What's in a Prague street name

Na výstupu was built in 1925.

Anybody who’s ever taken the Prague Metro will know that ‘výstup’ is one of the two things that you have to complete when the doors are closing (or, ideally, slightly before), the other one being ‘nástup’.

Anybody who’s ever taken public transport to or from Braník will also know that we are nowhere near a metro station.

As well as the process of getting off a train, ‘výstup’ can be translated as ‘climb’, or ‘ascent’, and ascend is exactly what this street does.

Braník isn’t going to have a metro line running through it when the D Line is finally opened, either, although a fair chunk of it will go through nearby Krč, so that’s something.