• Kafka memorialOne of the many houses where Kafka family livedPrague CastleCathedral in the Prague CastleCeremonial Hallgold StreetThe house on the Gold Street where Kafka lived at some pointCity view from the castleCastle courtyard

    Prague Day 3 - Kafka and Prague Castle

    June 28, 2023 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    In the morning we took - you guessed right, a VoiceMap tour about Kafka. Franz Kafka was a famous Czech writer, known for his abstract short stories and novels. Kafka family moved a lot around Prague and this tour took us around the houses his family lived in. We saw some sculptures dedicated to Kafka, like a sculpture of a man on top of empty suit, related to one of Kafka stories. A memorable monument was Kafka head, made of steel layers, which rotate for 15 min every hour, influenced by Kafka story Metamorphoses. In the afternoon, I went to Prague Castle. Sadly, there was no VoiceMap tour and it was too late to get an official audio guide, so I just walked around the castle, stopping at the cathedral, Royal ceremonial Hall, and walked the famous Gold Street which is a street of tiny houses.Read more