{"slug":"prague","domain":"praguelogue.com","canonical":"www.praguelogue.com","siteName":"Prague Logue","place":{"name":"Prague (Praha)","country":"Czechia","region":"Bohemia","lat":50.0755,"lon":14.4378},"updated":"2026-10-03","title":"Prague Logue - Two prices for everything; pay the local one","description":"Prague charges a tourist rate for cash, taxis, airport buses and pastries, and a local one a tap away. Fares, scams, crowds and neighbourhoods, checked October 2026.","thesis":"Prague has two prices for nearly everything, and the tourist one is optional.","essay":["Almost everything a visitor buys in Prague comes in two prices. From the airport, trolleybus 59 and metro line A take you into the centre on a 46 CZK app ticket; the Airport Express bus doubled to 200 CZK in January 2026; and a man in a yellow 'Info' sign outside arrivals will walk you to a car that charges 1,800 CZK for a ride that should cost about 600. A bank ATM gives you crowns at your card's rate; a Euronet machine charges 99 to 199 CZK to a foreign card and pushes a conversion that in one 2026 case cost a tourist more than 4,000 CZK extra. A trdelník, sold in costume as an old Czech recipe, reached the country in 2004 and costs up to 290 CZK in Prague.","The tourist price is also paid in time. Prague had more than eight million visitors in 2025, three per cent up on 2024, and most of them stand in the same few hundred metres of Prague 1. DW reported that seven in ten people living in the Old Town are tourists. Thousands gather under the Astronomical Clock for an hourly show that now makes lists of the world's most overrated sights, and a 70-centimetre alley in Malá Strana became so popular on social media that Prague 1 had to bring back its pedestrian traffic light. The city's own response has been to push out the worst of it: organised pub crawls have been banned between 10pm and 6am since October 2024.","The local price is simply ordinary Prague life, and it is easy to reach. A 24-hour ticket is 140 CZK in the PID Lítačka app and now includes the rebuilt Petřín funicular. A half-litre of twelve-degree draught averaged 61.50 CZK across Czech pubs in 2025. Vinohrady, Žižkov, Holešovice and Karlín are a few tram stops from the Old Town Square, with beer gardens, Saturday farmers' markets and Vietnamese kitchens that most visitors never see. One thing the city has not fixed: there are still no binding limits on short-term rentals, and campaigners count nearly 12,000 tourist beds inside residential buildings in the centre. Where you sleep is part of the price too."],"placeScore":{"factors":[{"key":"value","score":6.5,"verdict":"Between 5 and 8: dorms from about 225 CZK, a 140 CZK day ticket and a draught beer near 60-70 CZK are good value for an EU capital, but a Kayak average double of about 5,300 CZK, pub prices up 55% since 2019 and the tourist rates on cash, taxis and the Airport Express eat into it.","evidence":["hostelworld","kayak","cnb-rate","pid-tariff","pdn-beer","numbeo","pdn-ae"]},{"key":"getting-around","score":8.5,"verdict":"Above the 8 anchor: one PID ticket covers metro, trams, buses, ferries, city trains and now the reopened Petřín funicular, the app day cap stops overpaying, and trolleybus 59 links the airport to metro A every few minutes; no airport train before 2030 and the cobbles keep it off 9.","evidence":["pid-fares","pid-tariff","pid-airport","dpp-59","pid-petrin","wv-prague","expats-rail"]},{"key":"crowds-timing","score":5,"verdict":"At the 5 anchor: over eight million visitors in 2025 pack a small core (the Astronomical Clock makes overrated lists, the narrowest alley needed a traffic light), and the classic day trips are crowded too, though the crowding stops a few tram stops out and early hours help.","evidence":["pdn-tourists","dw-overtourism","mf-overrated","expats-narrowest","expats-traps","sedlec"]},{"key":"safety-hassle","score":6,"verdict":"Just above 5: violent risk is low, but the scams are many and expensive (fake airport taxi touts, Euronet conversion charges, street money changers with dead Belarusian roubles) and pickpockets work the airport bus and Castle trams; all of it is well documented and avoidable.","evidence":["fcdo","expats-taxi","expats-euronet","expats-euronet-jul","expats-fakemoney","wv-prague"]},{"key":"food","score":7,"verdict":"Near the 8 