What happens before the walk starts?

In 2024 the afternoon opened with a game for kids at the Old Burgrave's House, then a short children's prayer in the Rotunda of St. Martin, and the procession set off from the Old Burgrave's House after that. The 2026 program is not out yet.

Is there a real horse?

Yes. Each year the scouts find a white horse and a skilled rider to play St. Martin at the head of the walk, with fencers, fire performers and musicians around him.

Does my kid need Czech?

No. The organizers are a Czech scout group and run it in Czech, but carrying a lantern and following the horse needs no Czech.

Upcoming

UpcomingFestival

St Martin's Lantern Walk at Vyšehrad

When: Dates to be announced
Ages: All ages
Price: Free

St Martin's Lantern Walk at Vyšehrad photo 2

FestivalPraha 2

Where

Praha 2, Old Burgrave's House

Ages

All ages

Setting

Outdoors

What you need to know

Bring your own lantern, since the organizers ask every family to carry one
Scout-run with a church side: the 2024 edition opened with a kids' game and a children's prayer in the Rotunda of St. Martin
Ends after dark in November, so dress kids warmly for an hour or more on the ramparts

About

A Prague scout group, Skautské středisko Maják, leads families on a lantern walk along the old fortress walls of Vyšehrad as it gets dark. St. Martin rides at the front on a white horse, with fencers, fire performers and musicians along the way. Kids carry their own lanterns behind him. It suits preschoolers and early grade-schoolers best, the age when a horse and a lit lantern are the whole evening.

Free

Dates to be announced

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