The Astronomical Clock has been restored to its pre-war condition The Astronomical Clock at Prague’s Old Town Square has been rebuilt, returning its inner clockwork to the weights and gears system used…
A Swedish soldier and a gambling monk both ride at night but are harmless One of the darkest moments for Prague was at the end of the Thirty Years’ War, when Swedish…
A Brazilian fan of the deck explains why it is his favorite to read People from all sorts of backgrounds become involved with Tarot, and also have different reasons for choosing the…
Bones from 40,000 plague and war victims are in creative sculptures The ossuary at Sedlec is generally called the Bone Church, and for good reason. Bones from tens of thousands of people…
The centuries-old monastery once had some devilishly good food The monastery at Emauzy looks pleasant enough from a distance, with its modern concrete wing-shaped spires added in the 1960s. Its history goes…
Old Town’s prettiest house is also home to legends of greed and murder One of the most striking facades on the route from Charles Bridge to Old Town Square is the House…
A statue of a knight at City Hall relates to a gruesome ghost story Prague City Hall is certainly the only administrative building in the world with a statue of a cursed…
The singer known for her patriotism also dabbled in the occult and loved black People in the Czech Republic know Ema Destinnová from her somewhat idealized portrait on the Kč 2,000 banknote.…
The mistaken report of a soldier’s death led to unintentional bigamy Three ghosts appear on Christmas Eve in Prague’s Malá Strana district. They are not the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and…
A few house signs in Prague hint at hidden alchemical meanings. The main figure on Ace of Cups in The Tarot of Prague is a red lion with a chalice, from a building…
