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Contents:

• THE 5 BEST PRAGUE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PRAGUE
• GAY BARS & CLUBS
• THE 10 BEST CZECH REPUBLIC GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CZECH REPUBLIC
• GAY PRAGUE
• PRAGUE’S VAL GAY SCENE
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS PRAHA 1 (CY CENTER) (PRAGUE)GAY CLUBS & BARS PRAHA 1 (CY CENTER)
• THE GAY SI OF PRAGUE
• GAY CZECH REPUBLIC
• PRAGUE GAY MAP

THE 5 BEST PRAGUE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PRAGUE

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GAY BARS & CLUBS

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THE 10 BEST CZECH REPUBLIC GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CZECH REPUBLIC

The Czech Republic has earned a reputatn for beg more liberal state than some of s European neighbors; this is generally accurate, wh tolerant attus towards issu like dg e and gay rights throughout the untry. The cy of Prague is pecially welg to gay culture and alternative venu.

Wh a large-and-growg gay muny and numero gay-iendly bars and clubs, Prague has also bee a popular statn amongst gay tourists. Acrdg to the experts, the gay scene Prague is que good. One gay expat referred to as “great” and said that “everyone is que open-md.

GAY PRAGUE

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Europe Issue | Heads UpPrague’s Val Gay Horji for The New York TimApril 14, 2010IT’S Friday night at Termix, a nightclub Prague’s affluent Vohrady district, and the dance floor is clogged wh unseasonably tanned Czech men well-lnred shirts (Trebizskeho 4a; 420-222-710-462;). Down the street are a number of other gay-iendly bars, f and clubs, cludg the multilevel dis Valento (Vohradska 40; 420-222-513-491;). Two s after the fall of Communism, Prague’s gay muny seems to be makg up for lost time, turng Vohrady to the center of what is one of the most val gay scen the former Eastern Bloc.

“Every gay iend I have liv here Vohrady, ” said Grant Maxfield, a stunt om Connecticut who moved to Prague two years ago and now helps n, a gay-oriented tourist se. Among this young muny’s fixtur are plac like Prague Sats (Polska 32; 420-222-250-326;), which has bee a hub for gay expatriat and tourists sce openg five years ago. “Ten years ago, there were gay bars here, but there weren’t many, ” said Pl Coggl, a former Londoner who owns Prague Sats.

Now the maple-led streets of Vohrady, he add, are peppered wh gay-owned bs. Another hub is the Piano Bar (Milovska 10; 420-222-727-496;), which looks like a tradnal Czech pub but serv an olr, mostly gay clientele.

PRAGUE’S VAL GAY SCENE

A uple of blocks away is Bumbum (Ondrickova 15; 420-724-585-676;), a gay club that opened last December and also ters to the young, but wh a more licent bent.

Some attribute the growg tolerance toward gay life Prague to a kd of live-and-let-live difference. Ined, gay soldiers n serve openly the ary, and the Czech Republic legalized registered partnerships for same-sex upl 2006.

“From the eastern part of Europe, Prague is the place where there is the most eedom for gays, ” said Mr. Vostarek says, he enuntered nsirable homophobia. ” A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn TR, Page 5 of the New York edn wh the headle: Prague’s Val Gay Scene.

TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS PRAHA 1 (CY CENTER) (PRAGUE)GAY CLUBS & BARS PRAHA 1 (CY CENTER)

Although Ostrava nnot be scribed as a major European LGBT statn, the cy still offers plenty of entertament and leisure opportuni for members of the gay muny the regn and beyond. Every weekend the cy’s gay clubs are full to burstg wh clients who have e to enjoy the relaxed vibe of Ostrava’s queer parti. Most gay and gay iendly tablishments are loted the cy centre.

The cy self is home to a large and active gay and lbian muny.

THE GAY SI OF PRAGUE

Exhibns, trips, sports events, a film ftival, dance events, and the tradnal gay tram ris – all of the and more have bee an tegral part of the lol queer muny’s vibrant life.

Although Ostrava nnot yet rival s partner cy Drn or nearby Vienna, n offer a broad spectm of gay iendly activi, and the cy’s unpretent, down-to-earth yet wonrfully tolerant atmosphere is sure to make for unfettable experienc. Gay iendly? The first Czech gay uple to tie the knot a registered same-sex partnership did so five years ago a ceremony at Ostrava’s New Cy Hall.

GAY CZECH REPUBLIC

The first ever gay ball the Czech Republic was held at the chate the cy’s Poba district.

PRAGUE GAY MAP

In 1994 and 1999 the Michálkovice Cultural Centre and the Cy of Ostrava Cultural Centre hosted the Czech Republic Gay Man petn. The Ostrava branch of the Lambda gay anizatn keeps up s long tradn of natnal meetgs, and every November the Ostrava Centre for Culture and Edutn hosts a retrospective of films om the Mezipatra Queer Film Ftival. In 2009 the Cy of Ostrava published a tourist gui that was the first ever guibook the untry to clu a chapter on gay iendly plac and activi.

A favoure event the gay muny is the climb to the top of Ostrava’s still-smokg Ema slag heap, climaxg a romantic piic wh a view – and there are many other events throughout the year, both large and small. Ostrava is not one of Europe’s biggt gay scen, but the lol muny is active creatg a rich mosaic of social events that attract visors om far and wi. Mezipatra highlights the separable lks between the timate and the social, the dividual and society, and offers a balanced portrayal of people who are often picted clichéd and stereotypil ways by mastream culture and gay tram ri happeng – Ostrava’s very own ‘gay pri’ event – tak place several tim a year.