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Installed in the year 1410, this 600 year old clock in the city of Prague.
Nov 6, 2017 12:31 PM
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Installed in the year 1410, this 600 year old clock in the city of Prague.
JupitersWitch
I need this photo in my living room. God that's gorgeous.
3engdegrees
I was just there two weeks ago!
squintobean
How did you get a shot of it without hundreds of people everywhere. I stood there for like 30 minutes tying to get a clear shot.
BillNyeYourMomsAGuy
Bloodborne
edelleaa
And its beautiful as heck!
Tensaa
@engineerishere
LittleMit
That’s an amazing clock. How pretty!
FatGuyPostingSuicidalMemesEverday
They are nowdays being repaired
LaptopGeekGirl
I am helping with a video game right now with a time traveling space ship and we used this clock for the theme of our ship!
TXjlp86
As an American, I envy this level of engineering. America just seems to copy and cut corners (Except for NASA). Our auto industry for exam
TrueGreenman
I remember a fantasy novel where this clock was a McGuffin. I still have to read the last part, but I forgot the name.
PeterNormal
Anathem? I mean I couldn't get through the first 200 pages of description of this clock, so not sure if it is the same book.
TrueGreenman
Don't think so. The main character was a girl, not a guy
asthmatherapeutics
The city is beautiful too
WamBamLesbianJam
It is incredibly beautiful in person
SomePeopleSayThatCucumbersTasteBetterPickled
i'll bet. looks pretty awesome just from this low resolution photo.
ZeeSnippy
if only there werent the blue construction fences everywhere. was there in october
Doumdidoum
I feel like Prague is the ultimate simcity for Tim Burton
dwude
Dr strange's mansion
somebodyontheinternet
matsaikat
Anyone from Prague here?
8166uy
Another old planetarium that is worth anyones time is the Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker, the Netherlands. It is expected to be UNESCO ...
uitSCHOT
Still on my bucket list
8166uy
somewhere in the coming 2 years. Perfectly accurate since 1781. And VERY pretty.
railgap
I bet the long now people have been all over it.
sunhammer
Called "Orloj" in czech language.
LillyPepperoni
Haha I'm from Czech R. It's nice to see that you like this stuff from my land!
pfsar
Been there, seen that. Prague is a beautiful city, especially Charles Bridge, the castle and the Old Town. Plus #INXS #NeverTearUsApart
bluedragon93
I stayed in the hotel across from this clock back in July. If I lifted myself out the bathroom window and craned my neck I could see it
bluedragon93
Also every hour there are figures that rotate through the windows at the top. Very cool.
Whiplash1986
Interesting fact - The city of Prague gouged out the maker's eyes once he completed this because they didn't want another city to have one.
thechelonianshelmet
Was he called Goldeneyes Silverhand Dactylos by any chance
TheOnlyThingThatsLeftToDoIsGetAnotherRoundInAtTheBar
Then he jumped in it and broke it and nobody knew how to fix it for a while
AddictedToImgur420
Just looked it up and apparently its not true
rabastan
DAMN YOU! My one fact...nuuuuu...my chance at originality...gone ;_; I...I ...Koalabears have two penises. I...it's gone...all gone... ;_;
DickPicEnthusiast
Also, loads of chlamidia. It's a real problem.
rabastan
yas
ackman13
Very cool that's it's still operating, but it's super underwhelming
fuop
It's so underwhelming that they put a dude playing a trumpet after the hour change so people know it ended. People would keep staring up.
Hostoja
I have seen that damn clock! So that means I have been in Prague. My memory decays ;c
Randombastard360
And for bonus point: Q: The reason the Church was interested in astronomy? A: To accurately place the date of Easter each year.
Allofyoush
We have progressed.
YodasLeftEar
indeed. cesium133 is used today to accurately place easter. and satellites around earth adjusted for relativity. but mostly easter thing
somethinginthecorner
It seems odd to me that the dark ages were only 600 years ago. That doesn't actually seen like a very long time
ILikeCharmanderOk
The Muslim world is still there lol.
Durnstaros
Dark ages is often considered to be a bit earlier than that, but regardless we have advanced at an astonishing rate.
MachineInterface
The canonical dark ages go from about 500 to 1000AD; after that it's the high middle ages which the majority of historians today do not 1/
MachineInterface
see as a period of decline or obscurantism. Futhermore, some argue that the dark ages really started before the fall of Rome, with the 2/
MachineInterface
crisis of the 3rd century, and that the decline largely ended by 600 BC, so actually only a century after the fall of Rome. So according 3/
MachineInterface
to historians, the dark ages, if such a notion has validity, ended 1000 to 1400 years ago, not 600.
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
..and just around the corner, the Sex Machines Museum!
Placentaur
....I need to go to Prague now
NegimaSensei
It's where they go to unwind.
woderwoman
And next door to that is the best cake shop I’ve ever been to!
asthmatherapeutics
That's interesting. I never knew.
BllackViper
For those who havent been to Prague, this is actually true, can confirm.
DAVIDCAMERONSHAGSPIGS
I literally just booked a trip there. Adding that to my list of shit to see
spetcnaz
Lived there for 3 years. Honestly best years of my life. Geat town.
spetcnaz
*great
OppositeMan
FlatPlutoSociety
I took so many pictures in that place the first time I was in Prague. It was fucking [ayyyyyyy] awesome.
theSariel
Pic or didn't happen!
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theSariel
You are the real nsfw mvp!
MissMcBoner
You can't say that and not show us
FlatPlutoSociety
I was able to dig up these two (pre-digital photography, guys). NSFW:![]()
Prime3k
Not far from the communism museum!
Emulen
And the Toilet museum
foiltoiler
Also the KGB museum, which is run by a batshit crazy Russian nationalist with a major Putin hardon. I've been. 100% worth a visit for lulz
Camelspotting
I wouldn't have it any other way.
BenSnow97
Why are you repeating the same thing?
MrsDarcy
Been there, can confirm.
GetOutofMyCrankZone
With a toy tank that has a dildo for a gun!
Predicto
I took a classy girl on a first date in high school. We went to a Euro Art movie called Montenegro. A tank like that was part of the film
Predicto
Followed by the most awkward, utterly silent drive home that ever happened.
Predicto
The movie got great reviews. I thought I was being so sophisticated suggesting it. I still cringe
GetOutofMyCrankZone
Hahaha sounds like time well spent! One date or did it go further?