The working river bend of Prague 7: the 1890s municipal slaughterhouse turned market, a courtyard hub with a roastery and bakery, the Czech Republic's largest independent contemporary art centre with its airship on the roof, the Bubny station memorial to the 50,000 deported Jews of Prague, and the glass-and-iron Industrial Palace at Výstaviště. Starts where the existing Letná route (which ends at the Trade Fair Palace) leaves off.
Best time: Tuesday to Sunday from late morning (DOX is open 11:00-19:00 and closed on Mondays)
The route, stop by stop
- 1Pražská tržnice (Holešovice market)
Protected complex of Art Nouveau and neo-Renaissance halls built 1893-1895 by Josef Srdínek as the Central Slaughterhouse of the Royal City of Prague; it slaughtered until 1983, then became a market; protected monument since 1993. 40 min.
- 2Vnitroblock
Industrial courtyard between Tusarova and Dělnická: café and restaurant (weekday lunch menu), the Not Another Boring Roastery coffee roastery, Skýva bakery, D&B Gallery, a dance studio; in the entrance alley from Dělnická the Garage22 distillery and a barbershop. 40 min.
- 3DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Opened in 2008 in a former factory, the largest independent contemporary art institution in the Czech Republic, with the Gulliver Airship on the roof, a design shop and bookshop. Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00, closed Mon; Poupětova 1. The airship is closed 2-4 October 2026 for the FALL literature festival. 75 min.
- 4Památník ticha (Memorial of Silence), Bubny station
About 50,000 Jewish Praguers were transported from Praha-Bubny station to the camps, 'amid the silence of their Czech fellow citizens', which gives the memorial its name. A state organisation since May 2021; the railway authority lent the station for 99 years in October 2021. Aleš Veselý's sculpture 'Gate of No Return' stands in front (unveiled 2 March 2015). 20 min.
- 5Průmyslový palác (Industrial Palace), Výstaviště
Glass building on a steel frame built for the 1891 Jubilee Land Exhibition by Bedřich Münzberger and František Prášil, the first prefabricated steel-and-glass structure in the Czech lands. In October 2026 it hosts part of Designblok (7-11 Oct). 20 min.
- 6Stromovka (Royal Game Reserve)
Finish in the former royal game reserve next to Výstaviště. 25 min.
More walks in Prague
- Royal Way: Powder Tower to Prague Castle
- Josefov: synagogues of the Jewish Quarter
- Strahov and Loreta down to the Malá Strana gardens
- New Town riverside to Vyšehrad
- Castle gardens to Letná and Holešovice
- Vinohrady and Žižkov: parks, Plečnik and Vítkov
- Karlín: barracks, basilica and the flood-revived quarter
- Cubist and Rondocubist Prague
- The passages (pasáže) of Wenceslas Square
- Střešovice and Břevnov: villas, trams and a monastery
- South Vinohrady to Vršovice: Mírák, Grébovka and Gočár's church