Christmas walks in Prague
3 walks · 5h 36m in total · Czechia
Prague Christmas Markets: Full City Center Walk
Video by Prowalk Tours · Nov 2025 · All rights belong to the creator · More from Prowalk Tours →
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Prague dressed for Christmas, filmed on 9 December 2024 from 3:30 pm at about 2°C. The walk spends half an hour among the market stalls of Old Town Square, climbs the Powder Tower for the view, then follows Na Příkopě to the Christmas market on Wenceslas Square and Havel's Market, before going up the Old Town Hall Tower for a panorama of the lit square. The last part, filmed earlier in the day, crosses Charles Bridge to the Kampa Island market and climbs to Prague Castle and its courtyards, returning by the Castle Stairs and Lesser Town Square. A good choice for a festive winter evening.
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Walk Prague's Christmas markets in the snow and at night, around the great tree on the Old Town Square below the twin towers of the Týn Church. The markets run from late November until early January, so Prague stays festive after Christmas too.
The Old Town Square market is the biggest and most visited, with a stage for carols and the tree lit at the start of Advent. A second market fills the lower end of Wenceslas Square, and smaller ones appear on Republic Square, by the Prague Castle and in the neighbourhoods. Between the stalls you walk the same cobbled lanes as the rest of the year, but with the Astronomical Clock and the baroque facades lit for the season.
Market food here is hearty: ham roasted on a spit and sold by weight, sausages, and trdelník, the rolled, sugar-coated pastry that is newer to Prague than its fame suggests. Drink svařák, the Czech mulled wine, or hot mead. In the days before 24 December you may also see live carp sold from water tubs in the streets, since fried carp is the traditional Czech Christmas Eve dinner.