• Prague / Olšany Cemetery. When I lived in Zizkov, I would go to Olšany often. I lived nearby and one of my joys was getting up early in the morning, grabbing a...
  • As odd and abnormal as it seems I really enjoyed visiting Olsany Hrbitovy ,a wonderful old cemetery in the heart of the Zizkov district.
  • Olšany Cemetery has a TripExpert Score of 82 based on expert reviews in publications including Time Out, Atlas Obscura, Michelin Guide and Frommer's.
  • Jan Palach, a student who set himself on fire in January 1969 to protest the Soviet invasion, is buried in Olšany Cemetery.
  • Gravestone with woman bent over, hiding behind her hair and potentially crying at Olsany Cemetery in Prague. Olšany Cemetery and Prague’s Only Vampire Myth.
  • So Olšany was expanded and became the city’s only cemetery. The cemetery was laid out for as many as two million burials, which frankly seems astonishing.
  • The Olsany Cemetery was created in 1680 to accommodate plague victims who died en masse in Prague and needed to be buried quickly.
  • 2 cemeteries in ‘Praha 3’
    • Olšanské hřbitovy (Olšany Cemetery)
    • Nový židovský hřbitov (New Jewish Cemetery, NJC)
  • Olšany Cemetery, Prague: See 128 reviews, articles, and 333 photos of Olšany Cemetery, ranked No.91 on Tripadvisor among 1,729 attractions in Prague.