What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 26 June 2024.

A ‘celnice’ is a custom house. Originally, the Old Town’s custom house was located just by Old Town Square: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/12/prague-1-day-189-tynska/.

Apparently, it then moved to Haštalská (I need to verify this), but, by the early 1800s, the former Dům U Hybernů, which was no longer serving as a monastery (and is on the corner of this street), was chosen as the customs house’s new location.

V Celnici also features Ulička sv. Hubert (St Hubert’s Alley), not an official street (indeed, its address is number 6 on V Celnici), but an alleyway with places to socialise. It’s most known for its red flying deer statues.