What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 5 June 2022.

Na Vlastním was built in 1925.

To tell the story, you may wish to go back to https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-32-v-domove/, which describes how this neighbourhood came about.

Apparently, Vlastní, like Domov, was a construction cooperative that built a large number of the homes round here.

(Do go for a walk round here one summer evening – it’s absolutely gorgeous and almost eerily quiet)

The name has another meaning, too: začít na vlastním means ‘to strike out on one’s own’.