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Prague : Top 10 False Stories

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1. Czechs are Celts

Some Czechs claim that a Celtic tribe known as the Boii inhabited Bohemia, but their roots are Germanic and Slavic.
2. Vyšehrad Castle

Vyšehrad was the first seat of power, but its importance has been inflated by legend.
3. Alchemists Lived in Golden Lane

Alchemists tended to live on credit in houses in town.
4. Jan Nepomuk Died on Charles Bridge

Nepomuk was already dead when he was thrown over the side (see Statue of St John of Nepomuk).
5. Jan Masaryk Committed Suicide

In 1948 the Foreign Minister was found dead in front of Černín Palace, having “fallen” from a window, according to the Communists.
6. There’s Only One Bud

The town of České Budě-jovice (Budweis in German) was producing beer before the US brewer, but didn’t register copyright on the name.
7. Czech Hippies Painted the John Lennon Wall

The image of Lennon was the post-Communist work of a Mexican art student (see John Lennon Wall).
8. Absinthe Will Make You Crazy

The amount of wormwood in the drink is negligible.
9. Marijuana is Legal

Czech law punishes anyone caught with “more than a small amount” of the drug.
10. Prague is the New Left Bank

After the Revolution, some wag proclaimed Prague “the Paris of the ’90s”, due to the number of free-loading expats.