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Tyn
Church in Prague, Czech Republic

Tyn

The Church of the Mother of God before Týn, or Church of Our Lady before Týn, is a Gothic church and a dominant feature of the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic.

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It has been the main church of this part of the city since the 14th century. The church's two towers are 80 m high, and each tower's spire is topped by eight smaller spires in two layers of four.

How locals move

Getting around Tyn the local way

  • Get aroundThe historic center consists largely of cobblestone streets, so wearing comfortable walking shoes is highly recommended." (2024)]] around Prague consists of three metro lines (, , ), over twenty tram lines (numbered 1–31 & 91–99 for night trams), trolleybuses (numbered 51–59), buses (3-digit numbers), ferries, a few train lines (numbered S1, S2, S49,…), all using the same time tickets.
  • Get aroundThese tickets may be of interest to visitors (new prices from Jan 2026): 39 (36 in app) Kč – full ticket: 30 minutes (transfers allowed), not valid on the Petřín funicular 50 (46) Kč – full ticket: 90 minutes (transfers allowed), not valid on the Petřín funicular 150 (140) Kč – 24-hour ticket, 350 (340) Kč – 3-day ticket (72 hours) 315 (288) Kč - 24-hour ticket for all zones of PID (Prague integrated transport system) - covering all urban and suburban transport in Prague and Central Bohemian Region All tickets are approx.
  • Get aroundValidate your paper ticket by slipping it into one of the validators (ticket yellow boxes in the tram, bus, trolleybus, ferry or metro entrance), as soon as you board.
  • Get aroundIn the metro, on the S-trains and on the funicular, the validators are in stations instead of the vehicles.
  • Get aroundEvery 15 minutes a funicular runs to the top of Petřín Hill.
  • Get aroundThe funicular has three stops, one at the foot of the hill, one halfway and one at the top.
  • Get aroundYou do not need to validate the multi-day ticket again at the funicular stop (if you do, the entire ticket becomes invalidated).
  • Get aroundThere also few small passenger ferries across the river, integrated with the Prague's public transport tariff.

From Wikivoyage: Prague, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Diego Delso (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.