DK Travel : Prague : Editor's choice

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Knedlíky

These doughy dumplings are the side dish of choice for many gravy-laden Czech dishes. In addition to the savoury varieties, made with bread, potato or bacon (špekové ), knedlíky also come stuffed with fruit (ovocné knedlíky ), the most popular variety being plums (švestkové ).
Křižík Fountain

Each summer evening, the fountain’s 50 pumps, 3,000 water jets and more than 1,200 lights put on a dizzying display of hydro-mechanic choreography. The musical accompaniment ranges from classical to heavy metal to Disney tunes. Recent productions have included live folk dance troupes and a melodrama based on James Bond plots (see Výstavište).
Krušovice

Rudolph II established the Krušovice brewery, which produces this sweet and somewhat flat beer. Try the syrupy dark (tmavé ) variety.
Lapidarium

This is where Prague’s old statues go when they retire. Among the 700-plus items are the original St Wenceslas from Wenceslas Square.
Marijuana is Legal

Czech law punishes anyone caught with “more than a small amount” of the drug.
Marionette Don Giovanni

Mozart premiered his opera Don Giovanni at Prague’s Estates Theatre in 1787. Of the two marionette homages to the city’s favourite opera, the better production takes place at the National Marionette Theatre. The technique of the puppeteers is so masterful, you’ll leave looking for strings attached to passers-by. A true Prague experience (see Stavovské divadlo).
Marionette Marriage of Figaro

Mozart’s comic opera adapts well to the grotesque puppets and the techniques of marionette theatre. It’s high art and, despite the efforts of the expert puppeteers, the illusion is a bit hard to maintain, but patient opera fans will enjoy the novelty.
Marionette Orpheus et Euridice

Take an eternal tale of humanity’s search for meaning in the cycle of life, death and rebirth, add a century of Czech marionette tradition and a fuzzy soundtrack, and mix well. Watching the bemused audience is almost as much fun as the action on stage.
Museum of Torture Instruments

If you can’t quite grasp how these grisly instruments work, the helpful illustrations should make their operation painfully clear. More than 60 implements of pain from all over Europe are on display, accompanied by explanations in several languages.
New Jewish Cemetery

The writer Franz Kafka’s memorial is here, as are those of many other Prague Jews who perished in the Holocaust (see The Jews in Prague).