What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

Točitá was built in 1935.

Descriptive street name time – ‘točitá’ means ‘spiral’, ‘winding’, or, if you’re trying to look a bit swish, ‘serpentine’.

If you want some vocab, a ‘točité schodiště’ is a ‘spiral staircase’.

And, given Communist Czechoslovakia’s propensity for cover versions, the more middle of the road, the better, how am I unable to find a Czech version of ‘The Long and Winding Road’ to end this post with? I mean, shouldn’t that not only exist but also be one of Karel’s all-time biggest hits? Humph.

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