Down Town Apartments at Pricna 4 in the New Town quarter of the city, provides travellers with a real glimpse of what life must have been like prior to the Velvet Revolution.
One enters via a set of large doors that provide access to the vestibule. Despite the incredible vaulted ceiling and the No Smoking signs, the scent of tobacco smoke hits you like a wall tobacco smoke. Mainly because the lads from the UK that come to Prague for their bucks nights are still smoking there.
Two flights via the original tiled staircase or the three person lift will bring you to Apartment 22. Heavily influenced by the design house, Ikea, the apartment's styling reflects all that the Sweden fashion house has come to represent. The peeling paint in the bathroom reflects the hardships faced by the city over time.
Some folk believe that the city was fortunate in that it's buildings were left intact after the War. Maybe Hitler has had the last life and ensured all that live there suffer creaking floor boards,
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