• Czech Republic Guide

  • Introduction to The Czech Republic
  • Weather
  • Things not to miss
  • Getting around
  • Entry requirements
  • Money
  • Public holidays

• Explore The Czech Republic

  • Central Bohemia
  • South Bohemia
  • West Bohemia
  • North Bohemia
  • East Bohemia
  • South Moravia
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• Cities

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  • Prague
    

Czech Republic Guide

West Bohemia

Plzeň

• Accommodation
• Eating
• Drinking
• Nightlife and Entertainment

PLZEň (Pilsen) was built on beer and bombs. Despite the city's overwhelmingly industrial character, Plzeň has its compensations: a large student population, eclectic late nineteenth-century architecture, and an unending supply of (probably) the best beer in the world – all of which make it a justifiably popular stop-off on the main railway line between Prague and the West.