95 Best Places to Shop in Czech Republic

The light dancing on the incredibly eye-catching glassware in this elegant boutique makes it almost impossible to walk on by. But the unusual jewelry, stunning brightly colored chandeliers, and an array of beads and Bohemia crystal will make you want to stay and shop. The prices are not for the fainthearted, but the pieces are worth it if you want to bring home something truly original.

A grimy, slightly hidden-away music shop that offers the same sense of retro within as its wares---records and CDs---will when you get them home. Friendly staff can help you find what you are looking for among the wall-to-wall music. 

A fantastically atmospheric wine shop and bar, with tapas. Bottles line the walls---it's a good spot for a recommendation---and there's an eye-catching winding iron stairway towards the back, as well as stools helping staff reach the more obscure choices. There are tastings too. 

Elegant glass stemware and decorative bowls and candlesticks are hand-blown or -cut and gorgeous enough to outfit the dining tables of Europe's aristocratic elite. This historic Czech company, established in Karlovy Vary in 1857, maintains two Prague locations—here and on Old Town Square. Both stores are breathtaking (although this location is a bit less hectic), boasting chandeliers, tea sets, and porcelain figurines on multiple floors, in addition to all that graceful glass.

For people who want to see more of the process of glassmaking, the Moser Visitors Center has a museum and offers factory tours along with shopping.

The perfect place for your art nouveau or Alfons Mucha fix (the world-famous Czech artist who made his name painting Sarah Bernhardt in fin de siècle Paris), this charming shop is located in a museum dedicated to the artist. You'll find posters, postcards, calendars, glass, jewelry, scarves, books, lamps, and more, all with the signature Mucha motifs.

Czech designer Martina Nevarilova offers a great line of relaxed and cozy knitwear, often in bold colors or stripes. The shops are worth a look if you're feeling the chill of the Prague winter or if you're on the hunt for a classy and unique cover-up for other occasions. 

This bright and airy mall is one of Prague's largest, but it's still manageable. It has a convenient mix of shops, including brands like Zara, H&M, Humanic, Levi's, and Clinique. There's also a large Tesco, a multiscreen movie theater, and a varied food court.

Located in the beautiful U Nováku building, a former department store, with its art nouveau entrance and decorated façade, this Czech tea and coffee company offers tastings, gift sets, teapots, and lots of different teas and blends in a high-ceilinged, airy store.

This wonderful modern bookshop specializes in art books, magazines, and prints, from gorgeous coffee-table photography books to Czech poetry. Page Five is also a publishing house, with a few of its own books available, as well as a meeting place and exhibition space. Plus, there's a friendly shop dog welcoming customers. 

This shopping center, the largest in central Prague, offers major global chains like Gap and Calvin Klein over five floors, as well as some coffee bars and restaurants. The building, newly constructed in 2007 on the site of a former barracks, is sympathetic to the more historic architecture nearby and also offers a welcome respite from the freezing temperatures outside during winter shopping excursions.

A cool, graffiti-chic space that champions Czech and Slovak fashion students and young designers making limited-edition clothes, accessories, and gifts. The owners take their fashion seriously, adopting their motto from Nicholas Cage's character in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart: "This snakeskin jacket represents a symbol of my individuality and a belief in personal freedom."

It looks like a magician's workshop, accessed through a curved door into a rustic tunnel-style interior, full of potions and bottles, and the truth is not that far off: a perfume studio where customers can conjure up (with the expert help of staff) their own personalized fragrances, in the first outfit of its kind in Prague. There are also off-the-shelf perfumes and candles, and all products are eco-friendly.

Can't bear the thought of leaving Prague without something completely unique? Stop by this little shop filled with eclectic creations—from underwear to funny diaries—by young, up-and-coming Czech designers. With a rotating collection, the shop is all about originality and unexpected fashions, reminding you that getting dressed can be an adventure.

This large, industrial-style market by the river offers some great deals and scope for bargaining, as well as a pleasant art nouveau market hall selling fruits, vegetables, and fresh flowers (Hall 22). Known locally as Holešovická tržnice, there are also some restaurants, bars, and bakeries, including a Slovakian deli, plus the experimental theater Jatka78.

There's an Asian market section here, too, but if you are looking for Prague's famous Vietnamese market, head to Sapa, or "Little Hanoi," on the edge of town (Metro Line C to Chodov, then Bus 197).

