Prague video city walk

Prague’s old town survived intact, which means the streets are the original width — that is, not very wide at all — and they curve enough that you rarely see more than fifty metres ahead. It makes for a walk of constant small reveals: a lane bends, and there is a square, or a bridge, or another lane. The cobbles are uneven and audible. Across the river the scale opens out and starts climbing, and the change is abrupt.

Common questions

Do the walks cross the Charles Bridge?

The route uses the river crossings, yes. The contrast between the tight old town lanes and the open bridge is one of the things that only works at walking pace.

Why is the picture cropped?

The video is scaled to cover the whole window rather than fit inside it, so on a tall or narrow screen the sides or the top and bottom are cropped instead of showing black bars.

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