Free Events in Prague: October 2026

24 září, 2026
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Free Events in Prague: September 2026. Your monthly guide to free events in Prague is here. We’re keeping it updated with the best things to see, hear, and experience without spending a crown. Go to a free summer cinema, discover contemporary Czech art, visit the Museum of Prague, enjoy concerts, or try your hand at 3D printing (Czech version here).

Still out after the concert or cinema? Our Prague at Night guide will help you find late-night restaurants, cafés, shopping and other useful places open after dark.

FILM

Prague Science Film Fest: 19.-22.10., info.

Special events

Architecture Day (Den architektury) will take place from Thursday, 1 October to Wednesday, 7 October in more than a hundred cities, towns and villages across the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Hundreds of free guided tours and walks will take visitors inside buildings normally closed to the public and offer fresh perspectives on familiar places through the eyes of expert guides

Nature

Botanical Garden of Charles University (Na Slupi) is 250 years old and really impressive. The outdoor exhibitions are open year-round and free of charge.

Autor: V. Groulík – Archív Kanceláře Senátu. Originally from cs.wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0,

Visit the Valdštejnská zahrada (Wallenstein Garden): trees, fountains, sculptures and magnificient buildings in the heart of Prague.

Third Spaces

HW lab (Tuesday to Thursday, 16:30–20:00, Open workshop — free entry: Try 3D printing or CNC.

Art

Cabinet of Life – An Exhibition of Oldřich Uttendorfský’s Private Collection: Magnus Art Gallery, J&T Banka
Sokolovská 700/113a, Prague 8 till 16 December 2026.

Galerie Magnus Art Kabinet Zivota J&T Banka 03 (foto©Anna Pleslová)

Galerie Magnus Art Kabinet Zivota J&T Banka 01 (foto©Anna Pleslová)

Galerie Magnus Art Kabinet Zivota J&T Banka 08 (foto©Anna Pleslová)

Born in Indonesia, where his father worked at a Baťa factory, Oldřich Uttendorfský moved to the Netherlands at eleven and later spent over twenty years practising as an obstetrician and gynaecologist in the Netherlands and the United States. After 1989, he began visiting the Czech Republic regularly, chaired the Committee of Good Will – Olga Havel Foundation, and served as Czech honorary consul general in the Netherlands; since 2011, he has been Monaco’s honorary consul in Prague.

Trafo Gallery hosts an exhibition of paintings by Siegfried Herz till October 25.

The Molochov house at Letná now hosts a walk-through gallery.

Šárka Váchová’s puppets

The Czech Television has a small gallery showing an exhibition of film puppets and illustrations by Šárka Váchová, titled The Magic of Puppets and the Poetry of the Image – Kouzlo loutek a poezie obrazu. Worth a visit!

Museums etc.

The Museum of Prague has reopened after renovations and currently offers free admission to the entire main building.
Army museum. Tue-Sun 10 to 18 hodin. Military history of Czechia.
The Museum of the Prague Infant Jesus shows the statuette plus various clothes it received from all ofer the world.
The exhibition Gifts for the President from Nearby and Faraway II is on view all year at Prague Castle.
The historic interiors of Wallenstein Palace are open to visitors free of charge every Saturday from April to October.

Food

Food Not Bombs Prague distribute food every Sunday from 16:00 at Winston Churchill Square, offering meals to anyone, no questions asked.
You can also get a free hot meal on Friday from 17:30 and Saturday from 16:00 in Holešovice, near Praha-Holešovice railway station. (facebook).