Prague has been beautiful for about a thousand years, and it is very much aware of this fact. Fun Arena, mercifully, is not. Tucked inside a brutalist building near Metro C Opatov in Prague 4 - the kind of architecture that the rest of the city spent decades pretending didn't exist - it descends underground into a sprawling cyberpunk hub that feels like someone fed a sci-fi film script into a knitting machine and then built the result.
The centrepiece is the largest playable arcade museum in the Czech Republic, covering everything from original pinball machines to retro consoles, but there is plenty beyond the screens too: axe throwing, robot fights, and HADO, a Japanese augmented reality sport in which players hurl virtual energy balls at each other on a physical court, which is either the future of competitive sport or proof that we have too much time on our hands. Probably both.
The space also moonlights as a cultural venue, hosting live concerts, karaoke parties and chess or Beyblade tournaments. The historic centre is very nice, obviously, but if you want to experience a worldwide unique cyberpunk and sci-fi atmosphere or have some real fun, Fun Arena is the place to head (it's literally in the name).
The centrepiece is the largest playable arcade museum in the Czech Republic, covering everything from original pinball machines to retro consoles, but there is plenty beyond the screens too: axe throwing, robot fights, and HADO, a Japanese augmented reality sport in which players hurl virtual energy balls at each other on a physical court, which is either the future of competitive sport or proof that we have too much time on our hands. Probably both.
The space also moonlights as a cultural venue, hosting live concerts, karaoke parties and chess or Beyblade tournaments. The historic centre is very nice, obviously, but if you want to experience a worldwide unique cyberpunk and sci-fi atmosphere or have some real fun, Fun Arena is the place to head (it's literally in the name).
