What's in a Prague street name

Originally posted on Twitter on 28 April 2022.

Šikmá was built in 1930. This street heads north-west off of Koněvova, whereas the streets we’ve covered so far point north-east.

So it’s appropriate that ‘šikmý’ is an adjective that translates as ‘oblique’, ‘slanting’ or ‘inclined’.

The most famous thing that uses the adjective is not this particular street, but the Šikmá věž v Pise, which you can see below. It is not in Žižkov but does reflect how I’m feeling on day three of Covid.