What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

1973

  • Prague 4, day 299: Večerní

    Večerní was built in 1973. Part three of the times-of-day series that started on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/01/14/prague-4-day-279-poledni/ and continued with https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/02/02/prague-4-day-298-jitrni/: ‘večer’ is ‘evening’. This reminds me of the first time I lived in Prague; I was an English teacher, and, in the practice lessons, I learned that Czechs learning English may get very confused if you ask Continue reading

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  • Prague 4, day 297: Stavbařů

    Stavbařů was built in 1973. A ‘stavbář’ is a builder, or a construction worker. They would typically work on a stavba or a staveniště (a construction / building site). Without such people, these streets would either not exist or just be a bunch of paths, so fair play to whoever decided they deserved to have Continue reading

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  • Prague 4, day 271: Němčická

    Němčická was built at some point between 1973 and 1982 (warning: today’s post is going to remain about this vague). The street is likely to be named after a village called Němčice (whose name, in turn, I assume comes from the fact that its inhabitants were once predominantly German). Unfortunately, there are at least nine Continue reading

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  • Prague 4, day 249: Mikuleckého 

    Mikuleckého  was built in 1973. The Pražský uličník tells me that we’re staying with Alois Jirásek’s 1915 novel Temno (Darkness), first discussed yesterday (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/12/03/prague-4-day-248-machovcova/). It also tells me that the novel had a character called Jakub Mikulecký. However, the long summary I read yesterday (full disclosure: I haven’t read Temno) doesn’t mention anyone called either Jakub Continue reading

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  • Prague 4, day 247: Vrbova

    Vrbova was built in 1935. Originally, it was two streets – one called Pod myslivnou (Under the gamekeeper’s lodge), and one called Ve studeném (a name we’ll get on to before we leave Braník). They were joined and renamed in 1973. The villa district covering parts of Braník and Hodkovičky (which is up next in this Continue reading

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  • Prague 2, day 102: Vnislavova

    Originally published on X on 16 February 2023. If you read yesterday’s post, you might have an idea of where we’re heading already: Vnislav was the fourth of the seven legendary princes between Přemysl and Bořivoj. While the sequence suggests that Vnislav’s name relates to Wednesday, the context isn’t entirely clear. It’s possible that there Continue reading

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  • Prague 2, day 98: Na Libušince

    Originally published on X on 12 February 2023. Na Libušince was built in 1973. In 1564, the Vyšehrad Chapter, having decided that Vyšehrad – at that time largely populated by poor craftsmen – needed a brewery, opened one here. It was originally called Libušínn (which looks like a pun on ‘inn’ but obviously isn’t). Subsequently Continue reading

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  • Prague 2, day 86: Nuselský most

    Originally published on X on 31 January 2023. Nuselský most – Nusle Bridge – was opened in 1973. The first discussions about building a bridge here occurred at the start of the 20th century, but it took over sixty years – and the appearance of the high rises of Pankrác – for its construction to Continue reading

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