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Witches’ Night – Pálení čarodějnic 2025

Where: Petřín Hill' Prague and all over the country, ,
When: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Fire effects - CarniFest Online Photo © All Rights Reserved
Fire effects
CarniFest Online Photo © All Rights Reserved

Witches’ Night – is held, yearly, in the evening of April 30th. This is another Pagan customs preserved by the Christianity. In the witches’ night, dolls that look like witches are burned as a symbol to the victory of the good forces upon the evil and to mark the departure of winter.

intend to bring bad luck and misfortune for the people. Hence, disposal of the witches is done by lightening giant fires on the top of hills.

The fire will rise above the hill and burn the witches while on the air…

The ceremonies take place all over the Czech Republic, when the biggest fire is held on PetÅ™ín hill which is located on the west bank of Vlatlava River in Prague.

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Tourist Information Centre
Vinohradská 46, 120 41
Praha 2
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 221 580 611
fax: +420 221 580 636
Contact Email:

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Country Information

Capital:
Prague
Currency:
Czech koruna (CZK)
Voltage and Frequency:
230V 50Hz
Dialing country code:
+420
Time Zone:
CET UTC+1 (Summer UTC+2)
Language:
Czech
Location:
Central Europe, southeast of Germany.
Climate:
Temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters.
Information email:
Tourist website:
Information address:
CzechTourism Vinohradská 46, P.O.Box 32, 120 41 Prague 2 +420 221 580 611 +420 221 580 711 info@czechtourism.cz
Czech Republic background and overview
Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004.
[Courtesy of The World Factbook]

City Information

In-country dialing code:
3
Longitude:
14.42413°
Latitude:
50.08784°

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