City pack · Prague, Czechia
20 narrated stories about Prague — streets, landmarks and the people behind their names — about 63 minutes of listening. Play them here, or download the pack and listen offline on the plane, the train, the walk.
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The German Embassy in the Lobkowicz Palace on · 3 min · page
In 1989, thousands of East Germans scaled the embassy fences to seek asylum. After living in the garden, they were granted passage to West Germany, an event commemorated by David Černý’s "Quo Vadis" Trabant sculpture standing on the grounds.
Vrtba Garden · 3 min · page
Vrtba Garden is a hidden 18th-century Baroque sanctuary in Prague’s Malá Strana district. It features three cascading terraces with sculptures by Matthias Bernard Braun and a top-level balcony offering views of St. Nicholas Church and Prague Castle.
The Infant Jesus of Prague · 3 min · page
Located in Prague’s Church of Our Lady Victorious, this nineteen-inch wax-coated statue was brought from Spain and later restored after being found in rubbish. Today, the Sisters of the Child Jesus dress it in over one hundred royal costumes based on the liturgical calendar.
The Bruncvík knight on Charles Bridge · 3 min · page
Legend says the true magic sword is walled inside the foundations of Charles Bridge. In Prague’s darkest hour, Saint Wenceslas’s horse will stumble on a stone and reveal the blade, which the saint will use to defeat the city’s enemies.
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The Estates Theatre in Prague, where Mozart himself · 3 min · page
Mozart conducted the world premiere of Don Giovanni at the Estates Theatre in Prague in 1787. It is the only theatre left standing where Mozart performed and was later used as the filming location for the movie Amadeus.
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Bethlehem Chapel · 3 min · page
Founded in 1391, the Bethlehem Chapel was where Jan Hus preached reform in Czech to 3,000 people. Demolished in 1786, the building was reconstructed in the 1950s by Jaroslav Fragner using original foundations and historical sketches.
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The story under Ilia Miniati Street, Old Town · 4 min · page
Beneath the paving stones lie Hellenistic walls, Roman drainage systems, and Byzantine fortifications. The street’s medieval layout was designed to confuse invaders. Additionally, local legends suggest some basements contain secret tunnels used for escape or transporting supplies to the Old Fortress.
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The Klementinum Astronomical Tower · 3 min · page
At high noon, a man waved a flag from the tower balcony, triggering a cannon shot from Letná. This signal allowed citizens and clockmakers to set their watches according to the sun reaching the Prague Meridian.
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The Clementinum in Prague · 3 min · page
The Klementinum is known for its Baroque Library Hall and Astronomical Tower, which signaled noon using a flag and cannon. It also maintains one of the world's longest unbroken daily weather records, recorded continuously since 1775.
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The Church of St. James in Prague and · 3 min · page
According to legend, a statue of the Virgin Mary grabbed a thief attempting to steal her jewels. When the statue refused to release him, the man's arm was amputated and hung by the door as a reminder against stealing from the church.
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The Convent of St. Agnes · 3 min · page
The Convent of St. Agnes, founded in the 1230s, is Prague's oldest Gothic building. It is linked to the 1989 Velvet Revolution, because Agnes's canonization five days earlier fulfilled a prophecy that her sainthood would bring peace to the Czech lands.
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The Novomlýnská water tower · 3 min · page
A 1648 Swedish cannonball from the Thirty Years' War is lodged in the tower's northern facade. Citizens set it into the wall when rebuilding the tower in 1658 as a tribute to the city's resilience following Swedish bombardment.
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The Municipal House · 3 min · page
The independence of Czechoslovakia was officially proclaimed on October 28, 1918, inside the Municipal House in Prague. This Art Nouveau palace, completed in 1912, served as a cultural statement for the Czech people during the Austro-Hungarian Empire's rule.
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The New Town Hall · 3 min · page
An angry mob stormed the building and threw the mayor, judge, and thirteen councilmen out of the windows. These officials were killed by the crowd below, sparking the fifteen-year Hussite Wars between the Czech people and Catholic forces.
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nábřeží Kapitána Jaroše, Prague · 3 min · page
Otakar Jaroš was a soldier who died defending against German tanks in 1943. Prague named this embankment in 1948 to honor his bravery as the first foreigner posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Václavské náměstí, Prague · 3 min · page
For over six hundred years, the area was known as the Horse Market. In 1848, it was renamed to honor Saint Wenceslaus, a tenth-century Duke of Bohemia and the patron saint of the Czech people.
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Milady Horákové, Prague · 3 min · page
Milada Horáková was a politician and resistance fighter executed by the Communist regime in 1950. In 1990, Prague renamed the street in her honor to celebrate her courage and defense of democratic values during Nazi and Communist rule.
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Seifertova, Prague · 3 min · page
The street is named after Jaroslav Seifert, the only Czech writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Žižkov in 1901, the street was renamed in 1990 to honor him, replacing its former name, Kalininova.
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Jana Želivského, Prague · 3 min · page
Jan Zelivsky was a radical Premonstratensian priest and orator who led the First Defenestration of Prague in 1419, which ignited the Hussite Wars. He was executed in 1422 after being lured to the Old Town Hall.
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Legerova, Prague · 3 min · page
The street is named after Louis Léger, a French academic and professor of Slavic languages. Prague honored him in 1923 to show gratitude for his advocacy of Czech culture and his support for Czechoslovakia's independence.
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