Some of the old communist elevators here are missing the “double door” feature of American elevators. Thus, while riding, you watch the wall slide past you – trying to read whatever between-floor grafitti might have been written on the walls.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a super old building, features an elevator that continuously moves. It has about 20-30 human-sized boxes connected on a moving chain, and you employ careful timing to hop on and off as the boxes slide past. If, for some reason, you forget to jump off on the last floor, the elevator takes you underground and for about 30 terrifying seconds you wonder if you’ll be crushed to death, only to emerge going up again a few moments later. This is one of the many ways Czech terrify their children for amusement.
