Wenceslas Square
Václavské náměstí
The 750-metre boulevard where the Velvet Revolution was won
- Hours
- A public street, open 24 hours
- Tickets
- Free (the National Museum charges separately)
- Address
- A 750-metre-long boulevard from Můstek at the bottom to the National Museum at the top
Less a square than a broad tree-lined boulevard, with the big dome of the National Museum at the top and the equestrian statue of St Wenceslas in front of it looking down the length of it. Soviet tanks rolled in here in 1968, the student Jan Palach set himself alight here in 1969, and in 1989 hundreds of thousands jangled their keys here to bring down the regime in the Velvet Revolution. A small memorial to Palach is set into the ground below the statue. Today it is lined with department stores, hotels and chains, and most people pass through to shop or change metro lines.