Explore Prague’s Unknown Underground Spaces for Free

UPDATE:Taking place November 25-26, 2017, this year’s event sees a number of new locations added to A Day Below Ground. Explore the inner workings of the Estates Theater, National Theatre, and enjoy an accompanying program in the basement of Our Lady of the Snows in the Franciscan Garden.

Explore the underground tunnels beneath nature preserve Divoká Šárka used by the German army in 1943 for its proximity to Ruzyne airfield. Discover the Branická skála which once housed an underground factory and is now home to wintering bats – not for the claustrophobic.

The Stromovka Sewer System, Prague’s oldest, is a 3.5-meter tunnel running from Old Town to Bubeneč; the Vyšehrad casemate fortification, constructed during the French Occupation of Prague in 1742, now houses six original sculptures from the Charles Bridge which haven’t been on view since the 1990s. For a complete program see here.

Several of the tours on offer during next month’s open day will attract Cold War and World War II enthusiasts including the bullet-riddled National Monument to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror in the Church of Cyril and Methodius, faithfully recreated in the Prague-shot film Anthropoid.

See nadenpodzem.cz for a map of locations and to book your spot.

Lead photo: Bunkr Parukářka via Na Den Pod Zem