What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 22 May 2022.

V Zahrádkách was built in 1925.

Road leading off Koněvova in ‘not named after a Hussite’ shocker.

V Zahrádkách translates as as ‘in the gardens’. But a zahrádka is smaller than a zahrada (the standard term for ‘garden’). So it’s a small garden, a back garden, or, if you’re feeling British, perhaps an allotment.

As someone who has to walk up this road to get to the local tram stop, I can promise that it has many nice-looking family houses. The gardens belonging to these houses gave the street its name.

I’m incredibly hungover after a wedding yesterday, and the fact that today’s posts are so short is a happy coincidence.