What's in a Prague street name
Every street in Prague, one by one.
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I could talk about myself for ages, or I could point out that https://english.radio.cz/ed-ley-englishman-recording-stories-pragues-streets-one-one-8806941 is over two years old but still largely stands (other than the Twitter links).
Category: 1937
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Na Klikovce was built in 1937. Klikovka was a homestead that existed round here, near St Pancras’ Church (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/04/25/prague-4-day-84-na-pankraci/ for a bit more on that). A map of Nusle from 1914 indicates that, by that time, it was gone. I got excited a minute ago, because I thought I’d found a lot more information…
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K podjezdu was built in 1937. A ‘podjezd’ is an underpass, and this street leads to (‘k’) one. And this particular underpass leads to Praha-Vršovice railway station, which, as you might have guessed from its name, is not in Nusle (nor is it in Prague 4, so there may be a bit of a wait…
What's in a Prague street name 