Janek Rubeš
Janek Rubeš is a Prague travel creator and reporter who makes Honest Guide with Honza Mikulka, sharing local places, practical city advice and investigations into tourist scams.
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Stream.czOverview
- Based in
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Work
- Travel creator, reporter and author
- Creative partner
- Honza Mikulka, cameraman and editor
- Early work
- Noisebrothers videos with Jindra Malík in 2006
- Breakout
- Prague vs. Crooks, followed by Honest Guide in 2016
- Also watch
- Kluci z Prahy, the duo’s Czech-language channel, launched in 2020
Mini bio
How it started.
Janek began making videos with Jindra Malík as Noisebrothers in 2006. His later Stream.cz series Praha vs. prachy, known in English as Prague vs. Crooks, put him in the path of taxi and currency-exchange scams affecting visitors to Prague.
A city worth sharing.
Honest Guide followed in 2016, with Honza Mikulka behind the camera. Janek told Expats.cz that the earlier investigations had been stressful, and he wanted to show visitors the quieter, more positive places he enjoyed himself. Food, public transport and overlooked corners of Prague became as much a part of the series as warnings about tourist traps.
Building it together.
Janek presents the videos while Honza films and edits. Their Czech-language channel, Kluci z Prahy, launched in 2020. In print, their 2019 Honest Guide book brings together Janek’s writing, Honza’s photographs and Eliška Podzimková’s illustrations.
Recognition for the reporting.
Janek received the Novinářská křepelka journalism award in May 2019 for his investigative work. Kluci z Prahy won the online video category at Křišťálová Lupa in 2024, and Janek received the Ď Award for moral role model and exemplary personality in January 2026.
Creditschronological, newest first
Online video
- 2020–presentKluci z PrahyPresenter and co-creator with Honza Mikulka
- 2016–presentHonest GuidePresenter and co-creator with Honza Mikulka
- 2015Praha vs. prachy / Prague vs. CrooksInvestigative reporter
Books
- 2019Honest Guide: PragueAuthor; photographs by Honza Mikulka and illustrations by Eliška Podzimková
Awards
- Ď Award, 2026Moral role model and exemplary personality; received on 13 January 2026.
- Křišťálová Lupa, 2024Online video winner, shared project Kluci z Prahy.
- Novinářská křepelka, received in 2019Recognized for courageous investigative reporting on Prague’s taxi drivers, currency exchanges and other tourist scams.
Quotes
There is nothing more positive than helping someone in need – and tourists very often are.Janek Rubeš, Expats.cz interview
In June 2024, Janek explained why he wanted Honest Guide to show visitors the places he loves.
Trivia
- His English grew out of learning at home and summer visits to the United States, he told Expats.cz.
- The Honest Guide book began when illustrator Eliška Podzimková suggested turning the videos into a book.
- The duo’s official channel says they do not offer private tours of Prague.
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