Ed Ley
@edley.bsky.social
🇬🇧 in 🇨🇿. Writes about Prague streets, one by one (currently covering Podolí). https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 254: V závitu, built in 1945.
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 254: V závitu, built in 1945.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 253: Ve studeném, built in 1935.
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 253: Ve studeném, built in 1935.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 252: U kempinku, built in 1981.
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 252: U kempinku, built in 1981.
5) Vostrý came back to Bohemia during the Seven Years’ War, but was arrested for being a spy, and died under torture in 1760.
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
5) Vostrý came back to Bohemia during the Seven Years’ War, but was arrested for being a spy, and died under torture in 1760.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 251: Vostrého, built in 1952.
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 251: Vostrého, built in 1952.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 250: Skaláků, built in 1975.
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 250: Skaláků, built in 1975.
5) To make up for this, here’s a pic of Kobra Prague Winter Stadium, located on this street. It was opened in 1977; Okbra play in the country’s second ice hockey division.
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
5) To make up for this, here’s a pic of Kobra Prague Winter Stadium, located on this street. It was opened in 1977; Okbra play in the country’s second ice hockey division.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 249: Mikuleckého, built in 1973.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 249: Mikuleckého, built in 1973.
4) This time, the novel is called Temno (Darkness), and it was published in 1915.
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
4) This time, the novel is called Temno (Darkness), and it was published in 1915.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 248: Machovcova, built in 1935.
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 248: Machovcova, built in 1935.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 247: Vrbova, built in 1935.
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 247: Vrbova, built in 1935.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 246: U ledáren, built in 1981.
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 246: U ledáren, built in 1981.
11) There’s still a functioning stable for horses, though.
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
11) There’s still a functioning stable for horses, though.
10) Instead, the buildings are in something is a state of neglect.
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
10) Instead, the buildings are in something is a state of neglect.
5) Therefore, a group of them formed a company and, between 1909 and 1911, saw to the construction of what became known as the Branické ledárny. It (or rather, the horses pulling the carts) were able to deliver ice across Prague in all four seasons.
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
5) Therefore, a group of them formed a company and, between 1909 and 1911, saw to the construction of what became known as the Branické ledárny. It (or rather, the horses pulling the carts) were able to deliver ice across Prague in all four seasons.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 245: Ledařská, built in 1998.
November 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 245: Ledařská, built in 1998.
2) Dagmar Šimková was born in Plzeñ in 1912. She joined a scout troop in 1934, where the other members nicknamed her Rakša.
Rakša is Raksha – the Mother wolf in The Jungle Book who raised Mowgli as her own cub. Raksha (रक्षा) is Hindi for ‘protection’.
Rakša is Raksha – the Mother wolf in The Jungle Book who raised Mowgli as her own cub. Raksha (रक्षा) is Hindi for ‘protection’.
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
2) Dagmar Šimková was born in Plzeñ in 1912. She joined a scout troop in 1934, where the other members nicknamed her Rakša.
Rakša is Raksha – the Mother wolf in The Jungle Book who raised Mowgli as her own cub. Raksha (रक्षा) is Hindi for ‘protection’.
Rakša is Raksha – the Mother wolf in The Jungle Book who raised Mowgli as her own cub. Raksha (रक्षा) is Hindi for ‘protection’.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 244: Skálové, built in 2021.
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 244: Skálové, built in 2021.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 243: Tiché, built in 2021.
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 243: Tiché, built in 2021.
3) I’m also going to assume it comes from the same Old Slavic source as Struga in North Macedonia. Here’s a photo from a rather fraught day in August 2008 when I was trying to go from Ohrid to Albania (for the first time) from there. I succeeded.
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
3) I’m also going to assume it comes from the same Old Slavic source as Struga in North Macedonia. Here’s a photo from a rather fraught day in August 2008 when I was trying to go from Ohrid to Albania (for the first time) from there. I succeeded.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 242: Nad strouhou, named in 1926.
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 242: Nad strouhou, named in 1926.
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 241: Bezová, built in 1935.
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 241: Bezová, built in 1935.
3) Obviously, it's called what it's called now because it's in Braník (just to avoid the 'but you haven't explained the name!' responses).
Branické náměstí is pretty small, and currently feels smaller, because it’s fenced off (pics of Jan Hus behind bars - which must be familiar to him - below).
Branické náměstí is pretty small, and currently feels smaller, because it’s fenced off (pics of Jan Hus behind bars - which must be familiar to him - below).
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
3) Obviously, it's called what it's called now because it's in Braník (just to avoid the 'but you haven't explained the name!' responses).
Branické náměstí is pretty small, and currently feels smaller, because it’s fenced off (pics of Jan Hus behind bars - which must be familiar to him - below).
Branické náměstí is pretty small, and currently feels smaller, because it’s fenced off (pics of Jan Hus behind bars - which must be familiar to him - below).
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 240: Branické náměstí, built in 1911.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 240: Branické náměstí, built in 1911.
4) The town is so-called because only the monarch was allowed to impose tolls there. And wanted it to be known that your tolls were higher/better/etc. than his.
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
4) The town is so-called because only the monarch was allowed to impose tolls there. And wanted it to be known that your tolls were higher/better/etc. than his.