Fred Byrne

Klárov is an unusual station in the Prague metro network . Classified as confidential for almost sixty years, it was one of the best-kept secrets of the Communist era.

To mark the 50 th anniversary of the Prague metro we explored some of its iconic stations. In conclusion, here is a look at what the new metro line D will look like.

In this episode of our Prague Metro series  we go to Háje, the southern terminal station of line C.

The metro station Petřiny in Prague lies only a short walk away from the Břevnov monastery and the battlefield of the Battle of White Mountain in the Thirty Years War.

Vyšehrad, on Line C, is one of Prague's oldest and most distinctive metro stations.  Anna Švarc, the architect behind the Prague metro, guided us through the station.

With Soviet and Czechoslovak flags, inscriptions in Cyrillic, cosmonauts, and a portrait of Pushkin, Prague's Anděl metro station  is a trove of historical curiosities.

In this episode of our Prague metro series, we take you on a tour of Můstek - one of the busiest and most iconic stations of the Prague metro.

In this episode, we go to the Prague Main Railway Station, on line C, where our guide explains the curious underground tramway project that preceded plans for a metro.

The project to build a metro in Prague dates back to the 1970s, but the first plans for an underground in the city date back to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

In the shadow of Prague Castle hides a quiet and hidden valley. First used for defensive purposes, the Stag Moat now offers visitors a space to relax.