Kafka’s Prague

Golden Lane is a row of miniature, brightly colored houses built directly into the northern defensive wall of Prague Castle. These cramped dwellings, some with ceilings so low an adult can barely stand upright, were first constructed in…

The Franz Kafka Museum is housed within the Herget Brickworks, a former industrial building situated on the Lesser Town bank of the Vltava River. It is instantly recognizable by the fountain in its courtyard, which features two bronze…

The bronze statue of Franz Kafka stands nearly four meters tall, showing a small figure of the writer riding on the shoulders of an empty, headless suit. Created by sculptor Jaroslav Róna and unveiled in two thousand three, it draws…

The Goltz-Kinský Palace is recognizable on the Old Town Square by its striking pink and white stucco façade. Built between seventeen fifty-five and seventeen sixty-five in the Rococo style, the structure was designed for Count Jan Arnošt…

The Café Louvre occupies the first floor of a building on Národní Street that dates back to nineteen hundred and two. Unlike many of Prague’s ground-level establishments, this café requires you to ascend a staircase to reach its dining…

The eleven-meter-tall bust of Franz Kafka is instantly recognizable by its surface, which consists of forty-two independently rotating layers of mirrored stainless steel. Installed in two thousand fourteen, this kinetic sculpture by artist…

The New Jewish Cemetery in the Žižkov district is marked by its expansive, ten-hectare grounds enclosed by a long Neo-Renaissance wall. Opened in eighteen ninety to replace the city's crowded burial sites, the cemetery was designed with a…