Prague Graffiti – Holosovice metrostation

One month ago I already have more than one hundred photos and I learn how to sort them by art or style how they were painted.  So I decided to do categories:

BLOCKBUSTERS

CHARACTERS

POETRY

PROFI

STENCIL

OTHERS

Have a look to this website graffiti.bigdrobek.com

However you are travelling in the best train in Czech Republic, the second class does not have electricity for laptops and the train should be little bit more clear (sits and tables). But the restaurant wagon is cheap.

So here are some photos:

Photos insde the article!

A Short River Walk

Large map

As I have said, I like walking at night Prague. Some years ago I „discovered“ walking along the Vltava river. The first reason was to take different photos of Prague Castle at night. After this journey I have started walking along the river more often.
Starting at „Namesti republiky“ which is a nice square and there is the Metro, which is called with same name. There is the Paladium shoping center. This square is close to the river bank. From this place you can walk to river along „Revolucni Street“ and before the bridge turn left.You now have the Vltava River on your right, and on left is interesting government building department of something. So, after five minutes of walking you will see the entrance to the river bank and a place where the ships are parked. This river bank is built from stone and it is right place for walking and for bicycle. In a few minutes you will see two interesting places on the other side of the river. The first place is, where 30 years ago there was a „large monument of Stalin“ (Communist Russian politician). Today this place is for taking photos of a river scene with several Prague’s bridges. This place is also a popular area for skaters and in-line skaters. The second view from the river bank is the unusual scenery of Prague Castle.

You can walk under the bridge and continue to the next stop. Next stop is ending of bank river an you go up and you still see on right side Prague Castle. Next to Prague Castle you can see on the hill old buildings, which is really expensive restaurant called „Hanavský pavilon“. Cross the street and continue on same river side, there you will walk for short time on lower level on the river / (almost street), on this place the bank river will finish and there is another look to the Prague Castle. Then you could continue around the building, on same pavement on right side, and in five minutes you are on Křízovnické square, where start the Charles Bridge.
When you stay with your back to Charles Bridge, the street straight ahead continue to the Old Town Square with the Astronomical clock. The street on your right hand continue to the National Theatre. Now you can choose which way to go. If you have no idea, I recommend you go over the Charles Bridge, then just before the end of the bridge is downstairs on left side. Go to this way and entrance to the „Campa Park“, where the Museum of modern art in old mill called „Sovovy mlýny“. At the and of Campa Park, you can continue upstairs to the bridge “ Most Legií“ go over the bridge and there you will see scenery with National theatre on the end of the bridge. Really good place for making photos with motive with this theatre. The street continuin from the bridge is called „Národní street“ and it continue to Wenceslas Square. There is end of my short river walk, because there are all Metros.

Next time I will write about a long river walk. Really good Prague trip around Vltava River.

Train to Kutna Hora

The train is going each two hours, and it takes 60 minutes from Prague main train station. We catch the train at 9:56. In the Kutna Hora main station there were a lot of tourists traveling as we. The train station is about two kilometers out from the historic centre, and you can walking or take the bus.
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Cemetery chapel with ossuary

So we decided go by walk and first stop was the „seller with bones“ around more than 500 years old. The entrance fee casts 50 CZK and there is open whole year (just 24.12 is closed). It was nice that we can make there photos, or if you want video.
The chapel is in the middle of small cemetery and it was built in 14 century. There are bones more this 40,000 people, and something like pyramids is built from them. The altar is there, and pictures made from the bones on the wall. I have visited one more ossuary in the Melnik town and there it is smaller but there are narrow ways between the bone walls and they are close and you are not separated by the bar. But still this ossuary is really unusual.

Cistercian monastery in Sedlec

Close to the ossuary is THE CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY and both sights are close to the train station. The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady was built between 1282 and 1320.

Plague column

Plague Column was created between 1713 and 1714 as a reaction to plague epidemic that struck Kutná Hora in 1713 and left thousands of victims behind. I have made proto, but there was a car.

Stone fountain

I forgot to do photos, but it does not look like well. It is large and made from stones, but it looks good.

Cathedral of st. Barbara

Our main goal was this cathedral and ossuary, I have made a lot of photos, and you can see here on this site. The cathedral is the second most important in the Czech Republic, and mine important priest became from Kutna Hora. The Cathedral has rich ornamentation and it is high building because here was the silver mined. Just go inside, pay the fee and look to the nice ornamentation. People can make photos here.

Italian court

On the way back we visited the Italian court, the old one mint. We have to wait 40 minutes to next travel through the court, so we had a look just inside, and went to next stop. There is another gallery than mint and it is called „Crime and Punishment“. It is separated in the seller.
It is shame, that the museum of silver was closed, so we visited some restaurant, had lunch and went back to the train station. Together we needed five hours to visit the famous city Kutna Hora.