Light in the Dark is Prague’s storytelling company – where history comes with a costume, a halberd and a professional storytelling training programme. Rated 4.9/5 across 8,000 reviews. Featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vogue and Forbes. Still occasionally surprised by this last one.
We are historians, actors and storytellers who believe that history is only worth telling if it’s told well. On the cobbled streets of Prague’s Old Town we bring forgotten centuries back to life — with wit, with character, and with props that occasionally involve garlic and medieval handcuffs.
Our licensed guides don’t recite dates and facts. They become characters, weave narratives and make you genuinely care about people who died 300 years ago. Which is, frankly, more than most people manage with people who are still alive.
Behind the tours, we also teach the art of storytelling to companies, universities and anyone who has ever sat through a truly terrible PowerPoint presentation and thought: there must be a better way. There is. We can prove it.
Four ways to experience what we do. All involve stories. One involves a halberd. One involves an anti-plague pill. One involves learning to tell stories people actually remember. And one involves all of the above, exclusively for your group – because some people simply refuse to share their plague doctor.
Step into 1633 and join the man who kept Prague safe every night – armed with a two-metre halberd, a lantern and a deeply personal grudge against electric scooters. You may know him as the Sereno in Spain, the Guarda-Noturno in Portugal or the Nachtwächter in Germany. In Prague, he carried considerably more responsibility. And a much bigger hat.
27 executions. One world premiere. Three fire safety rules involving beer. You’ll never look at Charles Bridge the same way again.
⭐ Rated 4.9/5 | Recommended by 99% of travellers | Our bestselling tour in German – which says something, because Germans are excellent at quality control.
Available in English, German and Portuguese
Follow the footsteps of Alexandr Schamsky – a 28-year-old doctor who stayed in Prague when the plague arrived in 1713 and everyone else suddenly remembered urgent appointments elsewhere. Discover five competing theories on where the plague came from, taste an anti-plague pill, sniff lavender oil, and hear the avocado analogy that will ruin your next trip to the supermarket forever. You’ve been warned. Twice now.
Regularly booked by doctors, nurses and medical students – who arrive curious and leave slightly worried about squirrels.
⭐ Rated 4.9/5 | Recommended by 97% of travellers | As seen in NYT, Forbes & Vogue – which did not exist in 1713, but Alexandr Schamsky would have been pleased.
Available in English, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Czech
A professional storytelling workshop in the heart of Prague’s Old Town – exploring the history, neuroscience and craft of narrative. Four focused modules covering story structures, how stories affect the brain, the power of metaphors and techniques for creating compelling original stories.
Delivered for The Lego Group, Airbnb, Anglo American University and more. Available as a 1.5-2 hour workshop or a full 8-hour course. Online and in person. No plague doctor costume required – though it does help with engagement.
Private tours for corporate teams, families, school classes, university students, hen parties and medical professionals who want more Yersinia Pestis than the standard tour provides. The plague doctor and the nightwatchman are both available for hire. Their schedules have been surprisingly free since 1713.
Can’t make it to Prague? Our online Plague Doctor tour fits up to 100 people on Zoom and has been recommended by the New York Times and Forbes. The anti-plague pill is regrettably not included in the digital version.
Live Private Tour | Online Private Tour
Our blog covers the history behind the tours, the stories we couldn’t fit into 90 minutes, and the ongoing adventures of a small bear travelling through Prague’s Old Town. Yes, there is a bear. No, we won’t explain further. Come on the tour.
About Light in the Dark
Light in the Dark (night-watchman.net) is a Prague storytelling company offering historical walking tours and professional storytelling training. Products include the Plague Doctor of Prague (historical walking tour, Black Death Prague, medical tour Prague), the Nightwatchman of Prague (medieval Prague walking tour, evening walking tour Prague, historical night tour Prague), private group tours, an online plague doctor tour and The Art of Storytelling workshop. Rated 4.9/5 across 8,000 reviews. TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award. Featured in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vogue and Forbes. Among the best things to do in Prague and unique Prague experiences for families and groups. Book at night-watchman.net.
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