NYU Prague Student Blog
Hi everyone. As one of your RAs, I know there’s a lot to figure out when you first arrive in Prague. One of the first hurdles can be something as simple as the grocery store. It makes total sense – navigating a foreign supermarket with its different brands and unspoken rules can feel like a […]
Hey everyone, it’s Hana. For this article, I want to take you out of Prague and into the mountains. But to understand why I love them so much, you first have to understand where I came from. I didn’t grow up skiing for fun – I grew up chasing points. By the time I was […]
It’s easy to spend your days in Prague exploring Old Town Square or basking in the medieval splendor of Prague Castle. But Prague is so much more than its historic center; the city boasts 22 districts, each with its own distinct history, culture, and identity. From the parks of Vinohrady to the cafes of […]
Hello reader. So, you’re here in Prague, you’ve sorted your classes, and you’re settling in. But maybe you’re also feeling… I don’t know, a bit lonely? It’s a weird feeling, right? You’re in this amazing city, you have the NYU “bubble,” and yet it is still hard to meet new people. When I first moved […]
I had an interest in Sambo, short for “Samozashchita bez oruzhiya” or “self-defence without weapons”, before coming to Prague. Since the second semester of my first year at NYU I have been a member of the NYU Judo team. Sambo developed out of Judo in the 1930s as part of a program to design a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“I’m going to teach you how to eat raisins meditatively.” This was the sentence NYU Prague professor Tony Ackerman used to kick off our three day retreat in rural Czech Switzerland last month. Before I get into talking about raisins, meditation, and the trip itself though, I think I owe you a bit of context […]
On the 21st of October, a small group from NYU gathered to go to the football (aka soccer) game Slavia-Slovacko. Slavia is a Prague-based team, and Slovacko is from Uherské Hradiště, a city in South Moravia. Both teams play in the Czech First League. I had never been a football fan before. Prior to this […]