(photo: pumpkins.cz)

Halloween is primarily an American holiday, and thanks to the local American expatriate community, it is celebrated in Prague as well. So why not enjoy this autumn festival while in Prague.

Bykos Farm 

First, of course, you will need a pumpkin. You can find one at the Holešovice market (Bubenské nábřezi, Prague 7). At  this large market area, you can find not only good fruit and vegetables, but just about anything - from cheap trinkets to antiques and secondhand goods. But the best place to buy your pumpkin is incontestably at a farm, for instance the Bykos Farm near the town of Beroun. It is best to go on the weekend…. and to spend all afternoon there! Not only to pick out that perfect pumpkin, but also to ride a pony, see rabbits and turkeys… And for a modest price, you can eat on the spot - pumpkin soup, for example, or an apple-pumpkin strudel.

The food is excellent, the atmosphere fantastic and you will certainly return enchanted from your time there! The village of Bykos is located approximately 35 km from Prague, not far from Beroun. Once there, you can find the farm by following the pumpkins! More information.

The Halloween costume 

You will obviously need a costume. You can rent some for less than 400 CZK for three days at Karneval, Pluku 7. Or try the Ateliery Famood at Spálena 7 or Ladana at Opatovická 20. Another option are the Barrandov. film studios, Krizeneckeho namesti 322.

The big evening 

If you want to go trick-or-treating on Halloween Eve, take your children to the American School in the village of Nebusice in Prague 6. At nightfall, you may feel as if you have crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Swarms of English-speaking children in disguise visit fancifully decorated houses.

Their parents often visit some of the local American restaurants to for the typical Halloween atmosphere, such as Bohemia Bagel, but even the French Brasserie M, whose chef is French but whose wife is Canadian, offers a typical North American menu on this evening