The antidote to the postcard centre — Žižkov reputedly has the most pubs per capita in Europe, plus the giant Vítkov hill monument and a young, scruffy-cool nightlife. The catch: it's largely residential and rough around the edges, has few 'sights', and parts feel sketchy late at night. For travellers chasing real local nightlife over monuments, it's the move.
Žižkov is widely cited as having one of the highest densities of pubs per capita in Europe; Vítkov hill holds a colossal equestrian monument. · model-knowledge
Historically working-class and only partly gentrified, with a rougher night-time feel in places. · model-knowledge