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Nové Město
NORTHERN NOVÉ MĚSTO | WENCESLAS SQUARE & AROUND | ALONG THE RIVER | CHARLES SQUARE & AROUND
Neighbourhood Top Five
1 Admire some of the
2 Attend a performace of
city’s finest 20th-century
architecture in and around
Wenceslas Square (p118),
from the art-nouveau
extravagance of the Hotel
Evropa to the sleekly functionalist Mánes Gallery
(p123) and the exuberant
Dancing Building (p123).
4 Discover the beautiful
Dvořák’s music in the Víla
Amerika by the Original
art-nouveau masterpieces of
Prague’s most famous artist
at the Mucha Museum
(p122).
Music Theatre of Prague
(p130).
3 Learn about a dramatic
WWII assassination in the
5 Explore the magnificent
arcades, such as those in
Lucerna Palace (p121), and
hidden gardens of Nové
Město on foot (p126).
National Memorial to the
Heroes of the Heydrich
Terror (p123).
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For more detail of this area, see Maps p 336 and p 338 A
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Explore: Nové Město
Local Life
 A Night at the Opera Get dressed up to the nines
and join the crowds of similarly spruced-up Praguers
attending a performance at the Prague State Opera
(p130) – only tourists dress down.
 Popular Hangouts The Bokovka (p128) wine bar
is owned by a couple of Czech film directors, and is a
popular meeting place for local arty types. Kávovarna
(p128) is another place where locals outnumber tourists
by a long way, despite being a few steps from Wenceslas
Square.
Getting There & Away
 Metro The city’s three metro lines all intersect in
Nové Město, at Muzeum and Můstek stations at the
eastern and western ends (respectively) of Wenceslas
Square, and at Florenc station in northern Nové Město,
while Karlovo náměstí station on line B serves southern
Nové Město.
 Tram Cutting across the middle of Wenceslas
Square, trams 3, 9, 14 and 24 run along Vodičkova
and Jindřišská. Lines 17 and 21 run along the river
embankment in the west.
If you want to get away from
the crowds and constant
traffic of Wenceslas
Square, find your way to the
Franciscan Garden (p123)
– an oasis of peace just a
short stroll away from the
urban madness.
Best Places
5 to Eat
 Sansho (p127 )
 Le Patio (p127 )
 Oliva (p128)
 Suterén (p127 )
 Kogo (p127 )
For reviews, see p125 A
Best Places
6 to Drink
 Bokovka (p128)
 Pivovarský Dům (p128)
 Kávovarna (p128)
 Café Imperial (p128)
 Jáma (p128)
For reviews, see p128 A
NOVÉ MĚSTO
Nové Město means ‘New Town’, although this crescentshaped district to the east and south of Staré Město was
new only when it was founded by Charles IV in 1348.
It extends eastwards from Revoluční and Na Příkopě to
Wilsonova and the main railway line, and south from
Národní třída to Vyšehrad.
Most of Nové Město’s outer fortifications were
demolished in 1875 – a section of wall still survives in
the south, facing Vyšehrad – but the original street plan
of the area has been essentially preserved, with three
large market squares that once provided the district’s
commercial focus: Senovážné náměstí (Hay Market
Square), Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí; originally called Koňský trh, or Horse Market) and Charles
Square (Karlovo náměstí; originally called Dobytčí trh,
or Cattle Market).
Though originally a medieval neighbourhood, most
of the surviving buildings in this area are from the 19th
and early 20th centuries, many of them among the city’s
finest examples of art-nouveau, neo-Renaissance, Czech
National Revival and functionalist architecture. Many
blocks are honeycombed with pedestrian-only arcades –
Prague’s famous pasážy (passages) – lined with shops,
cafes, cinemas and theatres.
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