What's considered rude that travelers do in Prague?
Photographing the interior of churches without permission, speaking loudly on public transit, and tipping nothing at sit-down restaurants are the three behaviors locals notice most. Czechs are reserved by nature, so boisterous group behavior in residential neighborhoods like Žižkov or Vinohrady, particularly late at night, draws genuine resentment. At restaurants, a tip of 10 percent is standard and expected; rounding up to the nearest hundred crowns on smaller bills is the local method. Entering a pub and immediately asking for Pilsner Urquell signals tourist obliviousness since most Prague pubs pour one house beer, and you drink what they have. Haggling at market stalls is considered crass rather than charming. Crossing tram tracks while a tram is approaching frustrates drivers and locals alike. Finally, assuming Czech and Slovak are the same language, or referring to the country as Czechoslovakia, reads as lazy to people for whom the 1993 separation is living memory, not distant history.
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