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Ed Ley
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🇬🇧 in 🇨🇿. Writes about Prague streets, one by one (currently covering Podolí). https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 232: U staré pošty, built in 1911.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 231: Na vinohradu, built in 1911.
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 230: Jiskrova.

A street with this name was founded in Braník in 1935, but was destroyed in 1990 during construction works.
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 229: Ke Krči, built in 1935.
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 228: Pod vinohradem, named in 1911.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
1) What's in Prague 4 Street Name, day 227: Vlnitá, built in 1935.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 226: U Ryšánky, built in 1935.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 225: K Ryšánce, built in 1925.
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 224: Nad Zemankou, named in 1941.

The street is in Braník as well as Krč, but you won't find a street sign confirming the former.
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 223: Nad Šálkovnou, built in 1981.
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 222: Pod Zemankou, built in 1935.
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 221: Pod Křížkem, built in 1938.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 220: Na usedlosti, built in 1935.
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 219: Nad Křížkem, built in 1938.
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 218: Ve dvoře, named around 1900.
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I don't know who's going crazy for my website these last few days (those November stats are for a month that started less than 48 hours ago 😮), but I owe them a drink.

Oh, and you're welcome to visit it too. 867 street stories and counting.

whatsinapraguestreetname.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 217: Na Mlejnku, named in 1938.
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 216: Nad kostelem, built in 1934.

And that’s a particularly satisfying street sign pic.
November 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 215: U Šálkovny, built in 1935.
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 214: Mezivrší, first given a name in 1911.
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 213: V malých domech III, built in 1935.
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
OH GOOD, I'm feeding AI.

Though it's almost quite sweet that, after all this investment, it still thinks it only 'likely' that a street called Krakovská is named after Kraków.
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 212: V malých domech II, built in 1935.
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 211: V malých domech I, built in 1935.
October 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This week, I'm on holiday in Graubünden, Switzerland, trying to get as many sightings of Romansh as possible.
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM