Prague and Kutná Hora: The Ultimate Historical Rail Getaway from Berlin
The timeless silhouette of Prague: a golden tapestry of Gothic spires, Baroque domes, and red-tiled rooftops rising above the Vltava River. One of the greatest luxuries of living in or visiting Berlin is how effortlessly the rest of Central Europe unfolds from the platforms of Berlin Hauptbahnhof. While domestic weekend trips to the Baltic coast or the Harz mountains have their charm, boarding the morning EuroCity train southbound toward Bohemia transports you into an entirely different historical dimension in barely over four hours. The rail journey itself is a classic European rite of passage. As the train clears Dresden, the tracks carve directly alongside the winding Elbe River, slicing through the dramatic sandstone towers of Saxon Switzerland before rolling into Prague's Art Nouveau central station, Praha hlavní nádraží . Beyond the postcard-perfect bridges and cobbled squares of the "City of a Hundred Spires," a short fifty-minute local rail excursion le...