A genuine Czech glass success story, Preciosa has its headquarters just outside Prague and is now a global manufacturer, melting 40 tons of glass every day. In this sparkling shop in Staré Mĕsto, you can buy the chandeliers, glass sculptures, and jewelry the company is famous for.

Global brands here are paired with Czech-designed accessories at this flagship store for one of the country's largest sneaker and streetwear shops. Just off Wenceslas Square, the bright, light space is a trendy place to pick up a new pair of sneakers or an own-brand sweater. 

Take a trip back in time to when toys were made from wood and model cars were cherished. Everything about this store will make you smile, from the friendly owner's greeting to the stock of cheerful wind-up music boxes and animal figurines. Look closely at those wood-carved rocking horses and three-headed dragons; many items are handmade by Czech craftsmen. The shop even sells kits with colored pencils and pastels for budding young artists. It's only open in the afternoons, but easily combined with a visit to the Loreta.

The Room stocks creative European brands for fashion-conscious men, from cool Chinese-French Three Animals to Alex Monhart's swanky Czech-made black backpacks.

The cozy Malá Strana store boasts two floors of books, mostly in English, and displays work by local and international artists. Bookworms will be intoxicated by the sheer choice and reverent attitude to the tomes; this is a real old-school bookshop. Everyone else can soak up the expat atmosphere and pretend that they, too, never have to leave the Golden City.

This light-filled boutique in a historic building, with a gorgeous tiled floor, showcases clothes that are easily as lovely as the surroundings. Chic, light, and individual, for men and women, this is modern, sustainable Czech fashion at its most understated and elegant. 

A bit classier than the average mall, this collection of shops is flanked by a shady courtyard and features a few decent restaurants. Stores include big names like Calvin Klein, but it's the chic little boutiques, like Italian shoe retailer Baldinini, and the more interesting stores, like the wine shop Advivum, which does regular tastings in the garden, that set this mall apart. There's also a movie theater showing new releases, sometimes in English.

These cute enamelware products are a proper homegrown success story, from a sister-and-brother team who started off selling them on Charles Bridge. The look has now taken off, but these are the original and best, with their bright mugs, decorated with animals, now gracing a million homes worldwide, the team estimate.

One of the coolest shops in Prague, Space is usually teeming with funky young Czechs on the lookout for something new and different. The garments, from a mixture of local and global, and new and established, fashion houses, are beautiful, from the distressed jackets to the bright shirts; browsing the racks makes you feel like you're looking through somebody's wonderful closet. This is the menswear branch; the women's shop, which collaborates with leading Czech leather and fur specialist Ivana Mentlova, is a few streets over at Rámová 1.

This is Prague's preeminent toy store chain, with goodies for babies, toddlers, and older children. Let the little ones run wild among the Legos, puzzles, and games. Sparkys also stocks an adorable array of stuffed animals, including Krtek, the cute Czech cartoon character whose popularity spread across the communist world in the second half of the 20th century.

Tucked away beneath an archway behind Týn Church, this elegant shop features a selection of art nouveau and art deco items. Beautiful and unusual glass vases from Czech designers sit alongside furniture, glittering brooches, and delicate porcelain butterflies.

Boasting various urbane brands and occupying several residences on a posh street, Studio Cielo is great fun to browse in for both men and women. From Luisa Cerano's soft knits and chic coats to Richard J Brown's luxury denim, always with that extra decorative detail, there are plenty of options to tempt you to part with your koruny.

There's no avoiding the allure of the crystal on offer from this brand, founded by a Bohemian jeweler living in Austria in 1895. This store, right by Old Town Square, is an attractive outpost, complete with some spectacular crystal pillars. Pick up a playful key-ring charm or glittering bauble at relatively affordable prices. It's worth spending some time reveling in the window-filled space, as shoppers outside point excitedly at the displays.

A must-see for movie buffs, this cool little shop has everything from the films themselves on DVD, to clothes, to a carefully curated section of vintage Czechoslovak movie posters. The cinema housing the shop has a rotating exhibition of some of its best stock. 

Led by two Czech designers, this label churns out sleek, minimalist career and casual wear like wrap dresses and trenches. The flagship Prague store is relaxed and welcoming, with elegant T-shirts neatly displayed.