Is Prague Castle OVERRATED ?! (Well, yes, but...)
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0:00 Yes, it is (sort of)
0:54 St Vitus Cathedral for free
1:55 The Great South Tower
4:17 Visit the Golden Lane for free
5:31 Stag Moat (a-must)
7:40 Czech Word
7:50 Bonus:)
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Janek Rubeš & Honza Mikulka, Prague based journalists
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He: "The view from the tower is *breathtaking* !"
Me: I believe you. _After taking those few 300 stairs who isn`t out of breath_ 😂
Stumbled upon this channel during covid & dreamed of visiting Prague because of the content here. Can’t believe I’m finally visiting this month!! I’m from Asia so this really quite exciting for me!
Hope you have a nice stay!
How many pics and selfies do you plan on taking?
@@saljablo2767 Why would this be of interest to anyone?
Watch out for scammers everywhere. And I mean everywhere. Even the big businesses. Also don't expect any help from the police if you need help with something. It's also very dangerous to walk alone when it's dark.
@@sweet_amir awesome! Booking my trip to see the old bridge and clock now!!!!
Janek pushes past his legendary fear of heights to show us the view from the St Vitus Cathedral Tower. Děkuji. Next time I'm in Prague I'm going up in the world.
I am traveling to Prague solely because of you guys. Would be interested in watching a video regarding December activities in Prague.
I cannot recommend enough to everyone that when visiting Prague try to go through the castle grounds at like 7or8pm on a week night. I went there with a friend and we literally had the whole place to ourselves it was insane
I remember in the days before they had security checks and closed the grounds at night, a friend and I would go up to the castle at 9PM with a bottle of wine and drink it looking out on the city.
It was magical!
Visiting Prague was my first vacation ever, and a week long at that, and we had an amazing friend-guide that showed us around, which made it all so much better. I absolutely loved it and hope to visit again soon. I hope every Czechian has as much fun in Poland as I had there. Happy to be your neighbour.
Prague is a wonderful city in Europe, one of my favorites from history, people, architecture, food , and of course. “The Beer”
I really enjoyed my vacation in Poland 3 years ago. Sadly Poland is kinda underrated among Czechs, not many people go there to visit in my experience.
The people living here are called Czechs not "Czechians" btw
Prague is my second favorite city...Krakow probably my third 🤗
@@kevinl8440 what’s your first favorite? I agree w Prague and krakow
@@2Rugrats9597 Amsterdam
Lol. Here in Poland we also have a special bell that's only rung on special occasions called "Zygmunt"
On Wawel, right?
Same thing with Austria! With the have the "Bummerin" on the cathedral tower in Vienna, which is so heavy, ringing it too often could let the tower collapse haha
Visited Prague 3 times, visited Prague castle 2 times, but didn't know about the tower. Looks nice for next time, thanks for the tip!
2:08 I've been to this tower 2 months ago, prep your legs to go up and down
The views are stunning from there, totally worth it
I went for Christmas 2023 and it was amazing. Made better by subscribing to your Patreon to get the maps! I got the tram to the castle though and missed out on the walk, but the tower was amazing and walking back into town went to the chocolate shop and got drunk because the guy didn’t care how much rum I sampled 😂
1:49 I sang with my choir in St Nicholas Church when we toured there.
Oh that trail is a super helpful tip, thanks!
Everytime I was in Prague I enjoyed visiting the castle and the area around it.
Much love to you guys!
We actually went up that cathredal tower when we were in Prague. It was hidden by some scaffolding and basically nobody went inside what's basically a little side door. Beautiful view!
Walked the stage moat path from another entry - past a hidden clay tennis court, very cool.
5:32 when me and my boyfriend visited about a year ago we accidentally stumbled upon this route because we decided to take a stroll where there were less people, one of my best memories from prauge
Just love what you do! Too bad I can't come more often to Prague, cause I would love to visit it more.
Thanks for the video Janek!
Wow that intro was top notch!
Excellent video!
Absolutely love your content!.. wish when I visit Prague I can meet you!...
Perfect timing, heading back in a week and will 100 percent take this route and then tot the tower and then to kuchyn for a beer!
I visited Prague a few weeks ago with a friend for the Prague Spring Festival concerts. We walked the Stag Moat trail accidentally while getting a bit lost going from Golden Lane to the castle garden. So along with locals, you might find lost tourists there too 😂.
