The Greatest Castle of the Czech Republic - Karlstejn

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  • čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
  • Neither the Swedes nor the Hussites managed to conquer the Big Tower of Karlstejn Castle, where the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire were stored. Let's explore the greatest treasure vault of the Czech Republic and the no.1 castle to visit outside of Prague. #czechrepublic #realpragueguides #castle
    Timecodes
    0:00 - Intro
    0:51 - A Brief History of Karlstejn
    1:30 - How to Get to Karlstejn
    3:06 - Visiting Karlstejn
    5:54 - Cool things to do in Karlstejn and nearby
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Komentáře • 124

  • @RealPragueGuides
    @RealPragueGuides  Před 2 lety +12

    Thanks, guys for watching! Btw. both the Imperial Crown and the Crown of the Kingdom of Bohemia were stored in Karlstejn. It's just that as we were fast-editing we put Bohemian Crown over Valery saying "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire". Our mistake! Forgive us Charles IV.! (and youtube doesn't allow us to put a title over it)

  • @chrishutchison5031
    @chrishutchison5031 Před 2 lety +11

    The Czech tourism bureau should pay you guys for your videos. I loved the nature footage today! in addition to the beautiful castle, Karlstejn is beautiful. A food video might also be good. ( it might also be expensive) I am always interested in what you are eating. Don't listen to my advise, I have never run a CZcams channel. Just keep up the good work.

  • @oskarhoffmann4918
    @oskarhoffmann4918 Před 2 lety +5

    Dobry den, thanks for your great Videos from your neighbours from Lower Bavaria !!!!

  • @Claudio08111960
    @Claudio08111960 Před 2 lety +1

    A hug from me tou you, Valery!!

  • @yannide-power6443
    @yannide-power6443 Před 2 lety +3

    I love that you can take the train and go just anywhere in Czech Republic.
    I miss that and i want it in my country to. 🇬🇷🛠️🇨🇿🤓

  • @user-di1hh4qy6r
    @user-di1hh4qy6r Před 2 lety +1

    Been there, def worth it! Hello to Lenka, Henry, Lucy and Jan!

  • @SM68Pete
    @SM68Pete Před 2 lety +1

    I walked all the way up, in winter, just to find out it was closed....nice history. Good sense of humor and what are fun facts.

  • @Timetraveler101
    @Timetraveler101 Před 2 lety +1

    Keep them coming Val! Counting days ! Thanks!

  • @Gord19
    @Gord19 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for posting greetings from Canada

  • @antoniogarufi442
    @antoniogarufi442 Před 2 lety +2

    great tour beyond the great city of Prague! fantastic Valery!

  • @AZChrisK
    @AZChrisK Před 2 lety +1

    Valerie, great video!

  • @tubbsplaza
    @tubbsplaza Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks Valerie for the great video. Hope we can visit it soon.

  • @adammasek772
    @adammasek772 Před 2 lety +5

    Your videos just get better and better, Valerie! So much fun, thank you for sharing with us. Way back when I first clicked on the "Why do so few people live in central Prague?" I had no idea I would look forward to every video you do.

  • @toddbonin6926
    @toddbonin6926 Před 2 lety +2

    This has to be one of the most beautiful places in the world!!! Thank you

  • @paultodd7806
    @paultodd7806 Před 2 lety +3

    Definitely going to have to return to Czech for a visit, love the videos and Valerie you make them fun to watch as well as informative

  • @naeemakbar2265
    @naeemakbar2265 Před 2 lety +2

    Beautiful video my dear valery this is my problem that I can't explain you perfectly in English but think about my conectivity with your channel as well as with you too

  • @tk1324
    @tk1324 Před 2 lety +1

    Real Prague Guides making history buffs of everyone who watches!!!

  • @brvandal
    @brvandal Před 2 lety +1

    After watching all the Honest Guide videos, i LOVE getting more in depth with this channel!

