People and Dogs on Prague Public Transport (Part 3 of 4)
The man with the respirator had an interesting bag in which he was carrying a small brown cocker spaniel. On closer view,...
People and Dogs on Prague Public Transport (part 2 of 4)
The smiling girl in black is the actress Klara Suchá, whose husband is Jiří Suchý, also an actor. And because Czech culture...
People and Dogs on Prague Public Transport (part 1 of 4)
Prague's public transport is - without exaggeration - great. It's clean, it's safe, it runs exactly to schedule, and an annual ticket...
Do You Want To Visit the Sauna and the Opera at...
Would you like
to end a hard day by relaxing in the sauna, but are you also tempted to visit
an opera performance? There...
Miniatures of Brutalist Architecture Under the Old Castle Steps
Many people believe that the architectural style Brutalism means "brutal architecture". However, the truth is, that its name comes from the French...
Portheimka, a Statue of a Snake, and a Monument to Ferdinand...
The Baroque
Summer Palace Portheimka was built in 1728 for himself and his family by Kilián
Ignác Dientzenhofer, one of the most important Czech...
The Poet’s Facade
A new apartment building was built in Bieblova Street in Smíchov a few years ago. The street is named after the Czech...
The Only Cubist Newsstand in the World
(Photo: By Pablo Picasso - Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Babies on the Tower and on Kampa
With its height of 216 meters, the Žižkov Television Tower is the tallest building in Prague. It attracts attention from afar, but...
Lioness (Jaroslav Róna)
Sculptor
Jaroslav Róna is one of the most significant sculptors whose works can be seen
in Prague's public space.
I think...
The Mirror Chapel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
If you walk along the Charles Bridge from the Lesser Town to the Old Town and then on to the Old Town...
Manhole Covers for Reminding of Communist Oppression
On Kampa Island, there are special manhole covers near the outer wall of Museum Kampa. Actually, they are...
A Small Dog Weighing 4 Tons
For two weeks
only, a giant statue of a dog called "Small Dog" will be exhibited on
a boat on the Vltava. A giant...
Paving Stones To Honor the Memory of the Jews
"Stones of the disappeared" or "stones that you must not miss" are brass cubes with the names of Jews who perished during...
Music Concreted in Motion
In 2021, the
Czech Philharmonic celebrated 125 years since its foundation - paradoxically at
a time when all culture was inactive. Because of the...
Why Prague Main Railway Station Is and Isn’t Named After the...
There are two
most important railway stations in the center of Prague. Both are named after
presidents, one after the Czech one, the other...
