NYU Prague Student Blog
In our final theatre show, Valentina played an NYU student who didn’t want to leave Prague. I played Hanuš, the clockmaster who built the Prague Astronomical Clock, helping her stop time. I received my acceptance to NYU Prague last October. At the time, … Continue reading Till we meet again
We arrived in Ostrava. I saw some Romani teenagers smoking on the street. It was Friday, technically, high school students should have been in school. ——————————————————————————————————— “Hey, this is Smíchov, my dude, Smíchov bro, my dude We’re in Žižkov, bro, but you know this is Smíchov You thought, bro, that— greetings to Ostrava, bro” Madar … Continue reading Holding Hands with Romani Children
As the Spring 2025 semester comes to a close, here are some parting thoughts from the NYU Prague Blog team about our time in Prague and our experience contributing to the blog! Esther: I absolutely loved my semester in Prague–I went into it knowing nobody but came out of it with a newfound sense of … Continue reading Prague Blog Spring 2025 Semester Reflections
This semester, we had almost a dozen internships for students to participate in, from running NYU Prague’s Instagram to being a mentor at some of Prague’s elementary schools. Read on to hear some of the highlights of our student’s internship experiences! NYU Prague Instagram: “Going all over Osadní dorm to create a dorm tour … Continue reading Spring 2025 Internship Reflections
*This is a fictional story for the food science class about the Prague food system in a parallel universe. At exactly noon on the first Wednesday of every month, the air raid sirens would echo across the skies of the Czech Republic. In every city and every village across the country, on every street and … Continue reading When the darkness falls…
Nicola Robinsonová lives in Vlčeves, Jihočeský Kraj, Czech Republic, about a 30-minute drive from Tábor. She and her husband run a farm there. Even though she had broken her leg in Greece a month earlier, she still insisted on hosting us. We spent the weekend volunteering on the farm. Although we only stayed … Continue reading From the City to the Middle of Nowhere
The lights dim. Anything could lie behind that ornate curtain. The gorgeous theater’s gold walls and detailed ceilings echo with dying whispers from the crowd. Excitement is palpable in the audience. People move to put their phones away, craning their heads to get a glimpse of the conductor moving to his throne, and shush their … Continue reading The Unmissable Opera Experience in Prague
When studying abroad, it can be hard being away from home–especially if you have pets. Here in Prague, I see people walking their dogs everyday. Many of them are so well-behaved that they often trot around off-leash and will happily stop and say hello to you. Though I love dogs and have one back at … Continue reading Check Meow-t! Cat Cafes in Prague
The typical customer of the Green Devil’s Absinthe Bar is the eager tourist greedy for Instagram-worthy videos that will show everyone the cool, “niche” places they found in the hidden corners of Prague. This tourist has probably been lured many times by “the best of Prague” signs on each restaurant, which will probably result in … Continue reading Lured into the Green Devil’s Absinthe Bar
Milý PragueBlog, How much of this do you understand? This article is everything that I’ve learned in my Czech course throughout this semester! I have really enjoyed learning Czech, and I hope you are able to follow along. This article is not to be translated. Dobry den! Jmenuji Sydney a jsem studentka New York University … Continue reading Rozumís česky?