  • @patrickfitzgerald2861
    @patrickfitzgerald2861 Před 2 lety +1

    WTF!?!? The freakin' Goodyear blimp? Here I am in the US, enjoying the video and wishing that Valery would stop whining, and you go and mess with my mind by including the Goodyear blimp . . . awesome! 😎

  • @Ihz
    @Ihz Před 2 lety +2

    Love your videos. Valery is awesome and sooo cute.

  • @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE
    @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE Před 2 lety +1

    Hello Valerie, I've just woken up, but thanks for your wonderful videos, I'll watch all of it later on.. 🙂♥️

  • @ymg200
    @ymg200 Před 11 měsíci

    Great video. Lot's of useful info and entertaining too.

  • @cbartlett
    @cbartlett Před 2 lety +1

    One of the funniest and best so far!

  • @dgibelli
    @dgibelli Před 2 lety +2

    I love your humour, greetings from the UK.

  • @pravindave4194
    @pravindave4194 Před rokem

    Thanks for video

  • @user-dw5ti3sc2b
    @user-dw5ti3sc2b Před 2 lety

    velice pěkné😍👍👍

  • @timobrien9123
    @timobrien9123 Před rokem

    Thanks for the video, I just moved to Karlstejn last year so it was great to learn some more of its history

  • @dwocelot6913
    @dwocelot6913 Před 2 lety

    I'm visiting Prague in March for the first time. Looks like a great day-trip

  • @jamesmihalcik1310
    @jamesmihalcik1310 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you Valerie ! Interesting to see the GoodYear Blimp flying over the area. It flew over my farm in Pennsylvania once, I was a little startled while working outside by the size of it. :)

  • @joshuatrower1698
    @joshuatrower1698 Před 2 lety +1

    "Give me some climbing spikes and 12 good men...."

  • @joebrouillard565
    @joebrouillard565 Před 2 lety

    Another excellent vlog. I saw the lance in Vienna in 2016.

  • @WZbytovsky
    @WZbytovsky Před 2 lety +1

    I had the best guláš in that village.

  • @mohanman3479
    @mohanman3479 Před rokem

    Very nice

  • @gary8306
    @gary8306 Před 2 lety

    Interesting and funny, thankyou..........the how to get there is always useful.

  • @JesusTorres-dc4vu
    @JesusTorres-dc4vu Před 2 lety +1

    Well Valerie, I would be one of those that doesn’t make it to the castle because I would stop along the way and drink beer all day. As always, great video. I can’t wait for the next one.

  • @bloodyapril6392
    @bloodyapril6392 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh cute Valery. Any haunted castles? Any legends of the Supernatural? Your so adorable.

  • @donny2327
    @donny2327 Před 2 lety

    I like the look of those traps.

  • @sandor7594
    @sandor7594 Před 2 lety

    I was coming here in October. I'm watching the wonderful videos now. The Czech Republic is beautiful and a real museum. Valéria presents it very well. Greetings from Budapest

  • @javasrevenge7121
    @javasrevenge7121 Před 2 lety +1

    We have been here very oftenly, a real great area :)

  • @georgejoseph4164
    @georgejoseph4164 Před rokem

    Loved my visit there a few years ago. Used to see it recently on the train to Horovice.

  • @yannide-power6443
    @yannide-power6443 Před 2 lety

    Nice video 👍👍👍👍😌

  • @swanwelles4195
    @swanwelles4195 Před 2 lety

    Nice Video:) thank you!

  • @dieseltrains2
    @dieseltrains2 Před 2 lety

    ♥😍😍😍Really beautiful channel

  • @rubenz599
    @rubenz599 Před 2 lety +1

    This place looks like the filming locations for the Subspecies movies 🧛🏻😄🔥

  • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
    @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Před 2 lety

    Ah Prague.
    beautiful one minute, perfect the next.
    love your work.
    The castle also has an escape tunnel for the king if ever he was under attack.
    When we can travel again from Australia, I will be happy to take another tour.

