"It's wonderful; it was really worth the wait; a fantastic experience," says George, a 40-year-old tourist from Chicago. Prague is one of five stops on his two-week European tour.
Some experts argue that only a few places in the Czech capital such as Prague's historic Old Town are affected by overtourism. They have come to see the Idiom book tower, an installation by Slovak artist Matej Kren comprising about 8,000 books in the entrance hall.
The installation, which is also known as the 'Column of Knowledge,' has been here since 1998. For many years, it went largely unnoticed by tourists, with just the occasional visitor stopping to take a look inside.
But when it was mentioned in a popular English-language tourist guide, everything changed. It soon appeared in many other guides and began cropping up on social media.
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