Houses and Streets

Railway Bridge at Výtoň

The railway bridge under Vyšehrad officially has no name. But for so long people called it "railway bridge", until it became known...

Letná Water Tower

The principle of water towers is simple and was already known in ancient Rome - you pump water into a reservoir above the ground...

Mánes

In 1885, an association of young Czech artists Škréta was founded in Munich. (It was named after Karel Škréta, the most important Czech Baroque...

Cubist Houses Under Vyšehrad

If you look at Vyšehrad from the river, you can see two church towers and a massive wall. The walls were built in the...

To the Airport Every Ten Minutes

From time to time, the Prague City Council has considered whether the city needs Masaryk Station and whether these valuable plots of land in...

Half-Timbered House

When you get off the Malostranská metro stop and wait for the tram that will take you to the Malostranské Square or even one...

Faculty of Law (Charles University)

A monumental neoclassical building of the Faculty of Law of Charles University (the National Museum building on Wenceslas Square is...

Škroupovo náměstí (Škroup’s Circus)

Škroupovo náměstí (Škroup`s Circus) in Žižkov could be an ordinary Prague square. Interesting in that it is, as one of the few in Prague,...

Štorchův dům (Štorch’s House)

Today's thirty-somethings and younger people know only from stories what "book Thursdays" were. That is, in the days before November 1989, new books were...

U Rotta (House at the Rott)

Malé náměstí (Small Square) or Malý rynek (from the German Kleiner Ring; "rynek" is the archaic Czech name for a square) is a small...

Limnigraph at Výtoň

Near Prague`s Railway Bridge, there is something on the Vltava embankment that most people in Prague consider "such strange clock". In fact, it's a...

Prague Meridian

The Marian Column on the Old Town Square was built in 1650 as an acknowledgment for the victory over the Swedish army who tried...

Golden and Silver Street

Everyone knows Zlatá ulička (the Golden Lane) at Prague Castle. The word "ulička" is a diminutive of the word "ulice", i.e. street. Castle has...

Prague Elbow

The word "loket" has several meanings in Czech:- elbow- the town of Loket not far from Karlovy Vary- Loket Castle in this...

Faculty of Arts

Is there any former student of the Prague Faculty of Arts who would like to walk its corridors with us during the Christmas calm?

New World (Nový svět)

This part of Prague is called the New World (Nový svět) - and it is the most quiet part of Hradčany, to...

Werich’s Villa on Kampa

"I'm supposed to take your passport, sir. I can delay it until January 9. If you don't leave by January 9th, I'll have to...

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