  • @meestermeesterhastings.3159

    Good evenings Valerino you are looking's a very nice today's....

  • @BusterGotIt
    @BusterGotIt Před 2 lety

    I liked the traps on the way to the castle! Haha 👍 😄

  • @chuckmeadows1581
    @chuckmeadows1581 Před 2 lety +1

    Another great video, Valerie! I think you can be a big movie star! Your camera presence is amazing! Anyway, I have a question. What was the music you used in the video. It was terrific. Can you tell the name of the music, and/or the artist? I really enjoyed it! Thanks!

  • @Lepercurtidoo
    @Lepercurtidoo Před 2 lety +3

    I have visited the castle back in the 90's . Back then there was no ridiculous tourist trap policy of paying extra to visit the tower. It was one price for the whole castle ( as it should be) Sadly things are going for the worse and imho they cut in their own fingers since the reputation gets worse too. Same thing for the Golden street in Prague's Castle where it used to be simply a nice little street and not yet again a tourist trap where you have to pay to walk in it. Oh well, luckily it's still free to breath the fresh Bohemian forests air.... for now ... This is for the record my personal thoughts and has nothing to do with your nice channel and videos ;)

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin Před 2 lety

      Keeping 800 years old castle cost big money, in 90s you had maybe whole castle for 100 CZK or something, but salary was 1/4 of today salary.

    • @Lepercurtidoo
      @Lepercurtidoo Před 2 lety

      It does cost money to keep old buildings into shape but there are a lot of old places, castles etc in Europe where you don't have to pay twice. Just a matter of policy.

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin Před 2 lety

      @@Lepercurtidoo Yes, I agree, but this is one of the most touristic place in Czechia, you can expect that in such places. But I was very (positively) surprised in Poland, some places are completely free to visit.
      In Czechia if it's private property, you should expect 3m tall fences around it and maybe even machineguns, we are pretty much like Americans in this case.
      It's sad that some historical things are hidden in someone's garden and you can't visist it.

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa Před 2 lety +1

    Great video, thanks!!!
    That "ship" in the skies was a "Zeppelin ship"!!!!

  • @jeanneknight4791
    @jeanneknight4791 Před rokem +1

    I agree with you about the Thirty Years War loot. The Swedish should give it back to the Czechs. Museums all over the worls are giving things back to the places mof origin. Never let that go!

  • @anderseriksson8016
    @anderseriksson8016 Před 2 lety

    You ar the best 🥰🥰

  • @jamessandman3708
    @jamessandman3708 Před 2 lety

    I love this girl!!

  • @almonius1
    @almonius1 Před 10 měsíci

    It's a long walk to get there and a big hill to climb, but worth every step. It's a beautiful castle

  • @JoRei953
    @JoRei953 Před 2 lety +3

    As a history major who has made the Holy Roman Empire a focus of study, this is a great video! Well done!

    • @patrickfitzgerald2861
      @patrickfitzgerald2861 Před 2 lety +1

      You might enjoy the fun Wikipedia map animation of the HRE growing, shrinking and finally disappearing over the centuries. Napoleon strikes yet again!

    • @caliscribe2120
      @caliscribe2120 Před 2 lety +1

      My favorite line ever about history is that the Holy Roman Empire was neither Roman nor an empire and certainly not holy.

  • @reubenperalta6576
    @reubenperalta6576 Před 2 lety +1

    You guys could do a video entitled ‘Purple penguins getting colonic irrigation’ and I’d still watch it if Valerie was presenting. She so lovely 😉

  • @eas211000
    @eas211000 Před 2 lety +1

    It is the Goodyear Blimp. Goodyear is a tire manufacturer in the U.S and the blimp is basically a promotional tool of theirs that they use to fly over sporting events. Great video as always!

