Prague 7 - Izeria

Prague 7 is a municipal district (městská část) in Prague, Czech Republic. The administrative district (správní obvod) of the same name consists of the quarters Letná, Holešovice, Bubny, Bubeneč, Troja as well as a small part of Libeň. It's one of the smallest Prague districts and stretches along the left bank of the Vltava. In the Northern part is located Troja with the Prague Zoo. It is linked to the city centre by metro line C. Other attractions in Prague 7 include the stadium of the Czech football club AC Sparta, cultural center DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, cinema Bio Oko, museums (National Technical Museum and National Museum of Agriculture), Academy of Fine Arts and the former trade fair centre Veletržní palác. Its parks Stromovka and Letná rank among the biggest in the capital.

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More information about Prague 7 and life there may be found in the correspondent article on the Prague Website Citypilot.cz Official website

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National Gallery Prague

The National Gallery Prague (Czech: Národní galerie Praha, NGP), formerly the National Gallery in Prague (Národní galerie v Praze), is a state-owned art gallery in Prague, which manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic and presents masterpieces of Czech and international fine art in permanent and temporary exhibitions. The collections of the gallery are not housed in a single building, but are presented in a number of historic structures within the city of Prague, as well as other places. The largest of the gallery sites is the Trade Fair Palace, which houses the National Gallery's collection of modern art. Other important exhibition spaces are located in the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia, the Kinský Palace, the Salm Palace, the Schwarzenberg Palace, the Sternberg Palace, and the Wallenstein Riding School. Founded in 1796, it is one of the world's oldest public art galleries and one of the largest museums in Central Europe.

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Trade Fair Palace

The Trade Fair Palace (Czech: Veletržní palác) is a functionalist building in Prague-Holešovice, Czech Republic. It currently serves as the largest gallery site of the National Gallery Prague. It was originally constructed in 1925 to serve as a hall for trade fairs; however, it was closed after a six-day-long fire broke out in 1974. Soon after the fire, it was given to the National Gallery Prague and finally reopened in 1995. The building is notable as the first functionalist building in Prague and the largest functionalist building at the time of its construction.

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Vltavská (Prague Metro)

Vltavská (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvl̩tafskaː]) is a Prague Metro station on Line C, located in Holešovice, Prague 7. The station was opened on 3 November 1984 as part of the extension from Sokolovská (later renamed Florenc) to Fučíkova (later renamed Nádraží Holešovice). It is located nearby Strossmayer Square, and there are tram stations of the same name above the station. The Praha-Bubny railway station is located near this metro station. In 2018, complex of the station Vltavská appeared on Apple Inc.'s commercial for the iPhone XR, among other Prague modern and brutalist buildings.

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Praha–Bubny railway station

Praha-Bubny (Czech: Železniční stanice Praha-Bubny) is a railway station located in Prague 7 in the Holešovice cadastral area. It is located on track 120, leading from Prague to Kladno - Rakovník and on track 091, leading from Prague-Hostivař to Kralupy nad Vltavou, near to the entry to Vltavská metro station on line C. There is a modern building with barrier-free access. The railway station has four tracks and platforms. In connection with the modernization of the line to Kladno and the new branch to Václav Havel Airport, the station underwent a complete reconstruction between 2023 and 2025. The platforms were relocated closer to the vestibule of the Vltavská metro station, and the station now serves passengers boarding and alighting trains on the Prague – Kralupy nad Vltavou route, replacing the discontinued halt Praha-Holešovice zastávka.

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