October 27, 2014 - Prague Guide

Hotels near O2 Arena in Prague

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Prague Guide

The O2 Arena is the biggest and most popular concert venue in all of the Czech Republic. It has space for more than 17,000 spectators, and if you want to know more about the O2 Arena, address, upcoming events and so on, you can read more about O2 Arena here.

If you are coming to Prague for a concert, sports event or some other thing going on in the O2 Arena, and want to live as close as possible to the venue, then this article is for you, because here we will tell you which are the hotels and apartments located within walking distance from the venue.

Best hotel near O2 Arena

If you want to live in the hotel which is the best near the O2 Arena, then you better go for and reserve a room in Hotel Carol, a three star hotel. Because of its located near the O2 Arena, it is quite far away from the city center, but with the metro which is located only some hundred meters away, you can easily get to the city center of Prague from here.

Often as you come to a new town for a concert, you come together with a group of friends or colleagues, and then an apartment can be very useful. If that is you, then there is a some very nice luxury apartments located just next to the O2 Arena in Prague as well. These have loads of space, nice furniture and if you come with many people it is much cheaper than to stay in a hotel. Read more about the Luxury Apartments by clicking the link.

A third option if you want to live in a three star hotel is the Hotel Inturprag. This hotels is only 300 meters distance from the O2 Arena, and it is a family run hotel. A nice option if you want to live with some stars, without to much luxury.

If you do not really care about the location, but all you want is luxury, then you can read about the best five star hotels in Prague in this article.

Hotels near CEZ Arena in Ostrava

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Prague Guide

I am going to CEZ Arena to watch hockey-matches in 2015. I am looking for a hotel very close to the arena. Can you please help me?

Thanks for asking. As you might know the CEZ Arena is the fourth largest hockey venue in Czech Republic. It has a capacity for more than 10,000 spectators, and it was originally built back in 1989. It is the homeground for HC Vitkovice today.

Hotels near CEZ Arena in Ostrava

If you want to live on a hotel near CEZ Arena in Ostrava, then there are a couple of hotels that can be found in less than 1km distance from the venue. The nearest place to accomodate near the venue is Hostel River, but it is worth noticing that this is just a hotel, and the quality and comfort comes thereafter.

The second closest hotel is 600 metres away from the CEZ Arena and the name is Hotel Morrison. This is a three star hotel, for sure not among the best, but if you do not require the best, this might still be more than good enough.

Then comes two more hotels just 100-200 metres further away than Hotel Morrison. These are both better, they have better ratings and more satisfied visitors, and those are Pension Antica and Hotel Victoria.

We hope this list of four hotels and pensions have helped you. If you want to live in the hotel said to be the best and with the most happy guests in Ostrava, then you should book a room in Mercure Ostrava Center, which is a very central hotel, though a little distance from the CEZ Arena, but with a taxi that can easily be done in not so many minutes.

2015 IIHF World Championship

Posted on October 27, 2014October 13, 2022 by Prague Guide

In 2015 the IIHF World Championship will be held in the Czech Republic. The tournament will take place in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic and in Ostrava. Th event will be held at the O2 Arena in Prague and at Čez Arena in Ostrava.

The IIHF or International Ice Hockey Federation is an international, worldwide governing body of ice hockey and in-line hockey. The organisation is based in Switzerland in Zürich. The IIHF has 73 members including 52 full members Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the United State, Mexico, North Korea, South Korea and so on. Most of the European countries are part of the federation and several other countries from all around the world are part of it too. The federation has 18 associate members and 2 affiliate members as well. The associate members either don’t participate fully in the international championships or do not have an international national body of ice hockey. The associate members of the federation are the following Argentina, Brazil, Macedonia, Malaysia, Oman, Portugal and so on.

– Watch the Ice Hockey World Championship online

The International Ice Hockey Federation manages international hockey tournaments and maintains the IIHF World Ranking as well. Although the IIHF organises international events and hockey tournaments the IIHF has only a little control of hockey in North America as they have their own international hockey federation the NHL with other words National Hockey League which is the highest organization there. The Hockey USA and the Hockey Canada has their own rule books. The IIHF was founded in May in 1908 in the capital city of France, in Paris. The International Ice Hockey Federation is responsible for the international hockey tournaments such as the world championships.

2015 IIHF World Championship in Czech Republic

Next year, in 2015 the IIHF World Championship will be held in the Czech Republic. The tournament will take place in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic and in Ostrava. Th event will be held at the O2 Arena in Prague and at Čez Arena in Ostrava. The capacity of the O2 Arena is around 17000 and the other arena the Čez can host around 10000 visitors. The first ice hockey match of the World Championship will be 1st May in 2015 and the last game of the tournament will be 17th May 2015 at 8.45 in the evening at O2 Arena in Prague. This year in the tournament Sweden, Canada, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Latvia, France, Germany, Austria are in the group A and Finland, Russia, the United States, Slovakia, Norway, Belarus, Slovenia and Denmark are in group B.

All matches in Group A will be played in Prague in the O2 Arena, while all matches in Group B will be played in CEZ Arena in Ostrava. If you want to live in a hotel near the O2 Arena in Prague, read the following article. If you are going to Ostrava and want to live in a hotel near the CEZ Arena, read the following article.

Icehockey World Cup tickets:

If you want to buy tickets for one or more of the matches, you can do so at: WorldTicketShop

If you have some time left, or time in between watching the hockey matches, why not enjoy a beer dinner in Prague, visit the beer festival or maybe go on a river cruise on Vltava?