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State Opera Prague

30 May 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time:  6 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post The State Opera (Czech: Státní opera) is an opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. It is part of the National Theatre of the Czech Republic, founded by Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in 1992. The theatre itself originally opened in 1888 as the New German Theatre and from 1949 to 1989 it was known as the Smetana Theatre. More recently it was renamed the Prague State Opera. Currently it is home to approximately 300 performances a year.   read more…

Charles Square in Prague

30 August 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Charles Square (Czech: Karlovo nám?stí; German: Karlsplatz) is a city square in the New Town of Prague, Czech Republic. At roughly 80,550 m² it is one of the largest squares in the world and was the largest town square of the medieval Europe. Founded in 1348 as the main square of the New Town by Charles IV, it was known as Dobyt?í trh (Cattle Market) from the 15th century and finally named after its founder in 1848. The central portion of the square was turned into a park in the 1860s.   read more…

Wenceslas Square in Prague

1 August 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  6 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Wenceslas Square (Czech: Václavské nám?stí; German: Wenzelsplatz) is one of the main city squares and the centre of the business and cultural communities in the New Town of Prague, Czech Republic. Many historical events occurred there, and it is a traditional setting for demonstrations, celebrations, and other public gatherings. It is also the place with the busiest pedestrian traffic in the whole country. The square is named after Saint Wenceslas, the patron saint of Bohemia. It is part of the historic centre of Prague, a World Heritage Site.   read more…

Prague Castle

21 August 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Prague Castle is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic serving as the official residence and workplace of the president of the Czech Republic. Built in the 9th century, the castle has long served as the seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia. As such, the term “Prague Castle” or simply the “Castle” or “the Hrad” are often used as metonymy for the president and his staff and advisors. The Bohemian Crown Jewels are kept within a hidden room inside it.   read more…

Charles University in Prague

5 October 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  7 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Charles University (Czech: Univerzita Karlova), also known as Charles University in Prague or historically as the University of Prague , is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe in continuous operation. Today, the university consists of 17 faculties located in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Plze?. Charles University belongs among the top three universities in Central and Eastern Europe. It is ranked around 200–300 in the world.   read more…

Old New Synagogue in Prague

11 July 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General Reading Time:  10 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post The Old New Synagogue (Czech: Staronová synagoga), also called the Altneuschul, situated in Josefov, Prague, is Europe’s oldest active synagogue. It is also the oldest surviving medieval synagogue of twin-nave design. Completed in 1270 in gothic style, it was one of Prague‘s first gothic buildings. A still older Prague synagogue, known as the Old Synagogue, was demolished in 1867 and replaced by the Spanish Synagogue.   read more…

Portrait: The novelist and short-story writer Franz Kafka

26 February 2020 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait Reading Time:  14 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers, and has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis), Der Process (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle). The term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe situations like those found in his writing.   read more…

Prague, the golden city

9 February 2011 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Architecture, European Union, European Capital of Culture, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Prague is situated on the Vltava River in central Bohemia. Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. The city proper is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million. Prague has been a political, cultural and economic center of Europe and particularly central Europe for the over 1,100 years of its existence. For centuries, during the Gothic and Renaissance eras, Prague was the permanent seat of two Holy Roman Emperors and thus was also the capital of the Holy Roman Empire. The city played roles in the Protestant Reformation, the Thirty Years’ War, and in 20th-century history, both during the two World Wars and during the post-war Communist era.   read more…