anchor for drinking and close to it for eating: cheap, excellent draught beer, weekday lunch menus, farmers' markets and a real Vietnamese food culture, held back by heavy, pricier pub food and an Old Town of trdelník stands and tourist menus.","evidence":["pdn-beer","numbeo","wv-prague","guardian-viet","ap-markets","bbc-trdelnik"]},{"key":"indie-fit","score":8,"verdict":"At the 8 anchor: Vinohrady, Žižkov, Holešovice and Karlín, the beer gardens, markets and Sapa are all on the one city ticket, and trains reach Kutná Hora in under an hour; the packaged path (pub crawls, bone-church coach tours) is easy to skip.","evidence":["ap-hoods","wv-east","expats-karlin","ap-summer","ap-markets","guardian-viet","wv-prague","guardian-crawl"]}],"summary":"Cheap and easy to move around, good for beer and better for food than its reputation once you leave the centre, but crowded and full of small, costly traps in Prague 1. Most of what goes wrong for visitors here is a choice of price, and the cheaper choice is usually also the better one.","overall":6.8,"version":"editorial-v1"},"pros":[{"text":"One PID ticket covers metro, trams, buses, ferries and city trains: 36 CZK for 30 minutes and 46 CZK for 90 minutes in the PID Lítačka app (39 and 50 CZK on paper), 140 CZK for 24 hours and 340 CZK for 72 hours.","sources":["pid-tariff","pid-fares"]},{"text":"The airport is a public transport ride away: trolleybus 59 runs to metro A at Nádraží Veleslavín every few minutes, on an ordinary 90-minute ticket, about 35 minutes to the centre.","sources":["pid-airport","dpp-59","wv-prague"]},{"text":"Beer is still cheap by European standards: a half-litre of twelve-degree draught averaged 61.50 CZK in Czech pubs in 2025, and Numbeo's typical Prague pint is 69 CZK.","sources":["pdn-beer","numbeo"]},{"text":"Cards and phone payments work almost everywhere, including on ticket machines and at taxis, so most visitors need little or no cash.","sources":["wv-prague","irishtimes"]},{"text":"Since 2019 exchange offices may not charge commission on cash exchanges or advertise 'special' rates, and must reverse a cash exchange of up to 1,000 euros within three hours if you ask; the window becomes six months if they did not give you a receipt listing your rights.","sources":["expats-exchange-law","wv-prague"]}],"cons":[{"text":"Crowds: Prague had more than eight million visitors in 2025, three per cent up on 2024, concentrated in Prague 1, where DW reported that seven in ten people living in the Old Town are tourists.","sources":["pdn-tourists","dw-overtourism"]},{"text":"The scams are old, well known and still working: impostor taxi touts at the airport, Euronet ATM fees and conversion charges, and street changers who hand over worthless Belarusian roubles (two men were arrested and expelled for it in September 2026).","sources":["expats-taxi","expats-euronet","expats-fakemoney","fcdo"]},{"text":"Pubs have got dearer: draught beer rose more than 55% from 2019 to 2025 and an average goulash from 118 to 183 CZK, after beer moved to the standard 21% VAT rate.","sources":["pdn-beer"]},{"text":"There is no airport train. The rail line via Kladno is due around 2030; until then it is the bus, and the direct Airport Express now costs 200 CZK.","sources":["expats-rail","pdn-ae","pid-tariff"]},{"text":"Hotels peak in December, when Kayak's average is about $328 a night (roughly 7,150 CZK), and Saturdays run to about $416.","sources":["kayak","cnb-rate"]}],"bullshit":[{"claim":"Trdelník is a traditional Czech pastry; you have to try one on the way to Charles Bridge.","reality":"It is a Hungarian and Transylvanian chimney cake (kürtőskalács) that reached Czechia in 2004 via a Moravian bakery, Český Krumlov in 2005 and Prague a year or two later; the ice-cream filling dates from 2015. Locals mostly avoid it, and in Czech 'trdelník' can mean a simpleton. An iDNES test in 2026 found basic ones at 79 to 190 CZK and an elaborate Prague version at 290 CZK, most handled with bare hands. Ask a bakery for koláče instead.","severity":"trap","sources":["bbc-trdelnik","wv-prague","expats-trdelnik","expats-traps"]},{"claim":"0% commission: change your money here, or grab cash from the first ATM you see.","reality":"Old Town exchange boards advertise 'we sell' rates or rates only for very large sums; some pay half the real rate. The 2019 