The Golden Lane
A museum guide to the Goldmakers’ Lane featuring rare images, background information and a wealth of details.
According to legend, the...
Fips’ Birthday
The Golden Lane in Prague. In the past, its charming and colourful little houses were mainly inhabited by simple and poor people. For many...
Minibook Franz Kafka
The new Vitalis Minibooks are an ideal small gift at an unbeatable price, a colourful compliment in miniature format, not only useful for...
Minibook Golden Prague
The new Vitalis Minibooks are an ideal small gift at an unbeatable price, a colourful compliment in miniature format, not only useful for...
Minibook Mucha
The new Vitalis Minibooks are an ideal small gift at an unbeatable price, a colourful compliment in miniature format, not only useful for...
Minibook Golden Lane
The new Vitalis Minibooks are an ideal small gift at an unbeatable price, a colourful compliment in miniature format, not only useful for...
A Country Doctor
Doctor, let me die...
Golden Lane in the wartime winter of 1916/17: Kafka retreats to the quiet of the little house at number 22 for a few...
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa of Austria – a Baroque concerto grosso, a cantata of beauty, magnificence and imperial splendour. Juliana Weitlaner has been...
Franz Kafka and Prague
“Franz Kafka was Prague and Prague was Franz Kafka”, Johannes Urzidil once wrote. And indeed, following the traces of Kafka’s life, your way...
The Metamorphosis
“When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect. He lay on his...
Letter to Father
The Letter to Father (1919) was never sent but is considered the key to Franz Kafka’s (1883-1924) literary work. This impressive testimony...
A Country Doctor
At the Prague Castle, in the Golden Lane, Franz Kafka (1883-1924) wrote these short stories, which were published in his lifetime under the...
The Castle
“The words that can be said about this book are merely tentative asides. A person must glean for himself line by line how the ominous...
Lost in America
“The story that I’m writing, which, I must say, is laid out into the endless … is called The Missing One (Der Verschollene) and takes place...
Meditation
Kafka’s little meditations form something previously unknown in German literature; I know no model.
Hans Kohn in Selbstwehr (Dec. 20, 1912)
...A Great Artist One Day
When we speak of the work of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), we instinctively think of his literary work. It is less well known that Kafka also...
Two Prague Stories
This book is sheer past. Homeland and childhood – both of them long remote – form its background. – Today I would not have written it this...
Czech Cuisine
Are halušky and škubánky a mystery to you? Have you ever heard of lívance and vdolky? Then you’re on the right track with this culinary...
The Best Czech Recipes
Just as in the days of the Emperor, people flock to the Czech Republic today to savour tasty local specialities, ranging from the fine...
The Prague Golem
Prague has been one of the most significant cities in European Judaism for many centuries. Alongside notable buildings such as the Old-New...
Prague Tales from the Little Quarter
Jan Neruda first unveiled his Prague Tales from the Little Quarter in 1878. These stories usher the reader back to the first half of the...
The Grandmother (Babička)
The Czech author Božena Němcová (1820-1862), born in Vienna, paints an entirely unsentimental portrait of the country habits and customs of...
Franz Joseph I
Franz Joseph defined his era and exemplified the old Austria. Installed on the throne as a young prince in 1848, he governed the Imperial...
Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele had many faces: the exceptionally talented artistic genius; the sensitive creator of peaceful landscapes and the shameless...
Czech Fairytales
Just like other European nations, the Czechs have a treasure trove of fairytales that has been lovingly handed down over the centuries. Some...
Jewish Fairytales and Legends
A Water Prince living in the Moldau, talking animals, flying demons, packs of thieves and kind-hearted folk, intermingled with frequent...
Folktales and Legends
Once upon a time, every river bend, every mountain peak and every church tower had its own story to tell; adventurers and pitch-burners...
Austrian Fairytales
‘Stick on!’ cries the dashing young man who wants to court the Princess, and soon everyone is stuck to his little magic wagon: the sooty...
The Imperial City of Baden bei Wien
Baden – a Biedermeier spa town, nestling amid vine-covered hillsides – is home to the Old Town’s charming alleyways, immaculate baths and...
Krambambuli
The most well-known Austrian animal story is familiar to generations of readers and has become a true classic, with many film and television...
The Best Imperial Recipes
From Tafelspitz to Kaiserschmarren – the Imperial Court Kitchen was more than just a collection of fine delicacies, prepared by the best...
Prague Cafés
Exploring the coffee houses of Prague is a rewarding pastime. From the kavárna of old Prague to the jazz café of the music-loving Czechs n...
The Imperial City of Baden bei Wien
Baden – a Biedermeier spa town, nestling amid vine-covered hillsides – is home to the Old Town’s charming alleyways, immaculate baths and...
Letters to a Young Poet
At the beginning of 1903, a pupil at the military academy in Wiener-Neustadt, Franz Xaver Kappus, sends a few poems to Rainer Maria Rilke,...
The Spanish Flu
A hundred years ago, as the First World War came to an end after four brutal years, a lethal pandemic was gaining ground: the Spanish...