What's in a Prague street name

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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: 1981

  • Prague 4, day 341: Růženínská

    Růženínská was built in 1981. We start this story in Chocerady, a town of about 1,400 people, 27 kilometres southeast of Prague. Chocerady has five municipal parts; the second-largest of these is called Vlkovec (with 169 inhabitants, it’s a lot smaller than the largest, also called Chocerady, and which has 863 inhabitants). Vlkovec was once…

  • Prague 4, day 252: U kempinku

    U kempinku was built in 1981. I’ve mainly grown out of giggling at certain Czech transliterations of English words, but my ability to laugh when the English ending ‘-ing’ turns into ‘-ink’ hasn’t quite fizzled out yet. Think brífink, mítink, etc, and my personal winner, dispečink. But it’s time to, erm, carry on, and here,…

  • Prague 4, day 246: U ledáren

    U ledáren was built in 1981. Quick one today, as we’re talking about the same ledárny – icehouses – as we were yesterday (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/11/30/prague-4-day-245-ledarska/).

  • Prague 4, day 223: Nad Šálkovnou

    Nad Šálkovnou was built in 1981. Eight days ago, we looked at the former farmstead known as Šálkovna: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/10/31/prague-4-day-215-u-salkovny/. As part of the cooperation between Prague 4 and Pankrác Prison, prisoners have recently been repairing the fence in the street, helping not only the residents but also helping the prisoners to reintegrate into society: https://www.vs.gov.cz/organizacni-jednotky/vazebni-veznice-praha-pankrac/clanky/detail/vv-a-upvzd-praha-pankrac-spolupracuje-s-mc-praha-4.

  • Prague 3, day 160: Pod židovskými hřbitovy

    Originally published on Twitter on 30 September 2022. Pod židovskými hřbitovy was built in 1981 (like me). Another belated ‘oh, that’s Prague 3’ moment – the only street sign says otherwise, but the northernmost part of the short street is actually in the district. The street name translates as ‘Under the Jewish Cemeteries’, and that’s…