What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

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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 2, day 114: Sokolská

    Originally published on X on 4 March 2023. Until 1867, the street was called Horní Hradební, due to its location in the upper part of Novoměstské hradby, i.e. the New Town Walls. From 1978 to 1990, the street was called Vítězný únor (Victorious February), after the Communist coup d’état of 21 to 25 February. In Continue reading

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  • Prague 3, day 90: V Kapslovně

    Originally published on Twitter on 22 July 2022. V Kapslovně was built in 1997. I’m about to go on annual leave from work for two weeks and have what I can only describe as a Kapsload of work to get through today, so I’m happy to keep this one brief and point you to https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/22/prague-3-day-74-ke-kapslovne/. Continue reading

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  • Prague 3, day 74: Ke Kapslovně

    Originally published on Twitter on 6 July 2022. Ke Kapslovně was built in 1975, but was called U Stadionu (Stadium) until 2008. Louis Sellier and Jean Maria Nicolaus Bellot founded a company, Sellier & Bellot, in Žižkov in 1825, which made cartridges for infantry, as well as matches (up to 60 million per year). The Continue reading

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