Zlatá ulička (Golden Lane) is the most romantic and famous part of Prague Castle — a tiny, impossibly picturesque street of miniature 16th-century houses built directly into the castle fortifications, originally home to the castle’s goldsmiths (hence the name), later to Kafka (who lived at number 22 in 1916–1917 and wrote much of his early […]
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The Czech Republic is the best beer country in the world — the birthplace of Pilsner, the nation with the highest per capita beer consumption on Earth (over 140 litres per person per year), and a land whose brewing tradition stretches back over a thousand years, producing some of the finest and most affordable beer […]
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