Prague 7 is a municipal district (''městská část'') in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

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. The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of the same name consists of the quarters

Letná Letná is a hill overlooking Prague historic centre and Vltava River just besides Prague Castle. It neighbours Stromovka, the largest park in Prague. The hill belongs to Holešovice and Bubeneč quarters of Prague 7. The main part of Letná is Le ...

Holešovice Holešovice () 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 it was a heavily industrial suburb; ...

, Bubny,

Bubeneč Bubeneč is a district in the north-west of Prague. 52% of the district is in Prague 7, but most of the built-up area is in Prague 6. Sparta Prague football club and their stadium Generali Arena is situated at the south-eastern edge of Bubeneč, ...

, Troja as well as a small part of

Libeň Libeň (german: Lieben) is a cadastral area and district of Prague, Czech Republic. It was incorporated into Prague in 1901. People

* Reinhard Heydrich, assassinated here * Herz Homberg, born here * Ernestine Schumann-Heink, born here * ...

. It's one of the smallest Prague districts and stretches along the left bank of the

Vltava Vltava ( , ; german: Moldau ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice and Prague, and finally merging with the Labe at M ...

. In the Northern part is located Troja with the

Prague Zoo Prague Zoological Garden (Czech: ''Zoologická zahrada hl. m. Prahy'') is a zoo in Prague, Czech Republic. It was opened in 1931 with the goal to "advance the study of zoology, protect wildlife, and educate the public" in the district of Troja in ...

. It is linked to the city centre by metro line C. Other attractions in Prague 7 include the

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

of the Czech football club AC Sparta, cultural centre

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, cinema

Bio Oko Bio Oko is a cinema in the Holešovice district of Prague, Czech Republic. Part of a seven-building development between the district's Milada Horáková and Heřmanová streets built between 1937 and 1940, it was designed by Jaroslav Stockar-Bern ...

, museums ( National Technical Museum and National Museum of Agriculture) and the former trade fair centre Veletržní palác. Its parks

Stromovka Stromovka (Royal Game Reserve) is a large park in the Bubeneč district of Prague. It sits on the floodplain of the river Vltava. At present, it spreads over an area of 95 hectares. It was established in the thirteenth century as a game reserve f ...

and

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
* Districts of Prague {{Prague-geo-stub

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