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Holešovice, Bubeneč & Dejvice

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Č Local Life & DEJVICE Best Places 5 to Eat  Popular Hangouts Spend a warm evening in  D a E m a n u e l ( p 1 5 6 ) summer at the Letná beer garden (p159 ). Get your beer in a plastic cup from the kiosk and head for a picnic  Restaurace U Veverky table. (p 157 )  Shopping The grassy knoll above the Dejvická metro  Argument (p156 ) station comes to life every Saturday from 9am to 2pm  Sasazu (p 154 ) with a farmers market (p157 ). Farmers bring their  Peperoncino (p 156 ) products to town and local residents turn out in droves. For reviews, see p 154 A  Spectator Sports ‘Go local’ with a colourful ‘Sparta Praha’ scarf and head to Generali Aréna (p163 ; Sparta Stadium) to check out a football (soccer) match. Go to Best Places the website to see if there’s a match scheduled during 6 to Drink your visit. You can usually snag tickets on match day at the stadium’s visitor centre.  Letná beer garden (p159 )  Fraktal (p 159 )  Kabinet (p 161 ) Getting There & Away  Na Slamníku (p159 )  Na Staré Kovárně (p 158 )  Metro To reach Holešovice, use the Vltavská or For reviews, see p 158 Nádraží Holešovice stations on line C (red). For Dejvice, A use the Hradčanská or Dejvická stations on line A (green). Best Places  Tram Lines 5, 12, 14, 15 and 17 run along Dukelských 3 to Party Hrdinů, the main north–south street in Holešovice; trams 1, 8, 15, 25 and 26 run east–west on Milady  C r o s s C l u b ( p 1 6 1 ) Horákové, serving both Holešovice and Bubene č. Lines  Sasazu (p 161 ) 2, 8, 20 and 26 all pass through Vítézné náměstí in the  Mecca (p162 ) centre of Dejvice.  Club Club (p 158 )  La Bodega Flamenca (p 160 ) For reviews, see p 161 A