Going To Prague Next Week: Any Advice / Comments?

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

dgs wrote:

Tricky Dicky wrote:

Following recommendations in this place, any final pieces of wisdom
from those that have gone before or who actually live there?

Be wary of pickpockets, particularly on crowded Metro trains and some of
the tram lines.

But isn't that wise advise, no matter WHERE you go? (Even in your home
city/country?)

The intensity of the problem varies. My hometown isn't too bad for this
kind of thing, and I've not had terrible problems in a lot of German
cities. Prague, OTOH, has earned a reputation nearly as bad as, say,
Madrid, Rome, and other cities that have a well-known and -documented
pickpocketing problem, especially in crowded areas and on crowded public
transport.

The precautions to take are usually in the form of hidden travellers'
wallets worn under clothing, avoiding carrying wallets in back hip
pockets, and that sort of thing.
--
dgs

Don't tell anybody that you are going to Prague. People might think you want
to chase girls there.

If you are in downtown Prague in the evening and you are an unaccompanied
male, you will get touted for striptease places or brothels on every corner.

Back home you might be asked things like "how were the girls" or "did your
wife find out".