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National Gallery – Trade Fair Palace

Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00, closed Mon · CZK 250

Huge functionalist trade-fair palace of 1928 holding the National Gallery’s modern and contemporary art.

Jewish Quarter

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Museum of Decorative Arts (UPM)

Wed–Sun 10:00–18:00, Tue 10:00–20:00, closed Mon · CZK 250

Bohemian glass, porcelain, fashion, posters and furniture in a neo-Renaissance palace opposite the Rudolfinum.

Lesser Town

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Museum Kampa

Daily 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30) · CZK 360

Riverside mill on Kampa Island with Kupka’s abstract paintings, Central European modern art and Černý’s crawling babies outside.

Castle District

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Lobkowicz Palace

Daily 09:00–18:00 · CZK 380

Private palace inside Prague Castle with Bruegel, Canaletto, Beethoven manuscripts and a family-narrated audio guide.

Churches

Old Town

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Church of Our Lady before Týn

Tue–Sat 10:00–13:00 and 15:00–17:00; closed Sun–Mon (Mar–Nov) · Free

The twin-spired Gothic church over Old Town Square, with the tomb of astronomer Tycho Brahe inside.

Jewish Quarter

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Old-New Synagogue

Sun–Fri 09:00–17:00 (from 18 Oct; Fri closes earlier before Shabbat); closed Sat

Europe's oldest working synagogue, a Gothic hall from the 13th century, linked to the legend of the Golem.

Lesser Town

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St Nicholas Church (Lesser Town)

Sun–Thu 09:00–18:00, Fri–Sat 09:00–17:00 (Oct); daily 09:00–17:00 in Nov · CZK 150

Prague's grandest Baroque church, with a 20 m dome, ceiling frescoes and an organ Mozart played.

Castle District

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St Vitus Cathedral

Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00, Sun 12:00–17:00, last entry 16:40 (Nov–Mar until 16:00)

The Gothic cathedral of the castle, with St Wenceslas Chapel, royal tombs and a Mucha stained-glass window.

Castle District

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Loreta

Daily 10:00–17:30, last tickets 17:00 · CZK 280

A Baroque pilgrimage site with a copy of the Holy House, cloisters, a diamond monstrance and a 27-bell carillon.

Castle District

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Strahov Monastery & Library

Library daily 09:00–17:00, last entry 16:30 · CZK 220

A 12th-century abbey whose Baroque Theological and Philosophical halls are among the world's most beautiful libraries.

Vyšehrad & Vinohrady

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Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord

Vestibule daily 09:00–17:00 (nave about 45 min before Mass) · Free

Plečnik’s 1932 brick church on Jiřího z Poděbrad square, with a tower that is one giant glass clock face.

Shopping under cover

Old Town

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Choco-Story Chocolate Museum

Daily 10:00–22:00 · CZK 290

Seven rooms on the story of cocoa next to the Týn Church, with a praline demonstration and chocolate tasting.

Lesser Town

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Prague Chocolate Steiner & Kovarik

Daily 10:00–18:00 · Free

Czech family chocolatier on the lane up to the castle: handmade chocolates, roasted almonds and honey nougat.

Letná & Holešovice

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Holešovice Market (Hall 22)

Mon–Fri 07:30–17:00, Sat 07:30–14:00, closed Sun · Free

Prague’s biggest year-round food market, with 80-plus stalls in an old slaughterhouse hall plus street-food stands.

Old Town

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Palladium

Daily 09:00–21:00 (supermarket 07:00–22:00) · Free

Central Prague’s biggest mall: some 180 shops and 20 cafés over five floors in a rebuilt former barracks.

Food and drink

Old Town

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Pilsner Urquell: The Original Beer Experience

Daily 11:00–20:30 (last entry 19:00) · CZK 579

Interactive tour of the first golden lager just off Wenceslas Square, ending with tank beer at the pub.

New Town

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U Fleků brewery & beer hall

Daily 10:00–23:00 (brewery museum Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00 on booking)

Beer hall brewing its dark 13° lager for over 500 years, with romantic halls, a garden and a small brewery museum.

Castle District

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Strahov Monastery Brewery

Daily 10:00–22:00

Brewpub in the courtyard of Strahov Monastery serving its own St Norbert beers next to the copper brewhouse.

New Town

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Staropramen Visitor Centre

Tue–Sat 10:00–18:00, closed Sun–Mon · CZK 349

Audiovisual tour of the Smíchov brewery founded in 1869, with its old brew kettle, ending with a beer tasting.

New Town

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Pivovarský dům Benedict

Daily 11:00–23:30

Brewpub on the corner of Ječná and Lípová brewing its own lagers plus odd ones such as coffee beer.

More to see indoors

Old Town

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Astronomical Clock & Old Town Hall

Daily 09:00–20:00 (tower and interiors); the clock's apostles appear every hour · CZK 350

The 1410 astronomical clock with its hourly parade of apostles, plus the town hall tower and Gothic vaults.

Old Town

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Clementinum (Baroque Library & Astronomical Tower)

Guided tours daily 09:00–20:00 · CZK 380

A guided tour of the frescoed Baroque library hall and the 52 m Astronomical Tower with its view over the Old Town.

Old Town

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Municipal House

Guided tours daily, about 11:00–18:00 (times vary); box office 10:00–19:00 · CZK 320

Prague's Art Nouveau showpiece: a guided tour of Smetana Hall and salons decorated by Alfons Mucha and others.

Castle District

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Prague Castle

Historical buildings daily 09:00–17:00 (Nov–Mar 09:00–16:00); grounds 06:00–22:00 · CZK 450

The world's largest castle complex: the main circuit takes in the Old Royal Palace, St George's, Golden Lane and St Vitus.

Vyšehrad & Vinohrady

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Žižkov Television Tower

Daily 09:00–24:00 · CZK 350

Prague's tallest structure, a 216 m tower with crawling babies by David Černý and a 93 m viewing deck.

Lesser Town

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Mirror Maze on Petřín

Daily 09:00–18:00 (October), 10:00–18:00 (November–March) · CZK 150

Little mock castle on Petřín with a mirror labyrinth, a 1648 battle diorama and a hall of laughing mirrors.

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