Prague 5

Prague 5 is one of the largest counties in the Czech capital Prague. It includes the districts of Smíchov, Barrandov, Košíře, Radlice, Jinonice, Hlubočepy, Motol, Slivenec Butovice Chuchle, Zličin, Klukovice, Zlíchov and a small part of Malá Strana. The most famous are the old film and uptown Barrandov, the business district Smíchov and the Lesser Town area around the Namesti Kinských ( marketplace). Furthermore, there are green areas on the Petrin and Kinsky Garden ( Kinskeho zahrada ).

Barrandov

Barrandov is an old part of town with palatial villas of the 1930s. In the Barrandov Film Studios among other things, the films Amadeus, James Bond and Pan Tau emerged. In addition to the film studios are built in the functionalist style Barrandovské Terasy, a former luxury restaurant for the jet set of the 1930s.

The new Barrandov is best known for his failed decorated tram stations (No. 20, 12 or 14) on the route to Sídliště Barrandov ( settlement Barrandov ). It was designed by the award-winning project of the architect Patrik Kotas.

Smíchov

In Smíchov there used to be numerous textile mills, breweries, railroad cars. Today, only the area of ​​the Staropramen brewery is left. The neighborhood has changed since the political change from the working-class neighborhood to the office and shopping center. Center is the intersection Andel metro station and that a mural on the facade of an old house owes its name, the building boom fell in the 1980s to the victim. In Andel Media Center have the editors of Dnes, Mladá fronta and Lidové noviny their seat, and the radio station Expres has his studio there.

Malá Strana

At Prague 5, a small part of Mala Strana heard a few blocks that are on the site of the former village Újezd ​​outside the castle grounds. This area includes the streets Vítězná, Janáčkovo nábřeží, Petřínská, Mělnická, Plaská and the roads along the Vltava riverbank on the height of the bridge Most Legií.

More neighborhoods with distinctive features

  • Radlice and Košíře, relatively centrally located residential area with villas and single-family homes
  • Chuchle, known for the Prague Racecourse Velka Chuchle
  • Zličin, large industrial zone on the city ring with commercial areas
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