Experience the awe and dread of what life was like during Prague’s cold war period. Learn about the history of communism in Czechoslovakia, hear stories from this time and visit a real nuclear bunker hidden under the city with the Nuclear Bunker Museum.

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Duration 2 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
Skip the line through a separate entrance
Live tour guide: English

Highlights

Visit a real nuclear bunker from the 1950´s (50 feet underground), with cold war time expositions, genuine equipment and a gasmask workshop.
Get a feel for how life used to be in the communism and cold war period in Czechoslovakia.
Your expert guide will recount tales about the lives of spies, political prisoners, cold war refugees, dissidents and other authentic stories

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Step back in time to a dark period in Czechoslovakia’s history. With an expert guide leading the way, you will discover what it was like to live in country under communist rule – an age of paranoia, spying, fear and violence. You will learn about the history of communism, hear cold war stories and about the biggest statue of Stalin ever built and the former headquarters of the former communist secret police. Afterwards the tour will lead you for a visit to Prague’s largest nuclear bunker. Built in the 1950’s, this bunker was designed to accommodate up to 5000 people. The tour will conclude with a trip to the nuclear bunker museum which will include cold war expositions and a special gasmask workshop.

Includes

English speaking guide
Transport fees to and from the bunker
Entrance to the nuclear bunker museum and expositions.

Pick-up from your hotel is not included

Not suitable for

People with mobility impairments

Meeting point

Please present your voucher at the Prague Tours ticket office, located inside the Art Passage, next to Hotel U Prince.

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4.7 /5

based on 231 reviews

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Guide
4.9/5
Value for money
4.5/5
Service
4.4/5
Organization
4.4/5

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This was a truly interesting & important tour. Scary to hear the stories about Communism times... and the fear of nuclear war. Feels a bit like some of those fears are returning. I really loved the guide's passion on this topic. I have also written a blog article about the visit, here: https://planetskier.blogspot.com/2022/07/refresher-course-in-communism-and.html

July 21, 2022

The best part of this tour is the guide who was so fun and knowledgeable.. would have liked a bit more on the history and a little less on the actual nuclear bunker which was just ok... The tour needs to reduce the time in the bunker and increase the communism history content but we had a very enjoyable afternoon...

June 18, 2022

This was fascinating and our tour guide (34ish woman, can’t remember her name as it was a few days ago) was wonderful- very knowledgable and her family experienced everything first hand which enhanced the tour, and she was very informative and not biased. Her English was excellent. This was our favourite activity in Prague and we thoroughly recommend it.

February 23, 2022

Prague: Communism History and Nuclear Bunker Guided Tour

Prague: Communism History and Nuclear Bunker Guided Tour

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