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A good spot to look for Czech works in translation, this excellent English-language bookshop is a community-minded place that organises film evenings.
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Antikvita
This antique shop is a collector's delight, crammed with cases and cabinets overflowing with vintage toys, model trains, dolls, coins, medals, jewellery, clocks, watches, militaria, postcards, porcelain figures, glassware and much, much more. If you have something to sell, Antikvita holds buying sessions on Wednesday and Thursday (from till noon and till ).
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Art Décoratif
This is a beautiful shop dealing in Czech-made reproductions of fine Art Nouveau and Art Deco glassware, jewellery and fabrics, including some stunning vases and bowls. It's also an outlet for the gorgeously delicate creations of Jarmila Plockova, granddaughter of Alfons Mucha, who uses elements of his paintings in her work.
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Art Décoratif
This is a beautiful shop dealing in Czech-made reproductions of fine Art Nouveau and Art Deco glassware, jewellery and fabrics, including some stunning vases and bowls.
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Bat'a
For generations, schoolchildren the world over have known Bata shoes (called Bat'a in the original). However, the Czech corporation's Wenceslas Sq store is a slightly more fashionable experience, incorporating cool streetwear brands alongside its own over six retail floors. A great Czech success story, the family-run firm has been going since 1894, and this 1929 flagship store is considered a Functionalist architectural masterpiece.
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Bazar
There's a vast selection of second-hand CDs, LPs and videos to browse through here at Bazar, representing a wide range of genres. Czech and Western pop jostle with jazz, blues, heavy metal, country and world music, though with CDs costing around Kč300 to around Kč400 this place is not exactly what you'd call a bargain basement.
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Belda Jewellery
Belda & Co is a long-established Czech firm, dating from 1922. Nationalised in 1948, it was revived by the founder's son and grandson, and continues to create gold and silver jewellery of a very high standard. Its range includes its own angular, contemporary designs, as well as reproductions based on Art Nouveau designs by Alfons Mucha.
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Big Ben
A small but very well-stocked English-language bookshop, with shelves devoted to a range of subjects including Prague reference books, travel, children's literature, science fiction, poetry and the latest bestsellers. Big Ben also sells English-language newspapers and magazines at the counter.
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Botanicus
Prepare for olfactory overload in this popular old apothecary, which sells natural health and beauty products in slightly nostalgic packaging. The scented soaps, herbal bath oils and shampoos, fruit cordials and handmade paper products are made from herbs and plants grown on an organic farm east of Prague.
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Bríc Á Brac
Hidden up a narrow lane behind the Týn church, this is a wonderfully cluttered cave of old household items and glassware and toys and apothecary jars and 1940s leather jackets and cigar boxes and typewriters and stringed instruments and… Despite the junky look of the place, the knick-knacks are surprisingly expensive; there are two 'showrooms', a small one on Týnská, and a larger one in a nearby courtyard (follow the signs).
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Cellarius
Take a break from Czech beer and absinth; visit this cute vinotheque and sample Czech wine (eg a Frankovka red or Müller Thurgau white) at its few outdoor seats.
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Devaco
This gorgeously stocked jewellery boutique includes the trademark Easter egg pendants created by Fabergé, jewellers to the Russian royal family, as well as a sparkly array of rings, cufflinks, brooches, bracelets and necklaces.
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Foto Škoda
This excellent store provides all your photographic needs, from film, digital downloads and photo-CD burning to camera repairs, batteries and new equipment.
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Frey Wille
An Austrian jewellery maker famed for its enamel work, Frey Wille produces a distinctive range of highly decorative pieces. Their traditional Paisley and Egyptian designs have now been complemented by a range of Art Nouveau designs based on the works of Alfons Mucha.
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Galerie České Plastiky
This commercial gallery is a treasure house of 19th- and 20th-century and contemporary Czech art, not only sculpture but also paintings, prints and photography. There are regular themed exhibitions, and all items are for sale, with prices ranging from around Kč2000 to 2 million Kč.
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Galerie Vlasta
This small boutique showcases the delicate creations in gold and silver wire of award-winning contemporary Czech designer Vlasta Wasserbauerová, including a range of highly distinctive net-like brooches, necklaces and earrings.
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Gigasport
This sports superstore in the Mýslbek Shopping Centre has three floors of sportswear and equipment, covering just about all the activities and big-name brands that you might want. You're not allowed to take large bags into the store - use the lockers just inside the door.
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Granát Turnov
The vast array of stores selling garnet jewellery in Prague is confusing, but this is the connoisseurs' favourite and it's easy to see why. As the largest national manufacturer, it has a huge range, from genuine gold and garnet pieces to more affordable gold-plated silver and vltavín (or moldavite, a dark green semiprecious stone). Look for the sign 'Bohemian Garnet Jewellery'.
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Havelská Market
Souvenirs have insinuated themselves among the fruit and veg of this formerly produce-only market. While the shops on either side of the street are selling entirely resistible tat, the market stalls are worth a quick browse for fresh honey or sweets, as well as colourfully painted eggs sold in the run-up to Easter.
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Helena Fejková Gallery
Fejková's designer clothes will appeal more to mature women, but females of all ages will enjoy the slightly Victorian showroom. Up the stairs opposite Kavarna Lucerna you'll find old shop dummies set between movie lights across a creaky floor. Some of the jewellery is quite funky and affordable.
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Hudy Sport
One of the half-dozen branches of this nationwide chain of stores, Hudy Sport provides reasonably priced equipment for hiking, climbing, camping and other outdoor activities and pursuits. There is a good selection of boots, backpacks, sleeping bags, tents, waterproofs and the like, as well as more specialist gear such as crampons, ice axes and climbing ropes. There are seven branches in the city, including another central one at Na Perštýné 14.
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Icons Gallery
In the same building as Antique Music Instruments, this cluttered little shop has a luminous collection of Russian and Eastern European religious icons, as well as lots of other decorative objets d'art, watches, porcelain and Art Nouveau glassware.
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Jan Pazdera
Not so much for snap-happy holidaymakers (who should head to Fota Škoda) as for serious photo enthusiasts, this has mesmerising displays of secondhand cameras, darkroom gear, lenses, binoculars and telescopes. Models range from the basic but sturdy Russian-made Zenit to expensive Leicas.
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Karel Vávra
Handmade fiddles decorate the interior of this old-fashioned violin workshop where Karel and his assistants beaver away making and repairing these instruments in time-honoured fashion. Even if you are not in search of a custom-made violin, it's worth a look just for the time-warp atmosphere.
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Kebab
The coolest streetwear boutique in Prague is notable for its stylish but humorous interior, courtesy of designer Maxim Velčoský (creator of the famous 'Pure' barcoded ceramic tumbler resembling disposable plastic cups). Quirkily customised animal trophies are joined by a shelving area resembling laundromat washing machines, saucy retro beach scenes adorn the curtains of the changing rooms and much more. Clothes by young Czech designers sit alongside brands from Spain, France, and the UK and US.
