Kavárna Slavia

"Caffe lungo il fiume dove andava Kafka"

@chiara1977

"Bon emplacement Un peu fancy mais un peu à la chaîne Service moyen"

@marie.kats10

"Une adresse légendaire sur les bords de la Vltava, avec vue sur le château d'un côté et le Théâtre National de l'autre : ce n'est pas pour rien que les grands intellectuels du XXè siècle ont choisi l'endroit pour être leur QG ! À voir aussi : le célèbre tableau du buveur d'absinthe accroché au mur, saisissant."

@meruuem

"☕️🍹 🍰 🍲 🌭 STOP for a cup of coffee, dessert, drink or a bowl of broth and enjoy unique ambience of this historically significant place. Café Slavia The legendary Café Slavia stands in the very heart of Prague on the bank of the Vitava River, just opposite the National Theatre. From its spectacular windows, the Prague Castle can be glimpsed. First opened in 1881, Slavia is one of the oldest and most famous artistic cafés in the world - an iconic meeting place of people from Prague and visitors from around the globe. Slavia occupies the ground floor of the monumental Neo-Renaissance Lazanský Palace, the former representative residence of Count Lazanský of Buková, built in 1863 by the architect Votech Ignác Ullmann in the style of Viennese Neo-Renaissance buildings. One of the last palaces to be built in Prague, it was conceived as a representative noble residence, an apartment building and administrative premises all in one. The four-wing, three-story building with two courtyards was built by the Prague builder Frantisek Havel. The composer Bedrich Smetana lived and worked here between 1863 and 1869. The National Theatre, which opened in 1881, had a major influence on the history of the palace and the café. Also in 1881, the Prague entrepreneur Václav Zoufalý obtained a permit to run a café business on the vacant ground-floor premises of the palace and had two adjoining rooms built there to house the café. In 1882, the Nov Slavia café opened its doors for the first time, its name having been inspired by the Czech national awakening and pan-Slavism. Slavia, the mother of all Slavic people, appeared on a large canvas on one of the walls of the establishment. Today, Viktor Olivas painting The Absinthe Drinkernow hangs in its place. Václav Zoufaly intended to create a modern and welcoming place for a noble clientele. The café soon became famous for its visitors, mainly actors, dancers, opera singers and directors from the National Theatre. The composer Antonín Dvorák was a regular guest. From 30 August 1884 onwards the café was run under the name of Café Slavia. Café Slavia has been remodelled several times throughout its history. The most important reconstruction - in the Art Deco style - was undertaken in the 1930s by Václav Fiser and Frantisek Sterba. The renovated Slavia, with its marble and wood casing on the walls and its large mirrors and round marble tables, became the pride of Prague. Its large windows provided a magnificent view of the Vitava River and the Prague Castle and connected its guests with life in the street outside. The famous cloakroom lifts, the efficient mechanical ventilation and the modern toilets were all hallmarks of the café, whose premises were eventually expanded to include today's Parnas restaurant. Slavia became the epicentre of Czech culture and the second home of cultural figures. The writers Karel and Josef Capek and Arnost Lustig, the art theorists Karel Teige and Václav Cerny, the poets Vitezslav Nezval and Jaroslav Seifert and the painters Jan Zrzavy and Václav Spála all met here. Other guests included Jaroslav Kvapil, Karel Hasler, Jiff Voskovec and Jan Werich as well as a long line of outstanding actors, such as Ladislav Pesek, Rudolf Hrusinsky, Jana Hlavácová and Dana Medrická, to name but a few. Short stories by Miloslav Simek and Jiff Grossmann were written here. In the 1920s, the famous Russian poet Marina Isvetayeva liked to frequent the cafe. She would often stop here on her way from the editorial office of The Russian Will journal, accompanied by other Russian emigres. The long German occupation of the Second World War extinguished social life in Prague and the café in the former Lazansky Palace stagnated. The Masaryk Embankment was renamed the Heydrich Embankment (after the German Deputy Reich Protector) and the National Avenue to Viktoriastrasse. Café Slavia became "Kaffee Viktoria u. Konditorei". After the liberation in 1945, the café resumed operating under the name "Slavia". In 1948, it was nationalized under the new Communist government. However, Prague's vibrant social and cultural life of the city continued. In the late 1940s and during the 1960s, Prague served as a refuge and meeting place for left-wing writers from all over the world. Jorge Amado, Pablo Neruda, Nazim Hikmet, Roque Dalton, Nicolas Guillén, Alfredo Varela, Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri and Gabriel García Márquez met with their Czech counterparts in the city. Many of those meetings took place in Café Slavia. The artists Jiri Kolar, Kamil Lhotak, as well as the film directors Milos Forman, Jifi Menzel, Vera Chytilová or Emil Kusturica, visited the café at different times. Ai Qing, accompanied by the Sinologist Jaroslav Prusek, came to Café Slavia during his short visit to Prague in 1949. Since the 1960s, the Film and Television Faculty (FAMU) of the Academy of Performing Arts has been located in the premises of the palace, above the café. During the 1950s and the period of "normalization" that followed the Prague Spring of 1968, Café Slavia became a meeting place for Czechoslovak dissident intelligentsia. Václav Havel, who later became president of the country, Ludek Vaculík, Bohumil Hrabal and Josef Skvorecky all frequented the café. Both Charter 77 and the petition titled "A Few Sentences" were often signed here. After the 1989 Velvet Revolution, the café was closed to the public for seven long years owing to a poorly formulated contract with a foreign company. President Václav Havel helped save his favourite café. Symbolically, the ceremonial reopening of Slavia took place on 17 November 1997, the eighth anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, after a costly reconstruction."

