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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Czechia

157 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Czechia

Updated March 14, 2023

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Unusual Attractions in Czechia

Prague, Czechia

The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Prague, Czechia

Strahov Monastery

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Prague, Czechia

Idiom Installation

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Kutna Hora, Czechia

Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Prague, Czechia

Dripstone Wall

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Prague, Czechia

Speculum Alchemiae

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Prague, Czechia

Olšany Cemetery

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
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Prague, Czechia

Batalion Comic Book Museum and Club

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.
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Art 24
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Stories About Czechia

Meet the Photographer Hunting for the Scars of Soviet Rule

Matthew Moore captures places where monuments once stood—and then finds the statues as well.
by Kerry Folan
January 6, 2021

The Proud, Demanding Vodyanoy Rules Russia's Rivers and Lakes

The legend has endured political disruption, revolution, and generational shifts.
by Kaleb Horton
October 28, 2020

Ivo Zdarsky Is Waiting Out the End Times in His Own Utah Ghost Town

The Iron Curtain escapee, DIY aviator, and thriving entrepreneur is ready for anything.
by Oliver Whang
September 16, 2020

An Inside Look at Czechia's Grueling Mountain Dogsled Race

Started in 1997, Šediváčkův Long is one of Europe's toughest winter events.
by Winnie Lee
February 12, 2020

For Sale: The First Telegram of World War II, Sent a Few Days Before World War II

You might call it a miscommunique.
by Isaac Schultz
July 18, 2019

The Birth and Rebirth of Functionalism in the Czech Republic

The global design phenomenon left a unique and lasting legacy in the country.
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Welcome Back, Hunger Stones

In the past, the appearance of these rocks has portended bad famines, good wine, or nothing at all.
by Cara Giaimo
September 14, 2018

The Communist Cookbook That Defined Prague’s Cuisine

For years, one book dictated how and what people could eat.
by Elizabeth Smith
August 29, 2018

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