law bans commissions and gives you three hours to reverse an exchange of up to 1,000 euros, so keep the receipt. The yellow-and-blue Euronet ATMs charge foreign cards 99 to 199 CZK, have billed a balance check nobody saw, and offer a conversion that in one 2026 case added more than 4,000 CZK; a July 2026 fix only made the cancel button bigger. Use a bank ATM and always decline conversion. Never change money on the street: the 'rate' is paid in dead Belarusian roubles.","severity":"scam","sources":["wv-prague","expats-exchange-law","expats-euronet","expats-euronet-jun","expats-euronet-jul","expats-fakemoney"]},{"claim":"Take the Airport Express, or just grab a taxi outside arrivals.","reality":"The Airport Express doubled from 100 to 200 CZK in January 2026 and takes no PID tickets; trolleybus 59 plus metro A costs 46 CZK in the app and runs every few minutes. Outside arrivals, men in yellow 'Info' signs steer people to cars charging 70 CZK a kilometre plus a 500 CZK 'luggage fee'; one passenger paid 1,800 CZK for a 600 CZK ride. Uber is the airport's official taxi (genuine airport staff wear red vests, not yellow signs), Liftago and Bolt also work, and Prague caps metered taxis at 36 CZK a kilometre. The rank at the main station is no better.","severity":"scam","sources":["pdn-ae","pid-tariff","pid-airport","expats-taxi","expats-taxicaps","wv-prague","ap-airport"]},{"claim":"Be in Old Town Square on the hour to watch the Astronomical Clock.","reality":"Thousands stand pressed together waiting for it to strike the hour, which is why it keeps turning up on overrated lists (tenth worldwide in a 2026 review-sentiment ranking, second in Czechia in Flowee's). The clock is worth a look; the crowd is optional. Go up the Old Town Hall tower in its first hour of opening instead, when tickets are half price (175 CZK instead of 350). The same logic applies to the 70cm 'narrowest street' in Malá Strana, now so jammed that Prague 1 restored its pedestrian traffic light.","severity":"overhyped","sources":["dw-overtourism","mf-overrated","expats-traps","pct-oth","expats-narrowest"]},{"claim":"Prague has cracked down on Airbnb, so short-term rentals in the centre are now regulated.","reality":"Not yet. As of October 2026 Prague cannot impose limits such as caps on rental days or neighbourhood-only restrictions on its own; a national amendment and the eTurista accommodation register are still being debated. Prague 1 voters backed restrictions in an October 2025 referendum (72%), and campaigners count 11,798 tourist beds inside residential buildings in the centre at mid-2026, only 12 fully compliant. DW reported in 2024 that housing tourists in flats breaks existing law but is not prosecuted. Booking a centre apartment often means renting a home out of the housing stock; a hotel, hostel or flat outside Prague 1 avoids that.","severity":"outdated","sources":["expats-airbnb","expats-p1airbnb","dw-overtourism"]}],"changes":[{"date":"2024-03-06","change":"Trolleybus 59, run with 24-metre battery trolleybuses, replaced bus 119 between the airport and metro A at Nádraží Veleslavín.","why":"Any guide that says 'take the 119' is out of date: the route and fare are the same, the number on the front is 59.","sources":["dpp-59","ap-airport","pid-airport"]},{"date":"2024-10","change":"Prague banned organised pub crawls between 10pm and 6am, enforced by the police, as part of a push for 'more cultured' visitors.","why":"Night-time crawl tours are gone; some city-centre bars also refuse stag groups. Find your own pubs, which is the better night anyway.","sources":["guardian-crawl","bbc-crawl","dw-overtourism","fcdo"]},{"date":"2026-01-01","change":"A new PID tariff raised single and tourist tickets (30 minutes 39 CZK, 90 minutes 50 CZK, 24 hours 150 CZK, 72 hours 350 CZK on paper, about 10% less in the PID Lítačka app), doubled the Airport Express to 200 CZK, and lifted the on-the-spot fine for riding without a ticket to 1,200 CZK.","why":"Buy in the app: it is cheaper, and caps your day at the 24-hour price. Paper tickets must be stamped when you board.","sources":["pid-tariff","pdn-ae","wv-prague"]},{"date":"2025-10","change":"Prague 1 held a local referendum on short-term rentals, with 72% of participating voters backing restrictions; in July 2026 the district asked the government for powers to track