Houses and Streets

About Prague That Has Long Disappeared

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, 500 houses were demolished during the redevelopment in Prague, which made areas of Prague more modern, cleaner and safer.

Řetězová ulice (Chain Street )

Řetězová Street (Chain Street) is the essence of old Prague. Its romance, nostalgia, and centuries and centuries of history, which are inscribed...

Kožná Street

Kožná Street is one of those that connects the "arteries of tourism", but they themselves are essentially aside of interest. So while every visitor...

House of Johannes Kepler

The House at the French Crown has one entrance to Karlova Street, just before Charles Bridge. If you enter, you will reach a courtyard...

V Kotcích Street

V Kotcích Street is today an incomprehensibly forgotten street in the very center of Prague. Half a minute's walk from Wenceslas Square and a...

The Oldest Traffic Sign in Prague

Platýz Palace is a relatively large complex of buildings between Národní třída and Uhelný trh (Coal Market). It`s...

Vinohrady Emmental Cheese?

The life of the Čapek brothers, writer Karel and painter Josef, was connected with the Vinohrady district of Prague. Josef Čapek had...

Everything Golden in the New World

Most people who don`t want to walk uphill along Nerudova Street on their way to the Castle will come to Pohořelec by...

The Smallest House in Prague

The smallest house in Prague is in Anežská Street. It was built in 1853, in a narrow...

The House Called at the Picture of the Virgin Mary

It's probably the most famous house in Prague - everyone knows its balcony with eternal light and a picture of the Virgin...

Uhelný trh 3 (The Coal Market Square)

Two-storey house At Three Steps, or also At Three Stairs. Originally Gothic, with preserved remains of Romanesque cellars, it was later rebuilt in the...

The shortest and the narrowest street

And because the street is so narrow, there are traffic lights at its ends, just as you would find at an intersection. It is said that a German got stuck in the street and could not move in any direction. Furthermore, the nearby restaurant staff had to lather her up with soap to push her down the street. But it's also possible that this is just another one of Prague's legends.

Customs Duty, Ramparts and Happy Evenings in Pubs

Thousands of carts carried goods from around the world to Ungelt in the 12th century, and in the evening its pubs heard merchant stories from around the world.

Charles Bridge and the Charm of the Prague Alluvium

Peace, quiet, and romance looking at the Charles Bridge from the river bank. And also a few words about the beautiful painting “Winter Night” by Adolf Kosárek, the famous 19th century Czech painter.

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