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Bizarre Stories of Prague Walking Tour
Do you like stories full of crazy twists of fate, love, betrayal and coincidence? We love and collect them! Join us for a stroll through Prague and hear more than 50 remarkable tales about the Golden City’s enthralling past.
Duration 3 hours
Private tour pricing from 15 EUR per person
Group tour available in English
Highlights
Explore the streets of Prague with a professional local storyteller,Find out what the Czech capital and Bohemian Rhapsody have in common,Listen to tales of Albert Einstein playing his violin in Prague,Hear the sad fate of Franz Kafka and the story behind his strange statue,Learn why we call Prague the Golden City,Discover how the Rolling Stones ended up paying for Prague Castle’s lighting system
Description
Prague has the reputation of being the most beautiful, mysterious and atmospheric city in the world.
What’s the story behind the Kafka Monument? What’s the link between the summer solstice and St. Vitus Cathedral – Prague’s Stonehenge? How quiet does it get inside St. Agnes Convent? Is it part of the Templars’ hidden treasure? How did the Old-New Synagogue get its name? Where's the New World? Where would you have seen Europe’s first tulip? What are the two peeing men peeing on? Is the Charles IV statue in the middle of the square actually peeing? How did the Powder Tower get its name? Why is there a human arm attached to the wall at St. Jacob’s Church? Why did they cut off the priest’s tongue? What do crawling babies, dead horses and Sigmund Freud have in common?
Hear about the Defenestration of Prague and the 27 white crosses in the middle of the Old Town Square, the crazy life and even crazier death of Tycho Brahe, the fall and rise of the Marian Column and the Prague Meridian, the Můstek metro station, Rudolf II and Golem, the day John Lennon was shot, the last hours of WWII in Prague, Heindrich’s assassination, the Knights of Malta and much more…
What’s the story behind the Kafka Monument? What’s the link between the summer solstice and St. Vitus Cathedral – Prague’s Stonehenge? How quiet does it get inside St. Agnes Convent? Is it part of the Templars’ hidden treasure? How did the Old-New Synagogue get its name? Where's the New World? Where would you have seen Europe’s first tulip? What are the two peeing men peeing on? Is the Charles IV statue in the middle of the square actually peeing? How did the Powder Tower get its name? Why is there a human arm attached to the wall at St. Jacob’s Church? Why did they cut off the priest’s tongue? What do crawling babies, dead horses and Sigmund Freud have in common?
Hear about the Defenestration of Prague and the 27 white crosses in the middle of the Old Town Square, the crazy life and even crazier death of Tycho Brahe, the fall and rise of the Marian Column and the Prague Meridian, the Můstek metro station, Rudolf II and Golem, the day John Lennon was shot, the last hours of WWII in Prague, Heindrich’s assassination, the Knights of Malta and much more…
What’s included & not included
3-hour walking tour with a professional local storyteller
Meeting point
Old Town Square
Prague
Old Town Square00420 775 961 430
kajomin@gmail.com
Karol Minarovic