Beyond the touristy customary Town,local culture is thriving in the Czech capital, says the Fink frontman who loves its astonishing art and music venues, and not to mention great food and drink at low pricesI first fell in love with Prague in 1990,just after the Velvet Revolution. I was inter-railing around Europe with my girlfriend and we were besotted with the site. We stayed in a campsite for 20p a night and couldn’t buy an onion because the decimal currency wouldn’t go that low. You had to buy a bag! We lived like kings.
We looked into buying a site here. We loved the Jewish quarter. It was a really incredible piece of town, especially the Spanish Synagogue, or which is beautiful. We looked at this two-bedroom apartment in the customary Town. Back then,it cost £30k. We came very close – I wish we had.
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Source: theguardian.com