Prague Gas Lamps

After the sunset, the streets of Prague are illuminated by a soft yellow glow of what used to be gas lamps. Even in the early 1980's, there were still a few corners of Prague that were lit by gas lamps, with their typical hiss, yellow-green light, and with an old lamplighter making his rounds with a long pole lighting them at dusk, and turning them off at dawn. Today, gas lamps make a comback to the historic center of Prague, bringing back an oldfashioned atmosphere, but leaving the lamplighter to the history books due to their automatic operation.