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Public Transport Museum
The museum at the Střešovice tram depot has a large collection of trams and buses, from an 1886 horse-drawn tram to present-day vehicles. It’s a great place for kids as they can climb into some of the vehicles, and you can board a vintage tram for a sightseeing tour of the city.
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Singing Fountain
Just in front of the colonnade, the Singing Fountain sashays to recorded music (everything from Dvořák to Celine Dion) every two hours on the odd hour from May through October, with the last two performances normally at 9pm and 10pm. An information board details the musical schedul
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Charles University Botanical Garden
Just south of Karlovo náměstí is Charles University’s botanical garden. Founded in 1775 and moved from Smíchov to its present site in 1898, it’s the country’s oldest botanical garden. The steep, hillside garden concentrates on Central European flora and is especially pretty in spri
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Petřín Lookout Tower
The summit of Petřín is topped with this 62m-tall Eiffel Tower lookalike built in 1891 for the Prague Exposition. You can climb its 299 steps for some of the best views in the city – on clear days you can see the forests of Central Bohemia to the southwest. (There’s also a lift.)
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Great Synagogue
The Great Synagogue, west of the Old Town, is the third-largest in the world – only those in Jerusalem and Budapest are bigger. It was built in the Moorish style in 1892 by the 2000 Jews who lived in Plzeň at the time. The building is now used for concerts and art exhibitions.
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Gothic Cellar
The restored Gothic cellars that once lay beneath Charles IV’s palace (now gone) house an exhibition dedicated to the history and legend of Vyšehrad. It is packed with archaeological finds and religious relics associated with life in the fortress from 3800 BC until the present day.
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North Bohemia Fine Arts Gallery
Along Michalská at the southwest corner of Litoměřices main square you’ll find a house where esteemed 18-th century architect Ottavio Broggio left his mark: the excellent North Bohemia Fine Arts Gallery , which features the priceless Renaissance panels of the Litoměřice Altarpiece.
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Art Gallery for Children
The clue is in the name: at the Art Gallery for Children the kids not only get to look at art, but make it, add to it and alter it. There are paints and materials to play with, and even workshops for five- to 12-year-olds (only in Czech at present, though staff speak English).
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Proudy (David Černý Sculpture)
Sounds of laughter and clicking cameras greet Proudy (Streams ; 2004) by David Černý, a saucy animatronic sculpture of two guys pissing in a puddle shaped like the Czech Republic. The microchip-controlled sculptures are writing out famous quotations from Czech literature with their
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Moser Glass Museum
The Moser Glass Museum has more than 2000 items on display. Tours of the adjacent glassworks and combined tickets are also available. There is a shop here, too, but the prices are not anything special, and theres another shop in town. To get here catch bus 1 from the Tržnice bus st
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National Museum
Looming above Wenceslas Square is the neo-Renaissance bulk of the National Museum, designed in the 1880s by Josef Schulz as an architectural symbol of the Czech National Revival. Its magnificent interior is a shrine to the cultural, intellectual and scientific history of the Czech
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Zoo Plzeň
Plzeňs zoo is one of the best in the country, with a sizeable collection of exotic animals, including rhinos, hippos and giraffes. There are also camel and donkey rides for the kids. You can buy a combined-entry ticket for both the Zoo and DinoPark next door (adult/concession 210/1
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Rear (New) Synagogue
This Renaissance synagogue, dating from 1669, is the highlight of the Jewish Quarter with its beautifully restored frescoes and a wonderful historical model of the ghetto as it appeared in the mid-19th century. Entry is by 30-minute guided tour, with tours scheduled at least once a
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Prague Zoo
Prague’s attractive zoo is set in 60 hectares of wooded grounds on the banks of the Vltava. It makes for a great outing for kids. There are sizable collections of giraffes and gorillas, but pride of place goes to a herd of rare horses. Attractions include a miniature cable car and
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Náprstek Museum
The small Náprstek Museum houses an ethnographical collection of Asian, African and American cultures, founded by Vojta Náprstek, a 19th-century industrialist with a passion for both anthropology and modern technology (his technology exhibits are now part of the National Technical
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Church of Mary Magdalene
Karlovy Varys most important Catholic church and one of its grandest baroque buildings is this imposing, twin-steepled structure in the heart of the spa. The church dates from the 1730s and is the work of baroque master Kilian Dientzenhofer, the architect of St Nicholas Church in P
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Maisel Synagogue
The neo-gothic Maisel Synagogue replaced a Renaissance original built by Mordechai Maisel, mayor of the Jewish community, in 1592. It houses an exhibit on the history of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia from the 10th to the 18th centuries, with displays of ceremonial silver, textile
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Leica Gallery
The Leica Gallery stages exhibitions of 20th-century and contemporary photography by both Czech and international photographers; past exhibitions have featured the work of Helmut Newton, Leni Riefenstahl, and Magnum Photo Agency photographer Elliott Erwitt. Theres also a comfortabl
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Wenceslas Statue
The focal point of Wenceslas Square is the equestrian statue of St Wenceslas at its southern end. Sculptor Josef Myslbek has surrounded the 10th-century duke of Bohemia and the Good King Wenceslas, of Christmas carol fame, with four other patron saints of Bohemia - Prokop, Adalbert
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Muzeum Lidice
This museum recreates the history of the village of Lidice – utterly destroyed on 10 June 1942 by Nazi forces in revenge for the assassination of Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich – in photographs, text and an emotive multimedia exhibition, and also screens chilling SS film footage
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