Student Life

Vienna Music Trip

• Students in the music program spend two days exploring the musical heritage of Vienna, home of Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Schubert...
  

Lety Holocaust Memorial

• Thousands of Roma were imprisoned by the Nazis in Lety, a site that was all but forgotten until very recently.  Professor Yassar Abu Ghosh takes students there to explore the importance of memorials. 
  

Terezin Concentratin Camp

• Terezin was a transit camp and Jewish Ghetto during World War II, and used as a propaganda tool by the Nazis, who showed Terezin to the international Red Cross to "prove" that they were treating Jews humanely. Most people imporisnoned in Terezin were sent to Auschwitz.

Political Prisoner Trip

• Students go to the site of uranium mines in West Bohemia, guided by a former political prisoner who was arrested in the 1950s for his involvement in the boy scouts (banned by the Communists). The trip is coordinated by a nonprofit organization that archives memories of former political prisoners.
  

Romany Trip

• Students meet Roma community leaders living in Ostrava, an industrial town near Poland, and learn first hand about the discrimination facing of the Roma - the largest minority group in Eastern Europe. 
  

• Wandering among the gorgeous mountains ... sleeping in a Czech home...cooking traditional pork schnitzel.... visiting a Czech high school..  This trip is all about getting to know young Czechs experiencing true Czech hospitality.

Service Learning Trip

•  NYU Prague students team up with local students from other schools, and partner with a local nonprofit that service communities in need. Students travel to a small village and assist clients with mental disabilities. What do we do? Anything from cleaning bricks to planting trees to clearing out organic debris in forest. It's a great way to engage with local community members and meet people who are trying to make the world a better place for all.  

A trip for Refugees

• For this trip, NYU students become the organizers.  Working in coordination with the local chapter of UNHCR, our students host a full day of events in Prague for refugee families who live outside the city.   A chance to get to know peope who have recently immigrated and who don't know much about Prague. 

Brno and the Caves

• Brno is the second largest city in Czech Republic and is known for its youth culture with stylish hipster cafés and bistros. Outside the city is the famous Macocha Abyss, the biggest gorge of its kind in Central Europe, which can be explored on a boat tour that goes through the caves.

Cesky Krumlov- fairy tale town

• From the swans, to the castle, right to the picturesque village, Český Krumlov might be the most beautiful place in the Czech Republic. Every winding street is more stunning than the last.

• A day hike to the highest mountain of the Czech Republic Sněžka (1602m) situated on the east side of Giant Mountains, directly on the border with Poland. It has an unforgettable view of Czech and Polish lands.