The crown jewels are a 30-minute journey away, or how to bypass several-hour queues. And with a small child | iRADIO
The exhibition of the crown jewels in St. Vitus Cathedral was a big topic of the past few days. Not only because they were last seen in 2018, but mainly because of the high interest of visitors, who had to stand in lines of up to several hours. And often it wasn’t even enough. The whole event is on the way to the Prague Castle and could be done in half an hour. How?
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When the outgoing President Miloš Zeman announced that the Castle would make the crown, scepter and apple of St. Wenceslas available to the public, there was an uproar. And literally, because the interest in the exhibition was enormous despite the bad weather.
The castle extended the exhibition of the crown jewels by three days. They will be on display until Tuesday
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People stood in queues for several hours in the gardens of the Prague Castle, so that they could admire the rarest treasure of the Czech land for a few tens of seconds. For some, the wait was worth it, others were sent home early by the exhibition organizers because it would be unnecessary to stand in the gallery and the cathedral would be closed in front of them.
Considering that the exhibition lasted a subsequent extension of only eight days, the wait was worth it. But rather in the warmth of home, at an opportune moment. It happened on Sunday, January 22 just after 8 p.m.
The temperature outside showed values just below zero and the television promised a keenly watched presidential duel between Petr Pavel and additional candidate Andrej Babiš (ANO). Now! That was the moment when all you had to do was get into the car, calmly drive through the green traffic lights on the Podolsk embankment in the direction of Mala Strana and drive along tram number 18 to park a short distance from the Prague Castle stop.
Hand in hand with his almost three-year-old daughter and his wife, a more nimble step is to go through the police check in front of the gates of the courtyard and then just head to the cathedral. Genius loci after entering the nearly hundred-meter-high landmark of Prague Castle is difficult to describe. checking the metal objects and then just soaking up the atmosphere of calm when it comes to the jewels themselves.
A few quick photos, one unsuccessful selfie and a smile as a result of the satisfaction associated with the feeling that this cultural experience was fulfilled one hundred percent. After returning home, the presenter of Czech Television silently watched the debate between the general and the deputy about who would better represent the Czech citizens for five years. The clock read 20.55.
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