Letná Park
A park on Letná hill, on a plateau above steep embankments along the Vltava River. Its elevation gives commanding views of the Prague Old Town and the bridges below, and it is a popular place for walks and an open air beer garden.
- Where
- Prague, Czechia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 50.0937, 14.4125
Get the Letná Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Letná Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Prague volume with your photos and a note.
Near Letná Park
Rudolfinum 0.5 km
A neo Renaissance concert hall and gallery on the bank of the Vltava, opened in 1885 and named after Crown Prince Rudolf. It is the home of the Czech Philharmonic, whose main venue is the Dvořák Hall.
Queen Anne's Summer Palace 0.5 km
A Renaissance garden pavilion in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle, built in the mid 16th century for Ferdinand I. Surrounded by an arcade and topped with a copper roof like an upturned ship, it is regarded as a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance architecture north of the Alps.
Klausen Synagogue 0.5 km
A former synagogue in the Jewish Town of Prague, near the Old Jewish Cemetery. The present Baroque building dates from the late 1600s, and it is now part of the Jewish Museum, with exhibitions on Jewish customs and traditions.
Old Jewish Cemetery 0.6 km
A crowded burial ground in Josefov used from the 15th to the 18th century. Thousands of gravestones stand layered in a small space, and the oldest known one dates from 1439. Rabbi Loew is buried here.
Pinkas Synagogue 0.6 km
A Gothic synagogue at Široká 3 in Prague's Jewish Town, completed in 1535 and the second oldest surviving synagogue in the city. Its walls are inscribed with the names of Czech and Moravian Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and it is now part of the Jewish Museum.
Wallenstein Palace 0.6 km
An early Baroque palace in the Lesser Town, built in the 1620s for the general Albrecht von Wallenstein. It now houses the Czech Senate, and its formal garden with a grotto wall is open to visitors.
Old New Synagogue 0.6 km
A Gothic synagogue in Josefov built around 1270, and the oldest active synagogue in Europe. Legend says that the clay body of the Golem, made by Rabbi Loew, lies hidden in its attic.
Golden Lane 0.6 km
A narrow lane of tiny coloured houses inside Prague Castle, built in the 16th century for Rudolf II's castle guards. Later goldsmiths and other craftsmen lived here, and the writer Franz Kafka is said to have worked in one house.
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Questions
Where is Letná Park?
Letná Park is in Prague, Czechia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Rudolfinum (0.5 km), Queen Anne's Summer Palace (0.5 km), Klausen Synagogue (0.5 km).
How do I get the Letná Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Letná Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Prague volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Letná Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Prague volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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