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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
city’s finest 20th-century
architecture in and around
2 Attend a performance
of Dvořák’s music by the
4 Discover the beautiful
art nouveau masterpieces of
Prague’s most famous artist
at the Mucha Museum
(p126).
Original Music Theatre of
Prague (p133) in the Víla
Wenceslas Square
(p122), from the art
­nouveau extravagance of
the Grand Hotel Evropa
to the sleekly functionalist
Mánes Gallery (p127)
and the exuberant Dancing
Building (p127).
Amerika.
3 Learn about one of
5 Explore the magnificent
arcades, such as those in
Lucerna Palace (p124),
and hidden gardens of Nové
Město on foot.
WWII’s most dramatic
­assassinations in the
­National Memorial to the
Heroes of the Heydrich
Terror (p128).
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For more detail of this area, see Map p336 and p338A
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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
(p133) – only tourists dress down.
¨Hangouts The Bokovka (p132) wine bar is owned
by a couple of Czech film directors, and is a popular
meeting place for local arty types. Kávovarna (p132)
is another place where locals outnumber tourists by
a long way, despite being a few steps from Wenceslas
Square.
¨Markets Crowds of locals throng the river
embankment at Náplavka for the Saturday farmers
market (p134); in summer, stalls are augmented by
music, barbecues and cocktail boats moored alongside.
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 14 and 17 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 (p127) – an
oasis of peace just a short
stroll away from the urban
madness.
Best Places
5 to Eat
¨¨ Sansho (p131)
¨¨ Room (p131)
¨¨ Al Forno (p131)
¨¨ Siam Orchid (p131)
¨¨ Kogo (p131)
For reviews, see p129.A
Best Places
6 to Drink
¨¨ Bokovka (p132)
¨¨ Pivovarský Dům (p131)
¨¨ Hoffa (p132)
¨¨ Red Room (p132)
¨¨ Vinograf (p132)
For reviews, see p131.A
Best Art
1 Galleries
¨¨ Mucha Museum (p126)
¨¨ Leica Gallery (p125)
¨¨ Mánes Gallery (p127)
For reviews, see p124.A
N ov é M ě s to 
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, though a section of wall still survives in
the south, facing Vyšehrad. However, the original street
plan has been essentially preserved, with three large
market squares that once provided the district’s commercial focus: Hay Market Square (Senovážné náměstí),
Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí) and Charles
Square (Karlovo náměstí).
Most of the surviving buildings 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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