Letter from Prague The changing face of Wenceslas Square
Wenceslas Square -a place visited by millions of tourists every year - has been captured on thousands of postcards over the years, pictures which document its transformation. At the start of the twentieth century people could still ski down the square in winter. For the less athletic, there were horse drawn carriages and in the 50s you could hop on one of the open trams riding up and down the square so slowly it was possible to hang on to the bottom step and feel the wind in your face. It was the construction of the Prague metro in the late 70s which radically changed the face of Wenceslas Square. With underground transport there was no more need for trams and the last tram wove its way down the square in 1980.
Wenceslas Square
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