Venues

National Theatre Ballet

Martin Pechlát

The premises of the former St. Anne’s convent, whose history reaches back to the 14th century, has been the home of the National Theatre Ballet Ensemble since 1994. Come and ascend to the attic ballet hall, where under the exceptionally preserved Gothic truss tonight literature will replace ballet dance…

Baťa – Wenceslas square

Jiří Dvořák

In 1929 the successful company T. & A. Bata opened the new department store “Dum sluzeb” in the Wenceslas Square as the existing shoe shop became insufficient due to the large number of customers. Tonight literature will enter here…

Clam-Gallas Palace

Ivan Řezáč

Discover with us this Baroque treasure, one of the most fabulous Prague palaces decorated extensively by the Mathias Bernard Braun’s workshop. The magnificent stairway will lead you to an astonishing Marble Hall, the beauty of which was once admired by Mozart and Beethoven…

Jalta hotel – nuclear shelter

Jan Kačer

The hotel built in 1955-58 according to the project of the architect Tenzer was supposed to serve as the headquarters of the Warsaw Pact general staff. Come and descend with us to its nuclear shelter, where there used to be a hospital with a secret entrance for the then leaders…

Jindřišská tower

Petr Nikl

Come and enjoy listening to stories in the cosy attic of the gothic tower situated in the heart of Prague. The highest bell tower, in which you can find the late-Gothic bell Maria from1518, offers a breathtaking view of the city of a hundred spires…

Underground Engineering Network

Jaroslav Plesl

Did you know that under the city there are 90km of collectors, one of the most extensive underground network systems in the world? Tonight you have a unique chance to visit the Prague underground. 28m below the paved streets of the Old Town The White King will be expecting you…

Maisel Synagogue

Jiří Ornest

The originally Renaissance synagogue built at the end of 16th century by the Jewish Town primate Mordechai Maisel served under the Nazi occupation as a storage house of the confiscated property of the Prague Jewish community…Tonight its magic atmosphere will come alive with literature…

Municipal Library Prague

Miroslav Táborský

On 28 October, 1928 the Municipal Public Library was opened in the Marianske Square, the first purpose-built building of its kind in Czechoslovakia. You may know the premises well, but tonight we will invite you to a place which you certainly have not visited before…

Metropolitan Police Prague 1

Jaroslav Rudiš

The house built in 1862-1864 for Emil Danek from the famous successful business duo Kolben-Danek (CKD is today the home of the District Directory of City Police Prague 1. Come and visit its representative offices and become part of a detective story…

St. Cross Rotunda

Taťjana Medvecká

Accept our invitation to the oldest Romanesque rotunda in Prague. Although the first extant written evidence of its existence is from 1365, its origin is dated back to the late 11th century. Tonight its stonewalls decorated by the remnants of the original Gothic frescoes will become witnesses to a magic story-telling...

Trauttmansdorf Palace

Alois Švehlík

Enjoy the reading in one of the less well-known palaces in the heart of the city, the home of Karlovarske mineralni vody a.s. where you find history in dialogue with contemporary architecture and enjoy a thrilling story…

U Pinkasů – restaurant garden

Jiří Mádl

Visit the garden of the famous Prague restaurant, where you will find yourself surrounded by the Gothic ruins of the original northern nave of the Church of St Mary on the Snows. Emperor Charles IV. initiated the building of this oldest part of the church which was supposed to become the most monumental sacral building in Prague...


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