Prague streets walking tour: Smíchov, Anděl, Újezd street 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 4k HDR ASMR

Today, in our Prague streets walking tour, we will move through the Smichov district from Andel along Ujezd street to Lesser Town.

Smíchov is a district of Prague (since 1909), the capital of the Czech Republic, and is part of Prague 5. It is on the west bank of the Vltava river.
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Anděl is a neighborhood in Prague 5's central district of Smíchov, centered on a busy interchange. The name means 'angel' in Czech and originates from the 19th century U zlatého anděla (Golden Angel) pub, initially after a fresco in the gable depicting an angel. The painting of an angel was preserved after its demolition and is now displayed nearby the metro station entrance.
Anděl is a vital traffic center. Prague Metro's Line B runs beneath it, Anděl Station serves the area. Tramway lines cross north-south and east-west directions (4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, and 20). Otherwise, it is a pedestrian zone.
After redevelopment in the late 1990s, when French architect Jean Nouvel designed an office building called Golden Angel (Zlatý Anděl) above the Metro station with a picture of an angel from the movie Wings of Desire and quotes from Rilke on its facade, Anděl became one of the busiest parts of the city, with many offices of national and international companies. Across it (in the northwest quadrant), one of Prague's most extensive shopping malls, Nový Smíchov, can be found, including multiplex cinema Cinema City; another multiplex, Cinestar (former Village Cinemas), is nearby in the Anděl City complex. Smíchov Synagogue is also in the area.
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Újezd street connects Karmelitská Street with Kinsky Square. It measures about 550 m and used to be part of the old road that led from the Lesser Town Square to South Bohemia and Germany. The Újezd territory belonged to Smíchov, which used to be one of the oldest settlements in Prague. The Hunger Wall, built during the reign of Charles IV, cut the street in the middle – there used to be a gate to the Lesser Quarter. The name is derived from the word újezd – farm, land, which can be bypassed. Today, it is a vital traffic junction that serves both automotive and tramway traffic. Here, you will also find the funicular to the famous Petřín Hill and many excellent pubs and bars worth visiting. More importantly, there is a memorial to the victims of Communism located at the base of Petřín Hill - a rather disturbing series of statues dedicated to the victims of the Communist era between 1948-1989. The memorial was unveiled on 22 May 2002 and is the work of the Czech sculptor Olbram Zoubek and architects Jen Kerel and Zdeněk Holzel. It is a unique work of art – male statues appear to be disintegrating and decaying before our very eyes, the first man whole to the last man, who becomes nothing and stands as a symbol of to what extent the political prisoners of the regime were affected. An interesting touch is the bronze strip in the center of the stairs – it tells the estimated number of people affected by the Communist regime.
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2 November 2022
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