Orloj - The Astronomical Clock

Photographer: Live (ish) and in colour
From: Does it live up to the hype?

Orloj - The Astronomical Clock

Hilarious. Watching people jostle for their place to watch the clock do its thing... which is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Legend has it the master clockmaker Hanus himself said the Old Town Councilors had his eyes burnt out with a hot poker, so that he would never build an instrument of such beauty anywhere else. Methinks this may be where the saying "Better than a poke in the eye with a hot stick" comes from.