We used public transport to get to the airport from that station on Friday. The lady in the ticket office was awesome. Sold us a 90 minute ticket for 40czk and gave us a slip of paper with what metro and trolley bus (the 59) we needed to catch. Was so easy and cheap at £1.34. Also, we saw you getting into an old car on Friday. We didn't approach you though as you seemed busy. Hope its for another video :)

You forgot the additional problems "The sketchy drug dealer exit" and "There are no signs pointing you to the tram station".

I only visited Prague once, but I feel that I know much more about your city than mine. It's not only interesting things that you guys tell, it's more the way you film these videos that makes it entertaining and educational at the same time! You guys do such a great job!

I literally crossed this highway with a 60 Liter bagpack and almost died because I couldn't find the stairs up and my flixbus was about to leave the station. Ah and because you can't see the cars coming from a certain road that combines with the highway about 50 meters away from where you crossed.

As someone who's been in Hlavak a ton of times and never illegally crossed but just... dealt with it, I didn't even know they had escalators to cross there, I thought these were service buildings. This is insane!

I live in prague, this entrance with a stroller is a nightmare, takes alot more than 2.5 minutes. It's like they dont want kids inside the station 😂

@HonestGuide Another problem in main entrance of train station is NO TOILET and NO ELEVATOR for reduced mobility passenger. In May-2024, I booked assistance and taxi dropped me at the main entrance at 4.30 AM. Left parent in wheelchair in hall, used escalator to go down to find info section then show them my booked assistamce request. So someone travelling alone on wheelchair will not get assistance because way from main entrance to info hall at lower grouns floor is NOT ACCESSIBLE

Janek for Mayor

I’ve been to Prague several times, twice by train, never had this problem with getting out of the train station, it was quite intuitive 🤷🏻‍♀️

Had a brilliant time in Prague thanks to the knowledghe you shared, and my friends loved hearing about all the scams you've highlighted. The map on the patreon gave some genuinely lovely places too. And the stereotype that people in prague are grumpy couldn't be further from the truth - everyone was lovely including the service staff - maybe it's just that we treated them with respect and expected nothing of them they were more pleasant with us.

I visited Prague a few months ago for the first time. I exited the station at the old town side and had no problems whatsoever. I probably walked a mile to my hotel, but the pavements were great for my luggage. I would visit again anytime, but for summer when it’s too hot for me. Oh, I never needed cash, I did everything on my debit card.

@HonestGuide Hello Janek, first of all thank you for your super interesting videos and tips for Prague. We were in Prague 2 weeks ago and received a "scam" service at the main train station on our return journey. We didn't immediately find our train or track. After we couldn't find any information, a “nice and helpful” guy offered to help us and took us to the train. When my wife had already gotten on the train, he then charged me 500 CZK for his service and only let me get on after paying. He took advantage of the time pressure regarding the departure. Otherwise we had a great week thanks to your great tips 🙂

We were in Prague last weekend. Thank you so much! You saved us a lot of stress and money!

For tourists, I usually enter the train station on the lower level. It's accessed by the road Opletalova Much safer! The little cafe there on the right side is decent. Good svickova and Pilzen 😁

A couple of years back I missed my flixbus to Bratislava on the otherside of the traine station due to the fact that I used the under ground way to the other side through the train station. I suggest that the authorities should consider constructing a direct underground pass to the other side of the road for ease and time saving

I've never understood why city planners like to put streets right next to train stations. You can't park there anyways?!?! The only way you would access a train station that way is if you get a taxi, or someone else drives you

this explains why i didn't see a taxi sign when i arrived in praha! great videos as always! :) thanks for the great content!

I had the exact same issue and didnt know about the underground tunnel through that lift at the time. I just walked around and from the front of the nearby museum to the train station instead. with my two suitcases!

I just have to thank you for the tips. I was in the Czech Republic last week and the videos on this channel were undoubtedly a great help. Thanks.

Astonishing that there's such a wide, fast road next to the station. Such a car-brained design. I hope they redesign it.

I visited Prague in the summer of 2018 and I had great help from your vids back then. :)

Most banks now offer a global bank account, which allows you to load it up with most European currencies from your main current account. This comes with a debit card, which then operates as though it were a local card, using the local currency. This could be a better way of managing your money when abroad, with the added benefit of keeping your main current account insulated from fraud.

Our young family of 3 had THE BEST holiday in Prague due to your videos.

