Praha 4
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Prague 4, day 152: Břidličná
Břidličná was built in 1931. ‘Břidlice’ means ‘slate’ – fine-grained sedimentary rocks made from claystones and siltstones. Slate is usually black or grey, and has excellent insulating properties. It also contains methane, which can be mined as shale gas. In Czechia, slate is most abundant in Nízký Jeseník – the country’s largest geomorphological region –… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 151: Nad sokolovnou
Nad sokolovnou was named in 1906. However, the first name – in place until 1947, except during the Nazi occupation – was Strossmayerova, after Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815-1905), Croatian prelate, politician and benefactor. More on him when we get on to Prague 7. For the current name, you may want to start with the story… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 150: Nad ostrovem
Nad ostrovem was built in 1938. Nad ostrovem translates as ‘above the island’. The island in question – as you might be able to guess from the map – is Veslařský ostrov. As that has its own street sign, I guess that should be your lot for now. Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 149: Na Podkovce
Na Podkovce was built in 1925. ‘Podkovka’ translates as ‘Hippocrepis’, which itself translates as ‘horseshoe’; it’s a genus of flowering plants, of which there are accepted to be 34 different species. And, because round here is round here, it was, once upon a time, the name of a local vineyard. Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 148: Park Antonína Engela
Park Antonína Engela was named in December 2023. Antonín Engel was born in Poděbrady in 1879; his family moved to Prague shortly after, and he went to school on Malá Strana, graduating in 1897. After that, he studied architecture and engineering at both ČVUT and its German-speaking counterpart, as well as at the Vienna Academy,… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 147: Pravá
Pravá was built in 1931. Go to https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/07/15/prague-4-day-145-leva/. Follow the instructions up until ‘pretty as they are’. Pravá is located, quite literally, to the right of Podolská (if you’re facing the correct way). OK, vocab time, based on the reminder that, sigh, so many people believe that the right is right: The ‘pravý opak’ would be… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 145: Levá
Levá was built in 1931. Get on a tram. The 2, the 3 and the 17 will all do nicely. Take that tram to Podolské nábřeží (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/07/05/prague-4-day-137-podolske-nabrezi/), ideally getting out at Kublov. Don’t ask me about Kublov, because I’m saving that for a later date. Just get out of the tram. Face away from the… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 144: Na Zlatnici
Na Zlatnici was built in 1925. You may remember that Podolí was built in an area of vineyards – they’re mentioned on quite a large proportion of recent posts, such as https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/11/prague-4-day-114-na-topolce/, which is named after a vineyard called Topolka. There was another vineyard round here called Zlatnice. When used to describe a person, a… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 143: Nedvědovo náměstí
Nedvědovo náměstí was nameless until 1906. From 1906 to 1934, the square was called Komenského náměstí, of which there is still one in Prague 3: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/26/prague-3-day-82-komenskeho-namesti/. From 1934 to 1948, it was called Podolské náměstí. Miloš Nedvěd was born in 1908. His father, František Nedvěd, would later co-found the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the early… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 142: Vodárenská
Vodárenská was built in 1935. By the late 1800s, Prague was expanding, as were the towns around it, such as Podolí. Industry was becoming stronger and stronger, and needed more resources. Such as water. Therefore, in 1882, the Vinohrady Waterworks were built to supply water to the town of Královské Vinohrady. The water tower is… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 141: Podolská
Podolská was built in 1906. In 1222, the royal chapter at Vyšehrad (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/24/prague-2-day-94-k-rotunde/ for a little bit on that) published its founding charter. This mentioned that the chapter owned a court at Podolí – and makes it the oldest written mention of Podolí that we have. The settlement had its own church, (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/07/10/prague-4-day-140-pod-vysehradem/,… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 140: Pod Vyšehradem
Pod Vyšehradem is very old indeed, but wasn’t named until the 1940s. It is, quite literally, ‘below Vyšehrad’ – and, if you don’t know Vyšehrad, feel free to take a look through some of the Prague 2 posts, eg https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/24/prague-2-day-95-v-pevnosti/, https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/23/prague-2-day-93-libusina/ and https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/24/prague-2-day-94-k-rotunde/. There’s also one about Vyšehrad Street itself (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-118-vysehradska/), but I think those… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 139: Rybářská
Rybářská was built in 1930. Recent posts such as https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/07/05/prague-4-day-137-podolske-nabrezi/ and https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/07/06/prague-4-day-138-podolsky-pristav/ remind us that we are by the Vltava. Also historically spending a lot of time by the river? Fishermen, or, in Czech, rybáři. If you’re into a bit of fishing/angling (rybářství) yourself, you will need a rybářský prut (a fishing rod), a fishing… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 138: Podolský přístav
Podolský přístav was built between 1867 and 1872. A ‘přístav’ is a port. This one was originally built for rafts; around 1890, it gained a protective dam, and started to be used for sports vessels. In 1894, the Czech Yacht Club set up a floating shipyard at the port. A German rowing club, Regatta, then… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 137: Podolské nábřeží
Podolské nábřeží has existed in its current form since 1990. From 1904 to 1906, the part of the embankment leading from the Vyšehrad Tunnel (mentioned on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-122-podskalska/) to Podolská (which will get its own post in a couple of days) was called Vyšehradské nábřeží, ie the Vyšehrad Embankment. From 1906 to 1924, it was named… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 136: U podolského sanatoria
U podolského sanatoria was named in the 1940s. In 1909, a notable Czech doctor, Rudolf Jedlička (more on him on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/05/15/prague-4-day-95-u-jedlickova-ustavu/) decided to build a modern institute – the Prague Sanatorium – to serve wealthy clients. Designed by architect Rudolf Kříženecký, it consisted of five interconnected buildings, with specialist institutes, operating rooms and various baths.… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 135: Podolské schody
Podolské schody were built in 1925. There may be a proper street sign up at the top. These are the ‘Podolí Steps’, built around the same time as much everything else round here, when Podolí was newly part of Prague and expanding. The steps got a bit of attention in late 2023, when railings were… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 134: Brabcova
Brabcova was built in 1938. It’s not been easy to find information on this one. Apparently, Karel Brabec was born in 1909, was a labourer, and a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. He was executed in 1942 for taking part in resistance activities. Before 1952, the street was named after Hynek Krušina z… Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 133: Ve svahu
Ve svahu was built in 1925. A ‘svah’ is a slope or a hillside, and this street is, as you’ve already guessed, located on one. For vocabulary fans, a ‘lyžařský svah’ is a ski slope, whereas a steep slope would be a ‘příkrý svah’. Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 132: Procházkova
Procházkova was built in 1933. The street is believed to be named after a soldier called Josef Procházka, killed during World War One. However, at least ten men with that name died during battle, and so it’s not possible to get more specific. This means it was not named after the composer and pianist Josef… Continue reading
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