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| | | New Year's Eve 2012-2013 in Prague » 31 December 2012:
New Year's Eve in Prague is party night.
The river boats, restaurants, bars and clubs are full of people, and the atmosphere gently builds. As midnight approaches, revelers gather at the Old Town Square and by the river to watch the fireworks over the city. |
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 | | New Year's Eve in PraguePrague is a popular destination for New Year's Eve. The celebrations are enjoyed by one and all: the young and old, the quiet and romantic, the wild and carefree. There are entertainment options to suit all tastes. Some people choose a restaurant with an all-inclusive night of fine food, drinks and dancing. Others prefer a romantic, candlelit dinner 'à deux'. Some bar crawl and chance on finding a club after the fireworks. Others buy tickets for a party in a club or music bar. Finally, there is the ever popular Party Boat and Jazz Cruise. |
| | Our Prague New Year's Eve Planner is the city's main guide to the festivities on this special night, featuring all the best entertainment in the city centre: New Year's Eve Planner 2012-2013. New Year's Eve FireworksAs midnight approaches, crowds gather around the city to watch one of several firework displays.
The restaurants and river boats time their entertainment programmes to coincide with this, some supplying bottles of Champagne for diners to celebrate with. | |
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| |  | | Broadly, there are two options for where to enjoy the midnight fireworks. The first option is to head for anywhere on or overlooking the river - this means near Charles Bridge, Prague Castle or on Petrin Hill. For these fireworks, people gather on the streets, and on the terraces of riverside and hillside restaurants. Also, the river boats congregate around Charles Bridge shortly before midnight, and people take to the top deck. The atmosphere is fun and relaxed, as you take in the beauty of fireworks over water, with the backdrop of Charles Bridge, Prague Castle and the Old Town. |
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The second option for where to watch the midnight fireworks is to head for the Old Town Square. This is more adventurous!
As the atmosphere builds, large crowds gather in the square. Then at the stroke of midnight, it gets pretty hair-raising! Czechs LOVE setting off fireworks, and although there is an aerial display, many fireworks at the Old Town Square are handheld and fired off by the crowd. On the whole it is safe, but only just! Whatever your choice, Prague is a terrific city for a New Year's Eve party, so we hope you enjoy it. For more information see our New Year's Eve Planner 2012-2013. | |
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 NYE Fireworks | Best places to view the midnight fireworks from on New Year's Eve:
1. By the river near Charles Bridge, up on Petrin Hill and by Prague Castle.
Main firework display is here, with fireworks over the river and Prague Castle.
River Cruises
Boats moor up near Charles Bridge to give excellent top deck views of the main firework display.
Restaurants
See the description for each restaurant on our New Year's Eve Planner for those offering views of the fireworks.
2. Old Town Square
Atmosphere is very lively, with handheld & aerial fireworks. |
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