  • @jacobrengma6340
    @jacobrengma6340 Před 2 lety

    Nice video

  • @BusterGotIt
    @BusterGotIt Před 2 lety

    Liked #488, I've heard of this castle but looking at it visually, it's very stunning, thank you. Looking forward to more videos of your beautiful country. Subscribed to support a fellow content creator.

  • @amandabyrd9349
    @amandabyrd9349 Před rokem

    When visiting, we went to the castle twice. The first was the least expensive tour. Nice, but seriously, go for the full tour, including the chapel at the tower’s top. It’s amazing. And you don’t have to walk the hill, you can pay for a ride in a horse-drawn cart to the front gate. At least the carts were working seven years ago.

  • @franciskswong3159
    @franciskswong3159 Před 2 lety

    How to enjoy the Prague and Czech republic? Should We stay one week or one month? We are fascinated by your introduction of this beautiful city. Is there any brochure available from your national tourism office? So we may study and plan ahead of visiting.

  • @___saj____
    @___saj____ Před 4 měsíci

    Valerie... could you explain about that location far from that castle?

  • @aaronsaunders6974
    @aaronsaunders6974 Před 4 měsíci

    such a handsome burg. rivals orava. just heard about it.

  • @brvandal
    @brvandal Před 2 lety

    at 8:00
    Even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp
    And it read, "Ice Cube's a pimp!"

  • @pavel6688
    @pavel6688 Před 2 lety +3

    I dont know what hill are you talking about, among Czech castles Karlštejn is on of the easiest to get to, almost a flat plain;)

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin Před 2 lety +2

      yeah, and it's walk on road thru city, even little kids can reach Karlštejn :-D there are castles where you literally die when you climb the hill :-D

  • @rogerflorida1498
    @rogerflorida1498 Před 2 lety +1

    Did they ban Segways? I know there used to be many of them.
    That would make the trip up the hill easier.

    • @RealPragueGuides
      @RealPragueGuides  Před 2 lety

      Yeah... You can take a horse carriage taxi up the hill 😂

  • @stepandolezal7550
    @stepandolezal7550 Před 2 lety

    Just a small remark, Karlštejn was built to protect Imperial crown jewells as you said, but on picture you showed the crown jewells of Bohemian kingdom, which were also safeguarded in the castle, but later on.

    • @RealPragueGuides
      @RealPragueGuides  Před 2 lety

      Yes, you are totally right! Not sure how that escaped our attention 👍

  • @judoko33
    @judoko33 Před 2 lety

    You are so funny!

  • @ErmakBrovar
    @ErmakBrovar Před 2 lety +1

    When it comes to Czechoslovakian bunker you should think about a joke similar to the one about Italian rifle: “Brand new. Dropped only once”.

  • @johnvelas70
    @johnvelas70 Před 2 lety +1

    Valerie needs to get the camera guy to carry her up the hills/stairs. Tell him he'll grow a muscle or 2.

  • @oliver4260
    @oliver4260 Před 2 lety

    There should be a double like button
    By the way where did u eat that Czech dish “chicken curry” I need to try it maybe this weekend 🙃

    • @RealPragueGuides
      @RealPragueGuides  Před 2 lety +1

      It was called Pension U Královny Dagmar. The cook has a parrot that hangs out in the place 👀

    • @oliver4260
      @oliver4260 Před 2 lety

      @@RealPragueGuides Hahaha u are too much but a fabulous team ur camera man also added that not about the top hills which I would have never thought of

  • @notsure9137
    @notsure9137 Před rokem

    What is the song at 7:40?

