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Estates Theatre
Beside the Karolinum is Prague's oldest theatre and finest neoclassical building, the Estates Theatre, where the premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni was performed on 29 October 1787, with the maestro himself conducting. Opened in 1783 as the Nostitz Theatre (after its founder, Count Anton von Nostitz-Rieneck), it was patronised by upper-class German citizens and thus came to be called the Estates Theatre - the Estates being the traditional nobility.
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Hc Slavia Praha
Although Sparta is the leading Czech team, Slavia has been closing on it fast in recent years. It already has one advantage with this 18,000-capacity stadium, built to host the Ice Hockey World Championship in April 2004. Tickets can be booked online at www.saskaarena.com.
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Hc Sparta Praha
The Czechs are meisters of ice-hockey, with the national team long rated among the world's best. Although many Czech stars now ply their trade in the US, Prague teams Sparta and Slavia still display an astounding level of skill given the price of their tickets. Sparta's arena has seen better days and the small crowds rattle around it early in the season, but it's the leading team and things come to life in the February to early March play-offs.
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Prague Zoo
Prague's attractive zoo is set in 60 hectares of wooded grounds on the banks of the river. Pride of place, at the top of the hill, goes to a herd of Przewalski's horses, little steppe-dwellers that still survive in the wilds of Mongolia and are successfully bred in captivity here.
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Výstaviště
If your short trip to Prague is becoming longer, visit the ornate wrought-iron Výstaviště building, erected for the 1891 Jubilee Exhibition. Behind it is the kitsch dancing Křižíkova Fountain which performs to music (hourly - Mar-Oct). In the nearby Lapidarium (adult/child Kč20 / Kč10 , - Tue-Fri, - Sat & Sun) stand ten of Charles Bridge's original statues, among others. The park becomes a funfair February-Easter.
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