I just moved to Prague a week ago; my first encounter with ANYONE in the Czech Republic was a guy who offered me Belarusian rubles in exchange for my larger notes I got from the ATM. Watch out for that guy!

today in the morning, i got off the tram at Museum tram stop, and was walking to the main train station in Prague. the maps showed it was just 7 mins, so i thought “sure, why not?” and walked with my big suitcase. i was surprised to figure out that the road ended and i had to go down an underground passage. there was no elevator, or escalator of any kind. i had to carry the 20 kg bag down there, and up back to the road. I HAVE HERNIATED DISCS!!! and i didn’t have the time to go back and walk another way, i was fearing i could miss my train. what the hell😭

I took a "Taxi" from the station over to A&O Hostel Praha Rhea and it was actually cheaper than a Taxi! It didn't even have a taximeter. 😂😂

You are doing a great job

Thanks Janek and Honza for another very cool, informative and funny video. Your "production" skills are very good, although I miss the Spongebob " 20 minutes later" thing.

I slept in that station in 1991. Was very different in those days!

Good tips !

The amount of videos you made on Prague, I feel like I need to visit it!

as a city planner I really enjoyed watching this and I hope that your effort on the issue of traffic security and car dependency will change decision makers' minds

There was a similar situation with Plzeň train station. I had to jaywalk three-lane roads to reach there from the city center while many other locals were doing the same. But hey, they were showing Janek's videos in tourist information office :)

Crossing the road, is like a game of "Frogger".

All taxis are usually required by law to have the fares (determined by the city) displayed on the back seat, if the rule is not followed you get the activity suspended and after repeated suspensions you lose the license, how can that mayor not know how to deal with illegal taxis??? Sounds like she's just an idiot

As ever ,another good information video for tourists, from the honest guide

Wonderfull video. You are my hero.

My last visit to Prague was 2 years ago and I spent nearly an hour trying to find where to get a taxi at the station! I ended up leaving by the low-level exit and walking through the adjacent park before I found a place to hail a taxi. Absolutely horrendous!

Chodec is almost like the Polish word that means Come here. ;) Love your videos. Enjoy visiting Czech when I can. Passing thru later this month on way to Austria and Italy.

I love how you go around finding problems with your city and get attention on it. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the city fix this one.

does anyone know some good places to watch the euro next month in prague?

Athens Airport pharmacy insisted that I buy vitamins for 47 euros for a cough instead standard cough syrup. Total scammers, look at the reviews.

Had a disappointing experience in the traffic system last week (was visiting for 3 days), as we bought electronic tickets, using a single phone. We shared digital copies of the tickets, but 2 in our group were fined because they split from us, and the officers in that route rejected their digital copies. So, may be better to have paper tickets, or have everyone in your group download the APP and keep their tickets in their individual phones. May be a good idea to make a video with tips to ride the traffic system, if one has not been made yet. Thanks for all you do, great job.

7:00 I used the metro & bus 59 connection to PRG airport yesterday. Very straightforward, the 4mins connection time from metro at Veleslavin Nadrazi station to the bus fits perfectly and I could use the remaining time on my 24hrs public transport ticket for it. If you carry only light amount of luggage, it can't be better, cheaper or faster.

I visited Prague for a date a few years ago. I remember this massive carbrain road in front of the station, and there’s some underground passages to walk through. Looks like it’s still the same. The inside of the station dome was beautiful with all the coat of arms as shown. Didn’t realise there was a coffee shop, like you said people come and go in a rush. Should definitely try out next time.

Tenhle contet miluji :) poslední dobou koukám spíš tady aby jsem se trochu zdokonaloval v angličtině :D

Excelente 👍

When I lived at Dresden, I used to be at Prague sometimes for a day trip. You do really tell all the bad things that I have noticed in that time. In comparison to all the other places in the CR Prague was always some kind of "beautiful hell" for me. Everywhere they try to scam you somehow, what I never experiences outside of Prague, even not at big cities like Brno or Ostrava. But in fact Prague ia a beautiful city with an impressing metro system (what wa salways tge reason to go there for me 😂). The smartest scam was always the TV tower where they did have an expensive price for everyone but also a much cheaper one "without brochure" foe people who notice that and so speak czech.😅 . Well, your videos do always remond me at that time 20 years ago. Thanks for your work and your infomations.

