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Danny, who runs the Honest Places YouTube channel, travelled from Manchester to a European destination where he enjoyed £1 pints in his favourite pub in the world

A YouTuber journeyed 1,000 miles from Manchester purely to savour pints of his beloved beer for a mere quid. Danny, who operates the Honest Places channel, splashed out just £45 on Ryanair return flights to Prague, then spent £55 on a centrally-located hotel for two nights.

This came in at £70 less than his forthcoming London trip where he shelled out £100 on train fare and £70 for a single night’s accommodation.

Before departing from Manchester Airport, he declared to the camera: “Ryanair is the best airline. You get people crying all the time, ‘Oh, they have charged me extra for a bag.’ You know when you book it, it says all the dimensions. You know the rules. And if you are going to a European city for three days, you don’t need a 22kg suitcase.”

Danny touched down in Prague during the morning and cheerfully revealed that certain pubs open as early as 10.30am. He also informed his 108,000 subscribers that he’d visited the Czech capital numerous times previously, and therefore wouldn’t be offering tourist recommendations.

Instead, he delivered what his followers craved, heading directly to a pub on the city’s outskirts. He then shared his thoughts on the drinking culture, describing them as the “king of beers”, suggesting they drank more due to the lower prices.

He also observed: “People in there, no one’s on the phones at all. Literally everybody is just chatting to each other. Someone brought out some meat, they are all just having bread and meat, while all chatting to each other, you compare that to when you go out in the UK, you see a group of lads or a group of girls on a table, like four or five of them, and no one’s even talking to each other.

“They are all just on their phones. It is like if you are going to do that, don’t go out. It is completely different over here, it is like people actually go out to see your mates and actually have a chat with your mate, you don’t just sit there on your phone.”

Danny revealed his reason for visiting Prague was a specific watering hole called Hany Bany, which offers Happy Hour daily between 3-4pm. During this golden window, customers can get pints for just a quid.

According to Danny, they’re absolutely brilliant.

As he arrived, he enthused: “Here we go, Hany Bany, my favourite pub in the world, in all its glory. The staff are banging, the atmosphere is banging, the prices are banging.”

Turning up slightly early, he initially splashed out £2 on a Staropramen Unfiltered. He called it his go-to beer and reckoned you could down 20 without suffering a hangover.

Once Happy Hour kicked off, Danny grabbed two more pints before heading outside to savour them in the fresh, chilly air. After taking a sip, he remarked: “I tell you what, Staropramen Unfiltered, you can’t get it anywhere, you can’t get it in a pub anywhere in the UK. You can get it in bottles sometimes in Asda, but apart from that, you can’t get it anywhere. It’s a weird taste, it’s got like a hint of coriander in it, it’s well weird. If you come to Prague, get Staropramen Unfiltered.”

Following the upload of his video, titled ‘I travelled 1000 miles for a £1 pint’, which can be viewed in full here, viewers were quick to respond. One commenter noted: “It’s like a good time travel to the 80s pub wise with no phones, cheaper booze and people actually having conversations, great vid pal.”

Another pointed out the irony: “It’s absurd that just the cost of the train is the same as return flights and two nights in a hotel.”

A third viewer enthused: “I’d happily go to Prague, or most other cities in Czechia, every month if I could. Beats anywhere in the UK to be honest.”