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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@sunny_muffins 15 дней назад

He: "The view from the tower is *breathtaking* !" Me: I believe you. _After taking those few 300 stairs who isn`t out of breath_ 😂

@chrismeister15 15 дней назад

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!

@Ellieei 15 дней назад

Hope you have a nice stay!

@saljablo2767 15 дней назад

How many pics and selfies do you plan on taking?

@OrangeTabbyCat 15 дней назад

@@saljablo2767 Why would this be of interest to anyone?

@sweet_amir 15 дней назад

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.

@saljablo2767 15 дней назад

@@sweet_amir awesome! Booking my trip to see the old bridge and clock now!!!!

@georgiancrossroads 15 дней назад

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.

@13StJimmy 15 дней назад

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

@TheEmmaHouli 11 дней назад

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!

@revinehd 15 дней назад

I am traveling to Prague solely because of you guys. Would be interested in watching a video regarding December activities in Prague.

@mewosh_ 15 дней назад

Lol. Here in Poland we also have a special bell that's only rung on special occasions called "Zygmunt"

@tomaskotrous9224 15 дней назад

On Wawel, right?

@RealCousinOkri 15 дней назад

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.

@2Rugrats9597 15 дней назад

Prague is a wonderful city in Europe, one of my favorites from history, people, architecture, food , and of course. “The Beer”

@Starkiller935 15 дней назад

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

@kevinl8440 15 дней назад

Prague is my second favorite city...Krakow probably my third 🤗

@2Rugrats9597 15 дней назад

@@kevinl8440 what’s your first favorite? I agree w Prague and krakow

@kevinl8440 14 дней назад

@@2Rugrats9597 Amsterdam

@xcomputronx 15 дней назад

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!

@Infarlock 15 дней назад

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

@PortageurCa 15 дней назад

Oh that trail is a super helpful tip, thanks!

@tightheadtyke 15 дней назад

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 😂

@derboeseSebastian 15 дней назад

Everytime I was in Prague I enjoyed visiting the castle and the area around it. Much love to you guys!

@rapszkyniki6372 15 дней назад

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

@erinmcgrathejm4985 14 дней назад

1:49 I sang with my choir in St Nicholas Church when we toured there.

@denisehildebrand3791 14 дней назад

Walked the stage moat path from another entry - past a hidden clay tennis court, very cool.

@PeRcH72 15 дней назад

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!

@wishyourlife6861 15 дней назад

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!

@akshatshah1598 15 дней назад

Absolutely love your content!.. wish when I visit Prague I can meet you!...

@CityWise_Travels 13 дней назад

Wow that intro was top notch!

@jj9749 15 дней назад

Excellent video!

@jordanfinney9510 15 дней назад

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!

@bigman3041 15 дней назад

im coming to prague this summer cant wait

@jryan9547 15 дней назад

Jealous! I’m planning for next may-ish. Have a great time!

@MiroMiroMiroMiroMiro 15 дней назад

the best shot of the video is at 5:01

@Oleksa-Derevianchenko 10 дней назад

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

@chips161 15 дней назад

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!

@prettymiffedbrit 15 дней назад

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.

@jean-lucd3846 15 дней назад

I love to hear we can walk along the Brusnice and through the tunnel again !

@iramargoulis8247 10 дней назад

Great tips! Where do I start the walk when going from the city? Thanks !

@VSDeluxe 15 дней назад

The Church on Old Town Quare Charged me a entrance fee lol

@romanc189 15 дней назад

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.

@Isuru14 15 дней назад

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

@siriuslysnazzy День назад

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.

@arsenlalatovic7481 15 дней назад

Best guide on youtube, but sadly you dont visit more places in Europe

@TheAnia7057 14 дней назад

Seeing it in person is a whole different experience

@dzmitrystremkouski 14 дней назад

Dekuji, Honziku!

@thrillyria 8 дней назад

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.

@rabil_lian 8 дней назад

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).

@michaelbarnes8912 14 дней назад

Beautiful 😍

@mistere287 15 дней назад

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

@michaelhippeli1838 15 дней назад

Of course a must see in Praha!

@IbrahimLucas 14 дней назад

We also skipped the the church and went for the tower. No regrets! The view is indeed amazing. Try going around sunset.

@Glock-Perfection 14 дней назад

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.

@chantypince1804 14 дней назад

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... ❤

@dragosfilip4819 3 дня назад

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.

@phileascurtil5605 14 дней назад

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.

@anisajana651 13 дней назад

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?

@MichaelHradek 12 дней назад

I jog through the castle twice a week during the summer. Worth it. Every time.

@olek_tar 14 дней назад

Do I need to have a Patreon to get a link to that map or it will be enough to have a membership on RU-vid (by clicking Join button)?

@dariusionescu726 10 дней назад

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?

@servicecritic7340 6 дней назад

Your a gem ❤

@harrisonhschan 15 дней назад

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.

@marksaar9698 15 дней назад

Janek goes crazy 😂

@stephenlee5929 15 дней назад

Wow, you have a Starbucks.😁😁 love your stuff

@BenDorm 15 дней назад

You should go to Linda’s cafe, actually it’s called Alfredo’s cafe in Prague. Support local businesses.

@user-bw9nx4xf6f 4 дня назад

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.❤

@skjelm6363 15 дней назад

Wow, the st vitus cathedral looks so similar to our thing here in cologne...