Don't do it, Janek, don't cross that buzy road, we want you back next week.

Especially knowing about the atm conversion has saved my butt in so many countries.

2:17 fun fact - the lego model of the station behind you has someone defecating in the bushes

Fantastic city. Been many times and we like to stay in Zizkov. Just recently spent 2 nights in Kutna Hora. In October we are going to Cesky krumlov, can't wait.

I've noticed there is a lot of places like that in Czech Republic, even in smaller cities like Zlin

Arrived at this station yesterday from Germany. Forget using a bathroom unless you have Czech money.

Public transport to airport is great at some times and without baggage, otherwise the 100kč is worth it. The new trolleybus line 59 is very confy, and I even managed to score a couple of checkpoints on my trip (revizor) 😅

You can use the stairs a bit further down the road from the elevators to cross under the road from the train station, its a bit quicker than using those slow elevators

We took the bus from the airport to the center of Prague when we were there for the Christmas markets

I actually used your ATM tips in other European countries and Canada 👍 Since I have not yet been to Prague, I haven't used any others, but I plan to go next spring. I'll have to find that Cash Balance tip, i don't recall seeing it 🤔

Best things about this station: 1. there's a supermarket inside to stock up for your trip 2. Beautiful Habsburg era architecture (upstairs- there are signs) The station was originally named for the Emperor!

Wth the viewer got punched??? Did the police do something about it??

Ah the 59 bus on my way from airport to metro then onto central is how we got there. Love prague. Proberly one of my fav citys in europe now. Also pigs cheeks with mash and veg i had when i was there was sublime 😊

it's more complicated even than just "take the elevator", because one of them is locked shut at the top. So you can take it, but you cant leave afterwards, and have to go back down, over to the other one and up again. Of course nobody thought to unlock it, or put it out of order. So you can just go for a pointless ride up and down.

My favorite place at Praha hl.n. is on the platforms to look for and ride trains with A149 and AB349 coaches 😉. By the way, there are also normal ATMs with a realistic exchange rate near the main station. Access to Holesovice train station is also rather poor, while access to the Vrsovice train station is quite good.

Weird, I have been there a few times and didn't even notice this massive road.

I have been to prague and Brno 15 times and even before I saw your show I went to get a taxi from the trains station to basically the main square by the clock tower... I cannot remember the price but it was 4 times more then the price I got after walking across the street to a local hotel and having them call a cab for me (pre uber being available) I could have walked but did not want to after my long travel day

I found it easier to take trains and the Prague metro than taxis because I didn't need to speak Czech to take the metro. I could use google maps to find the routes and google articles to find out how the ticketing system worked. The idea of trying to communicate with a taxi driver who spoke only Czech was intimidating to me. lol ❤

That last bit reminds me of what happens if you walk out of Rome airport.

Yeah, I'm visiting in the summer and just found out that tram 59 replaced bus 119 last month. Luckily, I reviewed my plan.

Janek for Prague president!!!

Greetings from Hungary! Some weeks ago I travelled to Dublin from Budapest and I travelled by train to Budapest where I had to change for a public bus outside the city centre, 5 minutes from the airport. There was a foreigner at the ticket machine so I helped him out. A single ticket costs 450 HUF (~1,15€) and when I switched the language to English on the machine, the very first ticket option was the Airport Shuttle ticket for 2200 HUF (~5,64€) that would be ideal directly from the city centre stopping only at a few stops towards the airport. I was surprised and got confused but then we found that cheaper hidden ticket and probably saved some money for the guy. I don't say it is a scam, but definitely misleading tourists - even me as a local. Keep exposing these tricks so people will be more aware of them. :) PS: I was skeptical in Dublin whenever someone said the tickets are sold out BUT we can manage to work out it. We did indeed without being scammed.

7:52 The CoAs are (left to right) Praha, Firenze, Roma, Paris, don't know, Praha, Wien, Moskva (?), Berlin, Hamburg (weirdly using the Napoleonic version?), and Praha. 🙂

Freeway is dalnice, motorway is dalnice... highway is just any main road that connects towns and cities.

To the right of the coat of Arms the order is the following: Vienna, Moscow, Berlin, ( Hamburg?, but the colours are switched). To the Left: the two castles idk, then Paris, Rome, (Lile? but again, like Hamburg, the colours are switched).

