Old Town Square Christmas Market is a food festival in Stare Mesto, Prague.
Prague's flagship Christmas market runs on Old Town Square from late November to early January, with mulled wine, klobasa, fried cheese sandwiches, kolache.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Open daily 10:00-22:00; the cheapest mulled wine is on the back side of the tree.
Address: Staromestske namesti, 110 00 Praha 1, Prague
The Wenceslas Square Christmas market joins the Old Town one with festive Czech food stalls every winter, late November to early January. The lower square.
Tip: The upper square is under reconstruction in 2025 to 2026; head to the lower stalls.
The Vinohrady Christmas market on Namesti Miru opens about a week earlier than the central markets and closes on Christmas Eve. The most Czech-feeling Advent.
Tip: Run by the Vinohrady district; ends 24 December, not after New Year.
The Karlin Street Food Festival is the city's largest one-day street food fair, an annual neighbourhood event on Karlinske namesti with around 40 food stalls.
Tip: Cashless; come hungry, stalls are tightly packed, plates designed to share.
The Festival of Embassies returns to Vitezne namesti each June, the largest international street-food event in Prague with nearly 50 embassies serving.
Tip: Runs 08:00-20:00; bring small change for non-card stalls Check the event site for the year.
Burcak season runs early September through mid-October when partly fermented Moravian wine hits Prague. Wine bars, Naplavka and the Botanical Garden's St.
Tip: Drink burcak fresh; it does not travel and the season is roughly six weeks.
The St Claire Vineyard wine harvest at the Prague Botanical Garden in Troja is the city's longest-running annual wine festival: live music, burcak.
Tip: Book online; the festival lasts a single weekend in mid-September.