  • @joytekb
    @joytekb Před 2 lety +1

    My favourite guide is there.Valery i am certain that if you wish ,you could just visit Sweden and using your charm and wit ,singlehandedly reclaim all Czech treasure back.If you don’t do it and record a video you are just being lazy :)

  • @vigneshganesan6964
    @vigneshganesan6964 Před 11 měsíci

    Can I use prague day ticket to travel to Karlstejn

  • @redstone51
    @redstone51 Před 2 lety

    Valerie, please explain the ghost bike rider on the closest track going left to right starting at 1:45? At first I thought it was a reflection off the windshield. THERE IS NO WINDSHIELD THOUGH! Shame on SWEDEN! Return what belongs to Prague this instant! I MUST VISIT THAT CASTLE AND THE TRAIN TRACK!!! You guys do make excellent videos. Valerie, do you have bionic legs?

    • @RealPragueGuides
      @RealPragueGuides  Před 2 lety +1

      It's a plant 🌿

    • @redstone51
      @redstone51 Před 2 lety

      @@RealPragueGuides So besides being phenominal guides, you are also fun video editors!!!🤣👍

  • @is50
    @is50 Před 2 lety

    nemuzu se nezeptat... nasle Lera ten soudek pod stromeckem?

  • @pravindave4194
    @pravindave4194 Před rokem

    Junagadh and rajkot city UPARKOT FORT ,JUBILEE GUJARAT STATE ,IND.

  • @yannide-power6443
    @yannide-power6443 Před 2 lety

    So funny eating ice cream 😋

  • @DerParsifal
    @DerParsifal Před 2 lety

    Karlstejn aka Karlstein is properly pronounced stein as in "fine"

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin Před 2 lety +1

      most of castles have Czechised name over centuries, so there is mostly "štejn" in name

    • @DerParsifal
      @DerParsifal Před 2 lety

      @@Pidalin Do Czech people pronounce it as "steen"?

  • @oliver4260
    @oliver4260 Před 2 lety +1

    Your videos are epic 😊question is that a real nail from Jesus’s cross🤣

  • @yamirkaibarra5415
    @yamirkaibarra5415 Před 2 lety

    Beautiful video. I am dying for going back

  • @kadoj
    @kadoj Před rokem

    …. What the…. The Goodyear blimp? But why?!? That’s an American thing, we originally used it as a great big combined advertising platform/place to film an aerial view of American football games. What it’s doing toodling around in Czech skies is beyond my comprehension, unfortunately.

  • @stroke_of_luck
    @stroke_of_luck Před 2 lety

    Everything worth seeing is up many many stairs. I am exhausted just watching you. It will keep you skinny

  • @yannickille4049
    @yannickille4049 Před 2 lety

    Need exercice?

  • @DTczsk1999
    @DTczsk1999 Před 5 měsíci

    I am very disappointed not showing castle inside. ☹️

  • @1934rod
    @1934rod Před 2 lety

    Great video, are American tourist welcome there. We are not all bad , please don't judge us all by our politicians.

  • @lenol0315
    @lenol0315 Před rokem

    did she play kingdom come deliverence lol

  • @ojichrom8448
    @ojichrom8448 Před rokem

    Running shoes is bit out,the shoes make the difference,believe me or not.

  • @madzen112
    @madzen112 Před 2 lety

    Did you see the dragon?

  • @is50
    @is50 Před 2 lety

    nooo jen aby val takovej soudek nedostala jako prankovej darek k vanocum xD

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa Před 2 lety

    What about if the archers were home on sick leave when the castle got stormed ???
    Just kidding...... 🙃 🤣

  • @ycplum7062
    @ycplum7062 Před 2 lety

    You can edit the video, but you can't edit the climb. lol Any buses for the fat and lazy?
    The hills brought up an interesting question. Can you rent E-bikes in the cities. Fully charged ones, of course. lol
    At the hill overlooking Karstejn, you should have pretended you were at the Austro-Swiss border a nd started singing, "The Hills are alive with Music..."

  • @Jimbo1268
    @Jimbo1268 Před 2 lety

    Dude, party the fuck up.

  • @petersalibi9246
    @petersalibi9246 Před 2 lety +1

    Karlstejn is nice. From outside. Inside is nothing to see. Boring place. Waste of money.