{"id":1152,"date":"2026-06-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2026-06-28T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T12:22:37","slug":"prague-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/prague-day-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Prague \u2013 Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Admittedly, spending what was \u2013 at that point\u00a0\u2013 the hottest day of the year in Prague walking up a hill to the castle perched high above the city was a bold<\/em> move. Still, when time is limited, that’s what we did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prague Castle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The path up is steep, and doesn’t reveal its destination until you are through the first gate and on a bit further. Consisting of the castle<\/a>, St George’s Basilica<\/a> and Cathedral of Saint Vitus<\/a>, this is a an impressive collection of buildings, with the cathedral a third development of an original church founded in 930CE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot and bothered as we already were (by 10:30am), we skipped the views inside (no doubt I missed the best part), but the queues were long and slow-moving. Ice cream instead \ud83c\udf66<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n

Heading back down, we took a different route which lead to the Waldstein \/ Wallenstein Garden, the Parliament buildings and the curious artificial stalactite wall, home to hidden silhouettes of animals such as frogs and snakes or grimacing faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kunsthalle and DOX Centre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Opting for locations with air conditioning, after the castle we headed to the nearby Kunsthalle<\/a>. With exhibitions spreading over three floors, we explored Mark Dion’s Cabinet of Electrical Curiosities<\/em><\/a>, Memory of Touch: Chapter I<\/a><\/em> and William Kentridge’s The Battle Between YES\u00a0and NO<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of those last two, I found the former more accessible, but certainly aspects of Kentridge’s work<\/a> (YouTube link) are approachable for us non-artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then over to the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art<\/a>. Here was more challenging for me: a three-storey exhibition by Radka Bodzewicz on the story of Faust<\/a> was pleasing, if you are familiar with the intricacies of the writing. Hit by News, Press Art from the Nobel Collection<\/a><\/em> detailed how access to and truthfulness in writing was forever changed by the introduction of mass printing and newspapers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Least meaningful, to me, Ji\u0159\u00ed Petrbok: Patient Diary<\/a><\/em>, a focus on self-portraiture, could be seen as the expression of a madman in places. It didn’t resonate with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Admittedly, spending what was \u2013 at that point\u00a0\u2013 the hottest day of the year in Prague walking up a hill to the castle perched high above the city was a bold move. Still, when time is limited, that’s what we did. Prague Castle The path up is steep, and doesn’t reveal its destination until you […]<\/p>\n

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