Чехия

Kladno

Cities · 5/3/2008 · Original language: Russian

We ended up in Kladno completely by chance.
We wanted to get away from Prague because we had nowhere to stay there. We went to the train station, got on the first suburban train, and.. Here we are in Kladno.
While we were walking from the station in search of a hotel, it felt strange. Some concrete blocks, gray high-rises, and brrr..
Soon we found a hotel, Soviet-style, but surprisingly very cozy inside. And it was located not far from the center, which we eventually forced ourselves to go to.
We had little hope of finding anything beautiful. But.... How surprised we were when we reached the center! What it looks like and what we saw there, see below...

Funny stone figures

Funny stone figures

A district far from the city center

A district far from the city center

Monument. Very similar to a Soviet one.

Monument. Very similar to a Soviet one.

While walking around the city, we discovered a castle. This is its courtyard.

While walking around the city, we discovered a castle. This is its courtyard.

And this is the bear that lives in the castle courtyard.

And this is the bear that lives in the castle courtyard.

More photos on the theme of "castle courtyard"

More photos on the theme of "castle courtyard"

Cool spherical fountain

Cool spherical fountain

Castle building. View from the courtyard.

Castle building. View from the courtyard.

And the same view from the street, straight on. It was already closed.

And the same view from the street, straight on. It was already closed.

And around the bend, the Church.

And around the bend, the Church.

It’s the same one if you get closer.

It’s the same one if you get closer.

Kladno
A little street in the center leading to the main square.

A little street in the center leading to the main square.

Dum, dum, dum....

Dum, dum, dum....

A square, and on the square there’s this little house — as far as I understood, it’s the town hall.

A square, and on the square there’s this little house — as far as I understood, it’s the town hall.

And these are huge sundials!

And these are huge sundials!

I just love the way they paint the walls of houses, I really do!

I just love the way they paint the walls of houses, I really do!

Funny but true — the same nine-story building as ours, no better in any way.

Funny but true — the same nine-story building as ours, no better in any way.