Following Franz Kafka: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in Prague

Explore Kafka's home city and discover the neighborhood he grew up in. When Kafka was born in 1883, extensive parts of the city’s Old Town were on the verge of extinction. The changing character of the city left a fundamental mark on his fragile and sensitive personality.

Learn about Prague's Jewish history while visiting one of the synagogue Kafka and his father frequented. Once on the verge of extinction, Prague's Jewish community has been a huge part of the city's history and culture.

Discover the beautiful Spanish Synagogue and pass the house where Kafka started writing Trial.

Pass by the House at the Minute, where Kafka lived as a young boy. Glimpse the well in the Small Square that supported the drunkard in Kafka’s short story Description of a Struggle

Gaze upon Kinsky Palace in the Old Town Square and hear details about Kafka’s uneasy relationship with his father

Explore the old quarter of Prague and find out about Kafka’s lovers, including his passionate correspondence with Milena Jesenská.

See how Prague has kept the memory of Kafka alive with public art. On your walk, you’ll also get a taste of Kafka’s work, listening to parts of his stories and diary entries in the very places that inspired them.

See the giant rotating sculpture of kafka's head by David Cerny.

The square called Jungmannovo náměstí, named in honor of the man whose sitting sculpture you can see in front of you. Josef Jungmann was a 19-century linguist to whom we owe the revival of the Czech language.