Where the Rolling Stones Played for Free
On the left bank of the Vltava, in the hills high above Prague, two buildings are within sight of each other, the...
Firing Range Kobylisy
The opening video is from the theater production Capricious Summer, which has been performed since 2007 at the...
American Inspirations of Factory Owner Josef Volman
The future factory manufacturer Josef Volman was born in 1883 into the family of the owner of a workshop to produce agricultural...
The Rose Garden and the Pagan Sacrificial Site
Even though Prague has some parts where the altitude does not change for many kilometers, it is a city of hills.
A Classicism Suburban Villa in the Very Center of Prague?
If we look at a map of Prague, we...
The Chotek Road and Havel Footbridge
One
place in Prague is closely associated with the names of three influential men in
Czech history. The second of them contributed to the...
Tens of Thousands of Cannon Balls and Fulfilled Wishes
If
you say Prague and prayers answered or granted wishes, everyone immediately
thinks of the Infant Jesus of Prague. However, right at the beginning...
“If Something Is Not Impossible, Then There Must Be a Way...
The sentence in the headline is a quote from Sir Nicholas Winton, who, just before the war, saved the lives of 669...
The Art Nouveau Beauty of Prague’s Main Railway Station
One of the essential parts of the beauty of Prague is the diversity of its architecture. In Prague we can find Romanesque,...
The House Through Which History Walked
If houses could talk, this 250-meter-long house on Letná would tell a long, exciting story. It is no exaggeration to say that...
Trichodon (Lukáš Rais)
Lukáš Rais' path to art was certainly not a straightforward one. First he worked as an electrician, then he trained as a...
2x “Fish”, A Symbol of Czech Christmas
Kampa Island, along with the Christmas markets on Old Town Square and Náměstí Míru in Vinohrady, is –...
Lány Castle – the Residence of President
Just a short distance west of Prague (you can get there by bus from the Zličín metro station in half an hour),...
The Successor’s Defiant Love for the Beautiful Sophie and Their Deaths...
"So they've killed our Ferdinand," said the charwoman to Mr. Schweik who, having left the army many years before, when a military...
Two Boyish Childhood Memories and the Josef Pleskot Tunnel in the...
President Václav
Havel recalled his childhood: "As a little boy, I lived in the countryside
for a time, and I clearly remember one experience...
A Great Love Story, The Singing Fountain, and Queen Anne’s Summer...
In March 1509,
the not even three-year-old Louis Jagiellon was crowned King of Bohemia. When
the golden St. Wenceslas diadem was placed on the...
Formerly, It Was a Backyard for Chickens and Pigs; Today, the...
The Church of
Our Lady before Týn, on Old Town Square, the counterbalance of the dominating
Town Hall with the astronomical clock, is the...
