Franz Kafka and Prague

Franz Kafka has become a synonym for turn-of-the-century Prague like no other. Visitors come by the thousands to trace his footsteps on the banks of the Vltava river. Franz Kafka was born in 1883 on the outskirts of the then still existing Prague ghetto. After his studies at the German University of Prague, Kafka worked…

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Old Town Square in Prague

If Wenceslas Square in the New Town is a point of culmination in recent national history, then the walls of the Old Town Square mirror the events of many centuries past that have left their mark in eminent buildings. The square is actually neither square nor rectangular, in fact, the ground plan is extremely irregular….

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