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About the Threat of Bombing Prague Castle and the Curse of...

During the war, the Czech President was the lawyer Emil Hácha, who held the office with the knowledge of a voluntary sacrifice for his...

27 Executed, 28 Crosses, and One Pardon a Second Before Death

27 men were executed in the Old Town Square. On the pavement in front of the Old Town Hall, there are several rows of...

The Only Cubist Newsstand in the World

(Photo: By Pablo Picasso - Museum of Modern Art, New York)

Defunct Professions, the Names of Which Even Many Czechs Have Trouble...

In the past, the area around the Railway Bridge was associated with professions whose names are difficult to pronounce even for many Czechs -...

The Oldest Escalator in Central and Eastern Europe and a Funicular...

In Na Poříčí Street there were houses called U bílé labutě (At the white swan) as early as the 17th century. In...

Civic Swimming Pool and the Seat of the Government of the...

The short video shows Miloš Forman with 90-year-old Ferdinand Platil, a retired...

St. John of Nepomuk (Jan Nepomucký) and Fulfilled Wishes

There is a small brass point - it is an energy point, when you step on it, you feel the warmth and energy entering your body. And in order for your wish to come true, you have to have your hands on the lattice and the stars and at the same time, you have to step on the energy point with your right foot.

Ferry Výtoň

Prague public transport also includes six ferry lines. Some run all year round, some from April to October. The boat intervals are from 10...

Můstek

If you walk down Wenceslas Square from the National Museum, you will walk all the way down to Můstek....

National Memorial on the Vítkov Hill

Until July 1420, it was an ordinary hill called Vítkov after the Prague burgher Vítek of the Hill, who had his vineyards here. But then the hill became the scene of a great battle of the Hussite armies against the Crusaders. And the Hussites were commanded by one of the most famous Czech warlords of all time, Jan Žižka.

St. Wenceslas Column

If you enter the Charles Bridge from the Old Town side and walk in the middle of the path, you step on a...

Čapadlo

If you walk along Divadelní Street from the National Theater, you will walk to Smetana's embankment. But you can also turn left (see the...

Miloš Forman, Amadeus and Golden Armchairs

When Miloš Forman decided how to make the movie Amadeus (1984), which later won 8 Oscars, he insisted that the film be shot in...

The Unique Primacy of the Charles Bridge

Charles Bridge had no lighting at the beginning. In the 15th century, a cross was installed on the bridge, under which the so-called eternal...

The Story of Bruncvík and his Faithful Lion

At the end of the 18th century Prague still had four independent districts - the Old Town, the New Town, the Lesser Town and...

Bistro Under the Arch of Charles Bridge

Prague has many places that you can visit, but also those that you just have to see. And among those places, without which a...

139 Steps to the Trigas on the Roof of the National...

Triga is a cart drawn by three horses, which was considered the vehicle of the gods in ancient times - two triga sculptures on...

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