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Three bronze horses walk in shallow water on a square in the Dejvice district of Prague. Since 2008, they are walking from...

Kateřina Pospíšilová, garden architect: TWO ARMCHAIRS (high-fired clay) https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/herds-of-wild-horses-in-letna/

Princess Libuse had once a dream that difficult times will come soon to her land. She decided to protect her people and ordered miners to find and bring her as much gold as they can. Then she took all that gold and hid it inside this hill. The only person she told where the treasure was hidden, was her husband Premysl. When they both died, the secret was lost forever.

How about having dinner on Charles Bridge?

The total cost of building the complex was 1,760,000 Austro-Hungarian crowns, which corresponds to the price of about 500 kg of gold, i.e. at current prices of about 500 million CZK (20 million USD).

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.

In 1914, Mr. Oulík caught a small eel in the Vltava river and carried it to the insurance company building. On the ground floor is a small fountain in which the eel lived. He got the name Pepík, and although the average age of eels is 8-12 years, Pepík lived happily to the age of 62.

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.

About the fact that you can see a freshly baked gingerbread nativity scene with hundreds of figures every year at the Church of Matthew ("U Matěje").

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.

A man living in the house next to the Capuchins monastery: "Do you know what really annoys me? That my car has a much better view than I do."

We all know how Prague looks like today. But would you like to know what old Czech stories say about the times before Prague was built?

A cluster of mysterious buildings surrounded by a high yellow wall that is interrupted only in a few places by the dark brown wooden doors. What's behind that wall?