hosts and check permits.","why":"Rules may tighten after the 9-10 October 2026 municipal elections and a national law, but none bind yet.","sources":["expats-p1airbnb","expats-airbnb"]},{"date":"2026-07","change":"Euronet changed the screens on its Czech ATMs after an MEP's complaint to the European Commission over hidden fees.","why":"The change only makes 'cancel' more visible; the conversion offer is still there. Use a bank ATM and decline conversion.","sources":["expats-euronet-jul","expats-euronet-jun"]},{"date":"2026-09-22","change":"The Petřín funicular reopened after a two-year closure, with new Doppelmayr cars and no stop at Nebozízek on the way down. A single ride rose from 60 to 100 CZK (90 CZK in the app).","why":"The 24-hour and 72-hour tickets include it, so ride up Petřín on the day ticket you already hold.","sources":["pid-petrin","pid-fares"]}],"costs":{"currency":"CZK","asOf":"2026-10","note":"Dorm figures are Hostelworld lead-in prices read on 3 October 2026 (a few listings showed garbled currency figures and are left out). Hotel figures are Kayak's monthly averages in US dollars, converted at the Czech National Bank rate of 21.795 CZK per dollar on 2 October 2026. Meal, coffee and beer ranges are Numbeo's crowd-sourced survey (2,305 entries in the past year). Fares are the PID tariff in force since 1 January 2026.","items":[{"label":"A hostel dorm bed","low":225,"high":574,"unit":"per night","note":"Lead-in dorm prices across most listed hostels in early October.","sources":["hostelworld"]},{"label":"A hotel double room","low":3600,"high":7150,"unit":"per night","note":"Kayak averages: January cheapest ($165), December dearest ($328); overall average $242, about 5,270 CZK.","sources":["kayak","cnb-rate"]},{"label":"A meal at an inexpensive restaurant","low":190,"high":381,"unit":"per meal","note":"Typical about 237 CZK. A pub goulash averaged 183 CZK nationally in 2025.","sources":["numbeo","pdn-beer"]},{"label":"A half-litre of draught beer","low":50,"high":75,"unit":"per half-litre","note":"Numbeo typical 69 CZK; the national pub average for twelve-degree draught was 61.50 CZK in 2025.","sources":["numbeo","pdn-beer"]},{"label":"A cappuccino","low":50,"high":100,"unit":"per cup","note":"Typical about 80 CZK.","sources":["numbeo"]},{"label":"PID public transport, all of Prague","low":140,"high":350,"unit":"24-hour or 72-hour ticket","note":"24 hours 140 CZK in the app (150 paper); 72 hours 340 CZK (350 paper). A 90-minute single is 46 CZK in the app.","sources":["pid-tariff","pid-fares"]},{"label":"Airport to the centre","low":46,"high":200,"unit":"one way, adult","note":"46 CZK on trolleybus 59 plus metro with an app ticket; 200 CZK on the Airport Express; a legitimate taxi is about 600 CZK.","sources":["pid-airport","pid-tariff","expats-taxi"]},{"label":"Old Town Hall tower and interiors","low":175,"high":350,"unit":"per adult","note":"350 CZK; half price in the first hour after opening (9am April to December).","sources":["pct-oth"]}]},"indie":{"paragraphs":["Prague opens up the moment you get on a tram heading away from the river. Vinohrady has the parks and the cafés, Žižkov the bars (more per head than anywhere, the locals claim), Holešovice and Letná the galleries and a 19th-century slaughterhouse turned food market, and Karlín, rebuilt after the 2002 flood, the newer kitchens. They are all inside the one city ticket, and Around Prague describes Holešovice-Letná as almost free of mass tourism.","The best things here are cheap and local: a Saturday morning at the Náplavka farmers' market on the embankment, a cash-only beer under the chestnuts in Letná park at sunset, lunch from the Czech-only weekday menu, or a bowl of phở in Sapa, the 250,000-square-metre Vietnamese trading quarter in Libuš that most visitors never hear of. Vietnamese are the country's third-largest minority, after Ukrainians and Slovaks, and their restaurants are now part of how Prague eats."],"doThis":[{"text":"Spend Saturday morning at the Náplavka farmers' market on Rašínovo nábřeží, the Vltava embankment by Palacký Bridge: 90 to 100 stalls, 8am to 2pm, closed in January. Arrive at eight, before the crowds.","sources":["ap-markets","ap-summer"]},{"text":"Take tram 17 or bus 197 from Smíchovské nádraží to Sapa in Libuš for bánh mì from the stalls behind the Lotus restaurant