Institut Francais de Prague
The French Institute is located in Prague near Wenceslas Square on Štěpánská Street and is an irreplaceable cultural resource for all the inhabitants of Prague interested in French language and culture. The Institute features a well-stocked library and media center offering currently over 70,000 documents including fiction, non-fiction, reference books (dictionaries, encyclopedias and directories), comic books and French-as-a-foreign-language teaching and learning resources. The registered members of the media center can borrow over 150 titles of magazines and newspapers, French music CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes and CD-ROMs. If you love French cinema do not miss Kino 35, an independent movie theater screening mainly the original versions of French movies with Czech subtitles. Also in the French Institute is Galerie 35, a gallery mapping French and Czech photography. Your cultural afternoon at the French Institute can be topped off by a nice cup of coffee or a snack at Cafe 35 bringing you the atmosphere of a Parisian cafe, up-to-date French news and plenty of traditional French delicacies. Ever since 2002 the services of the French Institute have been supplemented by a French-language bookstore offering a wide range of titles from fiction and literary criticism through comics and art books to scientific books of many fields. The French Institute also offers popular French language courses of all levels and types including courses concerning French culture and French creative writing. If you are considering studying at a French university, visit the CamusFrance informational office at the French Institute where you can obtain all the information you need and where you can be electronically signed up. Visit the French Institute in Prague and start getting to know the rich treasury of the French culture.
Štěpánská 35 , Praha 1, +420 221 401 011, www.ifp.cz
