NYU Prague Student Blog
by Orsi Liddiard This isn’t your typical itinerary of what to do in a city, in this case Paris. During the last few years, I’ve been able to travel to places in Asia I could never have experienced if my university wasn’t based in Shanghai. While travelling to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia, I learned … Continue reading Say Bonjour to taking your own tour
Does sleeping in a monastery, hiking for eight miles sort of walking into Poland, but not really, and NYU paying for all your meals sound like a trip you would like to take? Well, it should. This year NYU Prague organized a new cultural immersion trip to Broumov, a small town on the Czech-Polish … Continue reading Falling for Broumov
by Simon Tang In the mountains, Death doesn’t leap onto you as he would on a busy expressway or a quaking war zone. He sort of hangs around behind you, trudging in your footsteps so as to not leave any of his own, creeping closer when you’re not looking, all the while muttering to himself. … Continue reading Operation Mountain King: Hiking the Kungsleden in Sweden
by Andres Cedeño Coming to NYU—or to any school—as a member of the LGBTQ community comes with plenty of challenges and anxieties. Coming to an NYU site in a foreign country as a queer person is arguably even scarier. Being a gay man myself, I have become interested in discovering the queer scene here at … Continue reading Half-Way: Queer Student Experiences at NYU Prague
by Tiffany Zhang What image comes to your head when you think of a video gamer? Possibly an awkward, antisocial, pimply and nerdy-looking teenage boy, who locks himself up in his room all day staring mindlessly into a computer screen, while his fingers are busy clicking vigorously on a mouse, a keyboard or a controller. … Continue reading Being A Feminist Gamer in the Czech Republic
by Leah Gaffen Around 5,000 students have spent a semester at NYU Prague over the past 20 years. We contacted a few to find out how their time in Prague affected the trajectory of their lives. Nicole Farnsworth (Fall, 2001) Seventeen years ago, I was enjoying similar brightly-colored fall leaves while … Continue reading Former NYU Prague students: Where Are They Now?
Malé náměstí, the small square which is triangular in shape, may not be as famous as its closest neighbor Old Town Square, and may not have been where hundreds of thousands gathered with their jangling keys in the heady days of the Velvet Revolution, but even modest little Malé náměstí has an impressive and long … Continue reading The Home of NYU Prague: The History of Our Small Square
by Alice Berlin So, this article was originally supposed to be about different Czech foods and snacks to try that you might not come across normally. However, every time I went out to buy snacks in order to research and prepare for this blog post, I kind of fell back into my comfort zone. … Continue reading Exploring the Russian Snack Scene
by Orsi Liddiard This is mainly directed at those who are considering coming to NYU Prague, I guess. After all, it’s October – most Osadní kids who are fans of coffee, cake, brunch or all of the above will probably have visited at least one of these places at one point. If not, and Silencio … Continue reading Brunch Options near Osadní
by Laila El Agizy When signing up for housing, I watched the NYU videos online about each dorm, and instantly fell in love with Machova, where I was lucky to be placed. However, there is a lot that those videos don’t tell you, so here is the insider scoop: If you are a … Continue reading 10 Things They Don’t Tell You about Máchova