P.S. Thanks for all your videos! I got to eat at a nice restaurant near Vysehrad and remembered svíčková being one of your food recommendations. It was delicious!
im coming to prague this summer cant wait
Jealous! I’m planning for next may-ish. Have a great time!
4:13 - I totally agree with you! This transit from the castle's inner square to that awesome garden is truly stunning and mesmerising!
I was very impressed
I love to hear we can walk along the Brusnice and through the tunnel again !
the best shot of the video is at 5:01
I have watched few videos of you. Really informative and after all it's fun. I have gotta question for you. What's in your backpack? :D
Great tips! Where do I start the walk when going from the city? Thanks !
The Church on Old Town Quare Charged me a entrance fee lol
It should be free. The entrance fee 2€ is only a voluntary contribution and they should not force you to pay. Or at leas was unless they changed something.
I visited Prague and the castle in August 2020, so it was empty. But I did wonder what they were doing with the Stag moat.
My fiancé proposed to be on that rounded balcony at 4:16 - what a fun surprise to see in this video 😂
Thanks for the tips as always! I'm trying to find new spots I haven't visited yet when I bring my sister to my favorite city Prague next month.
Beautiful 😍
2:55 To be very fair, the video understates a bit how steep and difficult that climb can be for some people. I went there not too long ago and it was quite exhausting for me already, the steps are narrow, there are not many resting options inbetween and it takes quite some time to climb up, especially considering that the castle is already in a higher position than the core of the city (meaning you often already have walked like 30 - 40 minutes upwards to reach it just to start the most difficult part of the climb). So there are quite a lot of people for whom it could be difficult, we had my parents with me (both over 60 and one with walking sticks) and they let it be. If you have small children, elderly, overweight people or any sort of walking difficulty that climb is actually quite difficult. I definitely enjoyed doing it, but I just thought adding a bit of context was important if you are traveling with families or in groups, because this may give the wrong impression.
Dekuji, Honziku!
I'd still love a street art walking map. Have you guys made one yet? I think I commented about it on the street art featuring video. Me and my partner love to travel during New Year and often the 1st of January is a holiday when most places are closed so we've come accustomed to spending that day walking around the cities checking awesome street art districts.
Best guide on youtube, but sadly you dont visit more places in Europe
I remember coming here in the 1990s when no tickets were required to enter the various parts of the castle like what is now required. Good thing they got rid of the security checks recently and toilets in the palace complex are now for free (due to the higher ticket prices this year).
We also skipped the the church and went for the tower. No regrets! The view is indeed amazing. Try going around sunset.
Hi Janek - Thanks for your the info !! I arrived at PRG today and took Tram 59 to transfer 30, to Hilton Prague Old Town ( an overrated 5-star hotel ). Airport exchange is $1 = 19 Kc, so I found City Exchange in Old Town, I got $1 = 22.4 Kc.
Seeing it in person is a whole different experience
Prague is definitely such a stunning place to visit not only in Czech Republic (even in Europe). What about other cities from CZ? Such as *Brno* (I know that you have few videos about it), *Ostrava* or *Plzen* and so on.
Do you intend to make some videos about one of these cities in the near future?
Do I need to have a Patreon to get a link to that map or it will be enough to have a membership on RUclips (by clicking Join button)?
Of course a must see in Praha!
Hi sir. Love you videos. Can you make a hotell video on a budget for like 1 week in prague? Not to cheap but normal prime. Will visit with my mom and sister as a suprise and I trust you
How many steps do you take while filming and walking around your city?
Prague is one of the most beautiful cities there are. In my opinion. I Got the chance to know it this weekend, I just left and want to go back 😊, just beautiful, even with all the rain... ❤
Hi! I am a Romanian and I visited a lot of cities in Europe. And also I lived in some of them for a few months/years. For me, Prague is the best in Europe! Everything is balanced.
I jog through the castle twice a week during the summer. Worth it. Every time.
When I visited, I felt like Prague Castle was the real life Duloc (from Shrek)
Wow, the st vitus cathedral looks so similar to our thing here in cologne...
I love the inside of the cathedral. It's one of the most beautiful. It used to be free to just enter , but last time I went i had to pay even if I just wanted to step foot too look. Is it free again to go in?
Just came back from 4 months in Prague. I visited the castle and the cathedral multiple times and was always thinking it was overrated. The cathedral is just above average exept the stained glass that are beautiful. The castle is not that interesting. In fact, Krakow's castle is waaay more interesting and beautiful. But I did not had those tips.