@kareivukas69 15 дней назад

How many steps do you take while filming and walking around your city?

@JR-el7et 14 дней назад

I agree with the HMM 👌

@samuelkaruniadi9844 12 дней назад

I stayed in Nerudova street about 200m from the castle… missed Prague already

@stevenwithers9153 4 дня назад

I rember when it was free to visit all the towers you mentioned

@darlethacobb8763 14 дней назад

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

@zeroyc 14 дней назад

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

@ponr 15 дней назад

When I visited, I felt like Prague Castle was the real life Duloc (from Shrek)

@theaveragegameyt 15 дней назад

I have been there

@TransConBrilliance 8 дней назад

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.

@user-zr1ry3gm2i 15 дней назад

It is quite a slog up to it, but it is worth it for the views over the city alone!!

@randomguy4989 3 дня назад

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.

@czexstar3159 9 дней назад

Dude, make episode about where go to party!!

@Alexus095 15 дней назад

6:42 an architecture of nature indeed

@Kol2388 15 дней назад

It's a great place to visit.

@erikrbk 15 дней назад

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.

@burkeiowa 15 дней назад

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.

@toruvalejo6152 14 дней назад

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.

@MikesTropicalTech 15 дней назад

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! :^)

@toydey1 13 дней назад

We thought it was a deer park, but the walk was really nice.

@RickAlmaria 15 дней назад

That's the kind of clickbait i truly enjoy! :3

@burkeiowa 15 дней назад

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.

@jacob8747 12 дней назад

Can I pay the 8 euros to get into the South Tower with a card or must it be cash?

@Fezzy_Bear 10 дней назад

Does anyone know if vrtba garden accepts card payments for admission?

@Mycr0bi 15 дней назад

If we walk from center through the old bridge, which direction to get there to Stag Moat?

@max2themax 13 дней назад

Best way to find it would prbably be google maps. Stag moat - lower entrance or in Czech "Jelení příkop - dolní vstup".

@MarcioHuser 2 дня назад

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) 😅

@ScorpionX669 11 дней назад

18 euro for the cathedral damn.

@santiagomoreno696 15 дней назад

Is the bubble tea good? (0:42)

@halbedelstein-missiongitar3030 15 дней назад

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

@MatyMaty-gq9yh 15 дней назад

i thinnk u need some papers for street music but u can !

@cllllllllll 15 дней назад

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.

@max2themax 13 дней назад

It was closed for a few years, only opened up again recently.

@lil_kubba 14 дней назад

Hezký pěkně

@frederics6498 15 дней назад

I visited the castle. There is a very nice Toy Museum inside

@sujitbaniya3695 14 дней назад

I've seen your USA vs EUROPE cultural differrences. I suggest you visit Nepal once and experience it's culture :)

@Vandelay666 15 дней назад

So beautiful it makes me wanna become a Christian

@ScarletGhost53 13 дней назад

I wish you had made this video before I visited last December :/

@zork999 15 дней назад

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.

@davidknichal6629 12 дней назад

Forget about Prague and visit BRNO, OLOMOUC, OSTRAVA.....daaaaamn!

@y-sdahms212 9 дней назад

Lol

@subhashchaudhary 15 дней назад

Come to rishikesh India 🇮🇳

@irondasgr 15 дней назад

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.

@y-sdahms212 9 дней назад

A tourist trap

@johntvrdy4533 15 дней назад

Is the old nuclear bunker beneath the castle now open?

@newgabe09 15 дней назад

Maybe you mean the one in Brno? It is, went there today. Love Brno. It's like Prague Lite :)

@johntvrdy4533 15 дней назад

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

@SimplyCali619 11 дней назад

Lol im laughing at the scam comment having a conversation by themself 😂

@jasonadams-objectivistsmat3550 15 дней назад

We have to whisper in the tunnels?

@MiroMiroMiroMiroMiro 15 дней назад

There would be an echo in the video. You dont want that I believe

@jasonadams-objectivistsmat3550 15 дней назад

@@MiroMiroMiroMiroMiro Good Point - I think HonestGuide also specifically suggests we don't dance around that particular tunnel like were in a Jagermeister commercial.

@mieszkoherburt354 15 дней назад

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.

@RobertDoornbosF1 15 дней назад

Remember, charging for entry is not only for monetary gain, It's also a great tool for crowd control

@mieszkoherburt354 15 дней назад

@@RobertDoornbosF1 That building was specifically design to handle large crowds.

@RobertDoornbosF1 15 дней назад

@@mieszkoherburt354 Yeah, Large crowds in 1929. Quite different from Large crowds in 2024

@mieszkoherburt354 14 дней назад

@@RobertDoornbosF1 Crowd remains crowd regales of time period. Time or human can't change it.

@mieszkoherburt354 14 дней назад

@@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.

@PovilasPanavas 15 дней назад

I heard 80 instead of 18 Euros, and got a mini heart attack. Then googled how much 450 CZK is, and then calmed down 😂

@enthusiastisch1922 15 дней назад

2:48 Ryan Reynolds?

@Oncus2 15 дней назад

Jelení příkop has 473 ratings and a lot of them are months or years old. Still nice to mention.

@OrangeTabbyCat 15 дней назад

No high heels and no dogs either.

@rebuzz6866 15 дней назад

The hypocrisy, always welcome and free of charge.

@paulkoza8652 14 дней назад

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.