20th Century Tour in Prague
Prague entered the 20th century under the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. After 1867, Magyarization pushed many Slovaks and Carpathian Rusyns from what is now western Ukraine to America, where emigrant communities later backed independence and influenced the future of Carpathian Ruthenia within Czechoslovakia. Sarajevo brought war, and the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia helped win recognition for the new state founded in 1918. Their long journey home through Vladivostok continued into 1920.
Then came the First Republic, economic crisis, Nazi occupation and Communist rule. Post-war reconstruction also mobilized young people: more than 47,000 participants helped complete the Youth Railway to Banská Štiavnica in 1948–1949. For many eastern Slovak families, old links to America later meant dollars from relatives abroad; the state exchanged hard currency for Tuzex vouchers known as bony. Soviet tanks and the Velvet Revolution followed. We trace this story through the people who lived it. The tour includes a real nuclear bunker and a drink in a beer garden with the best view of the city.
Route: St Wenceslas statue at the National Museum → Prague Main Railway Station → tram to Olšanské náměstí → walk to the Bezovka nuclear bunker → walk to Energy Pub in Riegrovy Sady. The tour ends in Riegrovy Sady with a drink, conversation and a view over Prague.
Let’s walk in their shoes.
- Interactive city walk + public transport + nuclear bunker + drink
- Starts at 19:00 · St Wenceslas horse statue, in front of the National Museum
- 3–4 hours
- Price · €40
- Scheduled tours in English · German on request