The Marian Column (Old Town Square, Staré město)
The Marian Column on
the Old Town Square was built in 1650 as an acknowledgment for the victory...
Havel`s Place (Bořek Šípek)
Havel’s Place is a memorial dedicated to Václav Havel. It comprises two chairs linked by a round table...
Idiom (Matej Krén)
Infinitely from 8 thousand of books. Or Idiom. It is also called the Column of Knowledge - a column of 8,000 books...
Yellow Penguins in Kampa
If you are standing in Kampa and looking towards the National Theatre, a row of 34 yellow penguins will probably catch your...
Reader in an Armchair (Jaroslav Róna)
The statue of the Reader by Jaroslav Róna can be found just a short distance from the Old Town Square, at the...
Three Bronze Horses (Michal Gabriel)
Three bronze horses walk in shallow water on a square in the Dejvice district of Prague. Since 2008, they are walking from...
Two Armchairs (Alexandra Koláčková)
Kateřina Pospíšilová, garden architect: TWO ARMCHAIRS (high-fired clay)
https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/herds-of-wild-horses-in-letna/
Grébovka
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).
The shortest and the narrowest street
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.
Pepík’s dream of the Sargasso Sea
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.
Gingerbread Nativity Scene in the Church of St. Matthew (“U Matěje”)
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").
Charles Bridge and the Charm of the Prague Alluvium
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.
Before Prague Even Existed
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?
