Jan Kotěra: The visionary founder of modern Czech architecture died 100 years ago this week
His buildings bridge the styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he taught a generation of modern architects.
Older than Stonehenge: Prague circle has more questions than answers
A Stone Age site discovered in the 1980s has just been explored by Czech archaeologists, who still don't know what it was used for.
A new tour lets visitors explore Prague's hidden-gem Baroque library
The library, which is often ranked among the most beautiful in the world, is part of a tour of some of the historical parts of the Klementinum.
Revisiting Czechoslovak-Vietnamese relations 50 years after the Vietnam War
Vietnamese children went to a Czech school in the late 1950s, and later agreements opened the door for workers and university students.
Happy trails: Hiking in Czechia is set to get safer and easier this season
The Czech Tourist Club, which oversees thousands of kilometers of trails, steps into spring with its Walking for Health project.
Prague firefighters commemorate 170 years with a parade
The firefighters were recruited from street cleaners, and used to do both duties for the first 13 years.
This St. Patrick's Day, follow in the footsteps of Celtic tribes
Unique artifacts and a large settlement near Prague highlight the Celtic origins of present-day Central Bohemia.
This week in history: Charles IV's New Town envisaged a new Jerusalem
The emperor thought the world would soon end, and he hoped to entice the heavenly powers to set up their realm in Prague's then brand-new district.
5 Czech castle trips to welcome the spring season
From a Romanesque fortress embedded in Czech Canada to the newly opened spaces of Prague Castle, these are the notable castle openings for spring
Czechoslovakia’s forgotten rocket pioneer wanted to deliver mail by missiles
Luckless inventor Ludvík Očenášek has been compared to Jára Cimrman, but he was a brilliant inventor and life-long supporter of democracy.
PHOTO GALLERY: See colorized lithographs of Prague in the 1900s
A series of colorized lithographs in the Library of Congress shows what Prague looked like more than a century ago.
Prague’s Smíchov district was once its own city
The up-and-coming neighborhood used to be known as the "Manchester of Bohemia" due to its factories.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Czech cars challenge Prague’s Nusle Steps in 1947
An effort to show the high quality of Czech vehicles was captured by a British newsreel company.
PHOTO GALLERY: Prague’s ‘cemetery of fools’ ranks as one of Europe’s spookiest spots
The abandoned cemetery once used by Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital is undergoing renovations and is temporarily accessible to the public.
Prague's Jewish legacy defies gentrification: The making of today's Josefov quarter
A law passed in February 1893 that set the stage for the demolition of the former Jewish ghetto also drew awareness to the need for preservation.
National Gallery Prague celebrates 227 years with free admission
The roots of the gallery go back to efforts in the late 1700s to safeguard Bohemian art collections and educate the public.
The St. Jan Nepomucký statue on Prague's Charles Bridge turns 340 years old
An error in a chronicle led to the statue being erected 10 years early, on what was thought to be the 300th anniversary of Nepomucký's death.