I also did not tried the tower as just a few hundred meters away from where I lived, I had a place with a clear view over almost all of Prague both for free and at whatever hours I want. A few hundreds meter more and I had a great place to look at the auroras but I missed the day and the second day was way less impressive as the sky was full of clouds in the north.
I finally visited Prague in April after watching your videos for years, and did stop by the Prague Castle. Maybe a little overrated and the interior a little disappointing, but it's still another piece of history that I think is still worth visiting.
One thing that needs to be highlighted is the small print on the back of the admission tickets to St.Vitus ( which is stunning, inside, and out). The ticket is valid for 48 hours BUT, and it's a big but as my friend found out, is if you are a later arrival and use your ticket to enter St.Vitus, but are shooed out after 30 or 40 minutes, you CAN NOT re-enter the cathedral the next day. The rule in the small print is that the ticket is valid for 48 hours, but you can only visit each attraction once. I've been to Prague 7 times and was unaware of this until it happened to my friend. We complained at the ticket office but were rudely spoken to, with the suggestion that it's our fault for being unable to read the small print. Would I recommend the cathedral, absolutely yes, but the staff need a serious attitude adjustment. I still love Prague. It's my favourite place in the whole world.❤
I rember when it was free to visit all the towers you mentioned
I stayed in Nerudova street about 200m from the castle… missed Prague already
Your a gem ❤
YOU'RE.
Janek goes crazy 😂
At 7:28, the view of the rectangular frame to enter the tunnel that is so rounded on the inside is such a strange image/view. One just doesn't seem like it belongs, but it's nice. I guess they found a way to fit a round tunnel in a rectangular hole.
It's more than that - the architect Pleskot, who designed the tunnel, wanted to spiritually connect the person walking through the tunnel with the water of the Brusnice stream, which flows through the Deer Moat - originally there was just a flow pipe - so you walk through the tunnel on the grate under which the stream flows and without walking directly through the water, you are with it and yet you don't reach the bottom and you have to choose whether to go either downstream or upstream. The walls are made of brick, which refers to fish scales, and the cross section of the tunnel is oval, as it was meant to refer to a rock crevice (as these have no ceiling) and at the same time the world is round and unenclosed and everything happens in a circle, just as the life you live is unenclosed and cyclical. The lights are placed in the floor to create a series of different reflections and lights of different colours, so that no part of the tunnel would look exactly the same in different parts of day and different weather - just as no part of your life is exactly the same.
But the square exit actually has a more prosaic reason - originally the tunnel was going to be built by excavation, so the first three metres of the tunnel were vertically concreted, but eventually the engineers decided that most of the tunnel would be built by stamping, and the architect was faced with a question, how to remake the square entrance into an oval, but in the end he started to like the angular deviation from the oval - the entrance and exit "spires" or lining - because of the sharp cut-out views and the promising light modelling, and he pushed for the oval tunnel to retain square entrance.
Dude, make episode about where go to party!!
That's the kind of clickbait i truly enjoy! :3
I would be paralyzed with my fear of heights in that tower! I mistakenly took the lift up one of the towers in Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, not realizing I would have to walk down the circular stone steps. Really bad! :^)
We thought it was a deer park, but the walk was really nice.
Wow, you have a Starbucks.😁😁
love your stuff
You should go to Linda’s cafe, actually it’s called Alfredo’s cafe in Prague. Support local businesses.
Never go to a starbucks in Europe.
I will be visiting your country again next month I have Czech crowns from 2019 when I was there and now because of your money changing I’m left with old bills am I able to change that when I return and also are you going to do another video on the changing of the bus leaving the airport to the city
I have been there
Can I pay the 8 euros to get into the South Tower with a card or must it be cash?
If you never been to Prague, off course..you have to pay a visit (I did not, considering I was doing my own beer tourism..just went on the surroundings of this castle).
I went to Prague twice and used all the information on this channel. I must say that I had enjoyed the city almost as a local person. Only good memories and no scams! xD
It is quite a slog up to it, but it is worth it for the views over the city alone!!
I just returned from my Prague trip a few days ago. While the city is very beautiful and people are great, I doubt I will return any time soon because of all the tourists. The cathedral in the Prague castle at 10am was just extremely unpleasant. It feels like a death trap inside where you walk a few steps every minute while guides are all shouting to their respective groups then yelling at people to move forward while those people ignore you to take their pictures of God knows what with their gf posing for unknown reasons. I was happy to leave the entire complex. 7am was much better for walking around but nothing was opened. I don't understand why so many descend into Prague. I also visited Vienna which is structured about the same but definitely felt a lot less frantic. Still a bit crowded but didn't feel as crazy. I ended avoiding most of the touristy spots in Prague after the 2nd day.
