Houses and Streets

The principle of water towers is simple and was already known in ancient Rome - you pump water into a reservoir above the ground...

In 1885, an association of young Czech artists Škréta was founded in Munich. (It was named after Karel Škréta, the most important Czech Baroque...

If you look at Vyšehrad from the river, you can see two church towers and a massive wall. The walls were built in the...

From time to time, the Prague City Council has considered whether the city needs Masaryk Station and whether these valuable plots of land in...

When you get off the Malostranská metro stop and wait for the tram that will take you to the Malostranské Square or even one...

A monumental neoclassical building of the Faculty of Law of Charles University (the National Museum building on Wenceslas Square is...

Škroupovo náměstí (Škroup`s Circus) in Žižkov could be an ordinary Prague square. Interesting in that it is, as one of the few in Prague,...

Today's thirty-somethings and younger people know only from stories what "book Thursdays" were. That is, in the days before November 1989, new books were...

Malé náměstí (Small Square) or Malý rynek (from the German Kleiner Ring; "rynek" is the archaic Czech name for a square) is a small...

Near Prague`s Railway Bridge, there is something on the Vltava embankment that most people in Prague consider "such strange clock". In fact, it's a...

Everyone knows Zlatá ulička (the Golden Lane) at Prague Castle. The word "ulička" is a diminutive of the word "ulice", i.e. street. Castle has...

Is there any former student of the Prague Faculty of Arts who would like to walk its corridors with us during the Christmas calm?

"I'm supposed to take your passport, sir. I can delay it until January 9. If you don't leave by January 9th, I'll have to...

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

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

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