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...
Meditation Garden, 27 Executed, and State Bankruptcy in 1623
Oasis in the Beating Heart of the City
If you walk down
Nerudova Street from the Castle and turn...
Why Salvador Dali Kissed the Czech Sculptor’s Dirty Hands and About...
It's just a
hard-to-believe story - the Czech sculptor Josef Nálepa was the first sculptor
in the world whom Salvador Dali sat for and...
Then the Ground Opened, and the Carriage with the Horses and...
The words of the headline are a legend about the end of the life of Princess Drahomíra, the...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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?