Free audio walk in Prague
Mysteries of the Old Town
- 62 min
- 3.7 km
- 9 stops
- Free
Starts at Staroměstské Náměstí 1/4
About this walk
Prague's Old Town hides more than cobblestones and tourist crowds. This loop digs into the city's stranger side — underground alchemist labs at Speculum Alchemiae, the mechanical wonder of the Astronomical Clock, and the vast libraries of the Klementinum. You'll trace the origins of Central Europe's oldest university, duck into the art-filled Convent of St. Agnes. You get back at the Old Town Square.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
Old Town Square
The cobblestones beneath your feet hide a story of revenge, resistance, and a warning that hung over this city for years.
Read the story - 2Stop 2
Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia
A medieval princess turned down the most powerful man in Europe to cook soup for lepers — and the building she founded changed history twice.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
The Dominican Monastery of Prague
The beautiful library standing here today was built on the ashes of one that was destroyed in a single afternoon.
Read the story - 4Stop 4
Clementinum
Behind this baroque facade lies a curse, a blind mason, and a hidden treasure that no one has ever found.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
Karolinum
You're standing before a building where medieval scholars once debated papal indulgences so fiercely that it helped spark a religious revolution across Europe.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
Estates Theatre
Standing before one of Europe's most beautiful historical theatres, you're looking at the very stage where Mozart himself conducted the world premiere of Don Giovanni.
Read the story - 7Stop 7
The Founding of Charles University
You're standing beside Central Europe's oldest university, where a medieval emperor's vision changed the course of education forever.
Read the story - 8Stop 8
Edward Kelley's Alchemist Laboratory
Beneath the square you're standing on lies the secret underground laboratory of history's most audacious con man — a man who convinced an emperor he could make gold, and nearly got away with it.
Read the story - 9Stop 9
The Prague Orloj
This medieval clock has been ticking for over 600 years, runs on nothing but gravity, and nearly died at the hands of the Nazis.
Ready when you are
Walk Mysteries of the Old Town with ROODS.
9 stops through Prague, about 62 minutes. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.
- Stories on a map, with narrated audio
- Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
- Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