and robusta at Hippo Café.","sources":["guardian-viet"]},{"text":"Watch the sunset from the Letná beer garden beside Letenský zámeček (bring cash, come early on hot weekends), or from the slope of Riegrovy sady in Vinohrady, the locals' version.","sources":["ap-summer","wv-west"]},{"text":"At lunch (11am to 2pm on weekdays) ask for the 'denní menu, prosím': the Czech-only daily menu is the cheap, ordinary way Prague eats.","sources":["wv-prague"]},{"text":"Skip the hourly clock crowd and climb the Old Town Hall tower in its first hour of opening, at half price; then take the reopened Petřín funicular on your day ticket.","sources":["pct-oth","pid-petrin"]},{"text":"For Kutná Hora, take the train (about 50 minutes) and buy a timed Sedlec Ossuary ticket online first (220 CZK): entry is capacity-limited. Český Krumlov is nearly three hours by bus each way, so stay the night or try Telč instead.","sources":["wv-prague","sedlec","expats-traps"]}]},"bases":[{"name":"Old Town and Malá Strana (Prague 1)","for":"Everything famous on foot: the Old Town Square, Charles Bridge and the Castle, with no tram needed for sightseeing days.","against":"Kayak's Old Town average is about $255 (roughly 5,560 CZK) a night, residents are outnumbered by tourists, and many apartment listings are the unregulated short-term rentals Prague 1 voted to restrict.","sources":["kayak","cnb-rate","dw-overtourism","expats-p1airbnb"]},{"name":"Vinohrady (Prague 2)","for":"Pre-war streets, Riegrovy sady and its beer garden, cafés, and metro A at Náměstí Míru and Jiřího z Poděbrad.","against":"Around Prague calls it one of the pricier areas outside the centre; its draw is parks and cafés, and the big sights are a metro ride away.","sources":["ap-hoods","wv-east","ap-summer"]},{"name":"Žižkov (Prague 3)","for":"Cheaper, younger and full of pubs, with the TV tower and Vítkov hill overhead and trams 5, 9, 15 and 26 to the centre.","against":"Lower Žižkov around Husitská is pawn shops and rough bars, and the oldest part, where most hotels and restaurants are, is served by trams, with the metro stops on its edges.","sources":["wv-east","ap-hoods"]},{"name":"Holešovice and Letná (Prague 7)","for":"The Holešovice Market, the DOX art centre, Letná park and Stromovka, with hostels such as Sir Toby's near metro C at Vltavská.","against":"Further from the Old Town than it looks on the map (Sir Toby's is listed at 2.7km), so plan on trams for sightseeing days.","sources":["expats-holesovice","wv-west","ap-hoods","hostelworld"]}],"seanNotes":[],"handoffs":[{"label":"Route Prague into a multi-stop or round-the-world trip","url":"https://www.airtreks.com/","why":"Prague is a natural Central European stop between Berlin and Vienna; AirTreks builds multi-stop itineraries that fly into one European city and out of another.","product":"AirTreks"},{"label":"BootsnAll Prague travel guide","url":"https://www.bootsnall.com/czech-republic/prague","why":"The long-form guide: neighbourhoods, seasons, itineraries and onward trains to Vienna, Berlin and Kraków.","product":"BootsnAll"},{"label":"WhyGo: Prague, not so cheap anymore, but hostels help","url":"https://whygo.com/prague-not-so-cheap-anymore-but-hostels-help.html","why":"A 2009 budget piece from the BootsnAll network; its prices are dated but its advice on season and hostels still holds.","product":"WhyGo"},{"label":"Praha Blog: Prague, past the Old Town Square","url":"https://www.prahablog.com/","why":"The sister one-page hub for the city's museums and official sources, for the institutions behind the city: museums, civic information and official sources.","product":"Other"}],"sources":[{"id":"pid-tariff","title":"New PID Tariff from 1 January 2026: Don't pay more than you have to","publisher":"Pražská integrovaná doprava (PID)","url":"https://pid.cz/en/new-pid-tariff-from-1-january-2026-dont-pay-more-than-you-have-to/","kind":"official","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"pid-fares","title":"Tickets and fare","publisher":"Pražská integrovaná doprava (PID)","url":"https://pid.cz/en/tickets-and-fare/","kind":"official","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"pid-airport","title":"Travel to Airport and Stations","publisher":"Pražská integrovaná doprava (PID)","url":"https://pid.cz/en/travel-information/airport-and-stations/","kind":"official","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"pid-petrin","title":"The