I did a 6 week study abroad trip to Prague in 2009 in college, and it was the best experience of my life. One of the things I like is how the city is organized into districts (Prague 2, Prague 8, etc), and so as a visiting student I could judge how far something was when someone said “that’s in Prague 9”.
Also, obviously the beer. I distinctly remember being stunned by the fact that beer is quite literally cheaper than water. Here in America, water is like the free thing that you order when you don’t want to spend money. But when I was in Prague, water was not free, it was the nice stuff that came in Perrier bottles and was poured into a bespoke glass. Whereas beer was absurdly cheap. When I was there you could get it for the equivalent of less than 1USD for a pint. It’s probably more now.
Not to mention all of the beautiful buildings. Prague is one of the few large European cities that managed to get out of WW1/WW2 virtually unscathed, and has a ton of very old buildings. Vyserád Castle is excellent and is not as known about as Prague Castle. I highly recommend it.
Since 2015 lots of smaller craft brewerys, pub micro brewerys… poped up in Czech Republic. Beer culture is slowly shifting that way.
So when you get here don’t drink some mainstream beer (Pilsner, Staropramen…) find something better.
Can you still buy Pilsner or Staropramen for less than a dollar (I guess about 20 czk)?
You can find really cheap beer in cans/bottles for around 10 czk. I don’t drink it (look at my post history).
In pubs it is around 35 czk.
I am in EU city right now.
I guess the question would be then, are you planning on staying in your city?
Another vote for Prague
It’s cliché, but Amsterdam. Been there twice and I need to go back.
All I want to do is walk and bike around, eat, drink, and then chill in my row house before doing it all again the next day…
I’ve lobbied for years to get transferred there. Still trying.
Longyearbyen in Svalbard. I’ve been to Svalbard once, and I’d love to go back one day. Incredible place, Aldrin’s “magnificent desolation” quote sprang to mind.
It’d be great to get to go on a longer trip, eg. cross country skiing, but it’d be incredibly expensive since you have to essentially have an armed guide because of polar bears: every group outside the city (“city”) is required to have someone with a rifle. Could in theory apply for a permit of my own but I’d need to get one back home too first and also buy a rifle.
I’d love to visit Svalbard, or another remote northern locaiton, too. Is Svalbard the one with the abandoned Russian coal mining settlement?
