What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.


Prague 4, day 161: Za Pekařkou

Za Pekařkou was built in 1978.

You might have guessed where this is going.

Pod Pekařkou is below what was once Pekařka, a farmstead (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/09/02/prague-4-day-160-pod-pekarkou/).

Nad Pekařkou is above the same former farmstead (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/16/prague-4-day-119-nad-pekarkou/).

And Za Pekařkou is behind it.

To see what the crossroads of Pod and Za looked like in 1989, take a look at one hour and six minutes into the television film Než poznáš první úsměv:



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