Prague has gained a new public green space offering a rare sense of calm in the northwestern part of the city.

The garden of the Rothmayer Villa in Prague 6 has been opened permanently to visitors by the Prague City Museum, adding a quiet cultural site to the border area between Břevnov and Střešovice.

The space, previously accessible only as part of guided tours, is now available during the villa’s opening hours. Visitors can walk through shaded paths, sit among carefully arranged greenery and experience a place shaped by architecture, art and personal history.

According to the Prague City Museum, the goal is to open the site not only to architecture enthusiasts but also to residents looking for a place to slow down.

“The garden of Rothmayer Villa is a unique space with a calm atmosphere,” said Eliška Zlatohlávková, head of the villa department at the Prague City Museum. She added that the garden can serve as a place to pause, unwind or briefly step away from the pace of the city.

The garden was created together with the villa at the end of the 1920s. The house was built between 1928 and 1929 by architect Otto Rothmayer, a student and collaborator of Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik, who played a key role in shaping Prague’s architectural identity during the interwar period.

The garden itself is not designed as a traditional public park. Instead, it functions as a structured yet informal landscape where plants, stone elements, wooden features and small secluded corners form a series of visual scenes.

Over the decades, it has evolved, but it has retained its original character as a private, intimate space where architecture and nature overlap.

The villa interior remains accessible only through guided tours due to its small size.

Would you like us to write about your business? Find out more