Wenceslas Square
Guide
Photo: VitVit · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeSightAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A long, sloping boulevard of shops and art nouveau fronts, with the statue of St Wenceslas on horseback at the top and the National Museum behind him.
A brief history
It was a horse market in the 14th century; in 1989 hundreds of thousands gathered here in the Velvet Revolution, which ended communist rule.
Tips
- Best time
- Daytime; keep an eye on your bag
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- New Town and Vyšehrad: Wenceslas Square, the National Museum and the river south to the Dancing House and the Vyšehrad fortress. Close to the main station, with good-value hostels.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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