Clocks, Astronomers and Alchemists in Prague: audio walks

Prague's reputation for alchemy sits beside clocks and astronomy. These walks ask what people actually studied and what later acquired a reputation for magic. They offer a way into instruments, people and places of learning without turning every scientific question from the past into an unsolved mystery. Looking closely is part of the pleasure.

In “Charles Square and its crypt”: Purkyně and Doppler bring the history of science to Charles Square, through the traces of a discovery and the memory of its authors.

In “Prague Castle”: You finish among prisoners and protectors: an alchemist, a lane of archers, the noblewoman who wouldn't give up the men from the window, and a knight whom tradition set to playing the violin.

In “Prague Legends”: Eleven stops with the legends of the Old Town and the Charles Bridge, and the year someone first told them: the blinded clockmaker, a headless rider who ended up a Templar, the sword the legend hides inside the bridge, and the saint who died for one reason and is venerated for another.

Choose from 4 independent walks in Prague. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.