“A Lady Hides Her Age Until She Is 90, and After 90, She Wears it as a Badge”
In 2003, director Jan Hřebejk made the film Pupendo, which depicted the grotesque reality of...
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How the Winner and the Loser Finally Met in One Prison Cell
On May 5-8, 1945, an uprising against the German occupation forces took place in Prague....
Vineyards in Vinohrady, a Church With Royal Symbolism, and the First Idea of a United Europe
One of the landmarks of Prague's Vinohrady District is the Church of the Most Sacred...
A Story Fit for a Hollywood Blockbuster
The end of World War II meant not only freedom for Czechoslovakia but also a...
One Year and One Day and the Reason Czechs Attend School
The first state formation on the territory of today's Czech Republic, which we have at...
The Battle of White Mountain
Just a few tram stops from Prague Castle is the Bílá hora (White Mountain) stop....
Where the Rolling Stones Played for Free
On the left bank of the Vltava, in the hills high above Prague, two buildings...
American Inspirations of Factory Owner Josef Volman
The future factory manufacturer Josef Volman was born in 1883 into the family of the...
A Classicism Suburban Villa in the Very Center of Prague?
If we look at a map of Prague, we can clearly see that the Kinsky...
The Chotek Road and Havel Footbridge
One place in Prague is closely associated with the names of three influential men in...
“If Something Is Not Impossible, Then There Must Be a Way To Do It.”
The sentence in the headline is a quote from Sir Nicholas Winton, who, just before...
The House Through Which History Walked
If houses could talk, this 250-meter-long house on Letná would tell a long, exciting story....
Man Is Supposed To Have Fun. That’s Why He’s on Earth
Prof. MUDr. Vladimír Beneš, DrSc. Chairman of the Institute of Clinical Neurodisciplines, Emeritus Chairman of...
Lány Castle – the Residence of President
Just a short distance west of Prague (you can get there by bus from the...
The Successor’s Defiant Love for the Beautiful Sophie and Their Deaths in the Sarajevo Assassination
"So they've killed our Ferdinand," said the charwoman to Mr. Schweik who, having left the...
About an Extremely Friendly Cafe in a House That Has Seen and Heard a Lot
Tourists lining up in front of the entrance to the medieval pub U Pavouka (At...
100 Million People Can See Well Thanks to a Children’s Kit
The place is not precisely in the center of all the tourist routes, although it...
A Great Love Story, The Singing Fountain, and Queen Anne’s Summer Palace
In March 1509, the not even three-year-old Louis Jagiellon was crowned King of Bohemia. When...
Invalidovna and Why It Is Worth Visiting Karlín
At the beginning of Prague's existence, the left bank of the Vltava River was more...
National Memorial on the Vítkov Hill
Until July 1420, it was an ordinary hill called Vítkov after the Prague burgher Vítek...
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