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From abandoned castles, to the church with 250,000 bones in it, these are The CREEPIEST Places in The Czech Republic
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7. Creepy Baby Statues
Located within the beautiful Kampa park, you’ll find something that is a little unsettling. These tiny, demonic looking rugrats are found crawling around the entrance to the Kampa Museum in Prague. Here in this photo, we see them scaling the Zizkov TV Tower, with some kind of paranormal being with antigravitational powers!
6. Moravsky Kras
Despite having some creepy urban installations and sites to see, the country does have some beautiful wildlife as well but this time it’s just a little bit creepy! It’s here you’ll find Europe’s deepest gorge, called Macocha Abyss! The crack eroded due to acidic water in the Punkva River in this area to create a large eerie cave system. It was first explored by monks in 1723. The gorge is home to some rare plants, not commonly found in Europe but the story behind this place is what’s most frightening. Local legend has it that it was here where a widowed stepmother lured her stepson to collect some berries. She had recently remarried and didn’t want her biological son to feel intimidated by her other stepson. She then pushed the boy into the dark abyss below. To this day, lumberjacks still hear the cries from a child coming from the abyss.
5. Sedlec Ossuary
This ossuary, located in the town of Kutna Hora is one of the Czech Republic’s creepy places! On the outside it might look like your normal chapel. On the inside is completely covered in bones! Even this little angel has a skull on it. When soil from the holy land was brought to this area after the crusades, it became an extremely popular place for people to be buried. Once the black plague struck Europe, there was certainly no shortage bones. There’s believed to be the bones of over 40,000 people here. It’s one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country. And they even get pretty creative with some of the designed like you see here with the chandelier.
4. The Devil Heads
Yeah there really is no shortage of creepy places here in the Czech Republic. This disturbing site is just waiting to send chills down the spines of hikers in the Zelizy National Park, located north of Prague. If mount rushmore were meant to look more terrifying, it’d look something like this. These two faces were carved from a cliff side in the mid 1800’s by Vaclav Levy and about 30 feet tall. They originally looked something like this, but weather conditions have slightly eroded their horrifying forms!
3. Just Hanging Out
While walking down the streets of Prague, once again you might become startled and think the statue of this guy is actually someone was clinging on for dear life. That’s actually exactly what people thought, when this was exhibited in Chicago and many people dialed 911. This all happened before being permanently installed in Czech Republic. This is a statue from the artist David Cerny, it portrays a 7 foot bronze sculpture of the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud hanging on by one hand. There are both optimistic and pessimistic explanations to this statue. One claims that this criticizes Sigmund’s views as simply crazy in modern times and the other theory is that his beliefs are still held onto. Either way you look at this, statue is still pretty creepy!
2. The Lennon Wall
During communist times in Czechoslovakia, the beetles were often seen as a source of what life was like for non communist countries and represented freedom in some sense. Located on the eastern side of Prague, away from the touristy destinations is where you’ll find this eerie reminder of communism. It was seen as a way for young inhabitants of the city to lash out their feelings about the regime of the despised politician, Gustav Husak., who governed Czechoslovakia for a long period of time. After the authorities attemptd many times to clear the wall, it kept getting graffitied and they eventually gave up! It still stands today, with a eerie beauty to it.
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Houska Castle
Located about 30 miles north of Prague, the Houska Castle was built around 1270 AD by a Bohemian King named Ottocar the II, and some claim, it was built over a pit to hell! Consider how the Morovsky sinkhole looks and there might be some truth behind this. Strangely enough, it’s unique in the fact, that it was designed to keep things inside and not for keeping things out! This was built around the pit, and still to this day, no knows exactly how deep the pit truly is. One popular story about this place goes, that the king was willing to pardon a criminal for his crimes but only if he agreed to be lowered into the pit. Not too long after being lowered, he began screaming for mercy. When he was pulled back up, his hair was gray and he had aged 30 years! What truly lies beneath still remains a mystery
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7. Creepy Baby Statues
Located within the beautiful Kampa park, you’ll find something that is a little unsettling. These tiny, demonic looking rugrats are found crawling around the entrance to the Kampa Museum in Prague. Here in this photo, we see them scaling the Zizkov TV Tower, with some kind of paranormal being with antigravitational powers!
6. Moravsky Kras
Despite having some creepy urban installations and sites to see, the country does have some beautiful wildlife as well but this time it’s just a little bit creepy! It’s here you’ll find Europe’s deepest gorge, called Macocha Abyss! The crack eroded due to acidic water in the Punkva River in this area to create a large eerie cave system. It was first explored by monks in 1723. The gorge is home to some rare plants, not commonly found in Europe but the story behind this place is what’s most frightening. Local legend has it that it was here where a widowed stepmother lured her stepson to collect some berries. She had recently remarried and didn’t want her biological son to feel intimidated by her other stepson. She then pushed the boy into the dark abyss below. To this day, lumberjacks still hear the cries from a child coming from the abyss.
5. Sedlec Ossuary
This ossuary, located in the town of Kutna Hora is one of the Czech Republic’s creepy places! On the outside it might look like your normal chapel. On the inside is completely covered in bones! Even this little angel has a skull on it. When soil from the holy land was brought to this area after the crusades, it became an extremely popular place for people to be buried. Once the black plague struck Europe, there was certainly no shortage bones. There’s believed to be the bones of over 40,000 people here. It’s one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country. And they even get pretty creative with some of the designed like you see here with the chandelier.
4. The Devil Heads
Yeah there really is no shortage of creepy places here in the Czech Republic. This disturbing site is just waiting to send chills down the spines of hikers in the Zelizy National Park, located north of Prague. If mount rushmore were meant to look more terrifying, it’d look something like this. These two faces were carved from a cliff side in the mid 1800’s by Vaclav Levy and about 30 feet tall. They originally looked something like this, but weather conditions have slightly eroded their horrifying forms!
3. Just Hanging Out
While walking down the streets of Prague, once again you might become startled and think the statue of this guy is actually someone was clinging on for dear life. That’s actually exactly what people thought, when this was exhibited in Chicago and many people dialed 911. This all happened before being permanently installed in Czech Republic. This is a statue from the artist David Cerny, it portrays a 7 foot bronze sculpture of the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud hanging on by one hand. There are both optimistic and pessimistic explanations to this statue. One claims that this criticizes Sigmund’s views as simply crazy in modern times and the other theory is that his beliefs are still held onto. Either way you look at this, statue is still pretty creepy!
2. The Lennon Wall
During communist times in Czechoslovakia, the beetles were often seen as a source of what life was like for non communist countries and represented freedom in some sense. Located on the eastern side of Prague, away from the touristy destinations is where you’ll find this eerie reminder of communism. It was seen as a way for young inhabitants of the city to lash out their feelings about the regime of the despised politician, Gustav Husak., who governed Czechoslovakia for a long period of time. After the authorities attemptd many times to clear the wall, it kept getting graffitied and they eventually gave up! It still stands today, with a eerie beauty to it.
1.
Houska Castle
Located about 30 miles north of Prague, the Houska Castle was built around 1270 AD by a Bohemian King named Ottocar the II, and some claim, it was built over a pit to hell! Consider how the Morovsky sinkhole looks and there might be some truth behind this. Strangely enough, it’s unique in the fact, that it was designed to keep things inside and not for keeping things out! This was built around the pit, and still to this day, no knows exactly how deep the pit truly is. One popular story about this place goes, that the king was willing to pardon a criminal for his crimes but only if he agreed to be lowered into the pit. Not too long after being lowered, he began screaming for mercy. When he was pulled back up, his hair was gray and he had aged 30 years! What truly lies beneath still remains a mystery