6:42 an architecture of nature indeed
I still wish the word to learn at the end was at the start. Then the word could get used a few times so we would remember it long-term. I never remember the words after the video is done, but I appreciate the effort. But it helps to be reinforced occasionally.
I Was almost killed by a flowerpot coming from the above in prague last summer... Nice town, to much tourist. need to come back in another season. was there in July.
If we walk from center through the old bridge, which direction to get there to Stag Moat?
Best way to find it would prbably be google maps. Stag moat - lower entrance or in Czech "Jelení příkop - dolní vstup".
Are tickets still "cash only"? When I came by at 2018 I had to expend the few reanining notes in local currency I had because of this (most other places I could go by with credit card) 😅
Hey, i don´t know if you already did something about the topic of Street Musicians. I play my guitar in the streets a lot. How are the rules in Prague? Can i just come an busk? Greetings from Germany. Tom
i thinnk u need some papers for street music but u can !
It's a great place to visit.
Hezký pěkně
Does anyone know if vrtba garden accepts card payments for admission?
Is the bubble tea good? (0:42)
I wish you had made this video before I visited last December :/
i tried to look for that tunnel when i visited a few years back and couldn't. now i know why it wouldn't show up with 3 reviews.
It was closed for a few years, only opened up again recently.
18 euro for the cathedral damn.
I visited the castle. There is a very nice Toy Museum inside
I have not been to Prague since before the pandemic, but the Starbucks that was there then (I don't know if it is the same location, but from Google Maps it seems to be) had the best view of any Starbucks in the world. The view from the patio is spectacular out over the Charles Bridge and the city. I did not go up in the Great South Tower (I don't do 287-step staircases and I have a bad fear of heights) but Starbucks had the best view I saw from Castle Hill.
p.s. Overrated and Underrated refer to the ratings, not the quantity of ratings. By definition, something with a rating of 5.0 out of 5 cannot be underrated.
Is the old nuclear bunker beneath the castle now open?
Maybe you mean the one in Brno? It is, went there today. Love Brno. It's like Prague Lite :)
There's one under Prague castle. Full of fine films, antique furniture and a huge supply of porn movies that was for the communist elite
Don't see anything wrong with charging an entry fee to go to the top of the tower but charging to enter the cathedral is outrageous. I guess heads of some nuns weren't chopped off for a very long time.
Remember, charging for entry is not only for monetary gain, It's also a great tool for crowd control
@@RobertDoornbosF1 That building was specifically design to handle large crowds.
@@mieszkoherburt354 Yeah, Large crowds in 1929. Quite different from Large crowds in 2024
@@RobertDoornbosF1 Crowd remains crowd regales of time period. Time or human can't change it.
@@RobertDoornbosF1 Despite God, who drove the merchants away from the temple, the nuns set up their own stall there. It is impossible that nuns do not know this biblical story. Charging an admission fee despite getting money from government is nothing ells than pure diabolical greed.
So beautiful it makes me wanna become a Christian
Come to rishikesh India 🇮🇳
I heard 80 instead of 18 Euros, and got a mini heart attack. Then googled how much 450 CZK is, and then calmed down 😂
8 euros just for a tower is still big money to invest on. Better try something else. The path seems to be a very nice choice on the other hand.
A tourist trap
I've seen your USA vs EUROPE cultural differrences. I suggest you visit Nepal once and experience it's culture :)
We have to whisper in the tunnels?
There would be an echo in the video. You dont want that I believe
@@MiroMiroMiroMiroMiro Good Point - I think HonestGuide also specifically suggests we don't dance around that particular tunnel like were in a Jagermeister commercial.
Lol im laughing at the scam comment having a conversation by themself 😂
2:48 Ryan Reynolds?
It's not over rated. I was fortunate to visit in the early 1980s when just about everything was free or the cost was the equivalent of pennies. No tourists from the west. My how things have changed.
No high heels and no dogs either.
The hypocrisy, always welcome and free of charge.
Forget about Prague and visit BRNO, OLOMOUC, OSTRAVA.....daaaaamn!
Lol
cathedral inside look like simple polish church
Jelení příkop has 473 ratings and a lot of them are months or years old. Still nice to mention.