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Hvězda Summer Palace and the Most Famous Battle in Czech history
Every Czech knows who was Charles IV, later called the Father of the...
Dancers Without Horses
When you enter the garden of the St. Agnes Monastery in the Old...
A Homestead From the 14th Century and How the Money the Average Prague Resident Would Have Earned in 2600 Years Will Help Terminally Ill...
It is clear from
the photos that these buildings have...
Fanta’s Café at “Fanta’s Station”
Prague Main
Railway Station is the largest Art Nouveau building in the Czech Republic....
Could Socrates Have Been in Prague? No, He Was More Than 1,000 Years Older, but…
The well-known quote "I know that I know nothing." is attributed to the...
Defunct Professions, the Names of Which Even Many Czechs Have Trouble Pronouncing
In the past, the
area around the Railway Bridge was associated with professions whose...
The Oldest Escalator in Central and Eastern Europe and a Funicular Powered by Pumping Water
In Na Poříčí Street there were houses called U bílé labutě (At the...
About the Church, Which is Really Huge Because Too Much Money Was Raised for it in the Collection
To put it simply - in 863, the brothers Cyril and Methodius of...
About a Modern Bathroom in the Chapel of a Gothic House and How a Mid-14th Century House Was Almost Demolished
The Stone Bell
House on Old Town Square is unmissable. It is an example...
More Than a Century-Old Carousel With Horses on Letná
On Letná, the
famous historical carousel, on which people could ride as early as...
Coffee in the Pool Where the “Good Soldier Švejk” Used to Swim
The 91st Infantry Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army was based in the barracks...
About the Czech Origin of the US Dollar and Yummy Kolaches in the Hospital
There are many
things that people commonly use and may not realize that they...
David Černý’s Peeing Figures
Sculptor David Černý drew attention to himself for the first time in 1990,...
Kooperativa Insurance Company Exhibition Hall and Why Its Director Flies Like a Transport Pilot
At the Kooperativa insurance company headquarters in Karlín, you can see paintings from...
House At the Golden Grape
The New World (Nový svět) has its own...
Shelter (František Skála)
The Shelter of
the sculptor František Skála in the garden of St. Agnes Monastery...
An Alley Named After the Place of Executions
That short alley is charming and idyllic in the sunlight, a little mysterious...
Just Charles Bridge, the Vltava River, Old Town Bridge Tower, and the Church of St Francis Seraph
https://youtu.be/swVX59WWaY4
There's actually nothing special about that video....
The Gentleman Was Czech and the Lady Was Dutch
Czechs are said to be closed and reluctant...
Jaroslav Ježek and Orchestra Too Many Saxophones
The Scout Institute in Prague's Kampa is a pleasant, quiet place. Although Kampa...
Satisfied Elderly Couple
This older couple was so clearly in a...
About a Severed Hand and a Dead Painter
And the prayers worked. His wife and children died of the plague, but the painter was still painting. However, when he finished the painting, he fell dead to the ground and his soul went straight to heaven.
