The Old Town Square Christmas market is Prague's signature winter market, around 90 stalls from late November to early January. Mulled wine, klobasa, trdelnik, Czech glass ornaments.
Tip: Avoid eating the trdelnik; drink the mulled wine and queue for the smoked klobasa.
Address: Staromestske namesti, 110 00 Praha 1, Prague
The Vinohrady Christmas market on Namesti Miru is Prague's most local-feeling Advent stop, in front of the neo-Gothic church. Mulled wine, Czech Christmas cookies, less of the tourist scrum.
Tip: Open about a week earlier than the Old Town markets; closes 24 December.
Naplavka on the Rasin embankment is Prague's signature Saturday market. About 100 stalls run alongside the Vltava from February to December, with live music around midday.
Tip: Bring cash and a tote; the queue at the bread stalls peaks at 10:00.
Holesovice Market is Prague's largest year-round market, inside an old slaughterhouse complex on the Vltava bend. Hall 22 holds the food stalls: Czech farmers, fish, mushrooms, herbs.
Tip: The Doubleshot espresso bar is in Hall 8; eat there before shopping.
Sapa, on Prague's southern edge, is the largest Vietnamese market outside Vietnam. A warehouse complex with around 200 vendors, plus the city's best banh mi, bun cha and pho.
Tip: Take metro B to Smichov, then bus 198 to Libus; eat at Pho Tung first.
Manifesto Market Smichov is a permanent open-air food yard near Andel, with twenty-plus food stalls, four bars and a live-music slot in summer. Cashless across the whole site.
Tip: The natural wine bar at the back is the smartest pour; weekends are loud.
Manifesto Florenc is the original of the chain, a shipping-container food yard near the central bus station. Twenty-plus stalls of street food, Czech klobasa to Vietnamese banh mi.
Tip: Tuesday and Wednesday are quieter; cashless across all stalls.