Petřín funicular resumes service with new cabins on Tuesday, September 22","publisher":"Pražská integrovaná doprava (PID)","url":"https://pid.cz/en/the-petrin-funicular-resumes-service-with-new-cabins-on-tuesday-september-22/","kind":"official","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"dpp-59","title":"Head to the Airport by the Longest Trolleybus in the Czech Republic","publisher":"Prague Public Transit Company (DPP)","url":"https://www.dpp.cz/en/company/news/detail/342_2540-head-to-the-airport-by-the-longest-trolleybus-in-the-czech-republic","kind":"official","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"pct-oth","title":"Old Town Hall with Astronomical Clock","publisher":"Prague City Tourism","url":"https://prague.eu/en/objevujte/old-town-hall-with-astronomical-clock-staromestska-radnice-s-orlojem/","kind":"official","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"sedlec","title":"Sedlec: Ossuary and Cathedral, tickets","publisher":"Sedlec (Roman Catholic Parish of Kutná Hora-Sedlec)","url":"https://www.sedlec.info/en/","kind":"official","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"fcdo","title":"Safety and security - Czechia travel advice","publisher":"UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/czech-republic/safety-and-security","kind":"official","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"cnb-rate","title":"Central bank exchange rate fixing, 2 October 2026","publisher":"Czech National Bank","url":"https://www.cnb.cz/en/financial-markets/foreign-exchange-market/central-bank-exchange-rate-fixing/central-bank-exchange-rate-fixing/daily.txt?date=02.10.2026","kind":"statistics","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"guardian-crawl","title":"Prague bans night-time pub crawls in bid to attract 'more cultured, wealthier' tourists","publisher":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/15/prague-pub-crawl-ban-tourism-zdenek-hrib","kind":"journalism","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"bbc-crawl","title":"Prague to ban organised night pub crawls in bid for 'refined' visitors","publisher":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxr8yywlgjo","kind":"journalism","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"dw-overtourism","title":"Prague battles with the consequences of overtourism","publisher":"DW","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/prague-battles-with-the-consequences-of-overtourism/a-70779698","kind":"journalism","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"bbc-trdelnik","title":"Trdelník: The Czech food that's not Czech","publisher":"BBC Travel","url":"https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20241014-trdelnik-the-czech-food-thats-not-czech","kind":"journalism","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"expats-trdelnik","title":"Trdelník test finds big differences in hygiene, taste, and price across Czechia","publisher":"Expats.cz","url":"https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/trdelnik-test-finds-big-differences-in-hygiene-taste-and-price-across-czechia","kind":"journalism","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"expats-euronet","title":"SCAM ALERT: Beware of Euronet ATMs' hidden extra charge","publisher":"Expats.cz","url":"https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/scam-alert-beware-of-euronet-atms-extra-charge","kind":"journalism","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"expats-euronet-jun","title":"Czech news in brief for June 9 (Euronet complaint to the European Commission)","publisher":"Expats.cz / ČTK","url":"https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/czech-news-in-brief-for-june-9-2026-tuesday-top-afternoon-headlines","kind":"journalism","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"expats-euronet-jul","title":"Czech news in brief for July 4 (Euronet modifies ATMs in Czechia)","publisher":"Expats.cz / ČTK","url":"https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/czech-news-in-brief-for-july-4-2026-saturday-top-afternoon-headlines","kind":"journalism","accessed":"2026-10-03"},{"id":"expats-exchange-law","title":"Ripoff Prague exchange offices no more! 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