Czechia: good to know
The general-information half of trip planning: how expensive Czechia feels, what is considered polite, what is not, and the everyday practicalities - alongside our 349 written places.
Dry humour, beer as a food group, and a certain deadpan reserve that melts with a greeting.
✓ Considered polite
- Say Dobry den entering shops
- State the total including tip when paying, German-style
- Toast with eye contact - Na zdravi
- Explore beyond Prague - Moravia and the smaller towns are the reward
✗ Better avoided
- Exchange money on the street or at tourist-strip kiosks - use bank ATMs and refuse dynamic currency conversion
- Expect smiling service - competence arrives without decoration
- Wear swimwear or drink loudly in Prague's centre - stag-party fatigue is real
- Assume euros are accepted - the koruna is the currency
Worth knowing
- Tipping is about 10%, said when paying
- Beer is often cheaper than water in restaurants - and excellent
- Trains and buses are cheap; Regiojet buses are comfortable and bookable
- Lunch menus, poledni menu, are half the price of dinner
Plugs and voltage: Wikipedia, «Mains electricity by country» (after the IEC World Plugs list), read 15 October 2026.
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Keep planning
Customs are living things - regions differ, cities relax, generations shift. Take these notes as a friendly head start, watch what locals do, and when in doubt a smile and a greeting in the local language cover almost everything.