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Holešovice
Le quartier de Holešovice, au nord de Prague occupe un méandre de la Vltava et fait partie de l'arrondissement de Prague 7. C'est un ancien faubourg industriel en pleine reconversion tertiaire. La partie occidentale du quartier présente un tissu urbain de la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe, où l'influence de l'Art Nouveau se fait sentir ; elle accueille le Palais des Expositions, musée qui abrite les importantes collections modernes et contemporaines (XIXe et XXe siècles) de la Galerie nationale, ainsi que le musée national des Techniques. Dans sa partie orientale, située au-delà de la gare de Bubny et de construction un peu plus récente dans l'ensemble, se trouve le Centre DOX pour l'art contemporain, ouvert en 2008.
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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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Prague 7
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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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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Holešovice
Holešovice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦolɛʃovɪtsɛ]) is a district in the north of Prague situated on a meander of the River Vltava, which makes up the main part of the district Prague 7 (an insignificant part belongs to Prague 1).
In the past Holešovice was a heavily industrial suburb; today it is home to the main site of the Prague's National Gallery with the Trade Fair Palace (Veletržní palác), and the National Technical Museum.
In 1928, the Libeň Bridge was opened on the site of a wooden temporary bridge from 1903, and is still the longest river bridge in Prague.
In 2020, The Guardian named Holešovice as one of the 10 coolest neighborhoods in Europe.
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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.