On Hlavni nadrazi there are 3 or 4 normal banks ATMs, just not in a frequent way for passing. But are there.

thank you

Couple of weeks ago I was in prague. Used Bolt as a taxi. You know exactly what you are going to pay before you leave. Worked great. Oh We did not use the exchange or ATM. You can go around Prague perfectly with using apple pay. We did not use any cash for 6 days just like in their Netherlands

I was in prague one month ago I was discussing with my friend that why is there a highway in front of main gate

Hi! I used the public transportation when I stayed in Prague. It was easy and cheap. I've just rewatched the Q&A with your father... Can you please make another video with the honest dad?? Please please please 🙏

I worked for almost two years in Velim (Lived in Podebrady). I flu once a moth home for a Weekend or longer. Coming from Podebrady by train I was usually to lazy to take the subway and bus to the airport. From the airport to the station the taxi cost (by Meter) 500...600 CZK. On of the Taxi this scamer spot said as I asked to bring me to the airport 1500 CZK. I didn't say anything I just left the taxi. At coffee place in the end I was very often I spend many weekends in Praha. So I had to take the train back to Podebrady and waited in that coffee place.

Miss prague.....lived there 1 year ....back in 1999 to 2000. Hesky chezky..... Greetings from Codan...... Copenhagen Denmark

Ha! I did exactly this last week visiting first time

I have visited czech republic multiple times, love Prague. First time was in 1997 and they already had problems with currency exchange, cab drivers, etc. Sadly they still can not fix it.

how hard is it to make a crosswalk? or have clear signage of where to go?

Great stuff, didn't know the 119 is now the 59 from the airport. Is 100 bus still 100 to the Yellow Metro?

there's an office I visited past the station and instead of using my transport pass, I took a bolt because the 6 lanes between the trams and the station confused me... the glass bubbles don't really look like entrances

I got lost in that exact same street because we didn’t know how to cross it, till we find the elevator 🥴

I visited Prague couple weeks ago for a long weekend and a Rammstein concert. In the city centre you could only hear people speaking german - a very bizarre experience :) I was a bit disappointed I didn't get a chance to cut a love-lock on the fence by the Charles Bridge ;)

Great video thx ❤

"only runs every 30 minutes" ... that's how often the city busses run around here!

It is completely normal to have a "floating" exchange rate based on how much money you want to exchange.

This is my experience with Czech. Everyone is obsessed with rules (and they exist so everyone has a reason to yell at you), but nothing actually makes any sense in any practical form. 😅

When we arrived at the main station, and walked down to the tunnel, we couldn't find any signs that told us where, in which direction the metro was. We walked around a bit, asked a few people and they didn't know either. I think this problem could be very easily and quickly resolved. Janek? your connections to city hall? or, where should I write to? would they answer if I write in English?

Using underpass to cross to road at night time was dodgy even as a guy, there was homeless people demanding money and lighting was very poor in the underpass. Also there are flixbus "stations" which are basically traffic signs and they are on the both sides of the road so if you are waiting on the wrong one you will miss your bus by the time you cross the road. There arent any clear signs what is what and it is even worse at night time. There should be a pedestrian overpass, it could make everything easier and safer.

Hmmm, when we came into Prague (Praha) Station, it was marked on the inside to use the escalators and go under the street.

I thought using the escalators was quick and cool. Loved the entrance glass houses.

There are two sets steps at the other side of to highway which goes under the road to the Main train station

I'm not visiting Prague in the near future but thank you for the information. If I ever do go there, I'm glad to hear about the elevator because my mother was killed crossing the street and watching people bolt across there just in this video gave me anxiety. I do not relax while crossing a street or watching anyone cross a street so I NEED lights. So, everyone in Prague, watch for me someday with my little blue/purple (it's always debatable what colour) suitcase, standing across from the station crying and please help me across LOL.

Was in Prague last week. I took out about $60 usd via atm at the airport. I knew about the balance button and conversion bs. The atm still ended up charging $11 in fees but I was ok with that because my bank refunds the fee. But you really don't need much cash at all. I didn't come close to needing more than $10 in cash. I paid everything by card or contactless. I was there for 5 days.

what about the tunnel at the end of the station!

had a taxi driver in bail press a button on his charge meter and bumped it up like 100000 rupiah up to 150k, when it was originally 50000. we were stopped outside our hotel luckily and the taxi did not pursue his undeserved cash... (we avoided the red taxis from then on)