@janangie

"Face au Théâtre national Chocolat chaud délicieux Menu du jour à prix imbattable "

@florence_b

"le thé à la menthe avec du miel + le mec au piano= <3"

@coco164

"Meilleur strudel de Prague sur ceux que j’ai testé"

@_melbn

"Old fashioned cafe & restaurant - used to be a go place for Czech artists "

@thomas_pvn

"Une adresse légendaire sur les bords de la Vltava, avec vue sur le château d'un côté et le Théâtre National de l'autre : ce n'est pas pour rien que les grands intellectuels du XXè siècle ont choisi l'endroit pour être leur QG ! À voir aussi : le célèbre tableau du buveur d'absinthe accroché au mur, saisissant."

@untouraprague

"Art Deco restaurant, great for people watching and incredible desserts."

@jimmyetmelusine

"One of the oldest Cafè in Prague together with Cafe Louvre. Between the two Cafè Louvre is a bit better in my opinion"

@marco.del.gaudio

"Ne pas prendre la soupe au potiron et poisson "

@konyalii

"J'ai pris un Větrník au caramel il était très bon. Je pense un peu cher pour la ville. Lieu mythique car ancien QG de dissidents"

@natacha.humeau

"Pas pour y manger (cuisine décevante) mais pour y boire un café car belle vue et beau cadre "

@clairebarthe

"03/08/2016 : carpaccio de thon, carpaccio d’epinards et aubergines, canard : un délice. Mythique. Ambiance musicale. Lumineux. Les pâtisseries à l’entrée sont magnifiques. 24/07/2022 : on revient et c’est toujours bien."

@marielle.perrin.becker

"Plus célèbre des vieux cafés de la ville "

@alizee.dusseux.gicquel

", un des plus fameux cafés praguois"

@danserdanslasavane

"très beau café art deco! pris un Irish coffee avec pianiste. lieu classe !"

@rotureau.antoine

"Brasserie typique. Style Art déco. Service bien et bilingue. Ce qu’on y mange est bon. "

@juliettearnould

"A ne pas rater ! Menu du midi à moins de 5€. TYPIQUE "

@florence.mouquet

"Google Maps Link Updated: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:05:13 +0000"

@xavier.hudsyn3

"Where Havel used to go for decades with his entourage of artists and dissidents "

@ale96ange

"Ambiance sympa + piano, prix assez raisonnables, mention spéciale pour le Arctic Char et la sauce au vin blanc."

@lau_frt

"Personnellement, j’adore me placer au fond à gauche, à l’angle de la rue Národní et du quai, pour assister au ballet des trams à l’extérieur. Menu à midi avec soupe et plat principal pour moins de 5 euros !"

@tamtam.33

"anche questo Caffè è posto in una posizione davvero molto centrale, affacciato sul fiume Moldava e vicino alle principali attrazioni della città quali il Ponte Carlo, il Castello di Praga e il Teatro Nazionale: questi edifici si possono ammirare dalle finestre del locale stando comodamente seduti al tavolo per sorseggiare un buon caffè. Davanti alle finestre del Caffè Slavia, si sono svolti episodi importanti della storia di Praga come la posa della prima pietra del Teatro Nazionale il 16 maggio 1868, il corteo funebre di T.G. Masaryk il 21 settembre 1937 e il corteo degli studenti durante la Rivoluzione di Velluto il 17 novembre 1989. Anche le acque del fiume Moldava hanno invaso il Caffè nel corso delle ultime inondazioni. Essendo posto proprio dall'altro lato della strada rispetto al Teatro Nazionale, è stato per anni luogo di incontro di tanti artisti che venivano qui per rilassarsi dopo le fatiche dello spettacolo, ma anche di uomini di potere, poeti e scrittori. Anche oggi è frequentato da personaggi importanti e ogni giorno dalle h 17:00 alle h 23:00 un pianista professionista suona musica dal vivo. Qui è possibile provare il vero “assenzio” il liquore reso famoso dallo scrittore Baudelaire , che ne morì per il troppo uso."

@ilariapizzeghella

"Célèbre café de Prague, il est situé en face de la Vltava et du Théâtre nationale. Le restaurant propose des plats tchèques raffinés et travaillés, c’est un des meilleurs restaurants à Prague."

@kristinadenissova

"Célèbre café face au Théâtre National. Un pianiste est souvent présent pour animer les repas."

@rebbubly

"#nice #view onto both the Castle and the bustle of NárodnííTrída, just opposite the National Theatre. Dissidents once gathered here"

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@cmburesi

"Art Deco restaurant, great for people watching and incredible desserts."

@taraanbudaiyan